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Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gainsborough is a constituency[n 1] in Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1983 by Sir Edward Leigh of the Conservative Party, who, since the 2024 general election, is the Father of the House.[n 2]
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History
The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 that year, which lasted until it was reformed as Gainsborough and Horncastle on a boundary change for the 1983 election. That seat lasted until 1997, as from the mid-1990s population changes led to removal of Horncastle from the seat and recreation of the old seat with largely similar boundaries.
Boundaries
The constituency is named for its largest town of Gainsborough, on the western edge of the constituency.
1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Lincoln, the Sessional Divisions of Epworth, Gainsborough, Lincoln, and the parish of Bracebridge.
1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Crowle and Gainsborough, and the Rural Districts of Gainsborough, Isle of Axholme, and Welton.
1950–1983: The Urban Districts of Gainsborough and Market Rasen, and the Rural Districts of Caistor, Gainsborough, Isle of Axholme, and Welton.
Constituency was abolished in 1983 and re-established in 1997
1997–2010: The District of West Lindsey, and the District of East Lindsey wards of Binbrook and Wragby.
2010–2024: The District of West Lindsey, and the District of East Lindsey ward of Wragby.
2024–present: The District of West Lindsey.[3]
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Constituency profile
This relatively vast rural seat north of Lincoln is named after the small market town at its western boundary. Regeneration projects are attempting to reduce pockets of severe deprivation in the constituency, but most of the area is affluent, albeit remote from many major cities; the closest conurbation is the city of Lincoln to the immediate south. Scunthorpe and Grimsby are both close enough to the northern edge of the constituency to be significant to residents. Though arable farming dominates the landscape and noteworthy pig farming industry (see Lincolnshire sausages), agriculture is in decline and the service/creative sector dominates.[4] The seat has elected Conservative MPs since 1924 and is a stronghold, as well as giving its MPs very long tenures, having been represented by only three people since 1924.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1885–1983
North Lincolnshire prior to 1885
MPs since 1997
Gainsborough and Horncastle prior to 1997
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Elections

Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s
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Election results 1885–1979
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Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: George Jackson Bentham
- Unionist: John Molson
Elections in the 1920s


Election in the 1930s

General Election 1939–40:
Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Harry Crookshank,
- Liberal: Margaret Wintringham
Election in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
Election results following boundary changes
For 1983 – 1992, see Gainsborough and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)
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See also
Notes
- A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
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