Lincoln (UK Parliament constituency)

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Lincoln
Borough constituency

Lincoln shown within Lincolnshire, and Lincolnshire shown within England
Created: 1265
MP: Gillian Merron
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: Lincolnshire
EP constituency: East Midlands

Lincoln is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

With the splitting of the City of York constituency at the next general election, Lincoln will be the oldest constituency in continuous existence in the United Kingdom, having been established in 1265.

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency, as its name suggests, covers the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire. It also includes a number of surrounding villages.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1660-1885

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[edit] MPs 1885-present

Election Member Party
1885 Charles Seely
1886 Frederick Harold Kerans
1892 William Crosfield
1895 Charles Hilton Seely
1906 Charles Henry Roberts
1918 Alfred Thomas Davies Coalition Conservative
1924 Robert Arthur Taylor Labour
1931 Walter Sydney Liddall Conservative
1945 George Deer Labour
1950 Geoffrey de Freitas Labour
1962 Dick Taverne Labour
1972 - 1973 vacant
1973 Dick Taverne (re-elected) Lincoln Democratic Labour Association
Oct 1974 Margaret Jackson Labour
1979 Kenneth Carlisle Conservative
1997 Gillian Merron Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Lincoln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gillian Merron 16,723 45.4 -8.5
Conservative Karl McCartney 12,110 32.9 +1.7
Liberal Democrat Lisa Gabriel 6,715 18.2 +5.5
UK Independence Nicholas Smith 1,308 3.5 +1.2
Majority 4,613 12.5
Turnout 36,856 56.5 +0.5
Labour hold Swing 5.1


General Election 2001: Lincoln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gillian Merron 20,003 53.9 -1.0
Conservative Christine-Anne Talbot 11,583 31.2 +0.2
Liberal Democrat Lisa Gabriel 4,703 12.7 +1.8
UK Independence Rodger Doughty 836 2.3 N/A
Majority 8,420 22.7
Turnout 37,125 56.0 -15.0
Labour hold Swing


General Election 1997: Lincoln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gillian Merron 25,563 54.9
Conservative Tony Brown 14,433 31.0
Liberal Democrat Lisa Gabriel 5,048 10.8
Referendum Party J. Ivory 1,329 2.9
Natural Law A. Myers 175 0.4
Majority 11,130
Turnout 71.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing


General Election 1992: Lincoln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Carlisle 28,792 46.1
Labour Nick Butler 26,743 42.8
Liberal Democrat David Harding-Price 6,316 10.1
Liberal S. Wiggin 603 1.0
Majority 2,049
Turnout 79.2
Conservative hold Swing


General Election 1987: Lincoln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Carlisle 27,097 46.5
Labour Nick Butler 19,614 33.7
Social Democrat P. Zentner 6,316 10.1
RRPRC T. B. Kyle 232 0.4
Majority 7,483 12.8
Turnout 75.6
Conservative hold Swing


General Election 1983: Lincoln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Carlisle 25,244 46.4
Labour M. Withers 14,958 27.5
Social Democrat F. Stockdale 13,631 25.1
Independent G. Blades 523 1.0
Majority 10,286 18.9
Turnout 74.6
Conservative hold Swing


General Election 1979: Lincoln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Carlisle 17,777 41.8
Labour Margaret Jackson 17,175 40.4
Liberal K. Melton 5,638 13.3
Democratic Labour F. Stockdale 1,743 4.1
National Front J. Noble 523 1.0
Revolutionary Reform T. Kyle 77 0.2
Majority 602 1.4
Turnout 77.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing


General Election October 1974: Lincoln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Jackson 14,698 37.1
Democratic Labour Dick Taverne 13,714 34.6
Conservative P. M. Moran 11,223 28.3
Majority 984 2.5
Turnout 74.8
Labour gain from Democratic Labour Swing


General Election February 1974: Lincoln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Labour Dick Taverne 14,780 35.6
Labour Margaret Jackson 13,487 32.5
Conservative P. M. Moran 13,299 32.0
Majority 1,293 3.1
Turnout 79.1
Democratic Labour gain from Labour Swing
Lincoln by-election, 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Labour Dick Taverne 21,967
Labour John Dilks 8,776
Conservative Jonathan Guinness 6,616
Democratic Conservative Reginald Simmerson 198
Majority Rule Malcolm Waller 100
Independent Jean Justice 81
Majority 13,191
Turnout
Democratic Labour gain from Labour Swing


General Election 1970: Lincoln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dick Taverne 20,090 51.0
Conservative Richard Alexander 15,340 39.0
Independent G. T. Blades 3,937 10.0
Majority 4,750 12.1
Turnout 74.4
Labour hold Swing

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