East Lindsey (UK Parliament constituency)

For the ""East Lindsey or Louth" constituency that existed 1885−1918, see Louth, Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency).

East Lindsey
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
County	Lincolnshire
1983–1997
Seats	One
Created from	Horncastle and Louth
Replaced by	Louth and Horncastle

East Lindsey was a county constituency based on the East Lindsey local government district of Lincolnshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

History

Boundaries

The District of East Lindsey wards of Alford, Burgh-le-Marsh, Chapel St Leonards, Coningsby, Fotherby, Friskney, Frithville, Grimoldby, Halton Holegate, Hogsthorpe, Holton-le-Clay, Hundleby, Ingoldmells, Legbourne, Mablethorpe, Mareham-le-Fen, Marshchapel, New Leake, North Holme, North Somercotes, North Thoresby, Partney, Priory, St Clements, St James, St Margarets, St Marys, St Michaels, Scarbrough, Seacroft, Sibsey, Spilsby, Sutton and Trusthorpe, Tattershall, Tetford, Tetney, Theddlethorpe St Helen, Trinity, Wainfleet, Willoughby with Sloothby, Winthorpe, and Withern with Stain.

The seaside resort of Skegness and the market town of Spilsby were included in the constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party
	1983	Peter Tapsell	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: East Lindsey[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Tapsell	27,151	53.22
	Liberal	Jonathan Sellick	19,634	38.49
	Labour	Geoffrey Lowis	4,229	8.29
Majority			7,517	14.73
Turnout			51,014	73.18
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1987: East Lindsey[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Tapsell	29,048	52.16
	Liberal	Jonathan Sellick	20,432	36.69
	Labour	Kenneth Stevenson	6,206	11.14
Majority			8,616	15.47
Turnout			55,686	75.22
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: East Lindsey[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Tapsell	31,916	51.1	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Dodsworth	20,070	32.1	−4.6
	Labour	David Shepherd	9,477	15.2	+4.1
	Green	Rosemary Robinson	1,018	1.6	New
Majority			11,846	19.0	+3.5
Turnout			62,481	78.1	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.7

Notes and references

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
2. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
3. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
4. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
5. "Election 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.