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The non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire is divided into 8 parliamentary constituencies – 1 borough constituency and 7 county constituencies.

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Reform UK

Constituency	Electorate	Majority	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Map
Boston and Skegness CC	75,811	2,010		Richard Tice¤		Matt Warman†
Gainsborough CC	75,836	3,532		Sir Edward Leigh†		Jess McGuire‡
Grantham and Bourne CC	73,285	4,496		Gareth Davies†		Vipul Bechar‡
Lincoln BC	72,315	8,793		Hamish Falconer‡		Karl McCartney†
Louth and Horncastle CC	76,880	5,506		Victoria Atkins†		Sean Matthews¤
Rutland and Stamford CC (part)	71,763	10,394		Alicia Kearns†		Joe Wood‡
Sleaford and North Hykeham CC	75,651	4,346		Dr Caroline Johnson†		Hanif Khan‡
South Holland and The Deepings CC	78,473	6,856		John Hayes†		Matthew Swainson¤

Boundary changes

2024

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Lincolnshire with Leicestershire and Rutland in a sub-region of the East Midlands region, creating one additional seat by re-establishing the constituency of Rutland and Stamford, spanning all three counties. Consequently, Stamford was removed from the constituency of Grantham and Stamford, which was renamed Grantham and Bourne.

Former name	Boundaries 2010–2024	Current name	Boundaries 2024–present
Boston and Skegness CC Gainsborough CC Grantham and Stamford CC Lincoln BC Louth and Horncastle CC Sleaford and North Hykeham CC South Holland and The Deepings CC		Boston and Skegness CC Gainsborough CC Grantham and Bourne CC Lincoln BC Louth and Horncastle CC Rutland and Stamford CC Sleaford and North Hykeham CC South Holland and The Deepings CC

The following seats were proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Boston

• Boston and Skegness (part)

Containing electoral wards from East Lyndsey

• Boston and Skegness (part)
• Louth and Horncastle

Containing electoral wards from Lincoln

• Lincoln (part)

Containing electoral wards from North Kesteven

• Grantham and Bourne (part)
• Lincoln (part)
• Sleaford and North Hykeham

Containing electoral wards from South Holland

• South Holland and The Deepings (part)

Containing electoral wards from South Kesteven

• Grantham and Bourne (part)
• Rutland and Stamford (also comprises the county of Rutland and parts of Harborough in Leicestershire)
• South Holland and The Deepings (part)

Containing electoral wards from West Lyndsey

• Gainsborough

2010

In the Fifth Review the Boundary Commission for England recommended that Lincolnshire retained its current constituencies, with minor changes only to reflect revisions to local authority ward boundaries and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies.

Name	Boundaries 1997–2010	Boundaries 2010–2024
Boston and Skegness CC Gainsborough CC Grantham and Stamford CC Lincoln BC Louth and Horncastle CC Sleaford and North Hykeham CC South Holland and The Deepings CC

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Lincolnshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2019	Seats	Change from 2019
Conservative	130,092	35.6%	31.6%	6	1
Labour	94,894	26.0%	5.2%	1	1
Reform	82,464	22.6%	22.3%	1	1
Liberal Democrats	23,808	6.5%	1.2%	0	0
Green	18,204	5.0%	3.1	0	0
Others	15,514	4.3%	2.2%	0	0
Total	364,976	100.0		8

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Lincolnshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2017	Seats	Change from 2017
Conservative	246,959	67.2%	5.6%	7	1
Labour	76,583	20.8%	7.7%	0	1
Liberal Democrats	28,389	7.7%	3.6%	0	0
Greens	6,815	1.9%	0.5%	0	0
Brexit	1,079	0.3%	new	0	0
Others	7,614	2.1%	2.3%	0	0
Total	367,439	100.0		7

Percentage votes

As the Brexit Party in 2019

1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885-1910

• 1885
• 1886
• 1892
• 1895
• 1900
• 1906
• Jan 1910
• Dec 1910

1918-1945

• 1918
• 1922
• 1923
• 1924
• 1929
• 1931
• 1935
• 1945

1950-1979

• 1950
• 1951
• 1955
• 1959
• 1964
• 1966
• 1970
• Feb 1974
• Oct 1974
• 1979

1983-present

• 1983
• 1987
• 1992
• 1997
• 2001
• 2005
• 2010
• 2015
• 2017
• 2019
• 2024

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

  Conservative   Liberal   Liberal Unionist

1918 to 1950

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal   National Liberal (1931–68)

1950 to 1983

  Conservative   Labour   Lincoln Democratic Labour   National Liberal (1931–68)

1983 to present

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Reform UK

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the East Midlands (region)
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Humberside for those covering North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire unitary authorities.

Notes

1. Rutland and Stamford is a cross-county boundary constituency, comprising electoral wards in Leicestershire and Rutland, as well as in Lincolnshire.
2. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
3. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
4. It should be acknowledged that Rutland and Stamford is a cross-county constituency between Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Rutland. As the results of UK general elections are not disclosed on sub-constituency levels, the following shares contain votes within the Leicestershire and Rutland areas of the Rutland and Stamford constituency.

References

1. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries for England - Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition - East Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
2. ^ "Constituencies A-Z – Election 2014". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
3. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". paras 138-156. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
4. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".

• Lists of constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in England
• Politics of Lincolnshire
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