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 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 Sources 5 See also

[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

• 1945 - 1950: George Deer, Labour
• 1950 - 1962: Geoffrey de Freitas, Labour
• 1962 - 1972: Dick Taverne, Labour
• 1972 - 1973: Vacant
• 1973 - 1974: Dick Taverne (re-elected), Lincoln Democratic Labour Association
• 1974 - 1979: Margaret Jackson, Labour
• 1979 - 1997: Kenneth Carlisle, Conservative
• 1997 - present: 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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 (politician)	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	32.0
	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 (politician)	G. T. Blades	3,937	10.0
Majority			4,750	12.1
Turnout				74.4
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Sources

• Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
• http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page (Complete list of MPs)

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire

Constituencies in the East Midlands
Labour	Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Bolsover | Broxtowe | Corby | Derby North | Derby South | Erewash | Gedling | High Peak | Leicester East | Leicester South | Leicester West | Lincoln | Loughborough | Mansfield | Northampton North | North East Derbyshire | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham East | Nottingham North | Nottingham South | Sherwood | South Derbyshire
Conservative	Blaby | Boston and Skegness | Bosworth | Charnwood | Daventry | Gainsborough | Grantham and Stamford | Harborough | Kettering | Louth and Horncastle | Newark | Northampton South | Rushcliffe | Rutland and Melton | Sleaford and North Hykeham | South Holland and The Deepings | Wellingborough | West Derbyshire
Liberal Democrat	Chesterfield
East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) | UKIP (2) | Labour (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)