Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)

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Horncastle County constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1983
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Horncastle was a partliamentary constituency in Lincolnshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. MPs were elected by the first past the post system of voting.

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and first used for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Edward Stanhope
	1894	Lord Willoughby de Eresby
	1911	William Ernest George Archibald Weigall	Conservative
	1920	Stafford Vere Hotchkin	Coalition Conservative
	1922	Samuel Pattinson	Liberal
	1924	Henry Cobden Haslam	Conservative
	1945	Sir John Francis Whitaker Maitland	Conservative
	1966	Peter Tapsell	Conservative

[edit] Elections

[edit] References

• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.