Louth and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)

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Louth and Horncastle County constituency
Louth and Horncastle shown within Lincolnshire, and Lincolnshire shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Peter Tapsell
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Lincolnshire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

Louth and Horncastle is a parliamentary 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 See also

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1997 – present: Peter Tapsell, Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Louth and Horncastle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Tapsell	21,744	46.6	−1.9
	Labour	Frank Hodgkiss	11,848	25.4	−6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Martin	9,480	20.3	+0.2
	UKIP	Christopher Pain	3,611	7.7	N/A
Majority			9,896	21.2
Turnout			46,683	62.0	−0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.1

General Election 2001: Louth and Horncastle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Tapsell	21,543	48.5	+5.0
	Labour	David Bolland	13,989	31.5	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Martin	8,928	20.1	-4.4
Majority			7,554	17.0
Turnout			44,460	62.1	-10.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Louth and Horncastle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Tapsell	21,699	43.4	N/A
	Labour	John Hough	14,799	29.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Martin	12,207	24.4	N/A
	Green	Rosemary Robinson	1,248	2.5	N/A
Majority			6,900		N/A
Turnout				72.6	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

[edit] See also

• Louth constituency (1885–1983)
• 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)