Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)

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Gainsborough County constituency
Gainsborough shown within Lincolnshire, and Lincolnshire shown within England
Created:	1885
MP:	Edward Leigh
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Lincolnshire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

Gainsborough is a county 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. The constituency was named Gainsborough and Horncastle between 1983 and 1997.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency is centred on the town of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, and comprises the West Lindsey district, and the Wragby ward of the East Lindsey district.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Joseph Bennett
	1886	Henry Eyre
	1892	Joseph Bennett
	1895	Emerson Muschamp Bainbridge
	1900	Seymour Fitzroy Ormsby-Gore
	1906	Alexander Leslie Renton	Liberal
	1907		Conservative
	Jan 1910	George Jackson Bentham
	1918	John Elsdale Molson	Coalition Conservative
	1922		Conservative
	1923	Sir Richard Winfrey	Liberal
	1924	Harry Crookshank	Conservative
	1956	Marcus Kimball	Conservative
	1983	Edward Leigh	Conservative

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Gainsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Leigh	20,040	43.9	-2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Heath	12,037	26.4	-0.3
	Labour	John Knight	11,744	25.7	-1.4
	UK Independence	Steven Pearson	1,860	4.1	+4.1
Majority			8,003	17.5
Turnout			45,681	64.6	+0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.0

General Election 2001: Gainsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Leigh	19,555	46.2	+3.1
	Labour	Alan Rhodes	11,484	27.1	-1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Taylor	11,280	26.7	-1.5
Majority			8,071	19.1
Turnout			42,319	64.2	-10.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire
• The town of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

[edit] References

• Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
• Historical list of MPs: G

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