East Lindsey (UK Parliament constituency)

For the ""East Lindsey or Louth" constituency that existed 1885-1918, see Louth, Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency).
East Lindsey
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Lincolnshire
1983 (1983)–1997 (1997)
Number of members One
Replaced by Louth and Horncastle
Created from Horncastle and Louth

East Lindsey was a county constituency based on the East Lindsey local government district of Lincolnshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

Contents

History

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election Member[1] Party
1983 Sir Peter Tapsell Conservative
1997 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: East Lindsey[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Peter Tapsell 31,916 51.1 −1.1
Liberal Democrat JL Dodsworth 20,070 32.1 −4.6
Labour DG Shepherd 9,477 15.2 +4.0
Green Ms. RE Robinson 1,018 1.6 +1.6
Majority 11,846 19.0 +3.5
Turnout 62,481 78.1 +2.9
Conservative hold Swing +1.7

Notes and references

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
  2. ^ "Election 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.