Louth, Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Louth
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Brigg and Cleethorpes and East Lindsey
Created from	North Lincolnshire

Louth was a county constituency in Lincolnshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

It should not be confused with the former Irish constituency of County Louth (UK Parliament constituency). Between 1885 and 1918, its formal name was The East Lindsey (or Louth) Division of Lincolnshire, and it was sometimes referred to simply as East Lindsey.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Francis Otter	Liberal
	1886	Arthur Raymond Heath	Conservative
	1892	Sir Robert William Perks, 1st Baronet	Liberal
	January 1910	Henry Langton Brackenbury	Conservative
	December 1910	Timothy Davies	Liberal
	1918	Henry Langton Brackenbury	Coalition Conservative
	1920 by-election	Thomas Wintringham	Liberal
	1921 by-election	Margaret Wintringham	Liberal
	1924	Arthur Heneage	Conservative
	1945	Sir Cyril Osborne	Conservative
	1969 by-election	Jeffrey Archer	Conservative
	Oct 1974	Michael Brotherton	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Louth^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Otter	4,801		n/a
	Conservative	J. Lowther	3,594		n/a
Majority			1,207		n/a
Turnout					n/a
	Liberal win (new seat)

General Election 1886: Louth^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Raymond Heath	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1890s

Robert Perks

General Election 1892: Louth^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert William Perks	4,284
	Conservative	Arthur Raymond Heath	3,445
Majority			839
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1895: Louth^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert William Perks	4,191
	Conservative	Francis Alfred Lucas	3,779
Majority			412
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Louth^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert William Perks	4,188
	Conservative	Eyre Coote	3,286
Majority			902
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1906: Louth^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert William Perks	4,551
	Conservative	TWC Platt	3,572
Majority			979
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Louth^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Langton Brackenbury	4,433
	Liberal	Timothy Davies	4,275
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Timothy Davies

General Election December 1910: Louth^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Timothy Davies	4,260
	Conservative	Henry Langton Brackenbury	4,188
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1914/15

A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

Liberal: Timothy Davies
Unionist: Henry Langton Brackenbury

General Election 1918: Louth, Lincolnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Henry Langton Brackenbury	9,055	54.5
	Liberal	Timothy Davies	7,559	45.5
Majority			1,496	9.0
Turnout			16,614	60.3
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

endorsed by Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

T. Wintringham

Louth by-election, 1920
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Wintringham	9,859	57.3	+11.8
	Unionist	Christopher Hatton Turnor	7,354	42.7	−11.8
Majority			2,505	14.6
Turnout			17,213	63.1	+2.8
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	11.8

endorsed by Coalition Government

Mrs. Wintringham

Louth by-election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Margaret Wintringham	8,386	42.2	−15.1
	Unionist	Sir Alan Hutchings	7,695	38.3	−4.4
	Labour	James L. George	3,873	19.5	N/A
Majority			791	3.9	−10.7
Turnout			19,954	72.1	+9.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1922: Louth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Margaret Wintringham	11,609	52.0
	Unionist	Sir Alan Hutchings	10,726	48.0
Majority			883	4.0
Turnout				78.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 6 December 1923: Louth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Margaret Wintringham	12,104	52.4	+0.4
	Unionist	Geoffrey Kelsall Peto	11,003	47.6	-0.4
Majority			1,101	4.8	+0.8
Turnout				79.6	+1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.4

General Election, 29 October 1924: Louth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Arthur Pelham Heneage	12,674	52.8
	Liberal	Margaret Wintringham	11,330	47.2
Majority			1,344	5.6
Turnout			24,004	80.9
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election, 30 May 1929: Louth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Arthur Pelham Heneage	13,999	44.4
	Liberal	Margaret Wintringham	13,560	42.9
	Labour	T Holmes	4,027	12.7
Majority			439	1.5
Turnout				81.8
	Unionist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 27 October 1931: Louth, Lincolnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Pelham Heneage	18,434	56.1
	Liberal	John Ramsay Bryce Muir	14,439	43.9
Majority			3,995	12.1
Turnout			32,873	81.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 14 November 1935: Louth, Lincolnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Pelham Heneage	19,705	61.64
	Labour	J H Franklin	12,261	38.36
Majority			7,444	23.29
Turnout				71.85
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939/40

A General Election was due to take place by the spring of 1940. By the autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

Conservative: Arthur Pelham Heneage
Liberal: Alan Payan Pryce-Jones^[9]
Labour: J H Franklin

General Election 1945: Louth, Lincolnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cyril Osborne	16,333	46.18
	Labour	JH Franklin	11,628	32.88
	Liberal	WK Carter	7,176	20.29
	Independent	SR Charlesworth	233	0.66
Majority			4,705	13.30
Turnout				71.91
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Louth, Lincolnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cyril Osborne	19,647	48.48
	Labour	Henry James Herbert Dyer	15,063	37.17
	Liberal	Albert William Cox	5,817	14.35
Majority			4,584	11.31
Turnout				82.36
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Louth, Lincolnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cyril Osborne	21,587	53.66
	Labour	Henry James Herbert Dyer	15,819	39.32
	Liberal	Rev. Reginald Clifford Gaul	2,822	7.02
Majority			5,768	14.34
Turnout				80.46
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Louth, Lincolnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cyril Osborne	21,796	58.79
	Labour	Douglas Rene Louis Maroel Poirier	15,276	41.21
Majority			6,520	17.59
Turnout				73.66
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Louth, Lincolnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cyril Osborne	24,211	61.11
	Labour	Francis Robert Macdonald	15,408	38.89
Majority			8,803	22.22
Turnout				76.52
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Louth, Lincolnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Cyril Osborne	21,227	48.95
	Labour	Francis Robert Macdonald	14,188	32.72
	Liberal	Edmund Ian Marshall	7,949	18.33
Majority			7,039	16.23
Turnout				77.88
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Louth, Lincolnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Cyril Osborne	19,977	46.37
	Labour	Robin Brumby	15,885	36.87
	Liberal	Edmund Ian Marshall	7,222	16.76
Majority			4,092	9.50
Turnout			43,084	74.35
	Conservative hold		Swing

Louth by-election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Howard Archer	16,317	58.0	+11.6
	Labour	Bruce Briggs	5,590	19.9	−17.0
	Liberal	John Adams	5,003	17.8	+1.0
	United Democratic Party	Sir George Peter Maurice FitzGerald	1,225	4.4	N/A
Majority			10,727	38.1	+28.6
Turnout			28,135		+
	Conservative hold		Swing	+14.3

Elections in the 1970s

General Election June 1970: Louth, Lincolnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Howard Archer	25,659	53.08
	Labour	James Murray	16,403	33.93
	Liberal	John Adams	6,279	12.99
Majority			9,256	19.15
Turnout			48,341	71.57
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Louth, Lincolnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Howard Archer	25,158	45.13
	Liberal	John CL Sellick	15,440	27.70
	Labour	AG Dowson	15,148	27.17
Majority			9,718	17.43
Turnout			55,746	79.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Louth, Lincolnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Lewis Brotherton	19,819	38.48
	Liberal	John CL Sellick	16,939	32.89
	Labour	R Mitchell	14,747	28.63
Majority			2,880	5.59
Turnout			51,505	73.06
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Louth, Lincolnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Lewis Brotherton	25,701	44.85
	Liberal	John CL Sellick	19,026	33.20
	Labour	Clive James Charles Betts	12,316	21.49
	National Front	CDB Stokes	261	0.46
Majority			6,675	11.65
Turnout			57,304	78.22
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ Liberal Year Book 1908
↑ Liberal Year Book 1908
↑ Liberal Year Book 1908
↑ Debrett's House of Commons 1901
↑ Debrett's House of Commons 1901
↑ Liberal Year Book 1908
↑ Debrett's House of Commons 1916
↑ Debrett's House of Commons 1916
↑ The Liberal Magazine 1939

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)