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Gainsborough and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–1997

Gainsborough and Horncastle
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Location of Lincolnshire within England
County	Lincolnshire
Major settlements	Gainsborough
1983–1997
Seats	One
Created from	Gainsborough, Horncastle and Louth^[1]
Replaced by	Gainsborough and Louth & Horncastle^[1]

Gainsborough and Horncastle is a former county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It existed from 1983 to 1997. The area of and around Horncastle is now in the constituency of Louth and Horncastle.

For elections prior to 1983, and from 1997, see Gainsborough.

Boundaries

The District of West Lindsey, and the District of East Lindsey wards of Binbrook, Donington on Bain, Horncastle, Roughton, Woodhall Spa, and Wragby.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1983	Edward Leigh	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Gainsborough and Horncastle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Leigh	25,625	50.9	+3.1
	Liberal	Andrew Phillips	20,558	40.8
	Labour	Carl James	3,886	7.7
Majority			5,067	10.1
Turnout			50,069	75.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1987: Gainsborough and Horncastle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Leigh	28,621	53.3	+2.4
	Liberal	David Grace	18,898	35.2	−5.6
	Labour	Robin Naylor	6,156	11.4	+3.7
Majority			9,723	18.1	+8.0
Turnout			53,675	76.9	+1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Gainsborough and Horncastle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Leigh	31,444	54.0	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Taylor	15,199	26.1	−9.1
	Labour	Fiona Jones	11,619	20.0	+8.6
Majority			16,245	27.9	+9.8
Turnout			58,262
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "'Gainsborough and Horncastle', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

Sources

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)

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Boston and Skegness
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Derby North
Derbyshire Dales
Erewash
Gainsborough
Gedling
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
High Peak
Hinckley and Bosworth
Kettering
Lincoln
Loughborough
Louth and Horncastle
Mansfield
Mid Derbyshire
Newark
Northampton North
Northampton South
North East Derbyshire
Rushcliffe
Sherwood Forest
Sleaford and North Hykeham
South Derbyshire
South Holland and The Deepings
South Leicestershire
South Northamptonshire

Labour (7)

Chesterfield
Derby South
Leicester South
Leicester West
Nottingham East
Nottingham South
Wellingborough and Rushden

Independent (2)

Leicester East
North West Leicestershire

Reform UK (1)

Ashfield

Not yet contested (5)

Grantham and Bourne
Melton and Syston
Mid Leicestershire
Nottingham North and Kimberley
Rutland and Stamford

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East of England
London
North East England
North West England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
South East England
South West England
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and the Humber

Party affiliations are based on the situation as of the dissolution of parliament on 30 May 2024. Technically all seats are now vacant until the general election on 4 July 2024.

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