List of parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire

The non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire is divided into 7 parliamentary constituencies – 1 borough constituency and 6 county constituencies.

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour

2010 boundary changes

In the Fifth Review the Boundary Commission for England recommended that Lincolnshire retained its current constituencies, with minor changes only to reflect revisions to local authority ward boundaries and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies.

Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final recommendations were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed including Lincolnshire with Leicestershire and Rutland in a sub-region of the East Midlands region, creating one additional seat by re-establishing the constituency of Rutland and Stamford, which spans all three counties. Consequently, that town is removed from the constituency of Grantham and Stamford, which is to be renamed Grantham and Bourne.

The following seats are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Boston

• Boston and Skegness (part)

Containing electoral wards from East Lyndsey

• Boston and Skegness (part)
• Louth and Horncastle

Containing electoral wards from Lincoln

• Lincoln (part)

Containing electoral wards from North Kesteven

• Grantham and Bourne (part)
• Lincoln (part)
• Sleaford and North Hykeham

Containing electoral wards from South Holland

• South Holland and The Deepings (part)

Containing electoral wards from South Kesteven

• Grantham and Bourne (part)
• Rutland and Stamford (also comprises the county of Rutland and parts of Harborough in Leicestershire)
• South Holland and The Deepings (part)

Containing electoral wards from West Lyndsey

• Gainsborough

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Lincolnshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Percentage votes

¹1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

¹1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885-1910

1918-1945

1950-1979

1983-present

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

  Conservative   Liberal   Liberal Unionist

1918 to 1950

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal   National Liberal (1931–68)

1950 to 1983

  Conservative   Labour   Lincoln Democratic Labour   National Liberal (1931–68)

1983 to present

  Conservative   Independent   Labour

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the East Midlands (region)
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Humberside for those covering North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire unitary authorities.

Notes

References