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Lincoln
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Boundaries since 2024
Map of constituency
Boundary of Lincoln in the East Midlands
CountyLincolnshire
Electorate74,128 (2023)[1]
Major settlementsLincoln
Current constituency
Created1265
Member of ParliamentHamish Falconer (Lab)
SeatsTwo until 1885, then one

Lincoln is a constituency[n 1] in Lincolnshire, England represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Hamish Falconer of the Labour Party.[n 2]

Since the split of the City of York seat with effect from the 2010 general election, Lincoln has been the oldest constituency in continuous existence in the UK – established in 1265. Lincoln was a bellwether between 1974 and 2017. The seat bucked the national Conservative victory in 1970 by electing a Labour MP, as it did in 2017.

The seat has been considered relative to others an ultra-marginal seat, as well as a swing seat. From 2005 until 2024, its winner's majority had not exceeded 6.9% of the vote since the 12.5% majority won in 2005 and the seat had changed hands three times since then. However, in 2024, Hamish Falconer secured a majority of 20.8%.

Boundaries

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1885–1918: The existing parliamentary borough, and the parish of Bracebridge.[2]

1918–1950: The County Borough of Lincoln, and the Urban District of Bracebridge.

1950–1974: The County Borough of Lincoln.

1974–1983: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.

1983–1997: The City of Lincoln, and the District of North Kesteven wards of Bracebridge Heath, North Hykeham Central, North Hykeham North, North Hykeham South, Skellingthorpe, and Waddington West.

1997–2010: The City of Lincoln, and the District of North Kesteven ward of Bracebridge Heath.

2010–2023: The City of Lincoln, and the District of North Kesteven wards of Bracebridge Heath and Waddington East, and Skellingthorpe.

2023–present: Following a local government boundary review in the District of North Kesteven which came into effect in May 2023,[3][4] the constituency now comprises the following:

  • The City Of Lincoln.
  • In the District of Kesteven: the Bracebridge Heath ward; the majority of the Skellingthorpe & Eagle ward; and the majority of the Waddington Rural ward.[5]

The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which was based on the ward structure in place at 1 December 2020, left the boundaries unchanged.[6]

The constituency, as its name suggests, covers the cathedral city[n 3] of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, and most of its directly adjoining villages.

History

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Lincoln first sent Members to Parliament in 1265, thirty years before the first all-over coverage of cities and qualifying towns was introduced in the Model Parliament, and has done so ever since, although no records exist from before the end of the 13th century. The early elections were held at the Guildhall and the burgesses elected were usually officials of the borough.

The representation, originally two Members ("burgesses"), was reduced to one Member in 1885.

The seat was represented for five years by former Cabinet minister Margaret Jackson, later Margaret Beckett.[n 4] Lincoln became the oldest constituency in the country in 2010 when the City of York constituency was divided.

Constituency profile

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The seat includes the University of Lincoln. From 1945 to 1972 Lincoln was continuously held by the Labour Party, often as a safe seat. The city has good transport links with Nottingham, Leeds, Sheffield and Hull. Lincoln was a bellwether constituency from October 1974 to 2015, voting for the party which would form the government in each election. In 2017 Labour took the seat despite being the 2nd largest party nationwide.

Members of Parliament

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MPs 1265–1660

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Year First member Second member
1307 (January) Hugh Skarlet[7] Henry de Windsor[7]
1369 John Sutton[8]
1372 John Sutton[8]
1373 John Sutton[8]
1381 Robert Sutton[9]
1377 (October) John Sutton[8]
1382 (May) Robert Sutton[9]
1383 Robert Saltby[10]
1384 (November) Robert Sutton[9]
1385 Robert Sutton[9]
1386 Robert Sutton[9] Robert Saltby[11]
1388 (February) Robert Sutton[9] John Sutton[8]
1388 (September) Gilbert Beesby Robert Harworth[11]
1390 (January) Nicholas Werk Robert Peck[11]
1390 (November)
1391 Robert Sutton[9] Robert Ledes[11]
1393 Thomas Thornhagh John Belasise[11]
1394 Robert Sutton[9] Robert Messingham[11]
1395 Robert Harworth Robert Ledes[11]
1397 (January) Robert Sutton[9] Robert Appleby[11]
1397 (September) Seman Laxfield John Thorley[11]
1399 Robert Sutton[9] William Blyton[11]
1401 Robert Harworth Gilbert Beesby[11]
1402 John Balderton William Blyton[11]
1404 (January) Seman Laxfield William Dalderby[11]
1404 (October) Nicholas Huddleston Robert Appleby[11]
1406 Richard Worsop Thomas Forster[11]
1407 Richard Worsop Richard Bell[11]
1410 ?
1411 John Bigge John Belasise[11]
1413 (February)
1413 (May) John Dalderby Thomas Forster[11]
1414 (April)
1414 (November) John Ryle Thomas Teryng[11]
1415 Thomas Archer Thomas Forster[11]
1416 (March) John Bigge Hamon Sutton[11]
1416 (October)
1417 Thomas Archer Robert Walsh[11]
1419 ?
1420 John Bigge Hamon Sutton[11]
1421 (May) John Bigge Hamon Sutton[11]
1421 (December) William Leadenham Richard Walsh[11]
1423 Hamon Sutton
1425 Hamon Sutton
1426 Hamon Sutton
1459 Thomas Fitzwilliam[12]
1510 ?
1512 Robert Alanson Richard Clerke[13]
1515 Robert Alanson Richard Clerke[13]
1523 Richard Clerke John Halton[13]
1529 Vincent Grantham William Sammes[13]
1536 Vincent Grantham Thomas Moigne[13]
1539 Robert Dighton Anthony Missenden[13]
1542 Anthony Missenden, died
and replaced in January 1543 by George St Poll		 William Alanson[13]
1545 George St Poll William Yates[13]
1547 George St Poll Thomas Grantham[13]
1553 (March) ?Robert Farrar ?
1553 (October) George St Poll Robert Farrar[13]
1554 (April) Robert Farrar William Rotheram[13]
1554 (November) George St Poll Robert Farrar[13]
1555 Robert Farrar ?[13]
1558 George St Poll Francis Kempe[13]
1558/59 Anthony Thorold Robert Farrar[14]
1562/63 Robert Monson Robert Farrar[14]
1571 Thomas Wilson Robert Monson[14]
1572 (May) Thomas Wilson John Welcome[14]
1584 Stephen Thymbleby John Joye[14]
1586 John Savile Thomas Fairfax[14]
1588/89 George Anton Peter Eure[14]
1593 George Anton Charles Dymoke[14]
1597 Thomas Grantham George Anton[14]
1601 (October) George Anton Francis Bullingham[14]
1604 Sir Thomas Grantham Sir Edward Tyrwhit
1614 Sir Thomas Grantham Edward Bash
1621 Sir Lewis Watson, (1st Baronet) Sir Edward Ayscough
1624 Sir Lewis Watson, 1st Baronet Thomas Hatcher
1625 Sir Thomas Grantham Sir John Monson
1626 Sir Thomas Grantham Robert Monson
1628–1629 Sir Thomas Grantham Sir Edward Ayscough
1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned
April 1640 Thomas Grantham John Farmery
November 1640 Thomas Grantham John Broxholme died 1647
and replaced by Thomas Lister
1654 William Marshall Original Peart
1656 Humphrey Walcot Original Peart
1659 Robert Marshal Thomas Meres

MPs 1660–1885

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Election Member[15] Party Member[15] Party
1660 John Monson Sir Thomas Meres
1661 Sir Robert Bolles, Bt
1664 Sir John Monson
1675 Henry Monson
1681 Sir Thomas Hussey, Bt
1685 Henry Monson
1689, January Sir Christopher Nevile
1689, May Sir Edward Hussey, Bt
1690 Sir John Bolles, Bt.
1695 William Monson
1698 Sir Edward Hussey, Bt
1701, January Sir Thomas Meres
1701, December Sir Edward Hussey, Bt
1702 Sir Thomas Meres
1705 Thomas Lister
1710 Richard Grantham
1713 John Sibthorpe
1715 Sir John Tyrwhitt, Bt Whig Richard Grantham
1722 Sir John Monson
1727 Charles Hall Tory
1728 Sir John Tyrwhitt, 5th Bt Whig
1734 Charles Monson Coningsby Sibthorp Tory
1741 Sir John Tyrwhitt, 6th Bt
1747 Coningsby Sibthorp Tory
1754 George Monson John Chaplin
1761 Coningsby Sibthorp Tory
1768 Thomas Scrope Constantine Phipps[16]
1774 George Lumley Robert Vyner
1780 Sir Thomas Clarges, Bt
1783 John Fenton-Cawthorne[17]
1784 Richard Lumley-Savile
1790 Robert Hobart[18]
1796, 14 May George Rawdon
1796, 25 May Richard Ellison Tory[19]
1800 Humphrey Sibthorp Tory[19]
1806 William Monson
1808 John Savile
1812 John Nicholas Fazakerley Sir Henry Sullivan
1814 Coningsby Waldo-Sibthorpe Tory[19]
1818 Ralph Bernal Whig[19]
1820 Bobus Smith Whig[19]
1822 John Williams
1826 John Nicholas Fazakerley Whig[19] Charles Sibthorp Tory[19]
1830 John Fardell Tory[19]
1831 George Heneage Whig[19][20][21]
1832 Edward Bulwer[22] Whig[19][23][24]
1835 Charles Sibthorp Conservative[19]
1841 William Rickford Collett Conservative[19]
1847 Charles Seely[25] Radical[20][26][27][28]
1848 by-election Thomas Hobhouse Radical[29][30]
1852 George Heneage Whig[19][20][21]
1856 by-election Gervaise Sibthorp Conservative
1859 Liberal
1861 by-election Charles Seely Liberal
1862 by-election John Bramley-Moore Conservative
1865 Edward Heneage[31] Liberal
1868 John Hinde Palmer Liberal
1874 Edward Chaplin Conservative
1880 John Hinde Palmer Liberal
1884 by-election Joseph Ruston Liberal

MPs 1885–present

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Election Member[15] Party
1885 Joseph Ruston Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1886 Frederick Kerans Conservative
1892 William Crosfield Liberal
1895 Charles Seely Liberal Unionist
1906 Charles Roberts Liberal
1918 Alfred Davies Coalition Conservative
1924 Robert Arthur Taylor Labour
1931 Walter Liddall Conservative
1945 George Deer Labour
1950 Geoffrey de Freitas Labour
1962 by-election Dick Taverne Labour (until 1972)

Lincoln Democratic Labour (from 1973)

1973 by-election
February 1974 Lincoln Democratic Labour Association
October 1974 Margaret Jackson later Beckett Labour
1979 Kenneth Carlisle Conservative
1997 Gillian Merron Labour
2010 Karl McCartney Conservative
2017 Karen Lee Labour
2019 Karl McCartney Conservative
2024 Hamish Falconer Labour

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Lincoln[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hamish Falconer 18,470 43.8 +2.8
Conservative Karl McCartney 9,677 23.0 −24.9
Reform UK Jamie-Lee McMillan 7,602 18.0 +15.9
Green Sally Horscroft 2,751 6.5 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Clare Smalley 2,580 6.1 +1.3
Workers Party Linda Richardson 479 1.1 N/A
Liberal Charles Shaw 278 0.7 +0.1
Independent Laura Victoria Ashby 243 0.6 N/A
SDP Craig Marshall 80 0.2 N/A
Majority 8,793 20.8 N/A
Turnout 42,160 58.3 −10.0
Registered electors 72,313
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +13.8

Elections in the 2010s

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General election 2019: Lincoln[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Karl McCartney 24,267 47.9 Increase 3.2
Labour Karen Lee 20,753 41.0 Decrease 6.9
Liberal Democrats Caroline Kenyon 2,422 4.8 Increase 2.2
Green Sally Horscroft 1,195 2.4 Increase 1.2
Brexit Party Reece Wilkes 1,079 2.1 New
Independent Rob Bradley 609 1.2 New
Liberal Charles Shaw 304 0.6 New
Majority 3,514 6.9 N/A
Turnout 50,629 67.7 Increase 1.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase 5.1
General election 2017: Lincoln[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Karen Lee 23,333 47.9 Increase 8.3
Conservative Karl McCartney 21,795 44.7 Increase 2.1
UKIP Nick Smith 1,287 2.6 Decrease 9.6
Liberal Democrats Caroline Kenyon 1,284 2.6 Decrease 1.7
Green Ben Loryman 583 1.2 New
Independent Phil Gray 312 0.6 New
Independent Iain Scott-Burdon 124 0.3 New
Majority 1,538 3.2 N/A
Turnout 48,718 66.6 Increase 3.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase 3.1
See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Lincoln
General election 2015: Lincoln[35][36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Karl McCartney 19,976 42.6 +5.1
Labour Lucy Rigby 18,533 39.6 +4.4
UKIP Nick Smith 5,721 12.2 +10.0
Liberal Democrats Ross Pepper 1,992 4.3 −15.9
TUSC Elaine Smith 344 0.7 New
Lincolnshire Independent Helen Powell 286 0.6 New
Majority 1,443 3.0 +0.7
Turnout 46,852 63.2 +1.0
Conservative hold Swing +0.38
General election 2010: Lincoln[37][38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Karl McCartney 17,163 37.5 +4.6
Labour Gillian Merron 16,105 35.2 −10.2
Liberal Democrats Reg Shore 9,256 20.2 +2.0
BNP Robert West 1,367 3.0 New
UKIP Nick Smith 1,004 2.2 −1.3
English Democrat Ernest Coleman 604 1.3 New
Independent Gary Walker 222 0.5 New
Majority 1,058 2.3 N/A
Turnout 45,721 62.2 +4.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +6.75

Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2005: Lincoln[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gillian Merron 16,724 45.4 −8.5
Conservative Karl McCartney 12,110 32.9 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Lisa Gabriel 6,715 18.2 +5.5
UKIP Nick Smith 1,308 3.5 +1.2
Majority 4,613 12.5 −10.2
Turnout 36,856 56.5 +0.5
Labour hold Swing -5.1
General election 2001: Lincoln[40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gillian Merron 20,003 53.9 −1.0
Conservative Christine-Anne Talbot 11,583 31.2 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Lisa Gabriel 4,703 12.7 +1.9
UKIP Rodger Doughty 836 2.3 New
Majority 8,420 22.7 −1.2
Turnout 37,125 56.0 −15.1
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1997: Lincoln[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gillian Merron 25,563 54.9 +12.1
Conservative Tony Brown 14,433 31.0 −16.1
Liberal Democrats Lisa Gabriel 5,048 10.8 +0.7
Referendum John Ivory 1,329 2.9 New
Natural Law Adrian Myers 175 0.4 New
Majority 11,130 23.9 N/A
Turnout 46,548 71.1 −8.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +14.1
General election 1992: Lincoln[42][43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Carlisle 28,792 46.1 −0.4
Labour Nick Butler 26,743 42.8 +9.1
Liberal Democrats David Harding-Price 6,316 10.1 −9.3
Liberal Sue Wiggin 603 1.0 New
Majority 2,049 3.3 −9.5
Turnout 62,454 79.1 +3.5
Conservative hold Swing −4.8

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1987: Lincoln[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Carlisle 27,097 46.5 +0.1
Labour Nick Butler 19,614 33.7 +6.2
SDP Peter Zentner 11,319 19.4 −5.7
Unknown Thomas Kyle 232 0.4 New
Majority 7,483 12.8 −6.1
Turnout 58,262 75.6 +1.0
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: Lincoln[45]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Carlisle 25,244 46.4
Labour Malcolm Withers 14,958 27.5
SDP Freddie Stockdale 13,631 25.1
Independent Gilbert Blades 523 1.0 New
Majority 10,286 18.9
Turnout 54,356 74.6
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1979: Lincoln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Carlisle 17,777 41.4 +13.1
Labour Margaret Jackson 17,175 40.0 +2.9
Liberal Keith Melton 5,638 13.1 New
Democratic Labour Freddie Stockdale 1,743 4.1 −30.5
National Front J. Noble 523 1.2 New
Revolutionary Reform T. Kyle 77 0.2 New
Majority 602 1.4 N/A
Turnout 42,933 77.0 +2.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +5.1
General election October 1974: Lincoln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Jackson 14,698 37.1 +4.6
Democratic Labour Dick Taverne 13,714 34.6 −1.0
Conservative Peter Myles Moran 11,223 28.3 −3.7
Majority 984 2.5 N/A
Turnout 39,635 74.8 −4.3
Labour gain from Democratic Labour Swing
General election February 1974: Lincoln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Labour Dick Taverne 14,780 35.6
Labour Margaret Jackson 13,487 32.5
Conservative Peter Myles Moran 13,299 32.0
Majority 1,293 3.1
Turnout 41,566 79.1
Democratic Labour hold Swing
1973 Lincoln by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Labour Dick Taverne 21,967 58.2 +58.2
Labour John Dilks 8,776 23.2 −27.8
Conservative Jonathan Guinness 6,616 17.5 −21.5
Democratic Conservative Reginald Simmerson 198 0.5 New
Majority Rule Malcolm Waller 100 0.3 New
Independent Jean Justice 81 0.2 New
Majority 13,191 35.0 N/A
Turnout 37,738 72.6 −1.8
Democratic Labour gain from Labour Swing
General election 1970: Lincoln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dick Taverne 20,090 51.0 −7.3
Conservative Richard Alexander 15,340 39.0 −2.7
Independent Liberal Gilbert Blades 3,937 10.0 New
Majority 4,750 12.0 −4.6
Turnout 39,367 74.4 −4.3
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1966: Lincoln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dick Taverne 23,006 58.3 +10.5
Conservative Richard Alexander 16,469 41.7 +5.3
Majority 6,537 16.6 +5.2
Turnout 39,475 78.7 −1.6
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Lincoln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dick Taverne 19,737 47.8 −7.3
Conservative Michael McNair-Wilson 15,015 36.4 −8.5
Liberal Patrick Furnell 6,519 15.8 N/A
Majority 4,722 11.4 +1.2
Turnout 41,271 80.3 −3.8
Labour hold Swing
1962 Lincoln by-election: Lincoln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dick Taverne 19,038 50.51 −4.59
Conservative Percy Grieve 11,386 30.21 −14.69
Liberal Patrick Furnell 6,856 18.19 New
Independent A. Taylor 412 1.09 New
Majority 7,652 20.30 +10.10
Turnout 37,692
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1959: Lincoln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoffrey de Freitas 23,629 55.1 −1.1
Conservative Leslie Herbert Priestley 19,240 44.9 +1.1
Majority 4,389 10.2 −2.2
Turnout 42,869 84.1 −1.8
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Lincoln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoffrey de Freitas 23,773 56.2 +2.1
Conservative Peter Emery 18,551 43.8 −2.1
Majority 5,222 12.4 +4.2
Turnout 42,324 85.9 −1.9
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Lincoln
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoffrey de Freitas 23,400 54.1 +4.1
Conservative Maurice Macmillan 19,840 45.9 +4.6
Majority 3,560 8.2 −0.5
Turnout 43,240 87.8 −0.9
Labour hold Swing
General election 1950: Lincoln[46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoffrey de Freitas 21,537 50.0
National Liberal Francis Hill 17,784 41.3
Liberal Jean Henderson 3,753 8.7
Majority 3,753 8.7
Turnout 43,074 88.7
Labour hold Swing

Election in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Lincoln[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Deer 14,052 41.3 −4.7
Conservative Walter Liddall 10,414 30.5 −23.5
Liberal Frederick Charles Truman 9,625 28.2 New
Majority 3,638 10.8 N/A
Turnout 34,091 80.3 −3.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +9.4

General Election 1939/40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1935: Lincoln[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Walter Liddall 17,948 54.0 −4.9
Labour George Deer 15,264 46.0 +4.9
Majority 2,684 8.0 −9.8
Turnout 33,212 84.0 −4.9
Conservative hold Swing −4.9
General election 1931: Lincoln[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Walter Liddall 20,688 58.9 +24.6
Labour Robert Taylor 14,455 41.1 −2.5
Majority 6,233 17.8 N/A
Turnout 35,123 88.9 +0.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +13.5

Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1929: Lincoln[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Taylor 15,176 43.6 +2.3
Unionist Benjamin Garnet Lampard-Vachell 11,978 34.3 −6.8
Liberal Robert Pattinson 7,719 22.1 +4.5
Majority 3,198 9.3 +9.1
Turnout 34,873 88.5 0.0
Labour hold Swing +4.5
General election 1924: Lincoln[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Taylor 11,596 41.3 +7.1
Unionist George Hamilton 11,557 41.1 −0.9
Liberal A. G. Macdonell 4,952 17.6 −6.2
Majority 39 0.2 N/A
Turnout 28,105 88.5 +3.0
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +4.0
General election 1923: Lincoln[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Alfred Davies 11,338 42.0 −17.0
Labour Robert Taylor 9,251 34.2 −6.8
Liberal A. G. Macdonell 6,447 23.8 New
Majority 2,087 7.8 −10.2
Turnout 27,036 85.5 −0.4
Unionist hold Swing −5.1
General election 1922: Lincoln[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Alfred Davies 15,780 59.0 +11.3
Labour Robert Taylor 10,951 41.0 +12.5
Majority 4,829 18.0 −1.2
Turnout 26,731 85.9 +11.5
Unionist hold Swing −0.6

Elections in the 1910s

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Roberts
General election 1918: Lincoln[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Alfred Davies 11,114 47.7 +0.6
Labour Robert Taylor 6,658 28.5 New
Liberal Charles Roberts 5,550 23.8 −29.1
Majority 4,456 19.2 N/A
Turnout 23,322 74.4 −15.1
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +14.8
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

General Election 1914/15

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Roberts
General election December 1910: Lincoln[48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Roberts 5,484 52.9 +2.7
Conservative Robert Filmer 4,878 47.1 +17.0
Majority 606 5.8 −14.3
Turnout 10,362 89.5 −3.5
Registered electors 11,577
Liberal hold Swing −7.1
General election January 1910: Lincoln[48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Roberts 5,402 50.2 −1.0
Conservative Robert Filmer 3,236 30.1 +18.5
Free Trader Charles Seely 2,129 19.8 −17.4
Majority 2,166 20.1 +6.1
Turnout 10,767 93.0 −0.8
Registered electors 11,577
Liberal hold Swing −9.8

Seely stood as a 'Liberal Unionist in support of Free Trade'.

Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1906: Lincoln[48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Roberts 5,110 51.2 +1.6
Free Trader Charles Seely 3,718 37.2 New
Conservative Henry Croft 1,162 11.6 −38.8
Majority 1,392 14.0 N/A
Turnout 9,990 93.8 +4.1
Registered electors 10,645
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +20.2
General election 1900: Lincoln[48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Charles Seely 4,002 50.4 −1.1
Liberal Charles Roberts 3,935 49.6 +1.1
Majority 67 0.8 −2.2
Turnout 7,937 89.7 −2.0
Registered electors 8,846
Liberal Unionist hold Swing −1.1

Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1895: Lincoln[48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Charles Seely 3,808 51.5 +3.2
Liberal William Crosfield 3,590 48.5 −3.2
Majority 218 3.0 N/A
Turnout 7,398 91.7 +2.1
Registered electors 8,068
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +3.2
General election 1892: Lincoln[48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Crosfield 3,410 51.7 +4.3
Conservative Frederick Kerans 3,186 48.3 −4.3
Majority 224 3.4 N/A
Turnout 6,596 89.6 +8.9
Registered electors 7,358
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +4.3

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1886: Lincoln[48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Kerans 3,159 52.6 +10.6
Liberal William Crosfield 2,851 47.4 −10.6
Majority 308 5.2 N/A
Turnout 6,010 80.7 −5.6
Registered electors 7,444
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +10.6
General election 1885: Lincoln[48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Ruston 3,726 58.0 −16.9
Conservative Frederick Kerans 2,701 42.0 +16.9
Majority 1,025 16.0 +5.2
Turnout 6,427 86.3 −1.0 (est)
Registered electors 7,444
Liberal hold Swing −16.9
By-election, 16 Jun 1884: Lincoln (1 seat)[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Ruston 3,234 58.8 −16.1
Conservative Richard Hall[50] 2,263 41.2 +16.1
Majority 971 17.6 +6.8
Turnout 5,497 81.2 −6.1 (est)
Registered electors 6,769
Liberal hold Swing −16.1
  • Caused by Palmer's death.
General election 1880: Lincoln (2 seats)[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Seely 3,401 39.0 +6.1
Liberal John Hinde Palmer 3,128 35.9 +5.1
Conservative Edward Chaplin 2,190 25.1 −11.2
Majority 938 10.8 N/A
Turnout 5,591 (est) 87.3 (est) +3.0
Registered electors 6,402
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +5.9
Liberal hold Swing +5.4

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General election 1874: Lincoln (2 seats)[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Chaplin 2,107 36.3 New
Liberal Charles Seely 1,907 32.9 N/A
Liberal John Hinde Palmer 1,784 30.8 N/A
Majority 223 5.5 N/A
Turnout 3,953 (est) 84.3 (est) N/A
Registered electors 4,689
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1868: Lincoln (2 seats)[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Seely Unopposed
Liberal John Hinde Palmer Unopposed
Registered electors 4,243
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
General election 1865: Lincoln (2 seats)[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Seely 878 34.9 +3.9
Liberal Edward Heneage 870 34.6 +2.1
Conservative John Bramley-Moore 765 30.4 −6.1
Majority 105 4.2 N/A
Turnout 1,639 (est) 95.7 (est) −0.7
Registered electors 1,713
Liberal hold Swing +3.5
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.6
By-election, 12 February 1862: Lincoln[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Bramley-Moore 715 50.9 +14.4
Liberal John Hinde Palmer 690 49.1 −14.4
Majority 25 1.8 −2.2
Turnout 1,405 94.3 −2.1
Registered electors 1,490
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +14.4
  • Caused by Heneage's resignation.
By-election, 9 November 1861: Lincoln[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Seely Unopposed
Liberal gain from Conservative
  • Caused by Sibthorp's death.

Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1859: Lincoln (2 seats)[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gervaise Sibthorp 740 36.5 −4.7
Liberal George Heneage 658 32.5 +0.6
Liberal John Hinde Palmer 629 31.0 +4.1
Majority 82 4.0 −5.3
Turnout 1,384 (est) 96.4 (est) +24.8
Registered electors 1,435
Conservative hold Swing −4.7
Liberal hold Swing +1.5
General election 1857: Lincoln (2 seats)[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gervaise Sibthorp 829 41.2 −1.2
Whig George Heneage 641 31.9 −1.5
Radical John Hinde Palmer 541 26.9 +2.7
Turnout 1,006 (est) 71.6 (est) −1.0
Registered electors 1,405
Majority 188 9.3 +0.3
Conservative hold Swing −1.3
Majority 100 5.0 −4.2
Whig hold Swing −1.4
By-election, 16 January 1856: Lincoln[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gervaise Sibthorp Unopposed
Conservative hold
  • Caused by Sibthorp's death.
General election 1852: Lincoln (2 seats)[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Sibthorp 840 42.4 −7.1
Whig George Heneage 661 33.4 +10.3
Radical Charles Seely 478 24.2 −3.2
Turnout 990 (est) 72.6 (est) −1.8
Registered electors 1,363
Majority 179 9.0 +1.6
Conservative hold Swing −8.7
Majority 183 9.2 N/A
Whig gain from Radical Swing +6.8

Elections in the 1840s

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By-election, 16 March 1848: Lincoln[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Thomas Hobhouse 552 52.2 +1.7
Conservative Lebbeus Charles Humfrey[51] 505 47.8 −1.7
Majority 47 4.4 −8.3
Turnout 1,057 83.2 +8.8
Registered electors 1,271
Radical hold Swing +1.7
  • Caused by Seely's election being declared void on petition, due to bribery by his agent, on 10 March 1848[52]
General election 1847: Lincoln (2 seats)[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Sibthorp 659 34.8 +4.8
Radical Charles Seely 518 27.4 +8.6
Whig Edward Bulwer-Lytton 436 23.1 −1.4
Conservative William Rickford Collett 278 14.7 −11.9
Turnout 946 (est) 74.4 (est) −11.0
Registered electors 1,271
Majority 141 7.4 +5.3
Conservative hold Swing +0.6
Majority 240 12.7 N/A
Radical gain from Conservative Swing +6.1
General election 1841: Lincoln (2 seats)[19][49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Sibthorp 541 30.0 −0.7
Conservative William Rickford Collett 481 26.6 +3.2
Whig Edward Bulwer-Lytton 443 24.5 −1.6
Radical Charles Seely 340 18.8 N/A
Majority 38 2.1 −8.9
Turnout 932 85.4 +2.4
Registered electors 1,091
Conservative hold Swing +0.1
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +2.0

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1837: Lincoln (2 seats)[19][49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Sibthorp 514 30.7 +9.1
Whig Edward Bulwer-Lytton 436 26.1 −5.0
Conservative Henry Ellis[53] 392 23.4 +1.8
Whig Charles Henry Churchill[54] 330 19.7 −6.0
Turnout 864 83.0 +4.3
Registered electors 1,041
Majority 184 11.0 −1.2
Conservative hold Swing +7.3
Majority 44 2.7
Whig hold Swing −5.2
General election 1835: Lincoln (2 seats)[19][49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Sibthorp 565 43.3 +15.3
Whig Edward Bulwer-Lytton 406 31.1 −3.0
Whig Charles Beaumont Phipps[55] 335 25.7 −12.1
Majority 159 12.2 N/A
Turnout 885 78.7 −5.5
Registered electors 1,124
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +15.2
Whig hold Swing −5.3
General election 1832: Lincoln (2 seats)[19][49]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig George Heneage 543 37.8
Whig Edward Bulwer-Lytton 490 34.1
Tory Charles Sibthorp 402 28.0
Majority 88 6.1
Turnout 878 84.2
Registered electors 1,043
Whig hold
Whig gain from Tory
General election 1831: Lincoln (2 seats)[19][56]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Charles Sibthorp Unopposed
Whig George Heneage Unopposed
Registered electors c. 1,400
Tory hold
Whig gain from Tory
General election 1830: Lincoln (2 seats)[19][56]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory John Fardell (MP) Unopposed
Tory Charles Sibthorp Unopposed
Registered electors c. 1,400
Tory hold
Tory gain from Whig

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  3. ^ Lincoln Cathedral was from 1311 until an intense storm in 1549 the world's tallest building
  4. ^ Changed seat in 1983 to serve Derby South which she has held to date (winning most recently in 2019)

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