East Lindsey (UK Parliament constituency)

East Lindsey
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Lincolnshire
1983–1997
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.

Boundaries

The District of East Lindsey wards of Alford, Burgh-le-Marsh, Chapel St Leonards, Coningsby, Fotherby, Friskney, Frithville, Grimoldby, Halton Holegate, Hogsthorpe, Holton-le-Clay, Hundleby, Ingoldmells, Legbourne, Mablethorpe, Mareham-le-Fen, Marshchapel, New Leake, North Holme, North Somercotes, North Thoresby, Partney, Priory, St Clements, St James, St Margarets, St Marys, St Michaels, Scarbrough, Seacroft, Sibsey, Spilsby, Sutton and Trusthorpe, Tattershall, Tetford, Tetney, Theddlethorpe St Helen, Trinity, Wainfleet, Willoughby with Sloothby, Winthorpe, and Withern with Stain.

The seaside resort of Skegness was included in the constituency.

Members of Parliament

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

Elections

General Election 1992: East Lindsey^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir Peter Tapsell	31,916	51.1	−1.1
	Liberal Democrat	James Leonard Dodsworth	20,070	32.1	−4.6
	Labour	David George Shepherd	9,477	15.2	+4.0
	Green	Rosemary Elizabeth 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

General Election 1987: East Lindsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir Peter Tapsell	29,048	52.16
	Liberal	JCL Sellick	20,432	36.69
	Labour	K Stevenson	6,206	11.14
Majority			8,616	15.47
Turnout				75.22
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: East Lindsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir Peter Tapsell	27,151	53.22
	Liberal	JCL Sellick	19,634	38.49
	Labour	GR Lowis	4,229	8.29
Majority			7,517	14.74
Turnout				73.18
	Conservative win (new seat)

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. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.