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 ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency^{[nb 1]}	Electorate	Majority^{[nb 2]}		Nearest opposition
Boston and Skegness CC	67,064	4,336	Matt Warman		Robin Hunter-Clarke
Gainsborough CC	74,686	15,449	Edward Leigh		David Prescott
Grantham and Stamford CC	81,150	18,989	Nicholas Boles		Marietta King
Lincoln BC	74,121	1,443	Karl McCartney		Lucy Rigby
Louth and Horncastle CC	74,870	14,977	Victoria Atkins		Colin Mair
Sleaford and North Hykeham CC	87,972	N/A	TBC	\|	TBC
South Holland and The Deepings CC	76,460	18,567	John Hayes		David Parsons

Changes made from 2010

Proposals by the Boundary Commission for England retained these 7 constituencies, with changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies. These changes took effect at the United Kingdom general election, 2010.

Name	Former Boundaries	Current Boundaries
Boston and Skegness CC Gainsborough CC Grantham and Stamford CC Lincoln BC Louth and Horncastle CC Sleaford and North Hykeham CC South Holland and The Deepings CC

Changes proposed in 2016

As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for England proposed in 2016 the following constituencies for Lincolnshire.^[1]

Results

2005	2010	2015

Notes

↑ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
↑ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

↑ Initial Proposals East Midlands Boundary Commission for England

Ceremonial county of Lincolnshire

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Unitary authorities	North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire

Boroughs or districts	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey

Major settlements	Alford Barton-upon-Humber Boston Bottesford Bourne Brigg Broughton Burgh-le-Marsh Caistor Cleethorpes Crowland Crowle Epworth Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Holbeach Horncastle Immingham Kirton-in-Lindsey Lincoln Long Sutton Louth Mablethorpe Market Deeping Market Rasen North Hykeham Scunthorpe Skegness Sleaford Spalding Spilsby Stamford Wainfleet All Saints Winterton Wragby See also: List of civil parishes in Lincolnshire

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