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Lincoln (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards}}

{{For|the Canadian electoral districts in Ontario|Lincoln (federal electoral district)|Lincoln (provincial electoral district)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox UK constituency main

|name = Lincoln

|parliament = uk

|image = {{maplink|frame=yes|frame-align=center|plain=yes|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Lincoln (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame-height=200|frame-width=250}}

|caption = Boundaries since 2024

|image2 = File:East Midlands - Lincoln constituency.svg

|caption2 = Boundary of Lincoln in the East Midlands

|year = 1265

|abolished =

|type = Borough

|elects_howmany = Two until 1885, then one

|previous =

|next =

|electorate = 74,128 (2023){{cite web |url= https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-east-midlands/#lg_lincoln-bc-74128

|title= The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – East Midlands

|publisher=Boundary Commission for England

|access-date=2 July 2024

|df=dmy

}}

|mp = Hamish Falconer

|party = Lab

|region = England

|county = Lincolnshire

|towns = Lincoln

}}

Lincoln is a constituency{{#tag:ref|A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} in Lincolnshire, England represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Hamish Falconer of the Labour Party.{{#tag:ref|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.|group= n}}

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

1885–1918: The existing parliamentary borough, and the parish of Bracebridge.{{cite book |author= |title=The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria |url=https://archive.org/details/publicgeneralac01walegoog |location=London |publisher=Eyre and Spottiswoode |pages=[https://archive.org/details/publicgeneralac01walegoog/page/n114 111]–198 |date=1885 |chapter=Chap. 23. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 }}

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,{{Cite web |last=LGBCE |title=North Kesteven {{!}} LGBCE |url=https://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/north-kesteven |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=www.lgbce.org.uk |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=The North Kesteven (Electoral Changes) Order 2021 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1052/contents/made}} 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.{{Cite web |title=New Seat Details – Lincoln |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Lincoln |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}

The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which was based on the ward structure in place at 1 December 2020, left the boundaries unchanged.{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 1 East Midlands}}

The constituency, as its name suggests, covers the cathedral city{{#tag:ref|Lincoln Cathedral was from 1311 until an intense storm in 1549 the world's tallest building |group= n}} of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, and most of its directly adjoining villages.

History

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.{{#tag:ref|Changed seat in 1983 to serve Derby South which she has held to date (winning most recently in 2019)|group= n}} Lincoln became the oldest constituency in the country in 2010 when the City of York constituency was divided.

Constituency profile

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

=MPs 1265–1660=

class="wikitable"
YearFirst memberSecond member
1307 (January)Hugh Skarlet{{cite book |title= Members of Parliament 1213–1702 | location=London | publisher=House of Commons| year=1878}}Henry de Windsor
1369John Sutton{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/sutton-john-i-1391|title=SUTTON, John I (d.c.1391), of Lincoln|publisher= History of Parliament|access-date= 10 June 2017}}
1372John Sutton
1373John Sutton
1381Robert Sutton{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/sutton-robert-1414|title=SUTTON, Robert (d.1414), of Lincoln|publisher= History of Parliament|access-date= 9 June 2017}}
1377 (October)John Sutton
1382 (May)Robert Sutton
1383Robert Saltby{{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/saltby-robert| title= SALTBY, Robert, of Lincoln|publisher = History of Parliament|access-date = 30 July 2014}}
1384 (November)Robert Sutton
1385Robert Sutton
1386Robert SuttonRobert Saltby{{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/lincoln| title = History of Parliament|access-date = 19 September 2011}}
1388 (February)Robert SuttonJohn Sutton
1388 (September)Gilbert BeesbyRobert Harworth
1390 (January)Nicholas WerkRobert Peck
1390 (November)
1391Robert SuttonRobert Ledes
1393Thomas ThornhaghJohn Belasise
1394Robert SuttonRobert Messingham
1395Robert HarworthRobert Ledes
1397 (January)Robert SuttonRobert Appleby
1397 (September)Seman LaxfieldJohn Thorley
1399Robert SuttonWilliam Blyton
1401Robert HarworthGilbert Beesby
1402John BaldertonWilliam Blyton
1404 (January)Seman LaxfieldWilliam Dalderby
1404 (October)Nicholas HuddlestonRobert Appleby
1406Richard WorsopThomas Forster
1407Richard WorsopRichard Bell
1410?
1411John BiggeJohn Belasise
1413 (February)
1413 (May)John DalderbyThomas Forster
1414 (April)
1414 (November)John RyleThomas Teryng
1415Thomas ArcherThomas Forster
1416 (March)John BiggeHamon Sutton
1416 (October)
1417Thomas ArcherRobert Walsh
1419?
1420John BiggeHamon Sutton
1421 (May)John BiggeHamon Sutton
1421 (December)William LeadenhamRobert Walsh
1423Hamon Sutton
1425Hamon Sutton
1426Hamon Sutton
1459Thomas Fitzwilliam{{cite ODNB |url = http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/92985?docPos=2|title=Fitzwilliam, Sir Thomas, Speaker of the House of Commons| year = 2006| doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/92985|access-date =1 December 2011| last1 = Payling| first1 = S. J.}}
1510?
1512Robert AlansonRichard Clerke{{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/lincoln| title = History of Parliament|access-date = 19 September 2011}}
1515Robert AlansonRichard Clerke
1523Richard ClerkeJohn Halton
1529Vincent GranthamWilliam Sammes
1536Vincent GranthamThomas Moigne
1539Robert DightonAnthony Missenden
1542Anthony Missenden, died
and replaced in January 1543 by George St Poll		William Alanson
1545George St PollWilliam Yates
1547George St PollThomas Grantham
1553 (March)?Robert Farrar?
1553 (October)George St PollRobert Farrar
1554 (April)Robert FarrarWilliam Rotheram
1554 (November)George St PollRobert Farrar
1555Robert Farrar?
1558George St PollFrancis Kempe
1558/59Anthony ThoroldRobert Farrar{{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/lincoln| title = History of Parliament|access-date = 19 September 2011}}
1562/63Robert MonsonRobert Farrar
1571Thomas WilsonRobert Monson
1572 (May)Thomas WilsonJohn Welcome
1584Stephen ThymblebyJohn Joye
1586John SavileThomas Fairfax
1588/89George AntonPeter Eure
1593George AntonCharles Dymoke
1597Thomas GranthamGeorge Anton
1601 (October)George AntonFrancis Bullingham
1604Sir Thomas GranthamSir Edward Tyrwhit
1614Sir Thomas GranthamEdward Bash
1621Sir Lewis Watson, (1st Baronet)Sir Edward Ayscough
1624Sir Lewis Watson, 1st BaronetThomas Hatcher
1625Sir Thomas GranthamSir John Monson
1626Sir Thomas GranthamRobert Monson
1628–1629Sir Thomas GranthamSir Edward Ayscough
1629–1640colspan = "2"| No Parliaments summoned
April 1640Thomas GranthamJohn Farmery
November 1640Thomas GranthamJohn Broxholme died 1647
and replaced by Thomas Lister
1654William MarshallOriginal Peart
1656Humphrey WalcotOriginal Peart
1659Robert MarshalThomas Meres

=MPs 1660–1885=

class="wikitable"
Electioncolspan="2"|Member{{Rayment-hc|l|3|date=March 2012}}Partycolspan="2"|MemberParty
1660

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| John Monson

|

|rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="6"| Sir Thomas Meres

|rowspan="6"|

1661

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Sir Robert Bolles, Bt

|

1664

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Sir John Monson

|

1675

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Henry Monson

|

1681

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Sir Thomas Hussey, Bt

|

1685

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Henry Monson

|rowspan="2"|

1689, January

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Sir Christopher Nevile

|rowspan="2"|

1689, May

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Sir Edward Hussey, Bt

|rowspan="2"|

1690

|rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="5"| Sir John Bolles, Bt.

|rowspan="5"|

1695

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| William Monson

|

1698

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Sir Edward Hussey, Bt

|

1701, January

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Sir Thomas Meres

|

1701, December

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Sir Edward Hussey, Bt

|rowspan="2"|

1702

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Sir Thomas Meres

|rowspan="2"|

1705

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="3"| Thomas Lister

|rowspan="3"|

1710

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Richard Grantham

|

1713

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| John Sibthorpe

|

1715

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="2"| Sir John Tyrwhitt, Bt

|rowspan="2"| Whig

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Richard Grantham

|

1722

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Sir John Monson

|rowspan="2"|

1727

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="2"| Charles Hall

|rowspan="2"| Tory

1728

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Sir John Tyrwhitt, 5th Bt

| Whig

1734

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="3"| Charles Monson

|rowspan="3"|

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Coningsby Sibthorp

| Tory

1741

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Sir John Tyrwhitt, 6th Bt

|

1747

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Coningsby Sibthorp

| Tory

1754

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| George Monson

|rowspan="2"|

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| John Chaplin

|

1761

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Coningsby Sibthorp

| Tory

1768

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Thomas Scrope

|

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Constantine PhippsConstantine Phipps later succeeded to the peerage as the 2nd Baron Mulgrave

|

1774

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| George Lumley

|

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="3"| Robert Vyner

|rowspan="3"|

1780

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Sir Thomas Clarges, Bt

|

1783

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="3"| John Fenton-CawthorneJohn Fenton-Cawthorne was expelled from the House of Commons on 2 May 1796

|rowspan="3"|

1784

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Richard Lumley-Savile

|

1790

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Robert HobartRobert Hobart was known as Robert Hobart until 1793, and as Lord Hobart from 1793 until he acceded to the peerage in 1804 as the 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire

|rowspan="2"|

1796, 14 May

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| George Rawdon

|rowspan="2"|

1796, 25 May

|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="4"| Richard Ellison

|rowspan="4"| Tory

1800

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Humphrey Sibthorp

| Tory{{cite book

|last=Stooks Smith

|first=Henry.

|editor=Craig, F. W. S.

|title=The Parliaments of England

|orig-year=1844–1850

|edition=2nd

|year=1973

|publisher=Parliamentary Research Services

|location=Chichester

|isbn=978-0-900178-13-9

|pages=[https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/202 202–204]

|url=https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/202

}}

1806

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| William Monson

|

1808

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| John Savile

|

1812|1812

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| John Nicholas Fazakerley

|rowspan="2"|

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Sir Henry Sullivan

|

1814

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="3"| Coningsby Waldo-Sibthorpe

|rowspan="3"| Tory

1818

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Ralph Bernal

| Whig

1820

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="2"| Bobus Smith

|rowspan="2"| Whig

1822

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| John Williams

|

1826

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| John Nicholas Fazakerley

| Whig

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="3"| Charles Sibthorp

|rowspan="3"| Tory

1830

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| John Fardell

| Tory

1831

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="2"| George Heneage

|rowspan="2"| Whig

1832

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="2"| Edward BulwerEdward Bulwer was known as Bulwer-Lytton from 1844, and in 1866 became the 1st Baron Lytton

|rowspan="2"| Whig{{cite book|last1=Mosse|first1=Richard Bartholomew|title=The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc|date=1838|page=141 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pHcEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA141 |access-date=24 November 2018}}{{cite journal |last1=Simpson |first1=Roger |title=The Nannau Oak: Bulwer Lytton and his Midsummer Knight at the Westminster Round Table |journal=Arthuriana |date=Fall 1997 |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=124–136 |jstor=27869279 |doi=10.1353/art.1997.0008 |s2cid=154206973 }}

1835

|rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|rowspan="5"| Charles Sibthorp

|rowspan="5"| Conservative

1841

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| William Rickford Collett

| Conservative

1847

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Radicals (UK)}}" |

| Charles SeelyThe election in 1847 of Charles Seely was declared void on 10 March 1848

| Radical{{cite book|last1=Hill|first1=Francis|author-link1=Francis Hill|title=Victorian Lincoln|date=1974|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=978-0-521-20334-0|pages=[https://archive.org/details/victorianlincoln0000hill/page/17 17], 74|url=https://archive.org/details/victorianlincoln0000hill|url-access=registration|access-date=19 May 2018}}{{cite book|author1=Dod, Charles Roger|author2=Dod, Robert Phipps|author-link1=Charles Roger Dod|title=Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 15|date=1847|publisher=Dod's Parliamentary Companion|page=232|access-date=19 May 2018|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081634291;view=1up;seq=244}}{{cite web|last1=Seely|first1=Bob|author-link1=Bob Seely|title=About Bob Seely|url=https://www.bobseely.org.uk/about-bob-seely|website=Bob Seely MP|access-date=19 May 2018}}{{cite web|title=Pratt to Seely|url=http://www.itsaboutlincoln.co.uk/pratt-to-seeley.html|website=It's About Lincoln|publisher=Angelic Aromas|access-date=19 May 2018}}

1848 by-election

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Radicals (UK)}}" |

| Thomas Hobhouse

| Radical{{cite news|title=General Elections|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000358/18370729/001/0001|access-date=14 May 2018|work=Berkshire Chronicle|date=29 July 1837|page=1|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}{{cite news|title=Domestic Intelligence|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000296/18480321/007/0001|access-date=14 May 2018|work=Dundee, Perth, and Cupar Advertiser|date=21 March 1848|page=1|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

1852

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="4"| George Heneage

|rowspan="2"| Whig{{cite news|title=North Lincolnshire Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000354/18520723/011/0005|access-date=19 May 2018|work=Lincolnshire Chronicle|date=23 July 1852|page=5|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

1856 by-election

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|rowspan="2" | Gervaise Sibthorp

|rowspan="2" | Conservative

1859

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

|rowspan="2" | Liberal

1861 by-election

|rowspan="7" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

|rowspan="7" | Charles Seely

|rowspan="7" | Liberal

1862 by-election

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| John Bramley-Moore

| Conservative

1865

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| Edward HeneageEdward Heneage was later ennobled as Baron Heneage

| Liberal

1868

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| John Hinde Palmer

| Liberal

1874

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Edward Chaplin

| Conservative

1880

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| John Hinde Palmer

| Liberal

1884 by-election

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| Joseph Ruston

| Liberal

=MPs 1885–present=

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|ElectionMemberParty
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 1885

|rowspan="2" | Joseph Ruston

| Liberal

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Unionist Party (UK)}}" |

| 1886

| Liberal Unionist

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1886

| Frederick Kerans

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 1892

| William Crosfield

| Liberal

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Unionist Party (UK)}}" |

| 1895

| Charles Seely

| Liberal Unionist

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 1906

| Charles Roberts

| Liberal

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Coalition Conservative}}" |

| 1918

| Alfred Davies

| Coalition Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 1924

| Robert Arthur Taylor

| Labour

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1931

| Walter Liddall

| Conservative

rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 1945

| George Deer

| Labour

1950

| Geoffrey de Freitas

| Labour

1962 by-election

| rowspan="3" | Dick Taverne

| rowspan="2" | Labour (until 1972)

Lincoln Democratic Labour (from 1973)

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Lincoln Democratic Labour Association}}" |

| 1973 by-election

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Lincoln Democratic Labour Association}}" |

| February 1974

| Lincoln Democratic Labour Association

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| October 1974

| Margaret Jackson later Beckett

| Labour

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1979

| Kenneth Carlisle

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 1997

| Gillian Merron

| Labour

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 2010

| Karl McCartney

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 2017

| Karen Lee

| Labour

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 2019

| Karl McCartney

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 2024

| Hamish Falconer

| Labour

Elections

File:Lincoln election Results.png

= Elections in the 2020s =

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Lincoln[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001336 Lincoln] }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Hamish Falconer|votes=18470|percentage=43.8|change=+2.8|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Karl McCartney|votes=9,677|percentage=23.0|change=-24.9|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Jamie-Lee McMillan|votes=7,602|percentage=18.0|change=+15.9|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Sally Horscroft|votes=2,751|percentage=6.5|change=+4.1|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Clare Smalley|votes=2,580|percentage=6.1|change=+1.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Workers Party of Britain|candidate=Linda Richardson|votes=479|percentage=1.1|change=N/A|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Party (UK, 1989)|candidate=Charles Shaw|votes=278|percentage=0.7|change=+0.1|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Laura Victoria Ashby|votes=243|percentage=0.6|change=N/A|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)|candidate=Craig Marshall|votes=80|percentage=0.2|change=N/A|}}

{{Election box majority|votes=8,793|percentage=20.8|change=N/A}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=42,160|percentage=58.3|change=-10.0}}

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=72,313}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +13.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 2010s=

{{Election box begin | title = General election 2019: Lincoln{{cite news |title=Lincoln Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000792 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=22 November 2019}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Karl McCartney

|votes=24,267|percentage=47.9

|change={{increase}} 3.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Labour Party (UK)

|candidate=Karen Lee

|votes=20,753|percentage=41.0

|change={{decrease}} 6.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate=Caroline Kenyon

|votes=2,422|percentage=4.8

|change={{increase}} 2.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate=Sally Horscroft

|votes=1,195

|percentage=2.4

|change={{increase}} 1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Brexit Party

|candidate=Reece Wilkes

|votes=1,079

|percentage=2.1

|change= New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Independent (politician)

|candidate=Rob Bradley

|votes=609

|percentage=1.2

|change= {{increase}} 1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK, 1989)

|candidate=Charles Shaw

|votes=304

|percentage=0.6

|change= {{increase}} 0.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,514

|percentage = 6.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 50,629

|percentage = 67.7

|change = {{increase}} 1.1

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = {{increase}} 5.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2017: Lincoln{{cite web|url=https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2017/05/full-list-lincoln-candidates-2017-general-election/|title=Full list of Lincoln candidates for the 2017 general election|date=12 May 2017|website=The Lincolnite|access-date=21 March 2019}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Karen Lee

|votes = 23,333

|percentage = 47.9

|change = {{increase}} 8.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Karl McCartney

|votes = 21,795

|percentage = 44.7

|change = {{increase}} 2.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Nick Smith

|votes = 1,287

|percentage = 2.6

|change = {{decrease}} 9.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Caroline Kenyon

|votes = 1,284

|percentage = 2.6

|change = {{decrease}} 1.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Ben Loryman

|votes = 583

|percentage = 1.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Phil Gray

|votes = 312

|percentage = 0.6

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Iain Scott-Burdon

|votes = 124

|percentage = 0.3

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,538

|percentage = 3.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 48,718

|percentage = 66.6

|change = {{increase}} 3.4

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = {{increase}} 3.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{See also|Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15#Lincoln}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2015: Lincoln{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000792 |title=Lincoln parliamentary constituency |work=BBC News |access-date=8 May 2015}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Karl McCartney

|votes = 19,976

|percentage = 42.6

|change = +5.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Lucy Rigby

|votes = 18,533

|percentage = 39.6

|change = +4.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Nick Smith

|votes = 5,721

|percentage = 12.2

|change = +10.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Ross Pepper

|votes = 1,992

|percentage = 4.3

|change = −15.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

|candidate = Elaine Smith

|votes = 344

|percentage = 0.7

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Lincolnshire Independents

|candidate = Helen Powell

|votes = 286

|percentage = 0.6

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,443

|percentage = 3.0

|change = +0.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 46,852

|percentage = 63.2

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +0.38

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2010: Lincoln{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013}}{{cite web |title=Election 2010: Lincoln result |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c65.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=24 July 2023}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Karl McCartney

|votes = 17,163

|percentage = 37.5

|change = +4.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Gillian Merron

|votes = 16,105

|percentage = 35.2

|change = −10.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Reg Shore

|votes = 9,256

|percentage = 20.2

|change = +2.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = British National Party

|candidate = Robert West

|votes = 1,367

|percentage = 3.0

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Nick Smith

|votes = 1,004

|percentage = 2.2

|change = −1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = English Democrats

|candidate = Ernest Coleman

|votes = 604

|percentage = 1.3

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Gary Walker

|votes = 222

|percentage = 0.5

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,058

|percentage = 2.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 45,721

|percentage = 62.2

|change = +4.9

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +6.75

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 2000s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2005: Lincoln{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Gillian Merron

|votes = 16,724

|percentage = 45.4

|change = −8.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Karl McCartney

|votes = 12,110

|percentage = 32.9

|change = +1.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Lisa Gabriel

|votes = 6,715

|percentage = 18.2

|change = +5.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Nick Smith

|votes = 1,308

|percentage = 3.5

|change = +1.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,613

|percentage = 12.5

|change = -10.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 36,856

|percentage = 56.5

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = -5.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2001: Lincoln{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Gillian Merron

|votes = 20,003

|percentage = 53.9

|change = −1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Christine-Anne Talbot

|votes = 11,583

|percentage = 31.2

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Lisa Gabriel

|votes = 4,703

|percentage = 12.7

|change = +1.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Rodger Doughty

|votes = 836

|percentage = 2.3

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 8,420

|percentage = 22.7

|change = -1.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 37,125

|percentage = 56.0

|change = −15.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1990s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1997: Lincoln{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Gillian Merron

|votes = 25,563

|percentage = 54.9

|change = +12.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Tony Brown

|votes = 14,433

|percentage = 31.0

|change = -16.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Lisa Gabriel

|votes = 5,048

|percentage = 10.8

|change = +0.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Referendum Party

|candidate = John Ivory

|votes = 1,329

|percentage = 2.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = Adrian Myers

|votes = 175

|percentage = 0.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 11,130

|percentage = 23.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 46,548

|percentage = 71.1

|change = -8.0

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +14.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1992: Lincoln{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=2010-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020412/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Kenneth Carlisle

|votes = 28,792

|percentage = 46.1

|change = −0.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Nick Butler

|votes = 26,743

|percentage = 42.8

|change = +9.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = David Harding-Price

|votes = 6,316

|percentage = 10.1

|change = −9.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)

|candidate = Sue Wiggin

|votes = 603

|percentage = 1.0

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,049

|percentage = 3.3

|change = −9.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 62,454

|percentage = 79.1

|change = +3.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −4.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1980s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1987: Lincoln{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Kenneth Carlisle

|votes = 27,097

|percentage = 46.5

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Nick Butler

|votes = 19,614

|percentage = 33.7

|change = +6.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Zentner

|votes = 11,319

|percentage = 19.4

|change = −5.7

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Unknown

|candidate = Thomas Kyle

|votes = 232

|percentage = 0.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,483

|percentage = 12.8

|change = -6.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 58,262

|percentage = 75.6

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1983: Lincoln{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Kenneth Carlisle

|votes = 25,244

|percentage = 46.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Malcolm Withers

|votes = 14,958

|percentage = 27.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)

|candidate = Freddie Stockdale

|votes = 13,631

|percentage = 25.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Gilbert Blades

|votes = 523

|percentage = 1.0

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 10,286

|percentage = 18.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 54,356

|percentage = 74.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1970s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1979: Lincoln}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Kenneth Carlisle

|votes = 17,777

|percentage = 41.4

|change = +13.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Margaret Jackson

|votes = 17,175

|percentage = 40.0

|change = +2.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Keith Melton

|votes = 5,638

|percentage = 13.1

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Lincoln Democratic Labour Association

|candidate = Freddie Stockdale

|votes = 1,743

|percentage = 4.1

|change = −30.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = National Front (UK)

|candidate = J. Noble

|votes = 523

|percentage = 1.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Revolutionary Reform

|candidate = T. Kyle

|votes = 77

|percentage = 0.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 602

|percentage = 1.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 42,933

|percentage = 77.0

|change = +2.2

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +5.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election October 1974: Lincoln}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Margaret Jackson

|votes = 14,698

|percentage = 37.1

|change = +4.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Lincoln Democratic Labour Association

|candidate = Dick Taverne

|votes = 13,714

|percentage = 34.6

|change = -1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Myles Moran

|votes = 11,223

|percentage = 28.3

|change = -3.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 984

|percentage = 2.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 39,635

|percentage = 74.8

|change = -4.3

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Lincoln Democratic Labour Association

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election February 1974: Lincoln}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Lincoln Democratic Labour Association

|candidate = Dick Taverne

|votes = 14,780

|percentage = 35.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Margaret Jackson

|votes = 13,487

|percentage = 32.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Myles Moran

|votes = 13,299

|percentage = 32.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,293

|percentage = 3.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 41,566

|percentage = 79.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Lincoln Democratic Labour Association

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=1973 Lincoln by-election}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Lincoln Democratic Labour Association

|candidate = Dick Taverne

|votes = 21,967

|percentage = 58.2

|change = +58.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John Dilks

|votes = 8,776

|percentage = 23.2

|change = −27.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Jonathan Guinness

|votes = 6,616

|percentage = 17.5

|change = −21.5

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Democratic Conservative

|candidate = Reginald Simmerson

|votes = 198

|percentage = 0.5

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Majority Rule

|candidate = Malcolm Waller

|votes = 100

|percentage = 0.3

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Jean Justice

|votes = 81

|percentage = 0.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13,191

|percentage = 35.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 37,738

|percentage = 72.6

|change = -1.8

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Lincoln Democratic Labour Association

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1970: Lincoln

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Dick Taverne

|votes = 20,090

|percentage = 51.0

|change = -7.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Alexander

|votes = 15,340

|percentage = 39.0

|change = -2.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Liberal

|candidate = Gilbert Blades

|votes = 3,937

|percentage = 10.0

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,750

|percentage = 12.0

|change = -4.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 39,367

|percentage = 74.4

|change = -4.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1960s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1966: Lincoln}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Dick Taverne

|votes = 23,006

|percentage = 58.3

|change = +10.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Alexander

|votes = 16,469

|percentage = 41.7

|change = +5.3

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,537

|percentage = 16.6

|change = +5.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 39,475

|percentage = 78.7

|change = -1.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1964: Lincoln}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Dick Taverne

|votes = 19,737

|percentage = 47.8

|change = -7.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael McNair-Wilson

|votes = 15,015

|percentage = 36.4

|change = -8.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Patrick Furnell

|votes = 6,519

|percentage = 15.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,722

|percentage = 11.4

|change = +1.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 41,271

|percentage = 80.3

|change = -3.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=1962 Lincoln by-election: Lincoln

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Dick Taverne

|votes = 19,038

|percentage = 50.51

|change = -4.59

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Percy Grieve

|votes = 11,386

|percentage = 30.21

|change = -14.69

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Patrick Furnell

|votes = 6,856

|percentage = 18.19

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = A. Taylor

|votes = 412

|percentage = 1.09

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,652

|percentage = 20.30

|change = +10.10

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 37,692

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1950s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1959: Lincoln}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Geoffrey de Freitas

|votes = 23,629

|percentage = 55.1

|change = -1.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Leslie Herbert Priestley

|votes = 19,240

|percentage = 44.9

|change = +1.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,389

|percentage = 10.2

|change = -2.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 42,869

|percentage = 84.1

|change = -1.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1955: Lincoln}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Geoffrey de Freitas

|votes = 23,773

|percentage = 56.2

|change = +2.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Emery

|votes = 18,551

|percentage = 43.8

|change = -2.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,222

|percentage = 12.4

|change = +4.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 42,324

|percentage = 85.9

|change = -1.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1951: Lincoln

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Geoffrey de Freitas

|votes = 23,400

|percentage = 54.1

|change = +4.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Maurice Macmillan

|votes = 19,840

|percentage = 45.9

|change = +4.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,560

|percentage = 8.2

|change = -0.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 43,240

|percentage = 87.8

|change = -0.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1950: Lincoln{{Cite book|title=The Times' Guide to the House of Commons|year=1950}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Geoffrey de Freitas

|votes = 21,537

|percentage = 50.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative and National Liberal

|candidate = Francis Hill

|votes = 17,784

|percentage = 41.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Jean Henderson

|votes = 3,753

|percentage = 8.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,753

|percentage = 8.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 43,074

|percentage = 88.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Election in the 1940s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1945: LincolnBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = George Deer

|votes = 14,052

|percentage = 41.3

|change = −4.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Walter Liddall

|votes = 10,414

|percentage = 30.5

|change = −23.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Charles Truman

|votes = 9,625

|percentage = 28.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,638

|percentage = 10.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 34,091

|percentage = 80.3

|change = −3.7

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +9.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

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=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1935: Lincoln}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Walter Liddall

|votes = 17,948

|percentage = 54.0

|change = −4.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = George Deer

|votes = 15,264

|percentage = 46.0

|change = +4.9

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,684

|percentage = 8.0

|change = −9.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 33,212

|percentage = 84.0

|change = −4.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −4.9

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1931: Lincoln}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Walter Liddall

|votes = 20,688

|percentage = 58.9

|change = +24.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Taylor

|votes = 14,455

|percentage = 41.1

|change = −2.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,233

|percentage = 17.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 35,123

|percentage = 88.9

|change = +0.4

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +13.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1920s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1929: Lincoln

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Taylor

|votes = 15,176

|percentage = 43.6

|change = +2.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Benjamin Garnet Lampard-Vachell

|votes = 11,978

|percentage = 34.3

|change = −6.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Pattinson

|votes = 7,719

|percentage = 22.1

|change = +4.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,198

|percentage = 9.3

|change = +9.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 34,873

|percentage = 88.5

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +4.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1924: Lincoln

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Taylor

|votes = 11,596

|percentage = 41.3

|change = +7.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = George Hamilton

|votes = 11,557

|percentage = 41.1

|change = −0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = A. G. Macdonell

|votes = 4,952

|percentage = 17.6

|change = −6.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 39

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 28,105

|percentage = 88.5

|change = +3.0

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = +4.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1923: Lincoln

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate =Alfred Davies

|votes = 11,338

|percentage = 42.0

|change = −17.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Taylor

|votes = 9,251

|percentage = 34.2

|change = −6.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = A. G. Macdonell

|votes = 6,447

|percentage = 23.8

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,087

|percentage = 7.8

|change = −10.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 27,036

|percentage = 85.5

|change = −0.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = −5.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1922: Lincoln

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate =Alfred Davies

|votes = 15,780

|percentage = 59.0

|change = +11.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Taylor

|votes = 10,951

|percentage = 41.0

|change = +12.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,829

|percentage = 18.0

|change = −1.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 26,731

|percentage = 85.9

|change = +11.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = −0.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1910s=

File:Charles_Henry_Roberts.jpg

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1918: Lincoln

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate =Alfred Davies

|votes = 11,114

|percentage = 47.7

|change = +0.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Taylor

|votes = 6,658

|percentage = 28.5

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Roberts

|votes = 5,550

|percentage = 23.8

|change = −29.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,456

|percentage = 19.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 23,322

|percentage = 74.4

|change = −15.1

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|loser =Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +14.8

}}

{{Election box end 1918}}

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;

File:1910 Charles Roberts MP.jpg

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election December 1910: LincolnBritish parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Roberts

|votes = 5,484

|percentage = 52.9

|change = +2.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Filmer

|votes = 4,878

|percentage = 47.1

|change = +17.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 606

|percentage = 5.8

|change = −14.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 10,362

|percentage = 89.5

|change = −3.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 11,577

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −7.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election January 1910: Lincoln

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Roberts

|votes = 5,402

|percentage = 50.2

|change = −1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Filmer

|votes = 3,236

|percentage = 30.1

|change = +18.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Free Trader

|candidate = Charles Seely

|votes =2,129

|percentage = 19.8

|change = −17.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,166

|percentage = 20.1

|change = +6.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 10,767

|percentage = 93.0

|change = −0.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 11,577

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −9.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

=Elections in the 1900s=

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1906: Lincoln

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Roberts

|votes = 5,110

|percentage = 51.2

|change = +1.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Free Trader

|candidate = Charles Seely

|votes =3,718

|percentage = 37.2

|change = +37.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Croft

|votes =1,162

|percentage = 11.6

|change = −38.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,392

|percentage = 14.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 9,990

|percentage = 93.8

|change = +4.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,645

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = +20.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1900: Lincoln

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Seely

|votes =4,002

|percentage = 50.4

|change = −1.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Roberts

|votes = 3,935

|percentage = 49.6

|change = +1.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 67

|percentage = 0.8

|change = −2.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,937

|percentage = 89.7

|change = −2.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 8,846

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = −1.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1890s=

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1895: Lincoln

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Seely

|votes = 3,808

|percentage = 51.5

|change = +3.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William Crosfield

|votes = 3,590

|percentage = 48.5

|change = −3.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 218

|percentage = 3.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,398

|percentage = 91.7

|change = +2.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 8,068

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +3.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1892: Lincoln

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William Crosfield

|votes = 3,410

|percentage = 51.7

|change = +4.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Kerans

|votes = 3,186

|percentage = 48.3

|change = −4.3

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 224

|percentage = 3.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,596

|percentage = 89.6

|change = +8.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,358

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +4.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1880s=

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1886: Lincoln

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Kerans

|votes = 3,159

|percentage = 52.6

|change = +10.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William Crosfield

|votes = 2,851

|percentage = 47.4

|change = −10.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 308

|percentage = 5.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,010

|percentage = 80.7

|change = −5.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,444

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +10.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1885: Lincoln

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Joseph Ruston

|votes = 3,726

|percentage = 58.0

|change = −16.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Kerans

|votes = 2,701

|percentage = 42.0

|change = +16.9

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,025

|percentage = 16.0

|change = +5.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,427

|percentage = 86.3

|change = −1.0 (est)

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,444

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −16.9

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 16 Jun 1884: Lincoln (1 seat)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Joseph Ruston

|votes = 3,234

|percentage = 58.8

|change = −16.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Hall{{cite news|title=Election Intelligence|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000206/18840614/021/0005|access-date=3 December 2017|work=Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser|date=14 June 1884|page=5|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 2,263

|percentage = 41.2

|change = +16.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 971

|percentage = 17.6

|change = +6.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,497

|percentage = 81.2

|change = −6.1 (est)

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 6,769

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −16.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

  • Caused by Palmer's death.

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1880: Lincoln (2 seats){{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}{{page needed|date=October 2023}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Seely

|votes = 3,401

|percentage = 39.0

|change = +6.1

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Hinde Palmer

|votes = 3,128

|percentage = 35.9

|change = +5.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Chaplin

|votes = 2,190

|percentage = 25.1

|change = −11.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 938

|percentage = 10.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,591 (est)

|percentage = 87.3 (est)

|change = +3.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 6,402

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +5.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +5.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1870s=

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1874: Lincoln (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Chaplin

|votes = 2,107

|percentage = 36.3

|change = New

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Seely

|votes = 1,907

|percentage = 32.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Hinde Palmer

|votes = 1,784

|percentage =30.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 223

|percentage = 5.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 3,953 (est)

|percentage = 84.3 (est)

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 4,689

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1860s=

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1868: Lincoln (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Seely

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Hinde Palmer

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 4,243

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1865: Lincoln (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Seely

|votes = 878

|percentage = 34.9

|change = +3.9

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Heneage

|votes = 870

|percentage = 34.6

|change = +2.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Bramley-Moore

|votes = 765

|percentage = 30.4

|change = −6.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 105

|percentage = 4.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,639 (est)

|percentage = 95.7 (est)

|change = −0.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,713

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +3.5

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +2.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 12 February 1862: Lincoln

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Bramley-Moore

|votes = 715

|percentage = 50.9

|change = +14.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Hinde Palmer

|votes = 690

|percentage = 49.1

|change = −14.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 25

|percentage = 1.8

|change = −2.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,405

|percentage = 94.3

|change = −2.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,490

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +14.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

  • Caused by Heneage's resignation.

{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 9 November 1861: Lincoln

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Seely

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

  • Caused by Sibthorp's death.

=Elections in the 1850s=

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1859: Lincoln (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Gervaise Sibthorp

|votes = 740

|percentage = 36.5

|change = −4.7

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = George Heneage

|votes = 658

|percentage = 32.5

|change = +0.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Hinde Palmer

|votes = 629

|percentage = 31.0

|change = +4.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 82

|percentage = 4.0

|change = −5.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,384 (est)

|percentage = 96.4 (est)

|change = +24.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,435

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −4.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +1.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1857: Lincoln (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Gervaise Sibthorp

|votes = 829

|percentage = 41.2

|change = −1.2

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = George Heneage

|votes = 641

|percentage = 31.9

|change = −1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = John Hinde Palmer

|votes = 541

|percentage = 26.9

|change = +2.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,006 (est)

|percentage = 71.6 (est)

|change = −1.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,405

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 188

|percentage = 9.3

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −1.3

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 100

|percentage = 5.0

|change = −4.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = −1.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 16 January 1856: Lincoln

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Gervaise Sibthorp

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

  • Caused by Sibthorp's death.

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1852: Lincoln (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Sibthorp

|votes = 840

|percentage = 42.4

|change = −7.1

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = George Heneage

|votes = 661

|percentage = 33.4

|change = +10.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = Charles Seely

|votes = 478

|percentage = 24.2

|change = −3.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 990 (est)

|percentage = 72.6 (est)

|change = −1.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,363

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 179

|percentage = 9.0

|change = +1.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −8.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 183

|percentage = 9.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Radicals (UK)

|swing = +6.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1840s=

{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 16 March 1848: Lincoln

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Hobhouse

|votes = 552

|percentage = 52.2

|change = +1.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Lebbeus Charles Humfrey{{cite news |title=Kentish Gazette |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000235/18480314/017/0003 |access-date=24 November 2018 |date=14 March 1848 |page=3 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 505

|percentage = 47.8

|change = −1.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 47

|percentage = 4.4

|change = -8.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,057

|percentage = 83.2

|change = +8.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,271

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Radicals (UK)

|swing = +1.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

  • Caused by Seely's election being declared void on petition, due to bribery by his agent, on 10 March 1848{{cite news |title=Imperial Parliament |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000056/18480313/017/0004 |access-date=24 November 2018 |work=Freeman's Journal |date=13 March 1848 |page=4 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1847: Lincoln (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Sibthorp

|votes = 659

|percentage = 34.8

|change = +4.8

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = Charles Seely

|votes = 518

|percentage = 27.4

|change = +8.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Edward Bulwer-Lytton

|votes = 436

|percentage = 23.1

|change = −1.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Rickford Collett

|votes = 278

|percentage = 14.7

|change =−11.9

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 946 (est)

|percentage = 74.4 (est)

|change = −11.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,271

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 141

|percentage = 7.4

|change = +5.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +0.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 240

|percentage = 12.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Radicals (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +6.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1841: Lincoln (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Sibthorp

|votes = 541

|percentage = 30.0

|change = −0.7

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Rickford Collett

|votes = 481

|percentage = 26.6

|change = +3.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Edward Bulwer-Lytton

|votes = 443

|percentage = 24.5

|change = −1.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = Charles Seely

|votes = 340

|percentage = 18.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 38

|percentage = 2.1

|change = −8.9

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 932

|percentage = 85.4

|change = +2.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,091

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +0.1

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +2.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1830s=

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1837: Lincoln (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Sibthorp

|votes = 514

|percentage =30.7

|change =+9.1

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Edward Bulwer-Lytton

|votes = 436

|percentage = 26.1

|change = −5.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Ellis{{cite news |title=Lincoln Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000354/18370728/014/0002 |access-date=16 April 2020 |work=Lincolnshire Chronicle |date=28 July 1837 |page=2 |via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}

|votes = 392

|percentage = 23.4

|change = +1.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Henry Churchill{{cite news |title=To the ELECTORS of the NORTHERN DIVISION of the COUNTY of NORTHAMPTON |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000237/18370714/021/0002 |access-date=16 April 2020 |work=Stamford Mercury |date=14 July 1837 |page=2 |via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}

|votes = 330

|percentage = 19.7

|change = −6.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 864

|percentage = 83.0

|change = +4.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,041

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 184

|percentage = 11.0

|change = −1.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +7.3

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 44

|percentage = 2.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = −5.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1835: Lincoln (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Sibthorp

|votes = 565

|percentage = 43.3

|change = +15.3

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Edward Bulwer-Lytton

|votes = 406

|percentage = 31.1

|change = −3.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Beaumont Phipps{{cite news |title=Nomination for the City of Lincoln |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000237/18350109/001/0002 |access-date=16 April 2020 |work=Stamford Mercury |date=9 January 1835 |page=2 |via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}

|votes = 335

|percentage = 25.7

|change = −12.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 159

|percentage = 12.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 885

|percentage = 78.7

|change = −5.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,124

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +15.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = −5.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=General election 1832: Lincoln (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = George Heneage

|votes = 543

|percentage = 37.8

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Edward Bulwer-Lytton

|votes = 490

|percentage = 34.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Sibthorp

|votes = 402

|percentage = 28.0

}}

{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 88

|percentage = 6.1

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 878

|percentage = 84.2

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 1,043

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Tories (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=General election 1831: Lincoln (2 seats){{cite web |last1=Fisher |first1=David R |title=Lincoln |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/lincoln |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=16 April 2020}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Sibthorp

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = George Heneage

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = {{circa|1,400}}

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Tories (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=General election 1830: Lincoln (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = John Fardell (MP)|John Fardell

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Sibthorp

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = {{circa|1,400}}

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

Notes

{{Reflist|group=n}}

References

{{Reflist}}

Sources

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20040822122107/http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/history/0,9571,-1281,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics] (Election results from 1992 to the present)
  • [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ Politicsresources.net – Official Web Site ✔] (Election results from 1951 to the present)
  • {{cite book

|last=Craig

|first=F. W. S.

|author-link= F. W. S. Craig

|title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885

|orig-year=1977

|edition= 2nd

|year=1989

|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services

|location=Chichester

|isbn= 978-0-900178-26-9

|page=187

}}

  • {{cite book

|last=Craig

|first=F. W. S.

|author-link= F. W. S. Craig

|title=British parliamentary election results 1885–1918

|orig-year=1974

|edition= 2nd

|year=1989

|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services

|location=Chichester

|isbn= 978-0-900178-27-6

|page=137

}}

  • {{cite book

|last=Craig

|first=F. W. S.

|author-link= F. W. S. Craig

|title=British parliamentary election results 1918–1949

|orig-year=1969

|edition=3rd

|year=1983

|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services

|location=Chichester

|isbn= 978-0-900178-06-1

|page=172

}}

External links

  • [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13198.html Lincoln UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
  • [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65704.html Lincoln UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
  • [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168476.html Lincoln UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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