Louth, Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)


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Louth was a county constituency in Lincolnshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Louth
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1983
Seatsone
Created fromNorth Lincolnshire
Replaced byBrigg and Cleethorpes and East Lindsey

It should not be confused with the former Irish constituency of County Louth (UK Parliament constituency). Between 1885 and 1918, its formal name was The East Lindsey (or Louth) Division of Lincolnshire, and it was sometimes referred to simply as East Lindsey.

1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Louth, Market Rasen, and Wragby, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Alford, Grimsby, and Horncastle.

1918–1950: The Borough of Louth, the Urban Districts of Mablethorpe and Market Rasen, and the Rural Districts of Caistor, Grimsby, and Louth.

1950–1974: The Boroughs of Louth and Cleethorpes, and the Rural Districts of Grimsby and Louth.

1974–1983: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1885 Francis Otter Liberal
1886 Arthur Raymond Heath Conservative
1892 Sir Robert Perks, 1st Baronet Liberal
January 1910 Langton Brackenbury Conservative
December 1910 Timothy Davies Liberal
1918 Langton Brackenbury Coalition Conservative
1920 by-election Thomas Wintringham Liberal
1921 by-election Margaret Wintringham Liberal
1924 Arthur Heneage Conservative
1945 Sir Cyril Osborne Conservative
1969 by-election Jeffrey Archer Conservative
Oct 1974 Michael Brotherton Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

Elections in the 1880s

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Elections in the 1890s

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Perks

Elections in the 1900s

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Elections in the 1910s

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Davies

General Election 1914–15

A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

Elections in the 1920s

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Thomas Wintringham
  • endorsed by Coalition Government
 
Margaret Wintringham

Elections in the 1930s

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Elections in the 1940s

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General Election 1939–40

A General Election was due to take place by the spring of 1940. By the autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

Elections in the 1950s

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Elections in the 1960s

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Elections in the 1970s

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  1. ^ a b c d Liberal Year Book 1908
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  3. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons 1901
  4. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons 1916
  5. ^ ‘HUTCHINGS, Sir Alan’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 16 Oct 2017
  6. ^ The Liberal Magazine 1939