Lincoln is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...

. It elects one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

With the splitting of the City of York

City of York (UK Parliament constituency)

The City of York was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...

 constituency at the 2010 general election, Lincoln became the oldest constituency in continuous existence in the United Kingdom, having been established in 1265.

It has been a bellwether constituency since October 1974, having voted for the winning party in each election since that time. This is despite it previously being a relatively safe seat for the Labour Party.

It was represented for five years by the future Cabinet minister Margaret Jackson, later Margaret Beckett; she has gone on to represent Derby South since 1983. The current MP is Karl McCartney

Karl McCartney

Karl Ian McCartney is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Conservative Party member of Parliament for Lincoln, and was first elected in 2010.-Biography:...

 of the Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

, first elected at the 2010 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency, as its name suggests, covers the city of Lincoln

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....

 in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

. It also includes a number of surrounding villages.

History

Lincoln first sent Members to Parliament in 1265 and has continued ever since, although no returns exist before the end of the 13th century. The early elections were held at the Guildhall and Members were usually officials of the borough.

The representation, originally two Members, was reduced to one Member in 1885.

Lincoln became the oldest constituency in the country in 2010 when the City of York constituency was divided.

MPs 1265–1660

Year	First member	Second member
1386	Robert Sutton	Robert Saltby
1388 (Feb)	Robert Sutton	John Sutton
1388 (Sep)	Gilbert Beesby	Robert Harworth
1390 (Jan)	Nicholas Werk	Robert Peck
1390 (Nov)
1391	Robert Sutton	Robert Ledes
1393	Thomas Thornagh	John Belasise
1394	Robert Sutton	Robert Messingham
1395	Robert Harworth	Robert Ledes
1397 (Jan)	Robert Sutton	Robert Appleby
1397 (Sep)	Seman Laxfield	John Thorley
1399	Robert Sutton	William Blyton
1401	Robert Harworth	Gilbert Beesby
1402	John Balderton	William Blyton
1404 (Jan)	Seman Laxfield	William Dalderby
1404 (Oct)	Nicholas Huddleston	Robert Appleby
1406	Richard Worsop	Thomas Forster
1407	Richard Worsop	Richard Bell
1410	?
1411	John Bigge	John Belasise
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	John Dalderby	Thomas Forster
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)	John Ryle	Thomas Teryng
1415	Thomas Archer	Thomas Forster
1416 (Mar)	John Bigge	Hamon Sutton
1416 (Oct)
1417	Thomas Archer	Robert Walsh
1419	?
1420	John Bigge	Hamon Sutton
1421 (May)	John Bigge	Hamon Sutton
1421 (Dec)	William Leadenham	Robert Walsh
1459	Thomas Fitzwilliam Thomas Fitzwilliam Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam was Speaker of the House of Commons of England between 1489–1490.He was born into a Lincolnshire gentry family, the son of Thomas Fitzwilliam of Mablethorpe and educated at the Inner Temple....
1510	?
1512	Robert Alanson	Richard Clerke
1515	Robert Alanson	Richard Clerke
1523	Richard Clerke	John Halton
1529	Vincent Grantham	William Sammes
1536	Vincent Grantham	Thomas Moigne
1539	Robert Dighton	Anthony Missenden
1542	Anthony Missenden, died and repl. in Jan 1543 by George St Poll	William Alanson
1545	George St Poll	William Yates
1547	George St Poll	Thomas Grantham
1553 (Mar)	?Robert Farrar	?
1553 (Oct)	George St Poll	Robert Farrar
1554 (Apr)	Robert Farrar	William Rotheram
1554 (Nov)	George St Poll	Robert Farrar
1555	Robert Farrar	?
1558	George St Poll	Francis Kempe
1558/9	Anthony Thorold	Robert Farrar
1562/3	Robert Monson Robert Monson Robert Monson was an English politician and judge. He was Member of Parliament for various constituencies from 1553 to 1572 and also became Justice of the Common Pleas....	Robert Farrar
1571	Thomas Wilson	Robert Monson Robert Monson Robert Monson was an English politician and judge. He was Member of Parliament for various constituencies from 1553 to 1572 and also became Justice of the Common Pleas....
1572 (May)	Thomas Wilson	John Welcome
1584	Stephen Thymbleby	John Joye
1586	John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Pontefract John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Pontefract John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Pontefract was an English politician; M.P. for Lincoln, 1586: sheriff of Lincolnshire, 1590; knight of the shire for Yorkshire, 1597, 1614, 1624, and 1626; custos rotulorum of West Riding of Yorkshire; ejected from office in 1615, but reappointed in 1626...	Thomas Fairfax Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron was an English soldier, diplomat and politician, his title being in the Peerage of Scotland.-Life:...
1588/9	George Anton	Peter Eure
1593	George Anton	Charles Dymoke
1597	Thomas Grantham	George Anton
1601 (Oct)	George Anton	Francis Bullingham
1604	Sir Thomas Grantham Thomas Grantham (died 1630) Sir Thomas Grantham was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1604 to 1629.Grantham was the son of Vincent Grantham of Goltho and St Katherines, Lincolnshire...	Sir Edward Tyrwhit
1614	Sir Thomas Grantham Thomas Grantham (died 1630) Sir Thomas Grantham was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1604 to 1629.Grantham was the son of Vincent Grantham of Goltho and St Katherines, Lincolnshire...	Edward Bash
1621	Sir Lewis Watson, Bt	Sir Edward Ayscough
1624	Sir Lewis Watson, Bt	Thomas Hatcher Thomas Hatcher Thomas Hatcher was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1659. He fought on the Parliamentary side during the English Civil War....
1625	Sir Thomas Grantham Thomas Grantham (died 1630) Sir Thomas Grantham was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1604 to 1629.Grantham was the son of Vincent Grantham of Goltho and St Katherines, Lincolnshire...	Sir John Monson Sir John Monson, 2nd Baronet Sir John Monson, 2nd Baronet was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625 and 1626.Monson was born in the parish, of St Sepulchre's, London, the son of Sir Thomas Monson, 1st Baronet of South Carlton, Lincolnshire and his wife Margaret Anderson, the daughter of...
1626	Sir Thomas Grantham Thomas Grantham (died 1630) Sir Thomas Grantham was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1604 to 1629.Grantham was the son of Vincent Grantham of Goltho and St Katherines, Lincolnshire...	Robert Monson
1628-1629	Sir Thomas Grantham Thomas Grantham (died 1630) Sir Thomas Grantham was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1604 to 1629.Grantham was the son of Vincent Grantham of Goltho and St Katherines, Lincolnshire...	Sir Edward Ayscough
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned
April 1640	Thomas Grantham Thomas Grantham (Parliamentarian) Thomas Grantham was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1653. He fought on the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War.Grantham was the son of Sir Thomas Grantham and his wife Frances Puckering...	John Farmery John Farmery John Farmery was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War....
November 1640	Thomas Grantham Thomas Grantham (Parliamentarian) Thomas Grantham was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1653. He fought on the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War.Grantham was the son of Sir Thomas Grantham and his wife Frances Puckering...	John Broxholme John Broxholme John Broxholme was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1647.Broxholme was of Broxholme Place Lincoln...  died 1647 and repl. by Thomas Lister Thomas Lister (Regicide) Thomas Lister was colonel in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War and an MP. He was appointed a judge at the trial of Charles I, but on the restoration escaped with a light punishment.-Early life:...
1654	William Marshall	Original Peart
1656	Humphrey Walcot	Original Peart
1659	Robert Marshal	Thomas Meres Thomas Meres Thomas Meres was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1710.Meres was the eldest son of Robert Meres, DD, of Kirton, Lincolnshire, chancellor of Lincoln cathedral, and his first wife Elizabeth Williams, daughter of Hugh Williams of Wegg. Caernarvonshire. He was...

MPs 1660–1886

Election	|Member	Party
1660		John Monson			Sir Thomas Meres Thomas Meres Thomas Meres was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1710.Meres was the eldest son of Robert Meres, DD, of Kirton, Lincolnshire, chancellor of Lincoln cathedral, and his first wife Elizabeth Williams, daughter of Hugh Williams of Wegg. Caernarvonshire. He was...
1661		Sir Robert Bolles, Bt
1664		Sir John Monson
1675		Henry Monson
1681		Sir Thomas Hussey, Bt
1685		Henry Monson
1689, January					Sir Christopher Nevile
1689, May		Sir Edward Hussey, Bt
1690					Sir John Bolles, Bt.
1695		William Monson
1698		Sir Edward Hussey, Bt
1701, January		Sir Thomas Meres Thomas Meres Thomas Meres was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1710.Meres was the eldest son of Robert Meres, DD, of Kirton, Lincolnshire, chancellor of Lincoln cathedral, and his first wife Elizabeth Williams, daughter of Hugh Williams of Wegg. Caernarvonshire. He was...
1701, December		Sir Edward Hussey, Bt
1702					Sir Thomas Meres Thomas Meres Thomas Meres was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1710.Meres was the eldest son of Robert Meres, DD, of Kirton, Lincolnshire, chancellor of Lincoln cathedral, and his first wife Elizabeth Williams, daughter of Hugh Williams of Wegg. Caernarvonshire. He was...
1705		Thomas Lister
1710					Richard Grantham
1713					John Sibthorpe
1715		Sir John Tyrwhitt, Bt			Richard Grantham
1722					Sir John Monson John Monson, 1st Baron Monson John Monson, 1st Baron Monson PC , known as Sir John Monson, 5th Baronet, from 1727 to 1728, was a British politician....
1727		Charles Hall
1728					Sir John Tyrwhitt, 5th Bt
1734		Charles Monson			Coningsby Sibthorpe
1741					Sir John Tyrwhitt, 6th Bt
1747					Coningsby Sibthorpe
1754		George Monson			John Chaplin
1761					Coningsby Sibthorpe
1768		Thomas Scrope			Constantine John Phipps Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave Constantine John Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave, PC was an English explorer and officer in the Royal Navy. He served during the Seven Years War and the American War of Independence, seeing action in a number of battles and engagements...
1774		The Viscount Lumley George Lumley-Saunderson, 5th Earl of Scarbrough George Augustus Lumley-Saunderson, 5th Earl of Scarbrough , styled Viscount Lumley until 1782, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...			Robert Vyner
1780		Sir Thomas Clarges, Bt
1783		John Fenton-Cawthorne John Fenton-Cawthorne John Fenton-Cawthorne was a British Conservative politician, who served as MP for Lincoln between 1783 and 1796 and as MP for Lancaster for four terms in the early 19th century.-Early life:...
1784					Richard Lumley-Savile Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 6th Earl of Scarbrough Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 6th Earl of Scarbrough , styled The Honourable Richard Lumley-Saunderson until 1807, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...
1790					The Lord Hobart Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire PC , styled Lord Hobart from 1793 to 1804, was a British Tory politician of the late 18th and early 19th century.-Background:...
1796, 14 May		George Rawdon
1796, 25 May					Richard Ellison Richard Ellison (politician) Richard Ellison was a British politician.He was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1793 and was Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1796 to 1812, and for Wootton Bassett from 1813 to 1820....
1800		Humphrey Sibthorp Humphrey Sibthorp (1744–1815) Humphrey Sibthorp was a British Tory politician.He was elected as a Member of Parliament for Boston at a by-election in April 1777, after the death of Charles Amcotts MP...
1806		William Monson
1808		The Earl of Mexborough John Savile, 2nd Earl of Mexborough John Savile, 2nd Earl of Mexborough , styled Viscount Pollington between 1766 and 1778, was a British peer and politician.-Background:Mexborough was the son of John Savile, 1st Earl of Mexborough, and Sarah ....
1812		John Nicholas Fazakerley John Nicholas Fazakerley John Nicholas Fazakerley was a British Whigpolitician. He sat in the House of Commons for most of the period from 1812 to 1841.He was elected at the 1812 general election as a Member of Parliament for Lincoln,...			Sir Henry Sullivan
1814					Coningsby Waldo-Sibthorpe
1818		Ralph Bernal Ralph Bernal Ralph Bernal was a British Whig politician and art collector. His family were Sephardi Jews of Spanish origin, but he was baptised at St Olave Hart Street in London....
1820		Robert Percy Smith Robert Percy Smith Robert Percy Smith , was a British lawyer and Member of Parliament.Smith was elected to the House of Commons for Grantham in 1812, a seat he held until 1818, then represented Lincoln from 1820 to 1826. He also served as Judge Advocate General in India. He married Caroline Maria Vernon, second...
1822					John Williams
1826		John Nicholas Fazakerley John Nicholas Fazakerley John Nicholas Fazakerley was a British Whigpolitician. He sat in the House of Commons for most of the period from 1812 to 1841.He was elected at the 1812 general election as a Member of Parliament for Lincoln,...			Charles Delaet Waldo Sibthorp
1830		John Fardell
1831		George Fieschi Heneage
1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....					Edward Lytton Bulwer Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton PC , was an English politician, poet, playwright, and novelist. He was immensely popular with the reading public and wrote a stream of bestselling dime-novels which earned him a considerable fortune...
1835 United Kingdom general election, 1835 The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large...		Charles Delaet Waldo Sibthorp	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1841 United Kingdom general election, 1841 -Seats summary:-Whig MPs who lost their seats:*Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for Ireland*Sir George Strickland, Bt*Sir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987...					William Rickford Collett
1847 United Kingdom general election, 1847 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...					Charles Seely
1848 by-election					Thomas Benjamin Hobhouse
1852 United Kingdom general election, 1852 The July 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed election in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising...					George Fieschi Heneage
1856 by-election		Gervaise Tottenham Waldo Sibthorp	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1861 by-election		Charles Seely	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1862 by-election					John Bramley-Moore	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1865 United Kingdom general election, 1865 The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.Palmerston died later in the same...					Edward Heneage Edward Heneage, 1st Baron Heneage Edward Heneage, 1st Baron Heneage PC, JP, DL was a British Liberal and Liberal Unionist politician. He was briefly Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under William Ewart Gladstone between February and April 1886, when he broke with Gladstone over Irish Home Rule and joined the Liberal...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...					John Hinde Palmer John Hinde Palmer John Hinde Palmer was an English barrister and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1868 and 1884....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1874 United Kingdom general election, 1874 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...					Edward Chaplin Edward Chaplin (MP) Colonel Edward Chaplin was a British Conservative politician.-Background:Chaplin was the son of Reverend Henry Chaplin and Caroline Horatia, daughter of William Ellice...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1880 United Kingdom general election, 1880 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...					John Hinde Palmer John Hinde Palmer John Hinde Palmer was an English barrister and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1868 and 1884....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1884 by-election					Joseph Ruston Joseph Ruston Joseph Ruston was an English engineer and manufacturer and Liberal Party politician.Ruston was the son of Robert Ruston a farmer of Chatteris, Isle of Ely and his wife Margaret Seward. He was educated at Wesley College, Sheffield and became an apprentice at the Sheffield cutlery firm of George...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

MPs 1885–present

Election		Member	Party
	1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Joseph Ruston Joseph Ruston Joseph Ruston was an English engineer and manufacturer and Liberal Party politician.Ruston was the son of Robert Ruston a farmer of Chatteris, Isle of Ely and his wife Margaret Seward. He was educated at Wesley College, Sheffield and became an apprentice at the Sheffield cutlery firm of George...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	1886 United Kingdom general election, 1886 -Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the UK general election, 1886*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...	Frederick Harold Kerans	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1892 United Kingdom general election, 1892 The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 July to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election...	William Crosfield	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1895 United Kingdom general election, 1895 The United Kingdom general election of 1895 was held from 13 July - 7 August 1895. It was won by the Conservatives led by Lord Salisbury who formed an alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party and had a large majority over the Liberals, led by Lord Rosebery...	Charles Hilton Seely Sir Charles Seely, 2nd Baronet Sir Charles Hilton Seely, 2nd Baronet KGStJ was a British industrialist, landowner and Liberal Unionist politician who served as Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1895 to 1906 and for Mansfield from 1916 to 1918. He was a Justice of the Peace for Hampshire and Nottinghamshire and the Deputy...	Liberal Unionist
	1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 -Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...	Charles Henry Roberts Charles Henry Roberts Charles Henry Roberts , was a British Liberal politician.-Background:Roberts was the son of Reverend Albert James Roberts, Vicar of Tidebrook, Sussex.-Political career:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...	Alfred Thomas Davies	Coalition Conservative
	1924 United Kingdom general election, 1924 - Seats summary :- References :* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* - External links :* * *...	Robert Arthur Taylor	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
	1931 United Kingdom general election, 1931 The United Kingdom general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. It was also the last election, and the only one under universal suffrage, where one party received an absolute majority of the votes cast.The 1931 general election was the...	Walter Sydney Liddall	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...	George Deer George Deer George Deer, OBE was a British Trade union official and politician.-Early career:Deer went to an elementary school in Grimsby. He began work at the age of 12 and worked on the railways, at the docks and in engineering shops; he was also a commercial traveller...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
	1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950 The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...	Geoffrey de Freitas Geoffrey de Freitas Sir Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas was a British politician and diplomat. For many years a Labour Member of Parliament, he also served as British High Commissioner in Accra and Nairobi, and later as President of the Council of Europe....	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
	1962 by-election Lincoln by-election, 1962 There was a by-election in the UK parliamentary constituency of Lincoln on March 8, 1962 following the resignation of the sitting member, Geoffrey de Freitas....	Dick Taverne	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
	1972–1973	vacant
	1973 by-election Lincoln by-election, 1973 The Lincoln by-election of 1 March 1973 saw the re-election of Dick Taverne as Member of Parliament for Lincoln as a Democratic Labour representative, after Taverne's pro-Common Market views saw him repudiated by the Lincoln Constituency Labour Party...	Dick Taverne (re-elected)	Lincoln Democratic Labour Association
	Oct 1974 United Kingdom general election, October 1974 The United Kingdom general election of October 1974 took place on 10 October 1974 to elect 635 members to the British House of Commons. It was the second general election of that year and resulted in the Labour Party led by Harold Wilson, winning by a tiny majority of 3 seats.The election of...	Margaret Jackson Margaret Beckett Margaret Mary Beckett is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Derby South since 1983, rising to become the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party under John Smith, from 18 July 1992 to 12 May 1994, and briefly serving as Leader of the Party following Smith's death...  later Beckett	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
	1979 United Kingdom general election, 1979 The United Kingdom general election of 1979 was held on 3 May 1979 to elect 635 members to the British House of Commons. The Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher ousted the incumbent Labour government of James Callaghan with a parliamentary majority of 43 seats...	Kenneth Carlisle Kenneth Carlisle Sir Kenneth Melville Carlisle is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1979 to 1997.-Early life:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
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Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1970s

Sources

• Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
• http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)