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Louth and Horncastle
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Louth and Horncastle in Lincolnshire.
Location of Lincolnshire within England.
County	Lincolnshire
Electorate	76,233 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Peter Tapsell (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	East Lindsey
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Louth and Horncastle is a constituency^{[n 1]} in Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Sir Peter Tapsell, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

1 Boundaries
2 Constituency profile
3 History
4 Members of Parliament
5 Elections
6 See also
7 Notes and references

Boundaries [edit]

History of Boundaries

From 1885 to 1983, Louth and Horncastle both existed as separate constituencies. Then in 1983, Horncastle was moved into the new seat of Gainsborough and Horncastle, while Louth was moved into the newly formed East Lindsey constituency. These boundaries remained the same until 1997, when the current Louth and Horncastle constituency was formed.

Proposed New Boundaries

Under the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the area is proposed to have electoral wards:

Alford; Binbrook; Coningsby and Tattershall; Frithville; Horncastle; Grimoldby; Halton Holgate; Holton le Clay; Hundleby; Legbourne; Louth (seven wards: North Holme, Priory, St James, St Margaret's, St Mary's, St Michael's and Trinity); Ludford; Mablethorpe (three wards: North, East and Central), Mareham le Fen; Marshchapel; North Somercotes; North Thoresby; Roughton; Skidbrooke with Saltfleet Haven; Spilsby; Sutton on Sea (two wards: North and South); Tetford; Tetney; Trusthorpe and Mablethorpe South; Willoughby with Sloothby; Withern with Stain; and Woodhall Spa.^[2]

The only two changes are if accepted, the loss of Chapel St Leonards^{[n 3]} and gain of the Frithville ward like the all above wards in the District of East Lindsey.^{[n 4]}

Constituency profile [edit]

This large stretch of Lincolnshire coastline includes the seaside resorts of Mablethorpe and Sutton-on-Sea, this immediate coastline has a minority of small output areas with severe deprivation following the decline of the tourism industry apart from holiday cottages, being further north than popular family resorts in Skegness.^[3] The seat's eponymous towns lie inland amid a rural area of the Lincolnshire Wolds where farming is an important sector, with most constituents on modest to mid-level incomes, few unemployed and little dependence on social housing.

History [edit]

The seat was created in 1997. Conservatives have been dominant in the area for decades, the closest result was in 2001, when a Labour Party candidate came the closest of any opponents to being elected.

Members of Parliament [edit]

The MP for this seat is Sir Peter Tapsell. He previously represented the predecessor seats of East Lindsey and Horncastle from 1966 to 1997, and before that represented Nottingham West from 1959 to 1964 before being defeated by Labour. He is currently the longest-serving Conservative MP, albeit with a break in service. He is the only current MP of any party first elected in the 1950s. Following the retirement of Alan Williams, Tapsell became, on his re-election at the 2010 general election, Father of the House.

Before 1997, see East Lindsey

Election		Member ^[4]	Party
	1997	Sir Peter Tapsell	Conservative

Elections [edit]

Elections in the 2010s [edit]

General Election 2010: Louth and Horncastle ^[5]^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Tapsell	25,065	49.6	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Fiona Martin	11,194	22.2	+1.6
	Labour	Patrick Mountain	8,760	17.3	-8.0
	BNP	Julia Green	2,199	4.4	N/A
	UKIP	Pat Nurse	2,183	4.3	-3.4
	Lincolnshire Independents	Daniel Simpson	576	1.1	N/A
	English Democrats	Colin Mair	517	1.0	N/A
Majority			13,871	27.5
Turnout			50,494	65.0	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.8

Elections in the 2000s [edit]

General Election 2005: Louth and Horncastle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Tapsell	21,744	46.6	−1.9
	Labour	Frank Hodgkiss	11,848	25.4	−6.1
	Liberal Democrat	Fiona Martin	9,480	20.3	+0.2
	UKIP	Christopher Pain	3,611	7.7	N/A
Majority			9,896	21.2
Turnout			46,683	62.0	−0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.1

General Election 2001: Louth and Horncastle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Tapsell	21,543	48.5	+5.0
	Labour	David Bolland	13,989	31.5	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Fiona Martin	8,928	20.1	-4.4
Majority			7,554	17.0
Turnout			44,460	62.1	-10.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.6

Elections in the 1990s [edit]

General Election 1997: Louth and Horncastle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Tapsell	21,699	43.4	N/A
	Labour	John Hough	14,799	29.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Fiona Martin	12,207	24.4	N/A
	Green	Rosemary Robinson	1,248	2.5	N/A
Majority			6,900		N/A
Turnout				72.6	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Notes and references [edit]

Notes

^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ 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.
^ To Boston and Skegness (UK Parliament constituency)
^ from the same adjoining constituency to the south.

References

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Boundary Commission Map
^ 2001 Census
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
^ Louth and Horncastle UKPolling
^ ED Candidate list
^ "UK > England > East Midlands > Louth & Horncastle". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Swansea West	Constituency represented by the Father of the House 2010–present	Succeeded by incumbent

v t e Constituencies in the East Midlands (46)

Conservative (31)	Amber Valley Boston and Skegness Bosworth Broxtowe Charnwood Daventry Derbyshire Dales Erewash Gainsborough Grantham and Stamford Harborough High Peak Kettering Lincoln Loughborough Louth and Horncastle Mid Derbyshire Newark Northampton North Northampton South North West Leicestershire Rushcliffe Rutland and Melton Sherwood Sleaford and North Hykeham South Derbyshire South Holland and The Deepings South Leicestershire South Northamptonshire Wellingborough

Labour (16)	Ashfield Bassetlaw Bolsover Chesterfield Corby Derby North Derby South Gedling Leicester East Leicester South Leicester West Mansfield North East Derbyshire Nottingham East Nottingham North Nottingham South

East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (1) UKIP (1) Liberal Democrats (1)

Coordinates: 53°18′N 0°00′E / 53.30°N 0.00°E / 53.30; 0.00

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