Louth, Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

For other parliamentary constituencies called Louth, see Louth (disambiguation)

Louth
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)–1983 (1983)
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Brigg and Cleethorpes and East Lindsey
Created from	North Lincolnshire

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

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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Francis Otter	Liberal
	1886	Arthur Raymond Heath	Conservative
	1892	Sir Robert William Perks, 1st Baronet	Liberal
	January 1910	Henry Langton Brackenbury	Conservative
	December 1910	Timothy Davies	Liberal
	1918	Henry 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

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Louth, Lincolnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Conservative	Henry Langton Brackenbury	9,055	54.5
	Liberal	Timothy Davies	7,559	45.5
Majority			1,496	9.0
Turnout			16,614	60.3
	Coalition Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

Louth by-election, 1920
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Wintringham	9,859	57.3	+11.8
	Coalition National Democratic	C. H. Turnor	7,354	42.7	−11.8
Majority			2,505	14.6
Turnout			17,213	63.1	+2.8
	Liberal gain from Coalition Conservative		Swing	11.8

Louth by-election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Margaret Wintringham	8,386	42.2	−15.1
	Conservative	Sir A. Hutchings	7,695	38.3	−4.4
	Labour	J. L. George	3,873	19.5	N/A
Majority			791	3.9	−10.7
Turnout			19,954	72.1	+9.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Louth, Lincolnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cyril Osborne	19,977	46.37
	Labour	R Brumby	15,885	36.87
	Liberal	EI Marshall	7,222	16.76
Majority			4,092	9.50
Turnout			43,084	74.35
	Conservative hold		Swing

Louth by-election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Archer	16,317	58.0	+11.6
	Labour	Bruce Briggs	5,590	19.9	−17.0
	Liberal	John Adams	5,003	17.8	+1.0
	United Democratic Party	Sir George Fitzgerald	1,225	4.4	N/A
Majority			10,727	38.1	+28.6
Turnout			28,135		+
	Conservative hold		Swing	+14.3

Elections in the 1970s

General Election June 1970: Louth, Lincolnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Archer	25,659	53.08
	Labour	J Murray	16,403	33.93
	Liberal	J Adams	6,279	12.99
Majority			9,256	19.15
Turnout			48,341	71.57
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Louth, Lincolnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Archer	25,158	45.13
	Liberal	John CL Sellick	15,440	27.7
	Labour	AG Dowson	15,148	27.17
Majority			9,718	17.43
Turnout			55,746	79.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Louth, Lincolnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Brotherton	19,819	38.48
	Liberal	John CL Sellick	16,939	32.89
	Labour	R Mitchell	14,747	28.63
Majority			2,880	5.59
Turnout			51,505	73.06
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Louth, Lincolnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Brotherton	25,701	44.85
	Liberal	John CL Sellick	19,026	33.2
	Labour	CJC Betts	12,316	21.49
	National Front	CDB Stokes	261	0.46
Majority			6,675	11.65
Turnout			57,304	78.22
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• Louth by-election, 1920
• Louth by-election, 1921
• Louth by-election, 1969

References

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
• The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)