Louth, Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

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

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.

Boundaries

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
ElectionMemberParty
1885Francis OtterLiberal
1886Arthur Raymond HeathConservative
1892Sir Robert Perks, 1st BaronetLiberal
January 1910Langton BrackenburyConservative
December 1910Timothy DaviesLiberal
1918Langton BrackenburyCoalition Conservative
1920 by-electionThomas WintringhamLiberal
1921 by-electionMargaret WintringhamLiberal
1924Arthur HeneageConservative
1945Sir Cyril OsborneConservative
1969 by-electionJeffrey ArcherConservative
Oct 1974Michael BrothertonConservative
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s
General election 1885: Louth[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francis Otter 4,801 57.2
Conservative James Lowther 3,594 42.8
Majority 1,207 14.4
Turnout 8,395 81.9
Registered electors 10,252
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Louth[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Heath Unopposed
Conservative gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1890s
Perks
General election 1892: Louth[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Perks 4,284 55.4 New
Conservative Arthur Heath 3,445 44.6 N/A
Majority 839 10.8 N/A
Turnout 7,729 78.6 N/A
Registered electors 9,829
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A
General election 1895: Louth[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Perks 4,191 52.6 −2.8
Conservative Francis Lucas 3,779 47.4 +2.8
Majority 412 5.2 −5.6
Turnout 7,970 73.4 −5.2
Registered electors 10,863
Liberal hold Swing −2.8

Elections in the 1900s
General election 1900: Louth[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Perks 4,188 56.0 +3.4
Conservative Eyre Coote (born 1857) 3,286 44.0 −3.4
Majority 902 12.0 +6.8
Turnout 7,474 77.7 +4.3
Registered electors 9,621
Liberal hold Swing +3.4
General election 1906: Louth[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Perks 4,551 56.0 0.0
Conservative Thomas Comyn-Platt 3,572 44.0 0.0
Majority 979 12.0 0.0
Turnout 8,123 80.6 +2.9
Registered electors 10,075
Liberal hold Swing 0.0

Elections in the 1910s
General election January 1910: Louth[2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Langton Brackenbury 4,433 50.9 +6.9
Liberal Timothy Davies 4,275 49.1 −6.9
Majority 158 1.8 N/A
Turnout 8,708 84.4 +3.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +6.9
Davies
General election December 1910: Louth[2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Timothy Davies 4,260 50.4 +1.3
Conservative Langton Brackenbury 4,188 49.6 −1.3
Majority 72 0.8 N/A
Turnout 8,448 81.9 −2.5
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +1.3

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.

General election 1918: Louth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Langton Brackenbury 9,055 54.5 +4.9
Liberal Timothy Davies 7,559 45.5 −4.9
Majority 1,496 9.0 N/A
Turnout 16,614 60.3 −21.6
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s
Thomas Wintringham
1920 Louth by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Wintringham 9,859 57.3 +11.8
Unionist 7,354 42.7 −11.8
Majority 2,505 14.6 N/A
Turnout 17,213 63.1 +2.8
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing 11.8
  • endorsed by Coalition Government
Margaret Wintringham
1921 Louth by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Margaret Wintringham 8,386 42.2 −15.1
Unionist Alan Hutchings 7,695 38.3 −4.4
Labour James L. George 3,873 19.5 New
Majority 791 3.9 −10.7
Turnout 19,954 72.1 +9.0
Liberal hold Swing
General election 1922: Louth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Margaret Wintringham 11,609 52.0 +6.5
Unionist Alan Hutchings [5] 10,726 48.0 −6.5
Majority 883 4.0 −5.0
Turnout 22,335 78.5 +18.2
Liberal hold Swing
General election 1923: Louth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Margaret Wintringham 12,104 52.4 +0.4
Unionist Geoffrey Peto 11,003 47.6 −0.4
Majority 1,101 4.8 +0.8
Turnout 23,107 79.6 +1.1
Liberal hold Swing +0.4
General election, 1924: Louth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Arthur Heneage 12,674 52.8 +5.2
Liberal Margaret Wintringham 11,330 47.2 −5.2
Majority 1,344 5.6 N/A
Turnout 24,004 80.9 +1.3
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General election, 1929: Louth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Arthur Heneage 13,999 44.4 −8.4
Liberal Margaret Wintringham 13,560 42.9 −4.3
Labour T Holmes 4,027 12.7 New
Majority 439 1.5 −4.1
Turnout 31,586 81.8 +0.9
Unionist hold Swing −2.1

Elections in the 1930s
General election 1931: Louth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Heneage 18,434 56.1 +11.7
Liberal Ramsay Muir 14,439 43.9 +1.0
Majority 3,995 12.2 +10.7
Turnout 32,873 81.6 −0.2
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1935: Louth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Heneage 19,705 61.64
Labour Jack H Franklin 12,261 38.36 New
Majority 7,444 23.28
Turnout 31,966 71.85
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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.

General election 1945: Louth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cyril Osborne 16,333 46.18
Labour Jack H Franklin 11,628 32.88
Liberal Walter K Carter 7,176 20.29 New
Independent Liberal Samuel Randolph Charlesworth 233 0.66 New
Majority 4,705 13.30
Turnout 35,370 71.91
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s
General election 1950: Louth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cyril Osborne 19,647 48.48
Labour Henry James Herbert Dyer 15,063 37.17
Liberal Albert William Cox 5,817 14.35
Majority 4,584 11.31
Turnout 40,527 82.36
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Louth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cyril Osborne 21,587 53.66
Labour Henry James Herbert Dyer 15,819 39.32
Liberal Reginald Clifford Gaul 2,822 7.02
Majority 5,768 14.34
Turnout 40,228 80.46
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Louth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cyril Osborne 21,796 58.79
Labour Douglas Rene Louis Maroel Poirier 15,276 41.21
Majority 6,520 17.58
Turnout 37,072 73.66
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1959: Louth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cyril Osborne 24,211 61.11
Labour Francis Robert Macdonald 15,408 38.89
Majority 8,803 22.22
Turnout 39,619 76.52
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s
General election 1964: Louth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cyril Osborne 21,227 48.95
Labour Francis Robert Macdonald 14,188 32.72
Liberal Edmund Marshall 7,949 18.33
Majority 7,039 16.23
Turnout 43,364 77.88
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: Louth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cyril Osborne 19,977 46.37
Labour Robin Brumby 15,885 36.87
Liberal Edmund Marshall 7,222 16.76
Majority 4,092 9.50
Turnout 43,084 74.35
Conservative hold Swing
1969 Louth by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeffrey Archer 16,317 58.00 +11.63
Labour Bruce Briggs 5,590 19.87 −17.00
Liberal John Adams 5,003 17.78 +1.02
United Democratic Party George FitzGerald 1,225 4.35 New
Majority 10,727 38.13 +28.63
Turnout 28,135
Conservative hold Swing +14.3

Elections in the 1970s
General election 1970: Louth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeffrey Archer 25,659 53.08 +6.71
Labour James Murray 16,403 33.93 −2.94
Liberal John Adams 6,279 12.99 −3.77
Majority 9,256 19.15 +9.65
Turnout 48,341 71.57
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Louth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeffrey Archer 25,158 45.13
Liberal John CL Sellick 15,440 27.70
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
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Brotherton 25,701 44.85
Liberal John CL Sellick 19,026 33.20
Labour Clive Betts 12,316 21.49
National Front CDB Stokes 261 0.46 New
Majority 6,675 11.65
Turnout 57,304 78.22
Conservative hold Swing

See also

References
  1. Liberal Year Book 1908
  2. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  3. Debrett's House of Commons 1901
  4. 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
  • Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd 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)
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