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Encyclopedia > Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)

Gainsborough is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ...

Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Politics and history of the constituency

Boundaries

This constituency comprises the West Lindsey district, and the Wragby ward of the East Lindsey district. West Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. ... East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. ...


Member of Parliament

Edward Julian Egerton Leigh (born 20 July 1950) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ...

Election results

General Election 2005: Gainsborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Leigh 20,040 43.9 -2.3
Liberal Democrats Adrian Heath 12,037 26.4 -0.3
Labour John Knight 11,744 25.7 -1.4
UKIP Steven Pearson 1,860 4.1 +4.1
Majority 8,003 17.5
Turnout 45,681 64.6 +0.4
Conservative hold Swing 1.0
General Election 2001: Gainsborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Leigh 19,555 46.2 +3.1
Labour Alan Rhodes 11,484 27.1 -1.7
Liberal Democrats Steve Taylor 11,280 26.7 -1.5
Majority 8,071 19.1
Turnout 42,319 64.2 -10.3
Conservative hold Swing

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... Edward Julian Egerton Leigh (born 20 July 1950) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... Edward Julian Egerton Leigh (born 20 July 1950) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


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Their elected representation of the constituency in the House of Commons was Radical between 1784 and 1852.
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