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Encyclopedia > Louth, Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Louth was a parliamentary 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. In the United Kingdom each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... 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 House of Commons is the lower house of the 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 and British overseas territories. ... The 1885 UK general election was from the 24th November - 18th December 1885. ... The UK general election, 1983 was held on June 9, 1983 and gave the Conservatives and Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945. ...


It should not be confused with the former Irish constituency of County Louth (UK Parliament constituency). A former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament 1801-1885 and one in 1918-1922. ...


Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1885 Francis Otter
1886 Arthur Raymond Heath
1892 Sir Robert William Perks
1910 Henry Langton Brackenbury
1910 Timothy Davies
1918 Henry Langton Brackenbury
1920 Thomas Wintringham Liberal
1921 Margaret Wintringham Liberal
1924 Arthur Pelham Heneage Unionist
1945 Sir Cyril Osborne Conservative
1969 Jeffrey Howard Archer Conservative
1974 Michael Lewis Brotherton Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. The 1885 UK general election was from the 24th November - 18th December 1885. ... The 1886 UK general election took place from July 1-27, 1886. ... The 1892 UK general election was held from 4th - 26th July 1892. ... The UK general election of January 1910 was held from 15th January – 10th February 1910. ... The UK general election of December 1910 was the last held over several days, from 3rd – 19th December 1910. ... The United Kingdom general election of 1918 held on 14th December 1918, after the Representation of the People Act 1918. ... This article is about the historic Liberal Party. ... This article is about the historic Liberal Party. ... The 1924 UK general election was held on 29th October 1924. ... The Conservative Party is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting MPs, and the largest by of public membership. ... Clement Attlee Winston Churchill The United Kingdom General Election of 1945 held on 5 July 1945 but not counted and declared until 26 July 1945 (due to the time it took to transport the votes of those serving overseas) was one of the most significant general elections of the 20th... The Conservative Party is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting MPs, and the largest by of public membership. ... Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born April 15, 1940) is the successful author of a number of popular novels, raised considerable sums for charities, was a former MP and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, who was later convicted of perjury. ... The Conservative Party is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting MPs, and the largest by of public membership. ... The UK general election of October 1974 took place on October 10, 1974. ... The Conservative Party is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting MPs, and the largest by of public membership. ... The UK general election, 1983 was held on June 9, 1983 and gave the Conservatives and Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945. ...



 

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