Louth, Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Infobox UK 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.

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

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1885	Francis Otter	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1886	Arthur Raymond Heath	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1892	Sir Robert Perks, 1st Baronet	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	January 1910	Langton Brackenbury	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	December 1910	Timothy Davies	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1918	Langton Brackenbury	Coalition Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1920 by-election	Thomas Wintringham	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1921 by-election	Margaret Wintringham	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1924	Arthur Heneage	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1945	Sir Cyril Osborne	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1969 by-election	Jeffrey Archer	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Oct 1974	Michael Brotherton	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Francis Otter	Template:Replace	57.2
		James Lowther	3,594	42.8
Majority			1,207	14.4
Turnout			8,395	81.9
Registered electors			10,252
	win (new seat)

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

General election 1886: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	gain from

Elections in the 1890s

File:Robert Perks.jpg

Perks

General election 1892: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Perks	Template:Replace	55.4
		Arthur Heath	3,445	44.6
Majority			839	10.8
Turnout			7,729	78.6
Registered electors			9,829
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A

General election 1895: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Perks	Template:Replace	52.6
		Francis Lucas	3,779	47.4
Majority			412	5.2
Turnout			7,970	73.4
Registered electors			10,863
	hold		Swing	−2.8

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Perks	Template:Replace	56.0
		Eyre Coote (born 1857)	3,286	44.0
Majority			902	12.0
Turnout			7,474	77.7
Registered electors			9,621
	hold		Swing	+3.4

General election 1906: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Perks	Template:Replace	56.0
		Thomas Comyn-Platt	3,572	44.0
Majority			979	12.0
Turnout			8,123	80.6
Registered electors			10,075
	hold		Swing	0.0

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Langton Brackenbury	Template:Replace	50.9
		Timothy Davies	4,275	49.1
Majority			158	1.8
Turnout			8,708	84.4
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+6.9

File:Timothy Davies MP.jpg

Davies

General election December 1910: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Timothy Davies	Template:Replace	50.4
		Langton Brackenbury	4,188	49.6
Majority			72	0.8
Turnout			8,448	81.9
	gain from Template:Yesno		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.

• Liberal: Timothy Davies
• Unionist: Langton Brackenbury

Template:Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918Template:Election box end 1918

Elections in the 1920s

File:1921 Thomas Wintringham.jpg

Thomas Wintringham

General election 1918: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Timothy Davies	7,559	45.5
Majority			1,496	9.0
Turnout			16,614	60.3
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

1920 Louth by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Wintringham	Template:Replace	57.3
		Christopher Hatton Turnor	7,354	42.7
Majority			2,505	14.6
Turnout			17,213	63.1
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+11.8

• endorsed by Coalition Government

File:1921 Margaret Wintringham.jpg

Margaret Wintringham

1921 Louth by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Margaret Wintringham	Template:Replace	42.2
		Alan Hutchings	7,695	38.3
		James L. George	3,873	19.5
Majority			791	3.9
Turnout			19,954	72.1
	hold		Swing

General election 1922: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Margaret Wintringham	Template:Replace	52.0
		Alan Hutchings	10,726	48.0
Majority			883	4.0
Turnout			22,335	78.5
	hold		Swing

General election 1923: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Margaret Wintringham	Template:Replace	52.4
		Geoffrey Peto	11,003	47.6
Majority			1,101	4.8
Turnout			23,107	79.6
	hold		Swing	+0.4

General election, 1924: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Heneage	Template:Replace	52.8
		Margaret Wintringham	11,330	47.2
Majority			1,344	5.6
Turnout			24,004	80.9
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

General election, 1929: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Heneage	Template:Replace	44.4
		Margaret Wintringham	13,560	42.9
		T Holmes	4,027	12.7
Majority			439	1.5
Turnout			31,586	81.8
	hold		Swing	−2.1

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Heneage	Template:Replace	56.1
		Ramsay Muir	14,439	43.9
Majority			3,995	12.2
Turnout			32,873	81.6
	hold		Swing

General election 1935: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Heneage	Template:Replace	61.64
		Jack H Franklin	12,261	38.36
Majority			7,444	23.28
Turnout			31,966	71.85
	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.

• Conservative: Arthur Heneage
• Liberal: Alan Pryce-Jones
• Labour: Jack H Franklin

General election 1945: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Cyril Osborne	Template:Replace	46.18
		Jack H Franklin	11,628	32.88
		Walter K Carter	7,176	20.29
		Samuel Randolph Charlesworth	233	0.66
Majority			4,705	13.30
Turnout			35,370	71.91
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Cyril Osborne	Template:Replace	48.48
		Henry James Herbert Dyer	15,063	37.17
		Albert William Cox	5,817	14.35
Majority			4,584	11.31
Turnout			40,527	82.36
	hold		Swing

General election 1951: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Cyril Osborne	Template:Replace	53.66
		Henry James Herbert Dyer	15,819	39.32
		Reginald Clifford Gaul	2,822	7.02
Majority			5,768	14.34
Turnout			40,228	80.46
	hold		Swing

General election 1955: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Cyril Osborne	Template:Replace	58.79
		Douglas Rene Louis Maroel Poirier	15,276	41.21
Majority			6,520	17.58
Turnout			37,072	73.66
	hold		Swing

General election 1959: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Cyril Osborne	Template:Replace	61.11
		Francis Robert Macdonald	15,408	38.89
Majority			8,803	22.22
Turnout			39,619	76.52
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Cyril Osborne	Template:Replace	48.95
		Francis Robert Macdonald	14,188	32.72
		Edmund Marshall	7,949	18.33
Majority			7,039	16.23
Turnout			43,364	77.88
	hold		Swing

General election 1966: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Cyril Osborne	Template:Replace	46.37
		Robin Brumby	15,885	36.87
		Edmund Marshall	7,222	16.76
Majority			4,092	9.50
Turnout			43,084	74.35
	hold		Swing

1969 Louth by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jeffrey Archer	Template:Replace	58.00
		Bruce Briggs	5,590	19.87
		John Adams	5,003	17.78
		George FitzGerald	1,225	4.35
Majority			10,727	38.13
Turnout			28,135
	hold		Swing	+14.3

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jeffrey Archer	Template:Replace	53.08
		James Murray	16,403	33.93
		John Adams	6,279	12.99
Majority			9,256	19.15
Turnout			48,341	71.57
	hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jeffrey Archer	Template:Replace	45.13
		John CL Sellick	15,440	27.70
		AG Dowson	15,148	27.17
Majority			9,718	17.43
Turnout			55,746	79.70
	hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Michael Brotherton	Template:Replace	38.48
		John CL Sellick	16,939	32.89
		R Mitchell	14,747	28.63
Majority			2,880	5.59
Turnout			51,505	73.06
	hold		Swing

General election 1979: Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Michael Brotherton	Template:Replace	44.85
		John CL Sellick	19,026	33.20
		Clive Betts	12,316	21.49
		CDB Stokes	261	0.46
Majority			6,675	11.65
Turnout			57,304	78.22
	hold		Swing

See also

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

References

• The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)