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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
East Midlands
74,750 electors
Active Seat

Gainsborough

Current MP
Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
65.9%
Avg Turnout
0
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Conservative Edward Leigh Hold
Majority 3,532
Turnout 61.6% ↓5.3pp
Total Votes 46,685
Winner Swing ↓30.8pp
✓ Edward Leigh
Conservative
16,636 35.6%
↓30.7pp
Jess McGuire
Labour
13,104 28.1%
↑6.9pp
Pat O'Connor
Reform UK
9,916 21.2%
—
Lesley Rollings
Liberal Democrats
5,001 10.7%
↑0.4pp
Vanessa Smith
Green Party
1,832 3.9%
—
Tim Mellors
Social Democratic Party
196 0.4%
—
Conservative Edward Leigh Hold
Majority 22,967
Turnout 66.9% ↓0.9pp
Total Votes 51,046
Winner Swing ↑4.6pp
✓ Edward Leigh
Conservative
33,893 66.4%
↑4.6pp
Perry Smith
Labour
10,926 21.4%
↓7.3pp
Lesley Rollings
Liberal Democrats
5,157 10.1%
↑3.0pp
Mary Cavill
—
1,070 2.1%
—
Conservative Edward Leigh Hold
Majority 17,023
Turnout 67.8% ↑1.8pp
Total Votes 51,425
Winner Swing ↑9.1pp
✓ Edward Leigh
Conservative
31,790 61.8%
↑9.1pp
Catherine Tite
Labour
14,767 28.7%
↑7.4pp
Lesley Rollings
Liberal Democrats
3,630 7.1%
↑0.4pp
Vicky Pearson
Green Party
1,238 2.4%
↓0.2pp
Conservative Edward Leigh Hold
Majority 15,449
Turnout 66.0% ↓1.6pp
Total Votes 49,261
Winner Swing ↑3.4pp
✓ Edward Leigh
Conservative
25,949 52.7%
↑3.4pp
David Prescott
Labour
10,500 21.3%
↑5.7pp
John Saxon
—
7,727 15.7%
↑11.5pp
Lesley Rollings
Liberal Democrats
3,290 6.7%
↓21.2pp
Geoffrey Barnes
Green Party
1,290 2.6%
—
Chris Darcel
—
505 1.0%
—
Conservative Edward Leigh Hold
Majority 10,559
Turnout 67.5%
Total Votes 49,251
✓ Edward Leigh
Conservative
24,266 49.3%
↑5.4pp
Patrick O'Connor
Liberal Democrats
13,707 27.8%
↑1.8pp
Jamie McMahon
Labour
7,701 15.6%
↓10.5pp
Steven Pearson
—
2,065 4.2%
↑0.1pp
Malcolm Porter
—
1,512 3.1%
—

Turnout Trend

67.5%
'10
66.0%
'15
67.8%
'17
66.9%
'19
61.6%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
65 and over
25.7% ▲4.7pp
50 to 64
22.4%
0 to 17
18.7%
35 to 49
16.8%
25 to 34
10.6%
18 to 24
5.7%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
97.0%
Asian or Asian British
1.2%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.1%
Other
0.4%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.3%
📊 Age
65 and over
25.7%
45 to 64
22.4%
Under 18
18.7%
30 to 44
16.8%
18 to 29
16.3%
⛪ Religion
Christian
54.7%
No religion
38.0%
Not answered
5.7%
Other religion
0.5%
Muslim
0.4%
Hindu
0.3%
Buddhist
0.2%
Sikh
0.1%
Jewish
0.0%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
98.2%
Asian or Asian British
0.8%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.7%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.3%
Other ethnic group
0.1%
📊 Age
45 to 64
30.3%
65 and over
21.0%
Under 18
20.0%
30 to 44
17.4%
18 to 29
11.3%
⛪ Religion
Christian
70.3%
No religion
21.8%
Religion not stated
6.9%
Other religion
0.3%
Muslim
0.2%
Hindu
0.2%
Buddhist
0.2%
Sikh
0.1%
Jewish
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
📚
No previous MPs found
No historic membership records available for this constituency