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Lincoln — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Lincoln was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 8,793 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Lincoln from 1832 to 2024.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 George Fieschi Heneage (Whig); Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer (Whig) 490 37.8% (top seat) Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp (Conservative) 88 (6.1 pts) 68.8%
1835 Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp (Conservative); Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer (Whig) 406 43.3% (top seat) Charles Beaumont Phipps (Whig) 71 (5.4 pts) 58.1%
1837 Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp (Conservative); Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer (Whig) 436 30.7% (top seat) Henry Ellis (Conservative) 44 (2.6 pts) 80.3%
1841 Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp (Conservative); William Rickford Collett (Conservative) 481 30.0% (top seat) Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (Whig) 38 (2.1 pts) 82.7%
1847 Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp (Conservative); Charles Seely (Radical) 518 34.8% (top seat) Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (Whig) 82 (4.3 pts) 74.4%
1852 Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp (Conservative); George Fieschi Heneage (Whig) 661 42.4% (top seat) Charles Seely (Radical) 183 (9.2 pts) 72.6%
1857 Gervaise Tottenham Waldo-Sibthorp (Conservative); George Fieschi Heneage (Whig) 641 41.2% (top seat) John Hinde Palmer (Radical) 100 (5.0 pts) 71.6%
1859 Gervaise Tottenham Waldo-Sibthorp (Conservative); George Fieschi Heneage (Liberal) 658 36.5% (top seat) John Hinde Palmer (Liberal) 29 (1.4 pts) 70.6%
1865 Charles Seely (Liberal); Edward Heneage (Liberal) 870 34.9% (top seat) John Bramley-Moore (Conservative) 105 (4.2 pts) 73.4%
1868 Charles Seely (Liberal); John Hinde Palmer (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1874 Edward Chaplin (Conservative); Charles Seely (Liberal) 1,907 36.3% (top seat) John Hinde Palmer (Liberal) 123 (2.1 pts) 61.8%
1880 Charles Seely (Liberal); John Hinde Palmer (Liberal) 3,128 39.0% (top seat) Edward Chaplin (Conservative) 938 (10.8 pts) 68.1%
1885 Joseph Ruston (Liberal) 3,726 58.0% Frederick Kerans (Conservative) 1,025 (16.0 pts) 86.3%
1886 Frederick Harold Kerans (Conservative) 3,159 52.6% William Crosfield (Liberal) 308 (5.1 pts) 80.7%
1892 William Crosfield (Liberal) 3,410 51.7% Frederick Harold Kerans (Conservative) 224 (3.4 pts) 89.6%
1895 Charles Hilton Seely (Liberal Unionist) 3,808 51.5% William Crosfield (Liberal) 218 (2.9 pts) 91.7%
1900 Charles Hilton Seeley (Liberal Unionist) 4,002 50.4% Charles Henry Roberts (Liberal) 67 (0.8 pts) 89.7%
1906 Charles Henry Roberts (Liberal) 5,110 51.2% Charles Hilton Seely (Free Trade) 1,392 (13.9 pts) 93.8%
Jan 1910 Charles Henry Roberts (Liberal) 5,402 50.2% Robert Marcus Filmer (Conservative) 2,166 (20.1 pts) 93.0%
Dec 1910 Charles Henry Roberts (Liberal) 5,484 52.9% Robert Marcus Filmer (Conservative) 606 (5.9 pts) 89.5%
1918 Alfred Thomas Davies (Unionist) 11,114 47.7% Robert Arthur Taylor (Labour) 4,456 (19.1 pts) 74.4%
1922 Alfred Thomas Davies (Unionist) 15,780 59.0% Robert Arthur Taylor (Labour) 4,829 (18.1 pts) 85.9%
1923 Alfred Thomas Davies (Unionist) 11,338 41.9% Robert Arthur Taylor (Labour) 2,087 (7.7 pts) 85.5%
1924 Robert Arthur Taylor (Labour) 11,596 41.3% Collingwood George Clements Hamilton (Unionist) 39 (0.1 pts) 88.5%
1929 Robert Arthur Taylor (Labour) 15,176 43.5% Benjamin Garnet Lampvard-Vachell (Unionist) 3,198 (9.2 pts) 88.5%
1931 Walter Sydney Liddall (Conservative) 20,688 58.9% Robert Arthur Taylor (Labour) 6,233 (17.7 pts) 88.9%
1935 Walter Sydney Liddall (Conservative) 17,948 54.0% George Deer (Labour) 2,684 (8.1 pts) 84.0%
1945 George Deer (Labour) 14,052 41.2% Walter Sydney Liddall (Conservative) 3,638 (10.7 pts) 80.3%
1950 Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas (Labour) 21,537 50.0% James William Francis Hill (Conservative) 3,753 (8.7 pts) 88.7%
1951 Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas (Labour) 23,400 54.1% Maurice Victor Macmillan (Conservative) 3,560 (8.2 pts) 87.7%
1955 Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas (Labour) 23,773 56.2% Peter Frank Hannibal Emery (Conservative) 5,222 (12.3 pts) 85.1%
1959 Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas (Labour) 23,629 55.1% Leslie Herbert Priestley (Conservative) 4,389 (10.2 pts) 84.2%
1964 Dick Taverne (Labour) 19,737 47.8% Robert Michael Conal McNair-Wilson (Conservative) 4,722 (11.4 pts) 80.3%
1966 Dick Taverne (Labour) 23,006 58.3% Richard Alexander (Conservative) 6,537 (16.6 pts) 78.7%
1970 Dick Taverne (Labour) 20,090 51.0% Richard Alexander (Conservative) 4,750 (12.1 pts) 74.4%
Oct 1974 Margaret Jackson (Labour) 14,698 37.1% Dick Taverne (Democratic Labour) 984 (2.5 pts) 74.8%
Feb 1974 Dick Taverne (Democratic Labour) 14,780 35.6% Margaret Jackson (Labour) 1,293 (3.1 pts) 79.1%
1979 Kenneth Carlisle (Conservative) 17,777 41.4% Margaret Jackson (Labour) 602 (1.4 pts) 77.0%
1983 Kenneth Carlisle (Conservative) 25,244 46.4% Malcolm Withers (Labour) 10,286 (18.9 pts) 74.6%
1987 Kenneth Carlisle (Conservative) 27,097 50.9% Nick Butler (Labour) 7,483 (14.1 pts) 75.6%
1992 Kenneth Carlisle (Conservative) 28,792 46.1% Nick Butler (Labour) 2,049 (3.3 pts) 79.2%
1997 Gillian Merron (Labour) 25,563 54.9% Tony Brown (Conservative) 11,130 (23.9 pts) 71.1%
2001 Gillian Merron (Labour) 20,003 53.9% Christine-Anne Talbot (Conservative) 8,420 (22.7 pts) 56.0%
2005 Gillian Merron (Labour) 16,724 45.4% Karl McCartney (Conservative) 4,614 (12.5 pts) 56.5%
2010 Karl McCartney (Conservative) 17,163 37.5% Gillian Merron (Labour) 1,058 (2.3 pts) 62.3%
2015 Karl McCartney (Conservative) 19,976 42.6% Lucy Rigby (Labour) 1,443 (3.1 pts) 63.5%
2017 Karen Lee (Labour) 23,333 47.9% Karl McCartney (Conservative) 1,538 (3.2 pts) 66.7%
2019 Karl McCartney (Conservative) 24,267 47.9% Karen Lee (Labour) 3,514 (6.9 pts) 67.7%
2024 Hamish Falconer (Labour) 18,470 43.8% Karl McCartney (Conservative) 8,793 (20.9 pts) 58.5%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Fieschi Heneage Whig 54337.8% Yes
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer Whig 49034.1% Yes
Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp Conservative 40228.0% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp Conservative 56543.3% Yes
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer Whig 40631.1% Yes
Charles Beaumont Phipps Whig 33525.7% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp Conservative 51430.7% Yes
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer Whig 43626.1% Yes
Henry Ellis Conservative 39223.4% No
Charles Henry Churchill Whig 33019.7% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp Conservative 54130.0% Yes
William Rickford Collett Conservative 48126.6% Yes
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton Whig 44324.5% No
Charles Seely Radical 34018.8% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp Conservative 65934.8% Yes
Charles Seely Radical 51827.4% Yes
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton Whig 43623.1% No
William Rickford Collett Conservative 27814.7% No

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp Conservative 84042.4% Yes
George Fieschi Heneage Whig 66133.4% Yes
Charles Seely Radical 47824.2% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gervaise Tottenham Waldo-Sibthorp Conservative 82941.2% Yes
George Fieschi Heneage Whig 64131.9% Yes
John Hinde Palmer Radical 54126.9% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gervaise Tottenham Waldo-Sibthorp Conservative 74036.5% Yes
George Fieschi Heneage Liberal 65832.5% Yes
John Hinde Palmer Liberal 62931.0% No

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Seely Liberal 87834.9% Yes
Edward Heneage Liberal 87034.6% Yes
John Bramley-Moore Conservative 76530.4% No

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Seely Liberal Unopposed Yes
John Hinde Palmer Liberal Unopposed Yes

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Chaplin Conservative 2,10736.3% Yes
Charles Seely Liberal 1,90732.9% Yes
John Hinde Palmer Liberal 1,78430.8% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Seely Liberal 3,40139.0% Yes
John Hinde Palmer Liberal 3,12835.9% Yes
Edward Chaplin Conservative 2,19025.1% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Ruston Liberal 3,72658.0% Yes
Frederick Kerans Conservative 2,70142.0% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick Harold Kerans Conservative 3,15952.6% Yes
William Crosfield Liberal 2,85147.4% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Crosfield Liberal 3,41051.7% Yes
Frederick Harold Kerans Conservative 3,18648.3% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Hilton Seely Liberal Unionist 3,80851.5% Yes
William Crosfield Liberal 3,59048.5% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Hilton Seeley Liberal Unionist 4,00250.4% Yes
Charles Henry Roberts Liberal 3,93549.6% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Henry Roberts Liberal 5,11051.2% Yes
Charles Hilton Seely Free Trade 3,71837.2% No
Henry Page Croft Conservative 1,16211.6% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Henry Roberts Liberal 5,40250.2% Yes
Robert Marcus Filmer Conservative 3,23630.1% No
Charles Hilton Seely Free Trade 2,12919.8% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Henry Roberts Liberal 5,48452.9% Yes
Robert Marcus Filmer Conservative 4,87847.1% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Thomas Davies Unionist 11,11447.7% Yes
Robert Arthur Taylor Labour 6,65828.5% No
Charles Henry Roberts Liberal 5,55023.8% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Thomas Davies Unionist 15,78059.0% Yes
Robert Arthur Taylor Labour 10,95141.0% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Thomas Davies Unionist 11,33841.9% Yes
Robert Arthur Taylor Labour 9,25134.2% No
Archibald Gordon Macdonell Liberal 6,44723.8% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Arthur Taylor Labour 11,59641.3% Yes
Collingwood George Clements Hamilton Unionist 11,55741.1% No
Archibald Gordon Macdonell Liberal 4,95217.6% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Arthur Taylor Labour 15,17643.5% Yes
Benjamin Garnet Lampvard-Vachell Unionist 11,97834.3% No
Robert Pattinson Liberal 7,71922.1% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Sydney Liddall Conservative 20,68858.9% Yes
Robert Arthur Taylor Labour 14,45541.1% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Sydney Liddall Conservative 17,94854.0% Yes
George Deer Labour 15,26446.0% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Deer Labour 14,05241.2% Yes
Walter Sydney Liddall Conservative 10,41430.5% No
Frederick Charles Truman Liberal 9,62528.2% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas Labour 21,53750.0% Yes
James William Francis Hill Conservative 17,78441.3% No
Jean Mary Henderson Liberal 3,7538.7% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas Labour 23,40054.1% Yes
Maurice Victor Macmillan Conservative 19,84045.9% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas Labour 23,77356.2% Yes
Peter Frank Hannibal Emery Conservative 18,55143.8% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas Labour 23,62955.1% Yes
Leslie Herbert Priestley Conservative 19,24044.9% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Dick Taverne Labour 19,73747.8% Yes
Robert Michael Conal McNair-Wilson Conservative 15,01536.4% No
Patrick Arthur Thomas Furnell Liberal 6,51915.8% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Dick Taverne Labour 23,00658.3% Yes
Richard Alexander Conservative 16,46941.7% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Dick Taverne Labour 20,09051.0% Yes
Richard Alexander Conservative 15,34039.0% No
G Thomas Blades Independent Liberal 3,93710.0% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Jackson Labour 14,69837.1% Yes
Dick Taverne Democratic Labour 13,71434.6% No
Peter Moran Conservative 11,22328.3% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Dick Taverne Democratic Labour 14,78035.6% Yes
Margaret Jackson Labour 13,48732.4% No
Paul Moran Conservative 13,29932.0% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Kenneth Carlisle Conservative 17,77741.4% Yes
Margaret Jackson Labour 17,17540.0% No
Keith Myers Melton Liberal 5,63813.1% No
Frederick Minshull Stockdale Democratic Labour 1,7434.1% No
Jack Neal Noble National Front 1070.2% No
Thomas Beaton Kyle Revolutionary Reform 770.2% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Kenneth Carlisle Conservative 25,24446.4% Yes
Malcolm Withers Labour 14,95827.5% No
Frederick Stockdale Social Democratic Party 13,63125.1% No
Gilbert Blades Independent 5231.0% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Kenneth Carlisle Conservative 27,09750.9% Yes
Nick Butler Labour 19,61436.8% No
Peter Zentner Social Democratic Party 11,31921.3% No
Thomas Kyle RRPRC 2320.4% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Kenneth Carlisle Conservative 28,79246.1% Yes
Nick Butler Labour 26,74342.8% No
David Harding-Price Liberal Democrat 6,31610.1% No
Sue Wiggin Liberal 6031.0% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gillian Merron Labour 25,56354.9% Yes
Tony Brown Conservative 14,43331.0% No
Lisa Gabriel Liberal Democrat 5,04810.8% No
John Ivory Referendum Party 1,3292.9% No
Adrian Myers Natural Law 1750.4% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gillian Merron Labour 20,00353.9% Yes
Christine-Anne Talbot Conservative 11,58331.2% No
Lisa Gabriel Liberal Democrat 4,70312.7% No
Rodger Doughty UKIP 8362.3% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gillian Merron Labour 16,72445.4% Yes
Karl McCartney Conservative 12,11032.9% No
Lisa Gabriel Liberal Democrat 6,71518.2% No
Nicholas Smith UKIP 1,3083.5% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Karl McCartney Conservative 17,16337.5% Yes
Gillian Merron Labour 16,10535.2% No
Reginald Shore Liberal Democrat 9,25620.2% No
Robert West BNP 1,3673.0% No
Nick Smith UKIP 1,0042.2% No
Ernest Coleman English Democrats 6041.3% No
Gary Walker Independent 2220.5% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Karl McCartney Conservative 19,97642.6% Yes
Lucy Rigby Labour 18,53339.6% No
Nick Smith UKIP 5,72112.2% No
Ross Pepper Liberal Democrat 1,9924.3% No
Elaine Smith Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 3440.7% No
Helen Powell Lincolnshire Independents Lincolnshire First 2860.6% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Karen Lee Labour 23,33347.9% Yes
Karl McCartney Conservative 21,79544.7% No
Nick Smith UKIP 1,2872.6% No
Caroline Kenyon Liberal Democrat 1,2842.6% No
Benjamin Loryman Green 5831.2% No
Phil Gray Independent 3120.6% No
Iain Scott-Burdon Independent 1240.3% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Karl McCartney Conservative 24,26747.9% Yes
Karen Lee Labour 20,75341.0% No
Caroline Kenyon Liberal Democrat 2,4224.8% No
Sally Horscroft Green 1,1952.4% No
Reece Wilkes Brexit Party 1,0792.1% No
Rob Bradley Independent 6091.2% No
Charles Shaw Liberal 3040.6% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hamish Falconer Labour 18,47043.8% Yes
Karl McCartney Conservative 9,67723.0% No
Jamie-Lee McMillan Reform UK 7,60218.0% No
Sally Horscroft Green 2,7516.5% No
Clare Smalley Liberal Democrat 2,5806.1% No
Linda Richardson Workers Party of Britain 4791.1% No
Charles Shaw Liberal 2780.7% No
Laura Ashby Independent 2430.6% No
Craig Marshall Social Democratic Party 800.2% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Whig margin 6.1 pts 1835: Conservative margin 5.4 pts 1837: Conservative margin 2.6 pts 1841: Conservative margin 2.1 pts 1847: Conservative margin 4.3 pts 1852: Conservative margin 9.2 pts 1857: Conservative margin 5.0 pts 1859: Conservative margin 1.4 pts 1865: Liberal margin 4.2 pts 1874: Conservative margin 2.1 pts 1880: Liberal margin 10.8 pts 1885: Liberal margin 16.0 pts 1886: Conservative margin 5.1 pts 1892: Liberal margin 3.4 pts 1895: Liberal Unionist margin 2.9 pts 1900: Liberal Unionist margin 0.8 pts 1906: Liberal margin 13.9 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 20.1 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 5.9 pts 1918: Unionist margin 19.1 pts 1922: Unionist margin 18.1 pts 1923: Unionist margin 7.7 pts 1924: Labour margin 0.1 pts 1929: Labour margin 9.2 pts 1931: Conservative margin 17.7 pts 1935: Conservative margin 8.1 pts 1945: Labour margin 10.7 pts 1950: Labour margin 8.7 pts 1951: Labour margin 8.2 pts 1955: Labour margin 12.3 pts 1959: Labour margin 10.2 pts 1964: Labour margin 11.4 pts 1966: Labour margin 16.6 pts 1970: Labour margin 12.1 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 2.5 pts Feb 1974: Democratic Labour margin 3.1 pts 1979: Conservative margin 1.4 pts 1983: Conservative margin 18.9 pts 1987: Conservative margin 14.1 pts 1992: Conservative margin 3.3 pts 1997: Labour margin 23.9 pts 2001: Labour margin 22.7 pts 2005: Labour margin 12.5 pts 2010: Conservative margin 2.3 pts 2015: Conservative margin 3.1 pts 2017: Labour margin 3.2 pts 2019: Conservative margin 6.9 pts 2024: Labour margin 20.9 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1857 1859 1865 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Oct 1974 Feb 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Lincoln has been contested at 49 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Radical, Liberal, Liberal Unionist, Unionist, Labour, Democratic Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Lincoln in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Lincoln in 2024 with 18,470 votes (43.8%), a majority of 8,793 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Lincoln since 1832?

Since 1832, Lincoln has been won by: Conservative, Democratic Labour, Labour, Liberal, Liberal Unionist, Radical, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Lincoln?

The closest result on record for Lincoln was 1924, when Labour beat Unionist by just 39 votes (0.1 percentage points).

Did Lincoln ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Lincoln elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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