Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)

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Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency) is a long-established electoral area in Lincolnshire, England, represented in the UK House of Commons by a single Member of Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency
abolished 1983
boundaryReviewBody Boundary Commission for England
category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997
Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire
country United Kingdom
created 1885
currentMP Edward Leigh
currentMPParty Conservative Party (UK)
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting
electorateType parliamentary electorate
elects Member of Parliament
hasDistrict West Lindsey
hasElection United Kingdom general election
hasTown Gainsborough
isLongEstablished true
legislativeBody House of Commons
locatedIn England
Lincolnshire
MPInOfficeSince 1983
namedAfter Gainsborough
numberOfMPs 1
partOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
previousConstituency Gainsborough and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)
recreated 1997
region East Midlands
representationType single-member constituency
representedIn Parliament of the United Kingdom
linked to: British Parliament

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Gainsborough hasParliamentaryConstituency Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency) previousConstituency Gainsborough and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)
linked to: Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)