Gainsborough and Horncastle is a former county constituency represented in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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. It elected one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was called Gainsborough and Horncastle between 1983 and 1997. The area of and around Horncastle

Horncastle

Horncastle is a market town of some 6,090 residents in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, 22 miles east of Lincoln.-Geography:...

 is now in the constituency of Louth and Horncastle.

For elections prior to 1983, and from 1997, see Gainsborough

Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)

Gainsborough is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

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