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 (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The constituency was reformed as Gainsborough and Horncastle due to boundary changes between 1983 and 1997.
It is a safe Conservative seat, represented since 1983 by Edward Leigh.
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