Sir Edward Leigh

The Rt Hon Sir Edward Leigh is the Conservative MP for Gainsborough, and has been an MP continually since 9 June 1983. He is Father of the House of Commons.

Last election result

Review the last election result for the constituency Gainsborough when Sir Edward Leigh was elected.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 6 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
3,532
Electorate
75,836
Turnout
61.6%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023. This means that the election history for this constituency began at the last general election on 4 July 2024.

The Library’s election results site shows relationships to previous constituencies and election results for 2010-2024.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Edward Leigh
Conservative
16,636 35.6% -30.7%
Jess McGuire
Labour
13,104 28.1% 6.9%
Pat O'Connor
Reform UK
9,916 21.2% 21.2%
Lesley Rollings
Liberal Democrat
5,001 10.7% 0.4%
Vanessa Smith
Green Party
1,832 3.9% 3.9%
Tim Mellors
Social Democratic Party
196 0.4% 0.4%