New MP announced in Lincoln as General Election 2024 results continue
The Labour Party has gained the Lincoln seat — its best performance locally on a strong night for the party nationally.
Hamish Falconer took the win to transfer power in the city back to Labour with 18,470 votes. The result was, however, down from his predecessor Karen Lee’s 20,753 votes in 2019.
Conservative Karl McCartney received 9,677 votes, significantly down from 24,267 in 2019.
Turnout for the night was 58.53% of a 72,315 electorate - also down from the 2019 election turnout of 67.74%.
Postal vote turnout was 80.98%.
It looked like a strong night for Labour early on when the exit polls predicted the party would have 410 seats, with Conservatives forecast to be getting 131, Lib Dems 61 and Reform 13.
Early predictions from Sky, breaking down the poll into a seat-by-seat prediction, had the constituency at a 99% chance of a Labour gain.
Labour representatives including former MP Karen Lee insisted at the time that it was “too early to call”.
But some had stronger words, with City of Lincoln Conservative group leader Tom Dyer saying: “Quite clearly even though nothing has been declared as of yet, it’s a very disappointing night for the party and it is a clear message from the public that the party needs to sort itself out if it’s ever going to govern again.”
Lincoln’s Liberal Democrat candidate Clare Smalley was feeling “quite optimistic” ahead of the result.
She said: “Hopefully, people will have looked at our policies and seen that we have something different to offer.”
Lincoln’s Green Party candidate Sally Horscroft was ‘optimistic for the country, but not necessarily for my party’ following the exit poll.
Lincoln’s Workers Party of Britain candidate Linda Richardson predicted ‘it’s all going to be pretty close.’
She said: “I hope we’ve done enough, but if we haven’t we’ll carry on fighting the good fight.”
The full breakdown was:
- Laura Ashby (Independent): 243
- Hamish Falconer (Labour): 18,470
- Sally Anne Horscroft (Sally Anne Horscroft): 2,751
- Craig Marshall (Social Democratic Party): 80
- Karl McCartney (Conservative): 9,677
- Jamie-Lee McMillan (Reform): 7,602
- Linda Richardson (Workers Party): 479
- Charles Shaw (The Liberal Party): 278
- Clare Smalley (Lib Dem): 2,580
