UKConstituencies / England
Gainsborough: MP, 2024 result & majority
Last updated: 3 Oct 2026
Current MP
Sir Edward Leigh
Conservative · MP since 9 Jun 1983
2024 result
Con Hold
Conservative
Majority
3,532
7.6% of votes cast
Turnout
61.6%
46,685 of 75,836 electors
How close is it?
Gainsborough was won in 2024 by Conservative (Con Hold) with a majority of 3,532 votes, 7.6% of votes cast. That ranks it 164 of 650 seats from the closest: a marginal seat.
Majority as a share of votes cast; ranking by 2024 majority only. This is not a forecast for the next election.
National context
UK-wide voting intention, not a local poll
As of: 2 Oct 2026 · Method: Average of the last 5 polls · Source: BMG Research, Find Out Now, More in Common, Opinium, Survation, YouGov · Constituency-level polling or MRP is only shown when published by a named pollster.
Polls are snapshots, not forecasts.
Polls are snapshots, not forecasts.
More in East Midlands
Closest 2024 results first
Sources: UK Parliament Members API (MPs, 2024 results), postcodes.io (nation and region).
