Brigg and Scunthorpe
UK Parliament constituency (1974–1983)
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Brigg and Scunthorpe was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Brigg and Scunthorpe in Humberside. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
| Brigg and Scunthorpe | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Humberside |
| 1974–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Brigg |
| Replaced by | Brigg & Cleethorpes and Glanford & Scunthorpe |
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, mostly from the former seat of Brigg, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partially replaced by the new constituencies of Brigg & Cleethorpes and Glanford & Scunthorpe.
Boundaries
The Borough of Scunthorpe, the Urban Districts of Barton-upon-Humber and Brigg, and the Rural District of Glanford Brigg.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | John Ellis | Labour | |
| 1979 | Michael Brown | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
Elections in the 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Ellis | 28,803 | 41.14 | ||
| Conservative | JPS Riddell | 25,729 | 36.75 | ||
| Liberal | J Harris | 15,484 | 22.11 | ||
| Majority | 3,074 | 4.39 | |||
| Turnout | 70,016 | 78.35 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Ellis | 28,929 | 45.51 | ||
| Conservative | JPS Riddell | 22,187 | 34.90 | ||
| Liberal | J Harris | 12,452 | 19.59 | ||
| Majority | 6,742 | 10.61 | |||
| Turnout | 63,568 | 70.51 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Brown | 31,130 | 43.42 | ||
| Labour | John Ellis | 30,644 | 42.74 | ||
| Liberal | M Beard | 7,764 | 10.83 | ||
| Democratic Labour | Cyril Nottingham | 2,042 | 2.85 | New | |
| Independent | M Nottingham | 123 | 0.17 | New | |
| Majority | 486 | 0.68 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 71,703 | 75.62 | |||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||