Brigg and Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)
| 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 |
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.
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
[edit]The Borough of Scunthorpe, the Urban Districts of Barton-upon-Humber and Brigg, and the Rural District of Glanford Brigg.
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | John Ellis | Labour | |
| 1979 | Michael Brown | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1970s
[edit]| 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 | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Politics Resources". Election February 1974. Politics Resources. 28 February 1974. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election October 1974. Politics Resources. 10 October 1974. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1979. Politics Resources. 3 May 1979. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.