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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 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 and Cleethorpes & Glanford and Scunthorpe.

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Feb 1974	John Ellis	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1979	Michael Brown	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

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 '''Brigg and Scunthorpe''' was a [[United Kingdom constituencies|parliamentary constituency]] centred on the towns of [[Brigg]] and [[Scunthorpe]] in [[Humberside]].  It returned one [[Member of Parliament]] to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]].
-The constituency was created for the [[United Kingdom general election, February 1974|1974 general election]], and abolished for the [[United Kingdom general election, 1983|1983 general election]].
+The constituency was created for the [[United Kingdom general election, February 1974|February 1974 general election]], mostly from the former seat of [[Brigg (UK Parliament constituency)|Brigg]], and abolished for the [[United Kingdom general election, 1983|1983 general election]], when it was partially replaced by the new constituencies of [[Brigg and Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency)|Brigg and Cleethorpes]] & [[Glanford and Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)|Glanford and Scunthorpe]].
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 |colspan="2" align="left"|[[United Kingdom general election, 1983|1983]]
+|colspan="2"| ''constituency abolished''
-|colspan="2"| ''constituency abolished: see [[Brigg and Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency)|Brigg & Cleethorpes]]<br />and [[Glanford and Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)|Glanford & Scunthorpe]]''
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