Brigg and Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)

Brigg and Scunthorpe
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
County	Humberside
1974 (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

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

General election February 1974: Brigg and Scunthorpe

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)

General election October 1974: Brigg and Scunthorpe

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

General election 1979: Brigg and Scunthorpe

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

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)