Brigg and Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency main 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Feb 1974 | John Ellis | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1979 | Michael Brown | Conservative |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
Elections in the 1970s
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | JPS Riddell | 25,729 | 36.75 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | J Harris | 15,484 | 22.11 | ||
| Majority | 3,074 | 4.39 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 70,016 | 78.35 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | JPS Riddell | 22,187 | 34.90 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | J Harris | 12,452 | 19.59 | ||
| Majority | 6,742 | 10.61 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 63,568 | 70.51 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Ellis | 30,644 | 42.74 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | M Beard | 7,764 | 10.83 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Cyril Nottingham | 2,042 | 2.85 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | M Nottingham | 123 | 0.17 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 486 | 0.68 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 71,703 | 75.62 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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References
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