Brigg and Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)

Brigg and Scunthorpe
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Humberside
1974 (1974)1983 (1983)
Number of members One
Replaced by Brigg & Cleethorpes and Glanford & Scunthorpe
Created from Brigg

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.

Contents

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
Feb 1974 John Ellis Labour
1979 Michael Brown Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

References