| Glanford and Scunthorpe | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
| County | 1983-1996 Humberside 1996-1997 North Lincolnshire |
| Major settlements | Scunthorpe |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Scunthorpe, Brigg and Goole |
| Created from | Brigg and Scunthorpe |
Glanford and Scunthorpe was a parliamentary constituency centred on the borough of Glanford and the town of Scunthorpe in Humberside. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election. It was held by the Conservative Party in 1983, and gained by the Labour Party in 1987. Labour then held the seat until its abolition.
Glanford and Scunthorpe consisted of the Borough of Scunthorpe plus the western parts of the Borough of Glanford. The former administrative town of Glanford, Brigg, was part of the neighbouring consituency of Brigg and Cleethorpes.
| Election | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Richard Hickmet | Conservative | |
| 1987 | Elliot Morley | Labour | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Scunthorpe and Brigg and Goole | ||
| General Election 1992: Glanford and Scunthorpe[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Elliot Morley | 30,637 | 52.8 | +9.3 | |
| Conservative | Dr Andrew M. Seywood | 22,226 | 38.3 | -4.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Wesley Paxton | 4,186 | 7.2 | -6.5 | |
| Independent Ind SD | Cyril Nottingham | 996 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 8,411 | 14.5 | +13.6 | ||
| Turnout | 58,045 | 79.1 | +1.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +6.8 | |||