Glanford and Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)
| 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.
History
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.
Boundaries
The Borough of Glanford wards of Bottesford Central, Bottesford East, Bottesford West, Broughton, Burton upon Stather, Gunness, Messingham, North West, Trentside, and Winterton, and the Borough of Scunthorpe.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Richard Hickmet | Conservative | |
| 1987 | Elliot Morley | Labour | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Scunthorpe & Brigg and Goole | ||
Elections
Elections in the 1980s
| General Election 1983: Glanford and Scunthorpe[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Richard Hickmet | 20,356 | 38.48 | ||
| Labour | John Ellis | 19,719 | 37.28 | ||
| Social Democratic | Cyril Nottingham | 12,819 | 24.24 | ||
| Majority | 637 | 1.20 | |||
| Turnout | 73.50 | ||||
| Conservative gain from new seat | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1987: Glanford and Scunthorpe[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Elliot Morley | 24,733 | 43.53 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Hickmet | 24,221 | 42.63 | ||
| Social Democratic | Cyril Nottingham | 7,762 | 13.66 | ||
| Independent | KS Trivedi | 104 | 0.18 | ||
| Majority | 512 | 0.90 | |||
| Turnout | 78.03 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1992: Glanford and Scunthorpe[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Social Democratic | 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 | |||
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 11 June 1987. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
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