Brigg and Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency)
Brigg and Cleethorpes | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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County | 1983-1996 Humberside, 1996-1997 North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire |
Major settlements | Brigg, Immingham, Cleethorpes |
1983–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Cleethorpes and Brigg & Goole |
Created from | Brigg & Scunthorpe and Louth |
Brigg and Cleethorpes was a constituency on the south bank of the River Humber which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
It was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
History
This safe Conservative seat was held by Michael Brown for the entire period of its existence.
Boundaries
The Borough of Cleethorpes; and the Borough of Glanford wards of Abbey, Barton-upon-Humber Bridge, Barton-upon-Humber Park, Brigg, Goxhill, Humber, Kirton, North Ancholme, Scawby, South Ancholme, Ulceby, Wold, and Wrawby.
The constituency was formed from the eastern part of the Borough of Glanford plus the Borough of Cleethorpes. In 1997, an extra seat was allocated to the Humber, with the result that constituencies in the region needed to cover a smaller population. The new constituency of Cleethorpes was created with this in mind, with the remainder of the constituency forming part of Brigg and Goole.[1]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1983 | Michael Brown | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Cleethorpes and Brigg & Goole |
Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Brown | 28,893 | 50.7 | ||
Liberal | G Wigginton | 16,704 | 29.3 | ||
Labour | John Duncomb Hough | 11,404 | 20.0 | ||
Majority | 12,189 | 21.4 | |||
Turnout | 73.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Brown | 29,723 | 48.7 | ||
Liberal | I Powney | 17,475 | 28.6 | ||
Labour | T Geraghty | 13,876 | 22.7 | ||
Majority | 12,248 | 20.1 | |||
Turnout | 76.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Brown | 31,673 | 49.2 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Ian Cawsey | 22,494 | 35.0 | +12.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ms. MR Cockbill | 9,374 | 14.6 | −14.0 | |
Green | DN Jacques | 790 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 9,179 | 14.3 | −5.8 | ||
Turnout | 64,331 | 77.0 | +0.8 |
See also
References
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Use dmy dates from January 2011
- Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1983
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1997
- Brigg
- North Lincolnshire