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Former English constituency on the River Humber which returned one Member of Parliament From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brigg and Cleethorpes was a constituency on the south bank of the Humber estuary 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.
Brigg and Cleethorpes | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Brigg and Cleethorpes in Humberside, showing boundaries used from 1983-1997 | |
County | 1983-1996 Humberside, 1996-1997 North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire |
Major settlements | Brigg, Immingham, Cleethorpes |
1983–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Brigg & Scunthorpe and Louth |
Replaced by | Cleethorpes and Brigg & Goole |
It was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
This safe Conservative seat was held by Michael Brown for the entire period of its existence.
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]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1983 | Michael Russell Brown | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Cleethorpes and Brigg & Goole |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Brown | 28,893 | 50.7 | ||
Liberal | Gavin Wigginton | 16,704 | 29.3 | ||
Labour | John Hough | 11,404 | 20.0 | ||
Majority | 12,189 | 21.4 | |||
Turnout | 57,001 | 73.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Brown | 29,723 | 48.7 | −2.0 | |
Liberal | Ian Powney | 17,475 | 28.6 | −0.7 | |
Labour | Terence Geraghty | 13,876 | 22.7 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 12,248 | 20.1 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 61,074 | 76.2 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Brown | 31,673 | 49.2 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Ian Cawsey | 22,494 | 35.0 | +12.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Cockbill | 9,374 | 14.6 | −14.0 | |
Green | Douglas Jacques | 790 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 9,179 | 14.2 | −5.9 | ||
Turnout | 64,331 | 77.0 | +0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |