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 Scunthorpe, and the Borough of Glanford wards of Bottesford Central, Bottesford East, Bottesford West, Broughton, Burton upon Stather, Gunness, Messingham, North West, Trentside, and Winterton.

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 win (new seat)

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

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside

Notes and references

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
2. "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
3. "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 11 June 1987. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
4. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.