| Brigg and Cleethorpes | |
|---|---|
| Formercounty constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
 Brigg and Cleethorpes in Humberside, showing boundaries used from 1983-1997 | |
| County | 1983-1996Humberside, 1996-1997North Lincolnshire andNorth East Lincolnshire |
| Major settlements | Brigg,Immingham,Cleethorpes |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Brigg & Scunthorpe andLouth |
| Replaced by | Cleethorpes andBrigg & Goole |
Brigg and Cleethorpes was aconstituency on the south bank of theHumber estuary which returned oneMember of Parliament (MP) to theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom, elected by thefirst-past-the-post voting system.
It was created for the1983 general election, and abolished for the1997 general election.
This safeConservative seat was held byMichael 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 ofCleethorpes was created with this in mind, with the remainder of the constituency forming part ofBrigg and Goole.[1]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Michael Brown | Conservative | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: seeCleethorpes andBrigg & Goole | ||
| 1979notional result[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 26,104 | 46.6 | |
| Liberal | 14,624 | 26.1 | |
| Labour | 14,590 | 26.0 | |
| Others | 724 | 1.3 | |
| Turnout | 56,042 | ||
| Electorate | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Brown | 28,893 | 50.7 | +4.1 | |
| Liberal | Gavin Wigginton | 16,704 | 29.3 | +3.2 | |
| Labour | John Hough | 11,404 | 20.0 | –6.0 | |
| Majority | 12,189 | 21.4 | +0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 57,001 | 73.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 77,471 | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Registered electors | 80,096 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | –0.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Brown | 31,673 | 49.2 | +0.6 | |
| Labour | Ian Cawsey | 22,494 | 35.0 | +12.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Cockbill | 9,374 | 14.6 | −14.0 | |
| Green | Douglas Jacques | 790 | 1.2 | New | |
| Majority | 9,179 | 14.3 | −5.8 | ||
| Turnout | 64,331 | 78.1 | +1.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 82,377 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | –5.8 | |||