Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)

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Scunthorpe
County constituency

Scunthorpe shown within Humberside, and Humberside shown within England
Created: 1997
MP: Elliot Morley
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: Lincolnshire
EP constituency: Yorkshire and the Humber

Scunthorpe is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Centred on the town of Scunthorpe, it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

It was formed from the Glanford and Scunthorpe constituency in boundary changes for the 1997 general election.

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency includes the whole of Scunthorpe, Bottesford, Yaddlethorpe, Messingham, Manton, Kirton-in-Lindsey, Redbourne, Hibaldstow, Cadney and the hamlets and communities within these parishes.

[edit] History

Although there was talk in a local newspaper in the 1930s that the town of Scunthorpe should have a parliamentary constituency named after it, it was only after the boundary reviews implemented in 1997 that a constituency of this name was created. Previous incarnations of a constituency containing the steel town and small towns and villages around it had been called (going backwards in time) Glanford and Scunthorpe, Brigg and Scunthorpe (1974–1983), and Brigg.

[edit] Members of Parliament

The only Member of Parliament since the constituency's creation is Elliot Morley, who was first elected at the 1987 general election as MP for Glanford and Scunthorpe.

Election Member Party
1997 Elliot Morley Labour
2001
2005

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General election of 2005
General Election 2005: Scunthorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elliot Morley 17,355 53.1 -6.7
Conservative Julian Sturdy 8,392 25.7 -3.2
Liberal Democrat Neil Poole 5,556 17.0 +7.6
UK Independence David Baxendale 1,361 4.2 N/A
Majority 8,963 27.4 N/A
Turnout 32,664 43.7 -12.9
Labour hold Swing
General election of 2001
General Election 2001: Scunthorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elliot Morley 20,096 59.8 -0.6
Conservative Bernard Theobald 9,724 28.9 +2.6
Liberal Democrat Bob Tress 3,156 9.4 +1.0
Independent Michael Cliff 347 1.0 N/A
Independent David Patterson 302 0.9 N/A
Majority 10,372 30.9
Turnout 33,625 56.6 -12.2
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General election of 1997
General Election 1997: Scunthorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elliot Morley 25,107 60.4 N/A
Conservative Martyn Fisher 10,934 26.3 N/A
Liberal Democrat Gordon Smith 3,497 8.4 N/A
Referendum Party Paul Smith 1,637 3.9 N/A
Socialist Labour Brian Hopper 399 1.0 N/A
Majority 14,173 34.1 N/A
Turnout 41,574 68.8 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A

[edit] See also


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Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
Labour
Barnsley Central • Barnsley East and Mexborough • Barnsley West and Penistone • Batley and Spen • Bradford North • Bradford South • Bradford West • Brigg and Goole • Calder Valley • City of York • Cleethorpes • Colne Valley • Dewsbury • Don Valley • Doncaster Central • Doncaster North • Elmet • Great Grimsby • Halifax • Hemsworth • Huddersfield • Hull East • Hull North • Hull West and Hessle • Keighley • Leeds Central • Leeds East • Leeds North East • Leeds West • Morley and Rothwell • Normanton • Pontefract and Castleford • Pudsey • Rother Valley • Rotherham • Scunthorpe • Selby • Sheffield Attercliffe • Sheffield Brightside • Sheffield Central • Sheffield Heeley • Sheffield Hillsborough • Wakefield • Wentworth
Conservative
Liberal Democrat
Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Labour (2) • Conservative (2) • Liberal Democrats (1) • UKIP (1)
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