Major settlements Scunthorpe Major settlement Scunthorpe | Created from Brigg and Scunthorpe Number of members 1 | |
County 1983-1996 Humberside
1996-1997 North Lincolnshire Replaced by Brigg and Scunthorpe, Scunthorpe, Brigg and Goole | ||
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.
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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.
References
Glanford and Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA