Glanford And Scunthorpe (UK Parliament Constituency)
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Glanford and Scunthorpe was a
parliamentary constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
centred on the borough of
Glanford Glanford was, from 1974 to 1996, a local government district with borough status in the non-metropolitan county of Humberside, England. Creation The district was created on 1 April 1974 as part of a general reform of local government in Engla ...
and the town of
Scunthorpe Scunthorpe () is an industrial town in Lincolnshire, England, and the county's third most populous settlement after Lincoln, England, Lincoln and Grimsby, with a population of 81,286 in 2021. It is the administrative centre and largest settleme ...
in
Humberside Humberside () was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of land from either side of the Humber, created from portions of the East Riding of Yorkshire, West Riding of ...
. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the
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of the
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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.


Members of Parliament


Elections


Elections in the 1980s


Elections in the 1990s


See also

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List of parliamentary constituencies in Humberside Humberside was abolished in 1996 both as a county council and a non-metropolitan county, being succeeded by the four Unitary authority, unitary authorities of East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincoln ...


Notes and references

{{reflist Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1997