Brigg (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Brigg
Type = County
Year = 1885
Abolition = 1974
members = one

Brigg was a county constituency centred on the town of Brigg in North Lincolnshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election. See Brigg and Scunthorpe for the constituency which replaced this one.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Lance Mallalieu
votes = 27,333
percentage = 54.6
change = −4.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Fell
votes = 22,746
percentage = 45.4
change = +4.3Election box majority
votes = 4,587
percentage = 9.2
change = −8.6Election box turnout
votes = 50,079
percentage = 77.1
change = +0.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = −4.3

See also

* Brigg by-election, 1948

References

*Rayment