Brigg (UK Parliament constituency)

Brigg
Brigg
Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
County	Lincolnshire (the area is now in North Lincolnshire)
1885–1974
Seats	One
Created from	North Lincolnshire
Replaced by	Brigg & Scunthorpe

Brigg was a county constituency centred on the town of Brigg in North Lincolnshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election when it was replaced by the new constituency of Brigg and Scunthorpe.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Borough of Great Grimsby, the Sessional Divisions of Barton-upon-Humber, Brigg, and Winterton, and part of the Sessional Division of Grimsby.

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Barton-upon-Humber, Brigg, Broughton, Brumby and Frodingham, Roxby-cum-Risby, Scunthorpe, and Winterton, and the Rural District of Glanford Brigg.

1950–1974: The Borough of Scunthorpe, the Urban Districts of Barton-upon-Humber and Brigg, and the Rural District of Glanford Brigg.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1885	Sir Henry Meysey-Thompson, Bt.	Liberal
1886	Sir Henry Meysey-Thompson, Bt.	Liberal Unionist
1886	Samuel Danks Waddy	Liberal
1894 by-election	John Maunsell Richardson	Conservative
1895	Harold Reckitt	Liberal
1907 by-election	Sir Berkeley Sheffield	Conservative
1910 (January)	Alfred Gelder	Liberal
1918	Charles Wesley Weldon McLean	Coalition Conservative
1922	Sir Berkeley Sheffield	Conservative
1929	David Quibell	Labour
1931	Michael John Hunter	Conservative
1935	David Quibell	Labour
1945	Tom Williamson	Labour
1948 by-election	Lance Mallalieu	Labour
February 1974	constituency abolished: see Brigg and Scunthorpe

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Brigg^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Henry Meysey-Thompson	5,643	65.2
	Conservative	Henry Atkinson	3,006	34.8
Majority			2,637	30.4
Turnout			8,649	83.8
Registered electors			10,323
	Liberal win (new seat)

General election 1886: Brigg^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Danks Waddy	3,887	51.1	−14.1
	Conservative	John Maunsell Richardson	3,722	48.9	+14.1
Majority			165	2.2	−28.2
Turnout			7,609	73.7	−10.1
Registered electors			10,323
	Liberal hold		Swing	−14.1

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Brigg^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Danks Waddy	4,448	52.5	+1.4
	Conservative	John Maunsell Richardson	4,021	47.5	−1.4
Majority			427	5.0	+2.8
Turnout			8,469	81.9	+8.2
Registered electors			10,341
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.4

1894 Brigg by-election^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Maunsell Richardson	4,377	50.4	+2.9
	Liberal	Harold Reckitt	4,300	49.6	−2.9
Majority			77	0.8	N/A
Turnout			8,677	82.8	+0.9
Registered electors			10,478
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.9

General election 1895: Brigg^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Reckitt	4,886	54.3	+1.8
	Conservative	John Maunsell Richardson	4,110	45.7	−1.8
Majority			776	8.6	+3.6
Turnout			8,996	77.2	−4.7
Registered electors			11,656
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.8

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Brigg^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Reckitt	4,899	54.6	+0.3
	Conservative	George Herbert Peake	4,077	45.4	−0.3
Majority			822	9.2	+0.6
Turnout			8,976	83.8	+6.6
Registered electors			10,713
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.3

General election 1906: Brigg^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Reckitt	5,753	58.8	+4.2
	Conservative	Geoffrey Henry Julian Skeffington Smyth	4,027	41.2	−4.2
Majority			1,726	17.6	+8.4
Turnout			9,780	83.3	−0.5
Registered electors			11,737
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.2

1907 Brigg by-election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Berkeley Sheffield	5,389	50.5	+9.3
	Liberal	Frederick Guest	5,273	49.5	−9.3
Majority			116	1.0	N/A
Turnout			10,662	89.5	+6.2
Registered electors			11,908
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.3

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Brigg^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Gelder	6,548	50.9	−7.9
	Conservative	Berkeley Sheffield	6,311	49.1	+7.9
Majority			237	1.8	−15.8
Turnout			12,859	91.5	+8.2
Registered electors			14,048
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.9

General election December 1910: Brigg^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Gelder	6,506	53.6	+2.7
	Conservative	Thomas Jewell Bennett	5,637	46.4	−2.7
Majority			869	7.2	+5.4
Turnout			12,143	86.4	−5.1
Registered electors			14,048
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.7

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Liberal: Alfred Gelder
Unionist: Thomas Jewell Bennett

General election 1918: Brigg^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Charles Wesley Weldon McLean	8,310	47.2	+0.8
	Labour	David Quibell	4,789	27.3	New
	Liberal	Alfred Gelder	4,475	25.5	−28.1
Majority			3,521	19.9	N/A
Turnout			17,574	60.5	−25.9
Registered electors			29,054
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Brigg^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Berkeley Sheffield	15,463	62.7	+15.5
	Labour	David Quibell	9,185	37.3	+10.0
Majority			6,278	25.4	+5.5
Turnout			24,648	80.3	+19.8
Registered electors			30,685
	Unionist hold		Swing	+2.8

General election 1923: Brigg^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Berkeley Sheffield	12,412	53.6	−9.1
	Labour	David Quibell	10,753	46.4	+9.1
Majority			1,659	7.2	−18.2
Turnout			23,165	72.8	−7.5
Registered electors			31,818
	Unionist hold		Swing	−9.1

General election 1924: Brigg^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Berkeley Sheffield	15,125	56.4	+2.8
	Labour	David Quibell	11,669	43.6	−2.8
Majority			3,456	12.8	+5.6
Turnout			26,794	80.9	+8.1
Registered electors			33,124
	Unionist hold		Swing	+2.8

General election 1929: Brigg^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Quibell	16,117	45.2	+1.6
	Unionist	Berkeley Sheffield	12,506	35.0	−21.4
	Liberal	Alexander Cairns	7,060	19.8	New
Majority			3,611	10.2	N/A
Turnout			35,683	82.5	+1.6
Registered electors			43,226
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+11.5

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Brigg^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael John Hunter	21,809	58.3	+23.3
	Labour	David Quibell	15,614	41.7	−3.5
Majority			6,195	16.6	N/A
Turnout			37,423	82.1	−0.4
Registered electors			45,565
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+13.4

General election 1935: Brigg^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Quibell	18,495	50.3	+8.6
	Conservative	Michael John Hunter	18,292	49.7	−8.6
Majority			203	0.6	N/A
Turnout			36,787	74.2	−7.9
Registered electors			49,597
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.6

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Brigg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Williamson	26,771	58.92	+8.6
	Conservative	Anthony Neville Dixon	18,667	41.08	−8.6
Majority			8,104	17.84	+17.2
Turnout			45,438	74.61	+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.6

1948 Brigg by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Lancelot Mallalieu	27,333	54.58	−4.34
	Conservative	Anthony Fell	22,746	45.42	+4.34
Majority			4,587	9.16	−8.68
Turnout			50,079	77.10	+0.50
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.30

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Brigg^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lance Mallalieu	28,934	52.71	−6.21
	Conservative	Meaburn Francis Staniland	18,521	33.74	−7.34
	Liberal	Denis Martin Cowley	7,438	13.55	New
Majority			10,413	18.97	+1.13
Turnout			54,893	85.70	+8.60
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1951: Brigg^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lance Mallalieu	31,151	57.46	+4.76
	Conservative	Charles P Lawson	23,062	42.54	+8.84
Majority			8,089	14.92	−4.08
Turnout			54,213	82.42	−3.28
Registered electors			65,775
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.04

General election 1955: Brigg^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lance Mallalieu	27,847	54.95	−2.51
	Conservative	David S B Hopkins	22,826	45.05	+2.51
Majority			5,021	9.90	−5.02
Turnout			50,673	74.73	−7.69
Registered electors			67,808
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.51

General election 1959: Brigg^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lance Mallalieu	28,997	51.88	−3.07
	Conservative	Roland Croft Baker	26,893	48.12	+3.07
Majority			2,104	3.76	−6.14
Turnout			55,890	78.57	+3.84
Registered electors			71,138
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.07

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Brigg^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lance Mallalieu	29,480	49.76	−2.12
	Conservative	Roland Croft Baker	22,674	38.27	−9.95
	Liberal	Keith W Baynes	7,088	11.96	New
Majority			6,806	11.49	+7.73
Turnout			59,242	77.52	−1.05
Registered electors			76,420
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.92

General election 1966: Brigg^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lance Mallalieu	33,699	60.08	+10.32
	Conservative	Ann Spokes	22,391	39.92	+1.65
Majority			11,308	20.16	+8.67
Turnout			56,090	72.39	−5.13
Registered electors			77,484
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.34

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Brigg^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lance Mallalieu	31,434	53.38	−6.70
	Conservative	Ann Spokes	27,449	46.62	+6.70
Majority			3,985	6.76	−13.40
Turnout			58,883	67.55	−4.84
Registered electors			87,166
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.70

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 337. ISBN 9781349022984.
^ "The Brigg Election". The Daily News. 10 December 1894. p. 3.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 417. ISBN 0-900178-01-9.
^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1950". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.
^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1951". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1955". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)

[craig1885-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 337. ISBN 9781349022984.

[2] "The Brigg Election". The Daily News. 10 December 1894. p. 3.

[craig1918-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 417. ISBN 0-900178-01-9.

[PolRes50-4] Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1950". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[5] The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.

[PolRes51-6] Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1951". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[PolRes55-7] Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1955". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[PolRes59-8] Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[PolRes64-9] Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[PolRes66-10] Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[PolRes70-11] Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

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