Brigg (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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 Municipal 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 Municipal Borough of Scunthorpe, the Urban Districts of Barton-upon-Humber and Brigg, and the Rural District of Glanford Brigg.

Members of Parliament

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

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Brigg^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir Henry Meysey Meysey-Thompson	5,643		n/a
	Conservative	Henry John Farmer-Atkinson	3,006		n/a
Majority			2,637		n/a
Turnout					n/a
	Liberal win (new seat)

Samuel Waddy

General Election 1886: Brigg^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Samuel Danks Waddy	3,887
	Conservative	John Maunsell Richardson	3,722
Majority			165
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Brigg^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Samuel Danks Waddy	4,448
	Conservative	John Maunsell Richardson	4,021
Majority			427
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Harold Reckitt

Brigg by-election, 1894^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Maunsell Richardson	4,377	50.4	+2.9
	Liberal	Harold James Reckitt	4,300	49.6	−2.9
Majority			77	0.9	−4.1
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.9

General Election 1895: Brigg^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Harold James Reckitt	4,886
	Conservative	John Maunsell Richardson	4,110
Majority			776
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Brigg^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Harold James Reckitt	4,899
	Conservative	George Herbert Peake	4,077
Majority			822
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1906: Brigg^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Harold James Reckitt	5,753
	Conservative	Geoffrey Henry Julian Skeffington Smyth	4,027
Majority			1,726
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Frederick Guest

Brigg by-election, 1907^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir Berkeley Digby George Sheffield	5,389
	Liberal	Frederick Edward Guest	5,273
Majority			116
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Brigg^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir William Alfred Gelder
	Conservative	Sir Berkeley Digby George Sheffield
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election December 1910: Brigg^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir William Alfred Gelder	6,506
	Conservative	Thomas Jewell Bennett	5,637
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal: Sir William Alfred Gelder
• Unionist: Thomas Jewell Bennett

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1923: Brigg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Sir Berkeley Digby George Sheffield	12,412
	Labour	David John Kinsley Quibell	10,753
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1929: Brigg ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David John Kinsley Quibell	16,117	45.2
	Unionist	Sir Berkeley Digby George Sheffield	12,506	35.0
	Liberal	Alexander Cairns	7,060	19.8	n/a
Majority			3,611	10.2
Turnout
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

Brigg by-election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Edward Lancelot Mallalieu	27,333	54.6	−4.3
	Conservative	Anthony Fell	22,746	45.4	+4.3
Majority			4,587	9.2	−8.6
Turnout			50,079	77.1	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.3

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950:Brigg^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Edward Lancelot Mallalieu	28,934	52.7	-1.9
	Conservative	M. F. Staniland	18,521	33.7	-11.7
	Liberal	Denis Martin Cowley	7,438	13.6	N/A
Majority			10,413	19.0
Turnout				85.7	+8.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.9

General Election 1951: Brigg^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Edward Lancelot 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^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Edward Lancelot Mallalieu	27,847	54.95	-2.51
	Conservative	David S B Hopkins	22,826	45.05	+2.51
Majority			5,021	9.91	-5.01
Turnout			50,673	74.73	-7.69
Registered electors			67,808
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.51

General Election 1959: Brigg^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Edward Lancelot Mallalieu	28,997	51.88	-3.07
	Conservative	Roland Croft Baker	26,893	48.12	+3.07
Majority			2,104	3.76	-6.15
Turnout			55,890	78.57	+3.84
Registered electors			71,138
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.07

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Brigg^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Edward Lancelot 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	N/A
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^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Edward Lancelot Mallalieu	33,699	60.08	+10.32
	Conservative	Ann Hazel 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^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Edward Lancelot Mallalieu	31,434	53.38	-6.70
	Conservative	Ann Hazel Spokes	27,449	46.62	+6.70
Majority			3,985	6.77	-13.39
Turnout			58,883	67.55	-4.84
Registered electors			87,166
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.70

See also

• Brigg by-election, 1948

References

1. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
2. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
3. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
4. "The Brigg Election". The Daily News. 10 December 1894. p. 3.
5. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
6. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
7. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
8. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
9. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
10. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
11. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
12. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
13. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1951". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
14. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1955". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
15. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
16. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
17. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
18. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

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