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Scunthorpe County constituency
Scunthorpe shown within Humberside, and Humberside shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Elliot Morley
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Lincolnshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Scunthorpe is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was formed from the Glanford and Scunthorpe constituency following boundary changes in 1997.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 4.1 Elections in the 2000s 4.2 Elections in the 1990s 5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency includes the whole of Scunthorpe, Bottesford, Yaddlethorpe, Messingham, Manton, Kirton-in-Lindsey, Redbourne, Hibaldstow, Cadney and the hamlets and communities within these parishes.

[edit] History

Although there was talk in a local newspaper in the 1930s that the town of Scunthorpe should have a parliamentary constituency named after it, it was only after the boundary reviews implemented in 1997 that a constituency of this name was created. Previous incarnations of a constituency containing the steel town and small towns and villages around it had been called (going backwards in time) Glanford and Scunthorpe, Brigg and Scunthorpe, and Brigg.

[edit] Members of Parliament

The only Member of Parliament since the constituency's creation is Elliot Morley, who has been an MP since 1987 for other constituencies.

Year	Member	Party
1997	Elliot Morley	Labour

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General election of 2005

General Election 2005: Scunthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elliot Morley	17,355	53.1	-6.7
	Conservative	Julian Sturdy	8,392	25.7	-3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Poole	5,556	17.0	+7.6
	UK Independence	David Baxendale	1,361	4.2	N/A
Majority			8,963	27.4	N/A
Turnout			32,664	43.7	-12.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 2001

General Election 2001: Scunthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elliot Morley	20,096	59.8	-0.6
	Conservative	Bernard Theobald	9,724	28.9	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Tress	3,156	9.4	+1.0
	Independent	Michael Cliff	347	1.0	N/A
	Independent	David Patterson	302	0.9	N/A
Majority			10,372	30.9
Turnout			33,625	56.6	-12.2
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General election of 1997

General Election 1997: Scunthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elliot Morley	25,107	60.4	N/A
	Conservative	Martyn Fisher	10,934	26.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Smith	3,497	8.4	N/A
	Referendum Party	Paul Smith	1,637	3.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Brian Hopper	399	1.0	N/A
Majority			14,173	34.1	N/A
Turnout			41,574	68.8	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside

Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
Labour	Barnsley Central | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Barnsley West and Penistone | Batley and Spen | Bradford North | Bradford South | Bradford West | Brigg and Goole | Calder Valley | City of York | Cleethorpes | Colne Valley | Dewsbury | Don Valley | Doncaster Central | Doncaster North | Elmet | Great Grimsby | Halifax | Hemsworth | Huddersfield | Keighley | Hull East | Hull North | Hull West and Hessle | Leeds Central | Leeds East | Leeds North East | Leeds West | Morley and Rothwell | Normanton | Pontefract and Castleford | Pudsey | Rother Valley | Rotherham | Scunthorpe | Selby | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Sheffield, Brightside | Sheffield Central | Sheffield, Heeley | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Wakefield | Wentworth
Conservative	Beverley and Holderness | East Yorkshire | Haltemprice and Howden | Richmond (Yorks) | Ryedale | Scarborough and Whitby | Shipley | Skipton and Ripon | Vale of York
Liberal Democrat	Harrogate and Knaresborough | Leeds North West | Sheffield Hallam
Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Labour (2) | Conservative (2) | Liberal Democrats (1) | UKIP (1)