Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)
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Name = Scunthorpe | Map1 = Scunthorpe | Type = County | Map2 = Humberside | Entity = Humberside | County = Lincolnshire | Year = 1997 | MP = Elliot Morley | Party = Labour | EP = Yorkshire and the HumberScunthorpe 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.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.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.The only Member of Parliament since the constituency's creation is Elliot Morley, who has been an MP since 1987 for other constituencies.Elections in the 2000s;General election of 2005
General election of 2001
Elections in the 1990s;General election of 1997
* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside
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