Brigg and Immingham

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Brigg and Immingham
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Brigg and Immingham
Boundaries since 2024
Yorkshire and the Humber - Brigg and Immingham constituency.svg
Boundary of Brigg and Immingham in Yorkshire and the Humber
County Lincolnshire
Electorate 71,838 (2024) [1]
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Martin Vickers (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from

Brigg and Immingham is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Created as a result of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. [3] The current MP is Conservative Martin Vickers, who represented the predecessor seat of Cleethorpes from 2010 to 2024.

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Constituency profile

The Brigg and Immingham constituency is located in northern Lincolnshire and covers the rural areas along the Humber Estuary between the large towns of Grimsby and Scunthorpe. The largest settlement in the constituency is the town of Barton-upon-Humber with a population of around 11,000. [4] Other settlements include the port town of Immingham and the small towns of Brigg and Broughton. The area has a history of clay mining, [5] and the Port of Immingham—when taken together with the adjoining Port of Grimsby—is the busiest port in the United Kingdom by tonnage. [6]

Compared to national averages, residents of the constituency are older, more religious and have average levels of wealth and professional employment. [7] There is some deprivation in Immingham but the constituency also contains affluent villages on the outskirts of Grimsby like New Waltham. White people make up 97% of the population. [7] At the local council level, all of the constituency's seats are represented by Conservative councillors. The constituency voted strongly in favour of leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum with an estimated 66% of voters supporting Brexit, placing it in the top 10% of Brexit-supporting constituencies in the country. [7]

Boundaries

The 2023 review defined the constituency as being composed of the following as they existed on 1 December 2020:

Following a local government boundary review in North Lincolnshire, which came into effect in May 2023, [8] [9] the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:

It comprises the following: [11]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
2024 Martin Vickers Conservative MP for Cleethorpes 2010–2024

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Brigg and Immingham [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Vickers 15,905 37.4 −34.5
Labour Najmul Hussain12,66229.8+9.6
Reform Paul Ladlow10,59424.9+24.2
Green Amie Watson1,9054.5+1.7
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Rylance1,4423.4−1.0
Majority 3,2437.6−44.1
Turnout 42,50857.2−8.8
Registered electors 74,297
Conservative hold Swing −22.1

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [13]
PartyVote%
Conservative 33,98971.9
Labour 9,54520.2
Liberal Democrats 2,0674.4
Green 1,3152.8
Brexit Party 3290.7
Turnout47,24566.0
Electorate71,628

See also

References

  1. "New Seat Details - Brigg and Immingham". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  2. "Yorkshire and the Humber | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. "Latest boundary plans stick to Grimsby and Cleethorpes merger". Grimsby Live. 8 November 2022. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  4. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Barton-upon-Humber Parish (1170211327)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  5. "Far Ings". Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  6. "Port freight annual statistics: 2019". Department for Transport. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  7. 1 2 3 "Seat Details - Brigg and Immingham". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  8. LGBCE. "North Lincolnshire | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  9. "The North Lincolnshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2022".
  10. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
  11. "New Seat Details - Brigg and Immingham". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  12. "Brigg and Immingham - UK General election 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  13. "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.

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