Election 97

Scunthorpe

Current MP Elliot Morley
Conservative 97 10,934
Labour 97 25,107
LibDem 97 3,497
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 399
Elected party
Scunthorpe

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Glanford and Scunthorpe
Conservative 92 17,467
Labour 92 26,370
LibDem 92 3,727
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 1,035
Elected party Labour

Previously Brigg and Scunthorpe, this Humberside seat was traditionally Labour for years - from 1935 to 1979 it stayed in their hands - until the arrival of Mrs Thatcher. Even so, the Tory majority of 1979 was only 486 votes. The Tories won again in Labour's disastrous year of 1983, but Labour regained the seat in 1987. It is now firmly back in their hands. Scunthorpe is naturally Labour - this industrial town was created by the steel industry - and Elliot Morley, who retook it for them in 1987, should have nothing to fear.


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