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

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

Elections Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Liberal: Alfred Gelder Unionist: Thomas Jewell Bennett

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

See also 1948 Brigg by-election

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