Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)

Scunthorpe
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Scunthorpe in Humberside.
Location of Humberside within England.
County	North Lincolnshire
Electorate	61,445 (April 2015)
Major settlements	Scunthorpe and Bottesford
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Nic Dakin (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Glanford & Scunthorpe
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Scunthorpe is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Nic Dakin, a member of the Labour Party.

1997-2010: The Borough of Scunthorpe, and the Borough of Glanford wards of Bottesford Central, Bottesford East, Bottesford West, Kirton, Messingham, and South Ancholme.

2010-present: The Borough of North Lincolnshire wards of Ashby, Bottesford, Brumby, Crosby and Park, Frodingham, Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens, Ridge, and Town.

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.

Results to date indicate that the constituency has changed since creation from a safe seat for the Labour Party created at the incoming election for Prime Minister Tony Blair to somewhat of a marginal majority area for the party.