Brigg and Immingham

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.

Brigg and Immingham
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Boundary of Brigg and Immingham in Yorkshire and the Humber
County	Lincolnshire
Electorate	71,838 (2024)[1]
Major settlements	Barton-upon-Humber Immingham Broughton Brigg
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Martin Vickers (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Cleethorpes Brigg and Goole (part) Great Grimsby (minor part)

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:

• The Borough of North East Lincolnshire wards of: Humberston and New Waltham; Immingham; Scartho; Waltham; Wolds.
• The District of North Lincolnshire wards of: Barton; Brigg and Wolds; Broughton and Appleby; Ferry.

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:

• The Borough of North East Lincolnshire wards of: Humberston and New Waltham; Immingham; Scartho; Waltham; Wolds.
• The District of North Lincolnshire wards of: Barton; Brigg & Wolds (all parts except parish of Cadney); Broughton & Scawby (parish of Broughton); Burton upon Stather & Winterton (parishes of Appleby and Roxby cum Risby); Ferry.^[10]

It comprises the following:^[11]

• The majority of the abolished Cleethorpes constituency - excluding the town of Cleethorpes itself (included in the new constituency of Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes)
• The Scartho ward from the abolished Great Grimsby constituency
• The towns of Brigg and Broughton, and rural areas to the north, from the abolished Brigg and Goole constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	2024	Martin Vickers	Conservative	MP for Cleethorpes 2010–2024

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Brigg and Immingham^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Vickers	15,905	37.4	−34.5
	Labour	Najmul Hussain	12,662	29.8	+9.6
	Reform	Paul Ladlow	10,594	24.9	+24.2
	Green	Amie Watson	1,905	4.5	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Rylance	1,442	3.4	−1.0
Majority			3,243	7.6	−44.1
Turnout			42,508	57.2	−8.8
Registered electors			74,297
	Conservative hold		Swing	−22.1

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[13]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	33,989	71.9
	Labour	9,545	20.2
	Liberal Democrats	2,067	4.4
	Green	1,315	2.8
	Brexit Party	329	0.7
Turnout		47,245	66.0
Electorate		71,628

See also

• Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside
• Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber