Editing Brigg (section)

==Governance==
[[File:The Old Town Hall, Brigg - geograph.org.uk - 1772199.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The [[Buttercross, Brigg]]]]
Brigg lies within the [[unitary authority]] of [[North Lincolnshire]], the majority of the town being within the Brigg and Wolds electoral ward, and represented by three councillors. The town also has a [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] governed by Brigg Town Council. The council has nineteen members, serving four year terms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.briggmarkettown.co.uk/brigg-town-council/councillors/|title=Brigg Town Council: Councillors and Staff}}</ref> However, part of the town's urban area lies in Scawby Brook, which is split between the civil parishes of Scawby and Broughton. The area is likewise split between Ridge ward and Broughton & Appleby wards within North Lincolnshire Council. There is no joint body that covers Brigg and Scawby Brook.

Historically, the town was part of the county of [[Lincolnshire]], and remains part of the [[Ceremonial counties of England|ceremonial county]] today. Within Lincolnshire, the town was mostly in the [[Hundred (country subdivision)#wapentake|wapentake]] of Yarborough in the [[North Riding of Lindsey]]. Local government in the town began with the establishment of a local government board in 1864, which was replaced with an urban district in 1894.<ref name="Dodd1974">{{cite book|last=Dodd|first=Edward|title=Brigg 1973|year=1974|publisher=John Corah & Son, Loughborough}}</ref> On the creation of [[Humberside]] in 1974, the town's urban district was merged with the surrounding rural district to create [[Glanford]] borough,<ref name="Dodd1974" /> named after the town which was at its centre. The dissolution of Humberside in 1996 saw the town transferred to [[North Lincolnshire]].

Brigg is part of the [[Brigg and Immingham (UK Parliament constituency)|Brigg and Immingham]] parliamentary constituency, and is represented by [[Martin Vickers]] of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/3957/career }}</ref>