Middlesbrough (UK Parliament constituency)

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Middlesbrough Borough constituency
Middlesbrough shown within Cleveland, and Cleveland shown within England
Created:	1868, 1974
MP:	Stuart Bell
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	North Yorkshire
EP constituency:	North East England

Middlesbrough is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The boundaries of the constituency are loosely based on the pre 1968 County Borough of Middlesbrough boundaries, which is now defined as the Town of Middlesbrough with the exception of the Easterside and Park End Wards which are within the Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland constituency.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency recreated (1974)
• 1974 — 1983: Arthur Bottomley, Labour
• 1983 — present: Stuart Bell, Labour

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Middlesbrough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Bell	18,562	57.8	-9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Michna	5,995	18.7	+8.3
	Conservative	Caroline Flynn-Macleod	5,263	16.4	-2.7
	British National	Ron Armes	819	2.5	N/A
	UK Independence	Michael Landers	768	2.4	N/A
	Independent	Jackie Elder	503	1.6	N/A
	Independent	Derrick Arnott	230	0.7	N/A
Majority			12,567	39.1
Turnout			32,140	48.8	-1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.0

General Election 2001: Middlesbrough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Bell	22,783	67.6	-3.9
	Conservative	Alex Finn	6,453	19.1	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Kerr-Morgan	3,512	10.4	+1.9
	Socialist Alliance	Keith Miller	577	1.7	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Kai Anderson	392	1.2	N/A
Majority			16,330	48.5
Turnout			33,717	49.8	-15.2
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland

Constituencies in North East England
Labour	Bishop Auckland | Blaydon | Blyth Valley | City of Durham | Darlington | Easington | Gateshead East and Washington West | Hartlepool | Houghton and Washington East | Jarrow | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Newcastle upon Tyne North | North Durham | North Tyneside | North West Durham | Redcar | Sedgefield | South Shields | Stockton North | Stockton South | Sunderland North | Sunderland South | Tyne Bridge | Tynemouth | Wansbeck
Liberal Democrat	Berwick-upon-Tweed
Conservative	Hexham
North East European constituency: Labour (1) | Conservative (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)