Redcar (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Redcar Borough constituency |
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| Redcar shown within Cleveland, and Cleveland shown within England | |
| Created: | 1974 |
| MP: | Vera Baird |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | North Yorkshire |
| EP constituency: | North East England |
Redcar 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
The Redcar constituency on the Cleveland coast, is formed from parts of the Redcar and Cleveland district. It takes its name from the coastal resort of Redcar although much of the population lives in the traditionally solid Labour areas between Redcar and Middlesbrough (such as Grangetown, Eston, Normanby, Ormesby and South Bank). It also includes Dormanstown, Kirkleatham and the coastal town of Marske-by-the-Sea.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1974)
- 1974 — 1987: James Tinn, Labour
- 1987 — 2001: Mo Mowlam, Labour
- 2001 — present: Vera Baird, Labour
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Redcar | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Vera Baird | 19,968 | 51.4 | -8.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Swales | 7,852 | 20.2 | +7.6 | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Lehrle | 6,954 | 17.9 | -7.2 | |
| Independent (politician) | Christopher McGlade | 2,379 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
| British National | Andrew Harris | 985 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| UK Independence | Edward Walker | 564 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Socialist Labour | John Taylor | 159 | 0.4 | -1.6 | |
| Majority | 12,116 | 31.2 | |||
| Turnout | 38,861 | 58.0 | +1.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -8.3 | |||
| General Election 2001: Redcar | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Vera Baird | 23,026 | 60.3 | -7.1 | |
| Conservative | Chris Main | 9,583 | 25.1 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stan Wilson | 4,817 | 12.6 | +3.1 | |
| Socialist Labour | John Taylor | 772 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 13,443 | 35.2 | |||
| Turnout | 38,198 | 56.3 | -14.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
| Constituencies in North East England | |
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| 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 | |
| Conservative | |
| North East European constituency: Labour (1) | Conservative (1) | Liberal Democrats (1) | |
