Stockton South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stockton South Borough constituency

Stockton South shown within Cleveland, and Cleveland shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Dari Taylor
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	N/A
EP constituency:	North East England

Stockton South 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.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Elections
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Stockton South consists of the south-western half of Stockton-on-Tees and the nearby towns of Thornaby-on-Tees, Yarm, Ingleby Barwick and Eaglescliffe. More middle-class than neighbouring Stockton North,the former SDP-Liberal Alliance first held the seat very narrowly on its creation in 1983, before the Tories gained and held it for the next ten years. Labour's landslide got them in here in 1997 and they have retained it since. This seat is still considered marginal and is Conservative target at the likely 2009/10 General Election^{[citation needed]}. Former Conservative Prime Minister Harold Macmillan spent time here as an MP and was raised to the peerage as the Earl of Stockton.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Constituency created (1983)
1983 — 1987: Ian Wrigglesworth, Social Democrat
1987 — 1997: Tim Devlin, Conservative
1997 — present: Dari Taylor, Labour

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Stockton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dari Taylor	21,480	47.8	-5.2
	Conservative	James Gaddas	15,341	34.1	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Barker	7,171	16.0	+2.4
	UKIP	Sandra Allison	931	2.1	N/A
Majority			6,139	12.7
Turnout			44,923	63.0	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.5

General Election 2001: Stockton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dari Taylor	23,414	53.0	-2.3
	Conservative	Tim Devlin	14,328	32.4	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Fletcher	6,012	13.6	+4.5
	Socialist Alliance	Lawrence Coombes	455	1.0	N/A
Majority			9,086	20.6
Turnout			44,209	62.9	-13.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.8

General Election 1997: Stockton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dari Taylor	28,790	56.3
	Conservative	Tim Devlin	17,205	33.7
	Liberal Democrats	P Monck	4,721	9.2
	Referendum Party	J Horner	400	0.8
Majority			11,585	22.7
Turnout			51,116	74.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		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)