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: N/A
EP constituency: North East England

Middlesbrough is a borough 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 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

[edit] MPs 1885-1918

Election Member Party
1868 constituency created
1868 Henry William Ferdinand Bolckow
1878 by-election Isaac Wilson
1892 Joseph Havelock Wilson Independent Labour, later Liberal-Labour
1900 Sir Samuel Alexander Sadler
1906 Joseph Havelock Wilson Liberal-Labour
January 1910 Penry Williams
1918 constituency abolished

[edit] MPs since 1974

Election Member Party
1974 constituency re-established
February 1974 Arthur Bottomley Labour
1983 Stuart Bell Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Middlesbrough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stuart Bell 18,562 57.8 -9.8
Liberal Democrat Joe Michna 5,995 18.7 +8.3
Conservative Caroline Flynn-Macleod 5,263 16.4 -2.7
British National Party 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 Democrat 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

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[edit] References

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)