Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (UK Parliament constituency)

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland in Cleveland.

Location of Cleveland within England.
County North Yorkshire
Electorate 72,876 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament Tom Blenkinsop (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from Langbaurgh
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency North East England

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland is a county 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.

The constituency is represented by Tom Blenkinsop, who won the seat at the 2010 general election.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1997, mostly replacing the former seat of Langbaurgh. It consists of the southern outskirts of Middlesbrough (such as Hemlington, Nunthorpe, Coulby Newham, Marton, Easterside and Park End) and those parts of the Redcar and Cleveland district not in the Redcar constituency. These include Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Guisborough, Loftus, Skelton and Brotton. Labour managed to hold on to the seat in the 2010 General Election.

Members of Parliament

Election Member [2] Party
1997 Ashok Kumar Labour
2010 Tom Blenkinsop Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Blenkinsop 18,138 39.2 -11.1
Conservative Paul Bristow 16,461 35.6 +3.8
Liberal Democrat Nick Emmerson 7,340 15.9 +2.1
UKIP Stuart Lightwing 1,881 4.1 +2.6
BNP Shaun Gatley 1,576 3.4 +0.9
Independent Mike Allen 818 1.8 +1.8
Majority 1,677 3.6
Turnout 46,214 63.6 +2.7
Labour hold Swing -7.4

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ashok Kumar 21,945 50.2 -5.1
Conservative Mark Brooks 13,945 31.9 -2.1
Liberal Democrat Carl Minns 6,049 13.8 +3.1
BNP Geoffrey Groves 1,099 2.5 N/A
UKIP Charlotte Bull 658 1.5 N/A
Majority 8,000 18.3
Turnout 43,696 60.8 -0.2
Labour hold Swing -1.5
General Election 2001: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ashok Kumar 24,321 55.3 +0.6
Conservative Barbara Harpham 14,970 34.0 -0.9
Liberal Democrat Linda Parrish 4,700 10.7 +3.2
Majority 9,351 21.3
Turnout 43,991 61.0 -15.0
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ashok Kumar 29,319 54.7
Conservative Michael Bates 18,712 34.9
Liberal Democrat Hamish Garrett 4,004 7.5
Referendum Party R. Batchelor 1,552 2.9
Majority 10,607
Turnout 76.0

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
  3. ^ http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/main.nsf/72AD27BB845F692780256E3C00340522/$FILE/MSEC%20Statement%20of%20Persons%20Nominated%20and%20Notice%20of%20Poll.pdf
  4. ^ "UK > England > North East > Middlesbrough South & Cleveland East". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c93.stm. Retrieved 11 May 2010. 
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