Stockton North (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 54°35′49″N 1°18′43″W / 54.597°N 1.312°W / 54.597; -1.312

Stockton North
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
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County	County Durham
Electorate	67,333 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Stockton-on-Tees, Billingham, Wolviston, Port Clarence and Thorpe Thewles
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Alex Cunningham (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Stockton-on-Tees
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North East England

Stockton North is a constituency^{[n 1]} covering the town of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham and other nearby settlements in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees located north of the River Tees, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Alex Cunningham, a member of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

Stockton North consists of the north-eastern part of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham and the nearby towns and villages of Billingham, Wolviston, Port Clarence and Thorpe Thewles.^[2]

History

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, partially replacing the former Stockton-on-Tees constituency. The outgoing MP for Stockton-on-Tees was Bill Rodgers, who had held the seat since 1962. He had been a Labour Party member until 1981, when he left to found the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

The 1983 election was the first since Rodgers had left the Labour Party, and he was narrowly defeated by Labour's Frank Cook. Cook held the seat with majorities between 16% and 48% until the 2010 general election, when after 27 years as the MP he was de-selected by his local party. Cook chose to run again however, as an independent candidate. Cook polled less than 5% of the vote, fifth of the seven candidates who stood, and joined four of these in forfeiting his deposit and the seat was held by the Labour Party's next candidate, Alex Cunningham.

Constituency profile

The town of Stockton on Tees is a significant exports manufacturing and processing base in the United Kingdom. Stockton North has often in economically troubled times significantly more unemployment than Stockton South: workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly above the national average of 3.8%, at 7.0% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian compared to 4.5% in Stockton South.^[3]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[4]	Party
	1983	Frank Cook	Labour
	2010	Alex Cunningham	Labour

Elections

General Election 2015: Stockton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Mandy Boylett^[5]
	Labour	Alex Cunningham
	Conservative	Chris Daniels^[6]
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Sycamore^[7]
	North East Party	John Tait^[8]

Election			Party	Votes	%	±%
General Election 2010 ^[9]^[10] Electorate: 66,752 Turnout: 39,498 (58.6%) +0.5	Labour hold Majority: 6,676 (16.9%) −17.2 Swing: 8.3% from Lab to Con	Alex Cunningham	Labour	16,923	42.8	−12.0
		Ian Galletley	Conservative	10,247	25.9	+4.7
		Philip Latham	Liberal Democrat	6,342	16.1	−2.6
		James MacPherson	BNP	1,724	4.4	+1.8
		Frank Cook	Independent	1,577	4.0	N/A
		Gordon Parkin	UKIP	1,556	3.9	+1.2
		Ian Saul	English Democrats	1,129	2.9	N/A
General election 2005 ^[11] Electorate: 63,271 Turnout: 36,428 (57.6%) +2.8	Labour hold Majority: 12,439 (34.1%) −7.2 Swing: 3.6% from Lab to Con	Frank Cook	Labour	20,012	54.9	−8.5
		Harriett Baldwin	Conservative	7,575	20.8	−1.3
		Neil Hughes	Liberal Democrat	6,869	18.9	+7.0
		Kevin Hughes	BNP	986	2.7	N/A
		Gordon Parkin	UKIP	986	2.7	N/A
General election 2001 ^[12] Electorate: 64,629 Turnout: 35,427 (54.8%) −14.2	Labour hold Majority: 14,647 (41.3%) −6.7 Swing: 3.3% from Lab to Con	Frank Cook	Labour	22,470	63.4	−3.4
		Amanda Vigar	Conservative	7,823	22.1	+3.3
		Mary Wallace	Liberal Democrat	4,208	11.9	+1.0
		Bill Wennington	Green	926	2.6	N/A
General election 1997 ^[13] Electorate: 64,472 Turnout: 44,474 (69.0%) −7.8	Labour hold Majority: 21,357 (48.0%) +28.4 Swing: 14.2% from Con to Lab	Frank Cook	Labour	29,726	66.8	+14.5
		Bryan Johnston	Conservative	8,369	18.8	−13.9
		Suzanne Fletcher	Liberal Democrat	4,816	10.8	−3.2
		Kevin McConnell	Referendum Party	1,563	3.5	N/A
General Election 1992 ^[14] Turnout: 53,366 (76.8%) +1.6	Labour hold Majority: 10,474 (19.6%) +3.0 Swing: 1.5% from Con to Lab	Frank Cook	Labour	27,918	52.3	+3.2
		Simon E. Brocklebank-Fowler	Conservative	17,444	32.7	+0.2
		Suzanne Fletcher	Liberal Democrat	7,454	14.0	−4.4
		Ken McGarvey	Independent Labour	550	1.0	N/A
General election 1987 ^[15] Electorate: 70,329 Turnout: 52,997 (75.4%) +5.1	Labour hold Majority: 8,801 (16.6%) Swing: 6.5% from Con to Lab	Frank Cook	Labour	26,043	49.2	+12.1
		David James Christian Faber	Conservative	17,242	32.5	−0.8
		Nicholas Francis Gustavas Bosanquet	Social Democratic	9,712	18.3	−11.3
General election 1983 ^[16] New constituency Electorate: 70,277 Turnout: 49,438 (70.3%)	Labour win Majority: 1,870 (3.8%) N/A	Frank Cook	Labour	18,339	37.1	N/A
		Harry Lonsdale Davies	Conservative	16,469	33.3	N/A
		Bill Rodgers	Social Democratic	14,630	29.6	N/A

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ 2010 post-revision map Greater London and metropolitan areas of England
↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
↑ http://mandyboylett.co.uk
↑ http://chris4stockton.com/
↑ "List of selected candidates". Liberal Democrats. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
↑ http://www.thenortheastparty.org.uk/
↑ "UK General Election results May 2010". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
↑ http://www.stockton.gov.uk/resources/council/14670/generalelectioninfo/statementpersonsnom.doc
↑ "UK General Election results May 2005". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
↑ "UK General Election results 2001: Stockton North". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
↑ "UK General Election results 1997: Stockton North". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
↑ "UK General Election results June 1987". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
↑ "UK General Election results June 1983". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 February 2011.

Sources

Election result, 2005 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 – 2001 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 – 2005 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1983 – 1992 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1992 – 2005 (Guardian)

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Conservative (2)	Hexham Stockton South

Liberal Democrats (2)	Berwick-upon-Tweed Redcar

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