Thornaby (UK Parliament constituency)
| Thornaby | |
|---|---|
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Major settlements | Thornaby-on-Tees |
| 1974–1983 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Stockton South |
| Created from | Middlesbrough West |
Thornaby was a parliamentary constituency centred on the former borough of Thornaby-on-Tees in Teesside. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, mostly from the old seat of Middlesbrough West. It was abolished for the 1983 general election.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Ian Wrigglesworth | Labour | |
| 1981 | SDP | ||
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
Results
Elections in the 1970s
| General Election February 1974: Thornaby | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ian Wrigglesworth | 21,503 | 43.8 | ||
| Conservative | John Sutcliffe | 19,785 | 40.3 | ||
| Liberal | R Tennant | 7,827 | 15.9 | ||
| Turnout | 79.6 | ||||
| General Election October 1974: Thornaby | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ian Wrigglesworth | 22,130 | 49.1 | ||
| Conservative | John Sutcliffe | 17,482 | 38.8 | ||
| Liberal | R Tennant | 5,442 | 12.1 | ||
| Turnout | 72.3 | ||||
| General Election 1979: Thornaby | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ian Wrigglesworth | 23,597 | 51.1 | ||
| Conservative | J Jeffreys | 18,073 | 39.1 | ||
| Liberal | N Patmore | 4,255 | 9.2 | ||
| National Front | M Evans | 251 | 0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 74.7 | ||||