List of parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland
Cleveland was abolished in 1996 both as a county council and a non-metropolitan county, but the name Cleveland continues to be used unofficially in subsequent boundary reviews as presented by the Boundary Commission for England to describe the area covered by the former county for the purpose of the rules which strongly deter cross-council constituencies (spanning more than one local authority within its area). The area covers the unitary authorities of Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees. The constituency boundaries used up to the 2005 United Kingdom general election were drawn up when it was a county. The area is divided into 6 parliamentary constituencies – 3 borough constituencies and 3 county constituencies.
Constituencies
[edit]† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Reform UK
Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate | Majority[nb 2] | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition | Electoral wards[1] | Map | ||
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Hartlepool BC | 71,437 | 7,698 | Jonathan Brash‡ | Amanda Napper¤ | Hartlepool Borough Council: Burn Valley, De Bruce, Fens and Greatham, Foggy Furze, Hart, Headland and Harbour, Manor House, Rossmere, Rural West, Seaton, Throston, Victoria. | |||
Middlesbrough and Thornaby East BC | 75,123 | 9,192 | Andy McDonald‡ | Patrick Seargeant¤ | Middlesbrough Borough Council: Acklam, Ayresome, Berwick Hills and Pallister, Brambles and Thorntree, Central, Kader, Linthorpe, Longlands and Beechwood, Newport, North Ormesby, Park, Trimdon. Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council: Mandale and Victoria, Stainsby Hill. | |||
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland CC | 70,328 | 214 | Luke Myer‡ | Simon Clarke† | Middlesbrough Borough Council: Coulby Newham, Hemlington, Ladgate, Marton East, Marton West, Nunthorpe, Park End and Beckfield, Stainton and Thornton. Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council: Belmont, Brotton, Guisborough, Hutton, Lockwood, Loftus, Skelton East, Skelton West. | |||
Redcar BC | 70,241 | 3,323 | Anna Turley‡ | Jacob Young† | Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council: Coatham, Dormanstown, Eston, Grangetown, Kirkleatham, Longbeck, Newcomen, Normanby, Ormesby, St Germain's, Saltburn, South Bank, Teesville, West Dyke, Wheatlands, Zetland. | |||
Stockton North CC | 70,242 | 7,939 | Chris McDonald‡ | John McDermottroe¤ | Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council: Billingham Central, Billingham East, Billingham North, Billingham South, Billingham West, Hardwick and Salters Lane, Newtown, Northern Parishes, Norton North, Norton South, Norton West, Parkfield and Oxbridge, Roseworth, Stockton Town Centre. | |||
Stockton West CC | 69,664 | 2,139 | Matt Vickers† | Joe Dancey‡ | Darlington Borough Council: Hurworth, Sadberge and Middleton St. George. Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council: Bishopsgarth and Elm Tree, Eaglescliffe, Fairfield, Grangefield, Hartburn, Ingleby Barwick East, Ingleby Barwick West, Village, Western Parishes, Yarm. |
2010 boundary changes
[edit]Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain Cleveland's constituencies for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards and to reduce the electoral disparity between Stockton North and Stockton South.
Name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | Boundaries 2010–present |
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Proposed boundary changes
[edit]See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[2] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
The commission has proposed that the four unitary authorities which make up the former county of Cleveland be combined with the Borough of Darlington (previously considered with County Durham) to form a Tees Valley sub-division of the North East region. The proposals would involve Middlesbrough being renamed Middlesbrough and Thornaby East, and Stockton South renamed Stockton West.[3][4]
The following seats are proposed:
Containing electoral wards in Hartlepool
Containing electoral wards in Middlesbrough
Containing electoral wards in Redcar and Cleveland
- Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (part)
- Redcar
Containing electoral wards in Stockton-on-Tees
- Middlesbrough and Thornaby East (part)
- Stockton North
- Stockton West (part also in Darlington)
Results history
[edit]Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[5]
2019
[edit]The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Cleveland in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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Conservative | 112,092 | 43.5% | 4.7% | 3 | 2 |
Labour | 104,691 | 40.6% | 13.2% | 3 | 2 |
Liberal Democrats | 10,452 | 4.1% | 1.5% | 0 | 0 |
Greens | 2,257 | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0 | 0 |
Brexit | 19,837 | 7.7% | new | 0 | 0 |
Others | 8,465 | 3.2% | 1.2% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 257,794 | 100.0 | 6 |
Percentage votes
[edit]Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 35.8 | 33.8 | 37.1 | 25.2 | 26.3 | 23.0 | 27.7 | 29.0 | 38.8 | 43.5 |
Labour | 37.9 | 44.7 | 50.0 | 62.4 | 59.5 | 51.9 | 39.9 | 43.3 | 53.8 | 40.6 |
Liberal Democrat1 | 26.2 | 20.9 | 12.8 | 9.8 | 12.4 | 19.3 | 21.4 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 4.1 |
Green Party | - | * | * | * | * | * | - | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | 4.3 | 17.9 | 4.2 | * |
Brexit Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.7 |
Other | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 3.2 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Seats
[edit]Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Labour | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Liberal Democrat1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
Maps
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Historical representation by party
[edit]1983 to 2010
[edit]Conservative Labour Social Democratic
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 91 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 04 | 2005 |
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Hartlepool | Leadbitter | Mandelson | Wright | |||||
Middlesbrough | Bell | |||||||
Stockton North | Cook | |||||||
Redcar | Tinn | Mowlam | Baird | |||||
Langbaurgh / Middlesbrough S & E Cleveland ('97) | Holt | Kumar | Bates | Kumar | ||||
Stockton South | Wrigglesworth | Devlin | Taylor |
2010 to present
[edit]Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Democrats
Constituency | 2010 | 12 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 2024 |
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Hartlepool | Wright | Hill | Mortimer | Brash | |||||
Middlesbrough / Middlesbrough & Thornaby E ('24) | Bell | McDonald | → | → | |||||
Stockton North | Cunningham | McDonald | |||||||
Redcar | Swales | Turley | Young | Turley | |||||
Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland | Blenkinsop | Clarke | Myer | ||||||
Stockton South / Stockton West (2024)1 | Wharton | Williams | Vickers |
1also includes some areas in the Darlington area of County Durham
See also
[edit]- List of parliamentary constituencies in the North East (region)
- History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Cleveland
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/1230, retrieved 13 July 2024
- ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Political boundaries across the North East could change - here's what it could mean for you". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 686-698. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Retrieved 3 May 2020.