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The non-metropolitan county of Cleveland was created under the Local Government Act 1972, which came into effect on 1 April 1974, comprising the urban areas around the mouth of the River Tees, previously parts of the administrative counties of Durham and North Riding of Yorkshire. Cleveland was abolished in 1996 both as a county council and a non-metropolitan county, being succeeded by 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 the county still existed. For the review which came into effect for the 2010 general election, the four authorities were considered separately, with Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland being combined. [1] [2]
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, coming into effect for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England considered the area comprising the Tees Valley Combined Authority, which also comprises the unitary authority of Darlington, as a sub-region of the North East Region. [3] For the purposes of this series of articles, the constituency of Darlington continues to be included in History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Durham.
The area has returned 6 MPs to the UK Parliament since 1983.
County seat Borough seat
| Constituencies | 1974-1983 | 1983-1997 | 1997-2024 | 2024-present |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartlepool | ←present | |||
| Stockton 1 | ←1983 | |||
| Stockton North | 1983-2024 | 2024-present | ||
| Thornaby 1 | ←1983 | |||
| Stockton South | 1983-2024 | |||
| Stockton West | 2024-present | |||
| Middlesbrough 1 | ←2024 | |||
| Middlesbrough and Thornaby East | 2024-present | |||
| Redcar 1 | ←present | |||
| Cleveland and Whitby | ←1983 | |||
| Langbaurgh | 1983-1997 | |||
| Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | 1997-present | |||
1 From 1974 to 1983, these constituencies were formally named as sub-divisions of the County Borough of Teesside.
At the time of its creation, Cleveland contained the equivalent of approximately 6 constituencies: four boroughs contained within the County Borough of Teesside, namely Stockton, Thornaby, Middlesbrough and Redcar; Hartlepool in the county of Durham; and the majority of Cleveland and Whitby in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It also contained small areas of Easington and Richmond (Yorks).
The next change to parliamentary constituency boundaries, following the recommendations of the Third Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, reflected the change in county boundaries and reorganisation of local government authorities in 1974. The review did not come into effect for a further nine years, at the 1983 general election.
The new constituency of Stockton North comprised the majority of the abolished Stockton constituency, including Billingham, Norton and the town centre of Stockton-on-Tees. The new constituency of Stockton South was based on the abolished constituency of Thornaby and included Thornaby-on-Tees and three wards in the borough of Middlesbrough. It also included parts of the old Stockton seat, parts transferred from Easington in Durham (Egglescliffe) and parts transferred from Richmond (Yorks) (Ingleby Barwick and Yarm). Middlesbrough gained some areas of the old Thornaby seat, including Acklam and Linthorpe, but lost southern areas, including Marton, to Langbaurgh. This new constituency was based on the “Cleveland” part of the abolished Cleveland and Whitby, with Whitby and surrounding rural areas being transferred to Scarborough in North Yorkshire.
There were only minor changes to Hartlepool and Redcar was unchanged. [4]
Under the Fourth Periodic Review, the three Middlesbrough borough wards (Ayresome, Brockfield and Kader) in Stockton South were transferred to the Middlesbrough constituency.
Markse-by-the-Sea was transferred to Redcar from Langbaurgh, which was renamed Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland. [5]
At the Fifth Review there were only minor changes due to the revision of local authority ward boundaries. [1] [2]
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to treat the area comprising the Tees Valley Combined Authority, which includes the unitary authority of Darlington, as a sub-region of the North East Region.
Two Stockton Borough wards (Mandale & Victoria and Stainsby Hill) were transferred from Stockton South (renamed Stockton West) to Middlesbrough (renamed Middlesbrough and Thornaby East). Stockton West included some rural areas of the Borough of Darlington (previously part of the abolished constituency of Sedgefield). Saltburn-by-the-Sea was transferred from Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland to Redcar. Other minor changes to take account of revised ward boundaries. [6] [3]
The table below shows which constituencies represented selected communities within the current county from 1885 onwards.
| Community | 1885-1918 | 1918-1950 | 1950-1974 | 1974-1983 | 1983-1997 | 1997-2024 | 2024-present | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billingham | South East Durham | Sedgefield | Teesside, Stockton | Stockton North | ||||
| Egglescliffe | South East Durham | Sedgefield | Easington | Stockton South | Stockton West | |||
| Eston | Cleveland | Teesside, Redcar | Redcar | |||||
| Greatham | South East Durham | Sedgefield | Easington | Hartlepool | ||||
| Guisborough | Cleveland | Cleveland and Whitby | Langbaurgh | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | ||||
| Hartlepool (incorporatingWest Hartlepool) | The Hartlepools | Hartlepool | ||||||
| Ingleby Barwick | Cleveland | Richmond | Stockton South | Stockton West | ||||
| Loftus | Cleveland | Cleveland and Whitby | Langbaurgh | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | ||||
| Norton | Stockton-on-Tees | Teesside, Stockton | Stockton North | |||||
| Marske-by-the-Sea | Cleveland | Cleveland and Whitby | Langbaurgh | Redcar | ||||
| Middlesbrough | Acklam | Cleveland | Middlesbrough West | Teesside, Thornaby | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough and Thornaby East | ||
| Ayresome | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough West | Teesside, Thornaby | Stockton South | Middlesbrough | |||
| Linthorpe | Cleveland | Middlesbrough West | Teesside, Thornaby | Middlesbrough | ||||
| Marton | Cleveland | Richmond | Teesside, Middlesbrough | Langbaurgh | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | |||
| Newport | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough West | Middlesbrough East | Teesside, Thornaby | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough and Thornaby East | ||
| North Ormesby | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough East | Teesside, Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough | ||||
| Town centre | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough East | Teesside, Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough | ||||
| Ormesby | Cleveland | Richmond | Teesside, Redcar | Redcar | ||||
| Redcar | Cleveland | Teesside, Redcar | Redcar | |||||
| Saltburn-by-the-Sea | Cleveland | Cleveland and Whitby | Langbaurgh | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Redcar | |||
| Skelton and Brotton | Cleveland | Cleveland and Whitby | Langbaurgh | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | ||||
| Stockton-on-Tees | Stockton-on-Tees | Teesside, Stockton | Stockton North | |||||
| Thornaby-on-Tees (town centre) | Stockton-on-Tees | Middlesbrough West | Teesside, Thornaby | Stockton South | Middlesbrough and Thornaby East | |||
| Yarm | Cleveland | Richmond | Stockton South | Stockton West | ||||
| Community | 1885-1918 | 1918-1950 | 1950-1974 | 1974-1983 | 1983-1997 | 1997-2024 | 2024-present | |
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