Langbaurgh (UK Parliament constituency)

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Langbaurgh
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Langbaurgh in Clevelandfor the 1992 general election
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Location of Cleveland within England
County 1983-1996 Cleveland
1996-1997 North Yorkshire
Major settlements Guisborough
1983–1997
SeatsOne
Created from Cleveland & Whitby
Replaced by Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland

Langbaurgh was a parliamentary constituency in south Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland boroughs, the latter previously named Langbaurgh from 1974 to 1996. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system, and existed from 1983 to 1997.

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History

The constituency was a mixture of heavy manufacturing areas (41.7% of the workforce), with seaside resort and rural agricultural parts. The political effect was to make the constituency marginal between the Labour and Conservative candidates. However, it was held by the Conservative party at each of the general elections which it existed. A 1991 by-election was the only time at which Labour won this seat.

Boundaries

1983–1997: The Borough of Langbaurgh wards of Belmont, Brotton, Guisborough, Hutton, Lockwood, Loftus, Longbeck, St. Germain's, Saltburn, Skelton, and Skinningrove, and the Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Easterside, Hemlington, Marton, Newham, Nunthorpe, Park End, and Stainton and Thornton. [1]

At the time of its creation the constituency was part of the then shire county of Cleveland and the Borough of Langbaurgh, for local government purposes. Before the reforms of local government in the 1960s and 1970s the area that became Cleveland had been partly located in the north of the North Riding of Yorkshire and partially in the south of the historic county of Durham. The constituency itself was located in the North Riding part of Cleveland.

The redistribution of constituencies, which took effect in 1983, was the first which used the reformed local authorities as the building blocks for Parliamentary constituencies. Langbaurgh was a new constituency; 65.1% of it had formerly been part of Cleveland and Whitby constituency, 34.6% came from Middlesbrough and 0.3% from Richmond (Yorks).

In 1996 the county of Cleveland and its associated districts like the borough of Langbaurgh were abolished. The area was divided into unitary council areas, one of which was Middlesbrough and another was Redcar and Cleveland (the former borough of Langbaurgh). In the circumstances it was inevitable that the majority successor constituency to Langbaurgh from 1997 (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) was renamed.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] PartyNotes
1983 Richard Holt Conservative Died September 1991
1991 by-election Ashok Kumar Labour Later MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 1997–2010
1992 Michael Bates Conservative Paymaster General 1996–97
1997 constituency abolished: see Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland & Redcar

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

The 1992 result is compared to the 1987 general election vote, which was a Conservative win.

General election 1992: Langbaurgh [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Bates 30,018 45.4 +3.7
Labour Ashok Kumar 28,45443.1+4.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Allen7,61511.5−8.4
Majority1,5642.4−1.0
Turnout 66,08783.1+4.3
Conservative hold Swing −0.5
By-election 1991: Langbaurgh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ashok Kumar 22,442 42.9 +4.5
Conservative Michael Bates 20,46739.1−2.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Allen8,42116.1−3.8
Green Gerald Parr4560.9New
Yorkshire Party Colin Holt 2160.4New
Corrective Party Lindi St Clair 1980.4New
Football SupportersNigel Downing1630.3New
Majority1,9753.8N/A
Turnout 52,363
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +3.55

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Langbaurgh [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Holt 26,047 41.7 0.0
Labour Paul Harford23,95938.4+7.0
Liberal Robin Ashby12,40519.9−7.0
Majority2,0883.4-7.0
Turnout 62,41178.8+3.8
Conservative hold Swing −3.5
General election 1983: Langbaurgh [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Holt 24,239 41.7
Labour Gaye Johnson18,21531.4
Liberal Robin Ashby15,61526.9
Majority6,02410.4
Turnout 58,06975.0
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
  3. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  5. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

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