Middlesbrough | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | North Yorkshire |
Electorate | 59,744 (2018) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of Parliament | Andy McDonald (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Middlesbrough East and Middlesbrough West |
1868–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Created from | North Riding of Yorkshire |
Replaced by | Middlesbrough East and Middlesbrough West |
Middlesbrough is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, [n 1] recreated in 1974, and represented since 2012 in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Andy McDonald from the Labour Party. [n 2] An earlier version of the seat existed between 1868 and 1918.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be expanded to include the Borough of Stockton wards of Mandale & Victoria, Stainsby Hill. Accordingly, it will be renamed Middlesbrough and Thornaby East , to be first contested at the next general election. [2]
Parliament created this seat under the Representation of the People Act 1867 for the general election the next year, however the population expanded so was split into east/west areas in 1918. From 1950 until 1974, given intervening expansion of suburbs across the country, the Metropolitan Borough of Thornaby closer to Stockton on Tees was included in the Middlesbrough West constituency. Thornaby was enveloped into Teesside County Borough from 1974 and has not been part of the associated seats otherwise. [3]
The seat was recreated on similar boundaries to those which existed immediately before 1918.
The 2015 result made the seat the 36-safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. [4]
Since the constituency's re-creation in 1974, Middlesbrough has elected the Labour Party's candidate as its MP. [n 3] In areas formerly part of Middlesbrough East, the MP's elected have been Labour since 1935. [n 4]
Middlesbrough West took in rural and semi-rural areas outside the borough to the west, and was a marginal seat passing three times between the two largest parties after the Second World War, but a Liberal stronghold from 1918 until 1945; former soldier and iron and steel merchant Trevelyan Thomson ran unopposed at the polls for re-election in 1924.
The 2012 by-election and 2015 general election saw UKIP finish second. [5] The Liberal Democrats fielded second-placed candidates in 2005 and 2010. The Conservatives did in all elections between the seat's revival and 2001, and returned to second place in 2017. The Green Party outpolled the Liberal Democrats in 2015 in a field of five parties' candidates standing — the two parties failed to achieve 5% of votes cast leading them to forfeit their deposits.
Turnout has ranged between 70.1% in 1987 and 48.8% in 2005.
1868–1885: The township of Linthorpe, and so much of the townships of Middlesbrough, Ormesby, and Eston as lie to the north of the road leading from Eston towards Yarm. [6]
1885–1918: The existing parliamentary borough, and so much of the municipal borough of Middlesbrough as was not already included in the parliamentary borough. [7]
1974–1983: The County Borough of Teesside wards of Berwick Hills, Marton, North Ormesby, St Hilda's, Thorntree, and Tollesby.
1983–1997: The Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Acklam, Beckfield, Beechwood, Berwick Hills, Gresham, Grove Hill, Kirby, Linthorpe, North Ormesby, Pallister, Park, St Hilda's, Southfield, Thorntree, and Westbourne.
1997–2010: The Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Acklam, Ayresome, Beckfield, Beechwood, Berwick Hills, Brookfield, Gresham, Grove Hill, Kader, Kirby, Linthorpe, North Ormesby, Pallister, Park, St Hilda's, Southfield, Thorntree, and Westbourne.
2010–present: The Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Acklam, Ayresome, Beckfield, Beechwood, Brookfield, Clairville, Gresham, Kader, Grove Hill, Linthorpe, Middlehaven, North Ormesby and Brambles Farm, Pallister Park, Thorntree, and University.
The boundaries of the constituency are loosely based on the pre-1968 County Borough of Middlesbrough boundaries, which is now defined as the Borough (or Town) of Middlesbrough; the exclusions are its Easterside and Park End Wards, instead in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland.
The constituency is mostly the urban city itself, largely in the sunset of its once world-leading steelmaking output. It suffers high unemployment and its adult population has mostly a low income; however, with modern advanced engineering, design and tourism, the city forms with nearby Redcar a bellwether for the North East region's economy firmly in the British forefront of a determined return to increasing national output. [8] In November 2012, male and female unemployment (based on the more up-to-date claimant statistics) placed Middlesbrough topmost of 29 constituencies in the region, well ahead for example the City of Durham at the bottom of the list, with just 3.4% claimants whereas this area had 9.4% claimants. [9]
In terms of housing stock, the authority is one of few authorities to see the proportion of detached and semi-detached homes increase (to 13.6% and 39.9%), in this instance this was coupled with a similar rise in flats to 11.9%, all at a loss to the share of terraced properties, down 4.7%. [10]
The film ToryBoy The Movie followed the election, directed by and starring John Walsh who documented how he became a candidate for the Conservative Party in Middlesbrough, challenging the sitting MP, Stuart Bell. [11] [12] In 2011, Neil Macfarlane, in a report for local newspaper Teesside Gazette , asked "Are Teessiders getting enough from Sir Stuart Bell?" when he failed to answer over one hundred telephone calls made to his constituency office over a three-month period. [13] The Gazette story was picked up by national newspapers. The Independent asked "is Sir Stuart Bell Britain's laziest MP?" [14] [15] The Guardian fact-checked the "laziest MP" claims and found that was false. [16] The Labour Party said it was looking into the allegations. [15] [17]
Year | Member [18] | Whip | |
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1868 | Henry Bolckow | Liberal | |
1878 | Isaac Wilson | ||
1892 | Havelock Wilson | ||
1900 | Samuel Sadler | Conservative | |
1906 | Havelock Wilson | Liberal | |
1910 | Penry Williams | ||
1918 | constituency abolished |
Election | Member [18] | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Arthur Bottomley | Labour | |
1983 | Stuart Bell | ||
2012 by-election | Andy McDonald | ||
2023 | Independent [n 5] | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andy McDonald | 17,207 | 50.5 | –15.2 | |
Conservative | Ruth Betson | 8,812 | 25.8 | -0.9 | |
Independent | Antony High | 4,548 | 13.3 | New | |
Brexit Party | Faye Clements | 2,168 | 6.4 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Crawford | 816 | 2.4 | +1.4 | |
Green | Hugh Alberti | 546 | 1.6 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 8,395 | 24.7 | –14.3 | ||
Turnout | 34,097 | 56.1 | –2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andy McDonald | 23,404 | 65.7 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | Jacob Young | 9,531 | 26.7 | +10.2 | |
UKIP | David Hodgson | 1,452 | 4.1 | -14.6 | |
Independent | Terry Lawton | 632 | 1.8 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Dawud Islam | 368 | 1.0 | -2.7 | |
Green | Carl Martinez | 250 | 0.7 | -3.6 | |
Majority | 13,873 | 39.0 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 35,637 | 58.3 | +5.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andy McDonald | 18,584 | 56.8 | +10.9 | |
UKIP | Nigel Baker | 6,107 | 18.7 | +15.0 | |
Conservative | Simon Clarke | 5,388 | 16.5 | -2.3 | |
Green | Hannah Graham | 1,407 | 4.3 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Kilpatrick | 1,220 | 3.7 | −16.2 | |
Majority | 12,477 | 38.1 | +12.1 | ||
Turnout | 32,706 | 52.9 | +1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andy McDonald | 10,201 | 60.5 | +14.6 | |
UKIP | Richard Elvin | 1,990 | 11.8 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Selmer | 1,672 | 9.9 | −10.0 | |
Conservative | Ben Houchen | 1,063 | 6.3 | −12.5 | |
Peace | Imdad Hussain | 1,060 | 6.3 | New | |
BNP | Peter Foreman | 328 | 1.9 | −3.9 | |
TUSC | John Malcolm | 277 | 1.6 | New | |
Independent | Mark Heslehurst | 275 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 8,211 | 48.7 | +22.7 | ||
Turnout | 16,866 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stuart Bell | 15,351 | 45.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Chris Foote-Wood | 6,662 | 19.9 | ||
Conservative | John Walsh | 6,283 | 18.8 | ||
Independent | Joan McTigue | 1,969 | 5.9 | ||
BNP | Michael Ferguson | 1,954 | 5.8 | ||
UKIP | Robert Parker | 1,236 | 3.7 | ||
Majority | 8,689 | 26.0 | |||
Turnout | 33,455 | 51.4 | |||
Labour win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stuart Bell | 18,562 | 57.8 | −9.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joe Michna | 5,995 | 18.7 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | Caroline Flynn-Macleod | 5,263 | 16.4 | −2.7 | |
BNP | Ron Armes | 819 | 2.5 | New | |
UKIP | Michael Landers | 768 | 2.4 | New | |
Independent | Jackie Elder | 503 | 1.6 | New | |
Independent | Derrick Arnott | 230 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 12,567 | 39.1 | -9.4 | ||
Turnout | 32,140 | 48.8 | −1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −9.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stuart Bell | 22,783 | 67.6 | −3.9 | |
Conservative | Alex Finn | 6,453 | 19.1 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Miller | 3,512 | 10.4 | +1.9 | |
Socialist Alliance | Geoffrey Kerr-Morgan | 577 | 1.7 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Kai Andersen | 392 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 16,330 | 48.5 | -5.7 | ||
Turnout | 33,717 | 49.8 | −15.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stuart Bell | 32,925 | 71.4 | ||
Conservative | Liam Benham | 7,907 | 17.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alison Charlesworth | 3,934 | 8.5 | ||
Referendum | Robert Edwards | 1,331 | 2.9 | ||
Majority | 25,018 | 54.2 | |||
Turnout | 46,097 | 65.0 | |||
Labour win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stuart Bell | 26,343 | 64.1 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Paul R. Rayner | 10,559 | 25.7 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rosamund Jordan | 4,201 | 10.2 | −5.1 | |
Majority | 15,784 | 38.4 | +3.7 | ||
Turnout | 41,103 | 69.8 | −1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stuart Bell | 25,747 | 59.7 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | Robert Orr-Ewing | 10,789 | 25.0 | -2.6 | |
Liberal | Philip Hawley | 6,594 | 15.3 | -5.9 | |
Majority | 14,958 | 34.7 | +11.6 | ||
Turnout | 43,130 | 71.0 | +4.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stuart Bell | 21,220 | 50.7 | ||
Conservative | Lucille Campey | 11,551 | 27.6 | ||
Liberal | David Sanders | 8,871 | 21.2 | ||
Workers Revolutionary | M.A. Simpson | 207 | 0.5 | ||
Majority | 9,669 | 23.1 | |||
Turnout | 41,849 | 66.4 | |||
Labour win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Arthur Bottomley | 24,872 | 56.2 | -5.6 | |
Conservative | C Fenwick | 13,463 | 30.4 | +6.0 | |
Liberal | Peter Freitag | 4,023 | 9.1 | -4.7 | |
Workers Revolutionary | M Simpson | 1,018 | 2.3 | New | |
Independent Labour | J Wilcox | 861 | 2.0 | New | |
Majority | 11,409 | 25.8 | -11.6 | ||
Turnout | 44,237 | 67.9 | +6.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Arthur Bottomley | 22,791 | 61.8 | -4.5 | |
Conservative | Edward Leigh | 8,984 | 24.4 | -9.3 | |
Liberal | Chris Foote Wood | 5,080 | 13.8 | New | |
Majority | 13,807 | 37.4 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 36,855 | 61.2 | -8.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Arthur Bottomley | 27,324 | 66.3 | ||
Conservative | Geoffrey Dickens | 13,915 | 33.7 | ||
Majority | 13,409 | 32.6 | |||
Turnout | 41,239 | 69.4 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
General Election 1914–15:
A General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Penry Williams | 10,313 | 61.1 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | Thomas Gibson Poole | 6,568 | 38.9 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 3,745 | 22.2 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 16,881 | 77.6 | −10.4 | ||
Registered electors | 21,756 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Penry Williams | 9,670 | 50.5 | -2.1 | |
Conservative | Arthur Charles Dorman | 6,756 | 35.3 | -3.7 | |
Labour | Patrick Walls | 2,710 | 14.2 | New | |
Majority | 2,914 | 15.2 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 19,136 | 88.0 | +1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 21,756 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Lib-Lab | Havelock Wilson | 9,271 | 52.6 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Samuel Sadler | 6,864 | 39.0 | -11.2 | |
Independent Labour | George Lansbury | 1,484 | 8.4 | New | |
Majority | 2,407 | 13.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 17,619 | 86.7 | +8.9 | ||
Registered electors | 20,322 | ||||
Lib-Lab gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Sadler | 6,760 | 50.2 | +9.0 | |
Lib-Lab | Havelock Wilson | 6,705 | 49.8 | −9.0 | |
Majority | 55 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,465 | 77.8 | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 17,307 | ||||
Conservative gain from Lib-Lab | Swing | +9.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | Havelock Wilson | 6,755 | 58.8 | +25.2 | |
Conservative | Samuel Sadler | 4,735 | 41.2 | +13.6 | |
Majority | 2,020 | 17.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,490 | 76.2 | -3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 15,077 | ||||
Lib-Lab gain from Independent Labour | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Labour | Havelock Wilson | 4,691 | 38.8 | New | |
Liberal | William Robson | 4,062 | 33.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Unionist | Hugh Bell | 3,333 | 27.6 | New | |
Majority | 629 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,086 | 79.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 15,192 | ||||
Independent Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Isaac Wilson | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Isaac Wilson | 6,961 | 63.3 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Raylton Dixon | 4,035 | 36.7 | +14.5 | |
Majority | 2,926 | 26.6 | −12.9 | ||
Turnout | 10,996 | 79.3 | +10.6 | ||
Registered electors | 13,864 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Isaac Wilson | 4,515 | 61.7 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Samuel Sadler | 1,626 | 22.2 | +6.3 | |
Lib-Lab | Edward Dillon Lewis [39] | 1,171 | 16.0 | −8.6 | |
Majority | 2,889 | 39.5 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 7,312 | 68.7 | -1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 10,641 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Isaac Wilson | 5,307 | 68.7 | +9.3 | |
Conservative | Samuel Sadler | 2,415 | 31.3 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 2,892 | 37.4 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 7,722 | 65.3 | -5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 11,824 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Bolckow | 3,719 | 59.4 | N/A | |
Lib-Lab | John Kane | 1,541 | 24.6 | New | |
Conservative | William Randolph Innes Hopkins [40] | 996 | 15.9 | New | |
Majority | 2,178 | 34.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,256 | 70.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,862 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Bolckow | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,196 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
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