Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (UK Parliament constituency)

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Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
North East England - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.svg
County North Yorkshire (area formerly in the county of Cleveland; and Tees Valley combined authority currently)
Electorate 69,967 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Guisborough, Marton
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of Parliament Luke Myer (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Langbaurgh

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland is a constituency [n 1] created in 1997 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Luke Myer of the Labour Party. [n 2]

Contents

Boundaries

1997–2010: The Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council wards of: Belmont; Brotton; Guisborough; Hutton; Lockwood and Skinningrove; Loftus; Saltburn; and Skelton; and the Middlesbrough Borough Council wards of: Easterside; Hemlington; Marton; Newham; Nunthorpe; Park End; and Stainton and Thornton.

2010–2024: The Borough of Redcar and Cleveland wards of: Brotton; Guisborough; Hutton; Lockwood; Loftus; Saltburn; Skelton; and Westworth; and the Borough of Middlesbrough wards of: Coulby Newham; Hemlington; Ladgate; Marton; Marton West; Nunthorpe; Park End; and Stainton and Thornton.

2024–present: The Borough of Redcar and Cleveland wards of: Belmont; Brotton; Guisborough; Hutton; Lockwood; Loftus; Skelton East; and Skelton West; and the Borough of Middlesbrough wards of: Coulby Newham; Hemlington; Ladgate; Marton East; Marton West; Nunthorpe; Park End & Beckfield; and Stainton & Thornton. [2]

The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies describes changes to the constituencies as following: The boundaries within the Borough of Middlesbrough will be aligned to new ward boundaries; in Redcar and Cleveland, the town of Saltburn-by-the-Sea will be transferred to the Redcar constituency. [3]

The constituency was created in 1997, mostly replacing the former seat of Langbaurgh and consists of the southern outskirts of Middlesbrough (such as Acklam, Hemlington, Nunthorpe, Coulby Newham, Marton, Easterside and Park End) and those parts of the Redcar and Cleveland district not in the Redcar constituency. These include Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Guisborough, Loftus, Skelton and Brotton.

History

Summary of results

This seat was created in 1997 and was held until 2017 by a representative of the Labour Party. Election results have to date been considerably more close than in the overwhelmingly urban, city seat of Middlesbrough, this instead being a marginal seat, particularly the 2010, 2015 and 2017 results which saw no absolute majority unlike the previous three absolute majorities won by Ashok Kumar of the Labour Party. In the five elections from 1997 to 2015, the second-positioned candidate was a Conservative. The 2015 result gave the seat the 20th-smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. [4] At the 2017 general election, the seat was gained by Simon Clarke of the Conservative Party on a 3.6% swing, one of the six seats in England gained by the Conservatives at that election.

Third-placed parties

In each election to date the fourth-placed and lower candidates have failed to reach 5% of the vote, therefore forfeiting their deposits. In 2015 the third-placed party in line with national trends changed from the Liberal Democrats to UKIP on large swings; candidates from the third-placed parties in this area have always kept their deposit except in the 2017 and 2019 elections.

Turnout

Turnout has varied from 76% in 1997 to just over 60% in 2005.

Constituency profile

Whereas 13.8% of people in Middlesbrough are retired, 0.3 lower than in 2001, 19.4% of people are retired in the eastern Cleveland authority, Redcar and Cleveland, 3% higher than in 2001 (2011 figures). [5] The constituency is at the forefront of Britain's return to growth in output, however the western authority still in 2011 had the highest unemployment claimant count in the North East, having witnessed a decline in the major local industry of production of industrial and heavy duty steel. [6]

Members of Parliament

Langbaurgh prior to 1997

ElectionMember [7] PartyNotes
1997 Ashok Kumar Labour Died in office March 2010; no by-election held due to impending general election
2010 Tom Blenkinsop Labour
2017 Simon Clarke Conservative Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2021-2022; Secretary of State for Housing September-October 2022
2024 Luke Myer Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Luke Myer 16,468 43.3
Conservative Simon Clarke 16,25442.7
Liberal Democrats Jemma Joy2,0325.3
SDP Rod Liddle 1,8354.8
Green Rowan McLaughlin [8] 1,4463.8
Majority2140.6
Turnout 38,03554.1
Labour win (new boundaries)

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Clarke 28,135 58.8 +9.2
Labour Lauren Dingsdale [n 3] 16,50934.5−13.0
Liberal Democrats Jemma Joy1,9534.1+1.3
Green Sophie Brown1,2202.6N/A
Majority11,62624.3+22.2
Turnout 47,81766.1+0.3
Conservative hold Swing +11.1
General election 2017: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Clarke 23,643 49.6 +12.5
Labour Tracy Harvey22,62347.5+5.5
Liberal Democrats Chris Foote Wood1,3542.8−0.6
Majority1,0202.1N/A
Turnout 47,62065.8+1.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +3.6
General election 2015: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Blenkinsop 19,193 42.0 +2.8
Conservative Will Goodhand16,92537.1+1.5
UKIP Steve Turner6,93515.2+11.1
Liberal Democrats Ben Gibson1,5643.4−12.5
Green Martin Brampton1,0602.3N/A
Majority2,2684.9+1.3
Turnout 45,67764.2+0.6
Labour hold Swing +0.7
General election 2010: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland [13] [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Tom Blenkinsop 18,138 39.2
Conservative Paul Bristow 16,46135.6
Liberal Democrats Nick Emmerson7,34015.9
UKIP Stuart Lightwing1,8814.1
BNP Shaun Gatley1,5763.4
Independent Mike Allen8181.8
Majority1,6773.6
Turnout 46,21463.6
Labour win (new boundaries)

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ashok Kumar 21,945 50.2 −5.1
Conservative Mark Brooks13,94531.9−2.1
Liberal Democrats Carl Minns6,04913.8+3.1
BNP Geoffrey Groves1,0992.5N/A
UKIP Charlotte Bull6581.5N/A
Majority8,00018.3−3.0
Turnout 43,69660.8−0.2
Labour hold Swing -1.5
General election 2001: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ashok Kumar 24,321 55.3 +0.6
Conservative Barbara Harpham14,97034.0−0.9
Liberal Democrats Linda Parrish4,70010.7+3.2
Majority9,35121.3+1.5
Turnout 43,99161.0−15.0
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ashok Kumar 29,319 54.7
Conservative Michael Bates 18,71234.9
Liberal Democrats Hamish Garrett4,0047.5
Referendum Robin Batchelor1,5522.9
Majority10,60719.8
Turnout 53,58776.0
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  3. Also known as Lauren de Thibault de Boesinghe. [10]

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