Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland

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]

For the 2023 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 includes the unitary authority of Darlington, as a sub-region of the North East Region. ^[2] For the purposes of this series of articles, the constituency of Darlington continues to be included in List of parliamentary constituencies in County Durham.

The area is divided into 6 parliamentary constituencies – 3 borough constituencies and 3 county constituencies.

Constituencies

Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

   † Conservative    ‡ Labour    ¤ Reform UK

Constituency [nb 1]	Electorate	Majority [nb 2]	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Electoral wards [3]	Map
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.

Boundary changes

2024

See 2023 review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Name (2010–2024)	Boundaries 2010–2024	Name (2024–present)	Boundaries (2024–present)
Hartlepool  BC Middlesbrough  BC Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland  CC Redcar  BC Stockton North  BC Stockton South  BC	Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland (2010–2024)	Hartlepool  BC Middlesbrough and Thornaby East  BC Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland  CC Redcar  BC Stockton North CC Stockton West  CC	Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland (2024–present)

For the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine the four unitary authorities which make up the former county of Cleveland with the Borough of Darlington (previously considered with County Durham) to form a Tees Valley sub-division of the North East region. The commission also opted to rename Middlesbrough to Middlesbrough and Thornaby East, and rename Stockton South to Stockton West. ^{[4] [2]}

The following seats resulted from the boundary review:

Containing electoral wards in Hartlepool

• Hartlepool

Containing electoral wards in Middlesbrough

• Middlesbrough and Thornaby East (part)
• Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (part)

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)

2010

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 existing local government wards and to reduce the electoral disparity between Stockton North and Stockton South.

Name	Boundaries 1997–2010	Boundaries 2010–2024
Hartlepool  BC Middlesbrough  BC Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland  CC Redcar  BC Stockton North  BC Stockton South  BC	Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland (1997-2010)	Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland (2010-2024)

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 ^[5]

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Cleveland in the 2024 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2019	Seats	Change from 2019
Labour	100,144	43.1%	2.5%	5	2
Conservative	70,935	30.5%	13.0%	1	2
Reform	39,000	16.8%	9.1%	0	0
Greens	8,472	3.6%	2.7%	0	0
Liberal Democrats	7,519	3.2%	0.9	0	0
Others	6,124	2.6%	0.6%	0	0
Total	232,194	100.0		6

2019

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
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

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Labour	37.9	44.7	50.0	62.4	59.5	51.9	39.9	43.3	53.8	40.6	43.1
Conservative	35.8	33.8	37.1	25.2	26.3	23.0	27.7	29.0	38.8	43.5	30.5
Reform UK 1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.7	16.8
Green Party	-	*	*	*	*	*	-	2.3	0.4	0.9	3.6
Liberal Democrat 2	26.2	20.9	12.8	9.8	12.4	19.3	21.4	5.3	2.6	4.1	3.2
UKIP	-	-	-	*	*	*	4.3	17.9	4.2	*	*
Other	0.1	0.6	0.2	2.6	1.8	5.8	6.7	2.2	0.2	3.2	2.6

¹As the Brexit Party in 2019 ²1983 & 1987 - SDP–Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Labour	4	4	4	6	6	6	4	5	5	3	5
Conservative	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	1
Liberal Democrat 1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP–Liberal Alliance

Maps

1983 to 2019

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2024 to present (including one cross-county constituency)

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  2024

Historical representation by party

1983 to 2010

   Conservative    Labour    Social Democratic

Constituency	1983	1987	91	1992	1997	2001	04	2005
Hartlepool	Leadbitter			Mandelson			Wright
Langbaurgh / Middlesbrough S & E Cleveland (1997)	Holt		Kumar	Bates	Kumar
Middlesbrough	Bell
Redcar	Tinn	Mowlam				Baird
Stockton North	Cook
Stockton South	Wrigglesworth	Devlin			Taylor

2010 to present

   Conservative    Independent    Labour    Liberal Democrats

Constituency	2010	12	2015	2017	2019	21	23	24	2024
Hartlepool	Wright			Hill		Mortimer			Brash
Middlesbrough / Middlesbrough & Thornaby E (2024)	Bell	McDonald					→	→
Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Blenkinsop			Clarke					Myer
Redcar	Swales		Turley		Young				Turley
Stockton North	Cunningham								McDonald
Stockton South / Stockton West (2024)1	Wharton			Williams	Vickers

¹also includes some areas in the Darlington area of County Durham

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the North East (region)
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Cleveland

Notes

1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

1. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order (England) 2007".
2. "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.
3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2023/1230, retrieved 13 July 2024
4. "Political boundaries across the North East could change - here's what it could mean for you". The Northern Echo. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
5. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019" . Retrieved 3 May 2020.