Stockton South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stockton South
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Stockton South in Cleveland
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Location of Cleveland within England
County County Durham, North Yorkshire
Electorate 74,698 (2018) [1]
Major settlements Stockton, Thornaby, Yarm, Ingleby Barwick and Eaglescliffe
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of Parliament Matt Vickers (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from Stockton-on-Tees, Thornaby, Easington and Richmond (Yorks) [2]

Stockton South is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since December 2019 by Matt Vickers, a Conservative MP. [n 2]

Contents

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to moderate boundary changes and will be renamed Stockton West , to be first contested at the next general election. [3]

Boundaries

Stockton South (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

1983–1997: The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees wards of Bishopsgarth, Egglescliffe, Fairfield, Grangefield, Hartburn, Ingleby Barwick, Mandale, Parkfield, Preston, Stainsby, Victoria, Village, and Yarm, and the Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Ayresome, Brookfield, and Kader.

1997–2010: The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees wards of Bishopsgarth, Egglescliffe, Elm Tree, Fairfield, Grangefield, Hartburn, Ingleby Barwick, Mandale, Parkfield, Preston, Stainsby, Victoria, Village, and Yarm. The three Middlesbrough wards were transferred to the redrawn Middlesbrough constituency.

2010–present: The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees wards of Bishopsgarth and Elm Tree, Eaglescliffe, Fairfield, Grangefield, Hartburn, Ingleby Barwick East, Ingleby Barwick West, Mandale and Victoria, Parkfield and Oxbridge, Stainsby Hill, Thornaby-on-Tees, and Yarm.

Stockton South consists of the south-western half of Stockton-on-Tees and on the same bank, upstream, the town of Eaglescliffe – on the southern bank of the River Tees are the towns of Thornaby-on-Tees, Yarm, and Ingleby Barwick.

History

The seat was formed from a combination of Stockton-on-Tees and Thornaby in 1983, predominantly as a replacement to the latter seat.

Political history

More middle-class than neighbouring Stockton North, this seat was first won by the SDP-Liberal Alliance in a narrow victory at the 1983. Ian Wrigglesworth, the former Labour MP for Thornaby, defected to the newly formed Social Democratic Party in 1981, and held the successor seat as the SDP candidate.

This result came after the Conservative candidate's nomination was withdrawn when he was revealed to have previously been in the National Front.

Following this, the seat was held by a Conservative for ten years, from 1987 to 1997. It was a bellwether in Labour's landslide at the 1997 general election, and its member, Dari Taylor, retained it until the 2010 general election, when the Conservative, James Wharton narrowly won back the seat.

It was the Conservative Party's only gain in the North East, with Wharton substantially increasing his majority at the 2015 general election. However, Labour's victory in the seat in 2017 saw the seat's 30 year status as a bellwether constituency come to an end. In 2019, the Conservatives took it back, in line with the general swing in their favour in multiple north east red wall seats, despite only being held by Labour for fifteen of its 39 years of existence.

Constituency profile

Based on ONS data, workless claimants and registered jobseekers, were in May 2017 lower than the North East average of 5.9% [4] and also lower than the national average of 4.6%, at 3.4% [5] of the population.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [6] Party
1983 Ian Wrigglesworth SDP
1987 Tim Devlin Conservative
1997 Dari Taylor Labour
2010 James Wharton Conservative
2017 Paul Williams Labour
2019 Matt Vickers Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

The next United Kingdom general election will see the constituency renamed to Stockton West with minor boundary changes to include villages west of Stockton. [7]

Candidates

Joe Dancey

The Labour Party announced in October 2023 that Joe Dancey would be their candidate. Dancey was born in Stockton-on-Tees to James Cook University Hospital NHS Nurse Mary Dancey and his father who was a Chemical Engineer at Seal Sands. [8] He was educated in Eaglescliffe at Junction Farm Primary School and Egglescliffe School. He attended the University of Oxford, where he studied Philosophy, politics and economics. [9] [10] He was previously head of Lord Sebastian Coe's office for the London 2012 Summer Olympics organising committee, playing a key role in organising the London Olympics, [11] and also worked for Baroness Amos and former Hartlepool MP Peter Mandelson, a fellow graduate of St Catherine's College, Oxford. [12] [13] Dancey's partner is the Labour MP for Ilford North and Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting. [14] [15]

Next United Kingdom general election: Stockton West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Dancey [16]

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Stockton South [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matt Vickers 27,764 50.7 Increase2.svg 3.9
Labour Paul Williams 22,50441.1Decrease2.svg 7.4
Liberal Democrats Brendan Devlin2,3384.3Increase2.svg 2.5
Brexit Party John Prescott [18] 2,1964.0New
Majority5,2609.6N/A
Turnout 54,80271.3Increase2.svg 0.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg 5.6
General election 2017: Stockton South [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Williams [20] 26,102 48.5 Increase2.svg 11.5
Conservative James Wharton 25,21446.8Steady2.svg 0.0
UKIP David Outterside [21] 1,1862.2Decrease2.svg 8.4
Liberal Democrats Drew Durning9511.8Decrease2.svg 0.8
Green Jo Fitzgerald3710.7Decrease2.svg 1.1
Majority8881.7N/A
Turnout 53,82471.2Increase2.svg 2.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg 5.8
General election 2015: Stockton South [22] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Wharton 24,221 46.8 Increase2.svg 7.9
Labour Louise Baldock19,17537.0Decrease2.svg 1.3
UKIP Ted Strike5,48010.6Increase2.svg 7.7
Liberal Democrats Drew Durning1,3662.6Decrease2.svg 12.5
Green Jacqui Lovell9521.8New
Independent Steve Walmsley6031.2New
Majority5,0469.8Increase2.svg 9.2
Turnout 51,79769.0Increase2.svg 1.6
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg 4.55
General election 2010: Stockton South [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Wharton 19,577 38.9 +4.7
Labour Dari Taylor 19,24538.3−9.4
Liberal Democrats Jacquie Bell7,60015.1−1.0
BNP Neil Sinclair1,5533.1New
UKIP Peter Braney1,4712.9+0.9
Independent Yvonne Hossack5361.1New
Christian Ted Strike3020.6New
Majority3320.6N/A
Turnout 50,28467.4+4.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing −7.0

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Stockton South [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dari Taylor 21,480 47.8 −5.2
Conservative James Gaddas 15,34134.1+1.7
Liberal Democrats Mike Barker7,17116.0+2.4
UKIP Sandra Allison9312.1New
Majority6,13913.7-6.9
Turnout 44,92363.0+0.1
Labour hold Swing −3.5
General election 2001: Stockton South [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dari Taylor 23,414 53.0 −3.3
Conservative Tim Devlin 14,32832.4−1.3
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Fletcher6,01213.6+4.4
Socialist Alliance Lawrence Coombes4551.0New
Majority9,08620.6-2.0
Turnout 44,20962.9−11.6
Labour hold Swing −0.8

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Stockton South [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dari Taylor 28,790 56.3 +16.5
Conservative Tim Devlin 17,20533.7−11.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Monck4,7219.2−5.8
Referendum John Horner4000.8New
Majority11,58522.6N/A
Turnout 51,11674.5-8.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +14.0
General election 1992: Stockton South [28] [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tim Devlin 28,418 45.2 +10.2
Labour John McKie Scott25,04939.8+8.5
Liberal Democrats Kay R. Kirkham9,41015.0−18.7
Majority3,3695.4+4.1
Turnout 62,87782.8+3.8
Conservative hold Swing +0.8

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Stockton South [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tim Devlin 20,833 35.0 −1.6
SDP Ian Wrigglesworth 20,05933.7−3.1
Labour John McKie Scott18,60031.3+5.0
Majority7741.3N/A
Turnout 59,49279.0+6.9
Conservative gain from SDP Swing
General election 1983: Stockton South [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SDP Ian Wrigglesworth 19,550 36.8
Conservative Tom Finnegan19,44836.6
Labour Frank Griffiths13,99826.3
Independent D. Fern2050.4
Majority1020.2
Turnout 53,20172.1
SDP win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough 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.

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