Thornaby | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Major settlements | Thornaby-on-Tees |
1974–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Stockton South and Middlesbrough [1] |
Created from | Middlesbrough West |
Thornaby was a parliamentary constituency centred on the former borough of Thornaby-on-Tees in Teesside. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, mostly from the old seat of Middlesbrough West. It was abolished for the 1983 general election.
The County Borough of Teesside wards of Acklam, Ayresome, Gresham, Linthorpe, Thornaby East, and Thornaby West.
Election | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Ian Wrigglesworth | Labour Co-operative | |
1981 | SDP | ||
1983 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-operative | Ian Wrigglesworth | 21,503 | 43.8 | ||
Conservative | John Sutcliffe | 19,785 | 40.3 | ||
Liberal | R Tennant | 7,827 | 15.9 | ||
Majority | 1,718 | 3.50 | |||
Turnout | 49,115 | 79.6 | |||
Labour Co-operative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-operative | Ian Wrigglesworth | 22,130 | 49.1 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | John Sutcliffe | 17,482 | 38.8 | -1.5 | |
Liberal | R Tennant | 5,442 | 12.1 | -3.8 | |
Majority | 4,648 | 10.32 | +6.82 | ||
Turnout | 45,054 | 72.3 | -7.3 | ||
Labour Co-operative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-operative | Ian Wrigglesworth | 23,597 | 51.1 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | J Jeffreys | 18,073 | 39.1 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | N Patmore | 4,255 | 9.2 | -2.9 | |
National Front | M Evans | 251 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 5,524 | 11.96 | +1.64 | ||
Turnout | 46,176 | 74.7 | +2.4 | ||
Labour Co-operative hold | Swing | ||||
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