Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (UK Parliament constituency)

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland in Cleveland
Location of Cleveland within England
County	North Yorkshire (area formerly in the county of Cleveland)
Electorate	69,967 (2023) [1]
Major settlements	Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Guisborough, Marton
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of Parliament	Simon Clarke (Conservative Party)
Seats	One
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 2017 by Simon Clarke of the Conservative Party. ^{[n 2]}

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–present: 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.

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.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020): ^[1]

• The Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Coulby Newham, Hemlington, Ladgate, Marton East, Marton West, Nunthorpe, Park End & Beckfield and Stainton & Thornton.

• The Borough of Redcar and Cleveland wards of Belmont, Brotton, Guisborough, Hutton, Lockwood, Loftus, Skelton East and Skelton West. ^[2]

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.

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. ^[3] 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). ^[4] 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. ^[5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [6]	Party	Notes
	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

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Clarke [7]
	Liberal Democrats	Jemma Joy [8]
	SDP	Rod Liddle [9]
	Labour	Luke Myer [10]

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Clarke	28,135	58.8	+9.2
	Labour	Lauren Dingsdale [n 3]	16,509	34.5	-13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jemma Joy	1,953	4.1	+1.3
	Green	Sophie Brown	1,220	2.6	New
Majority			11,626	24.3	+22.2
Turnout			47,817	66.1	+0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.1

General election 2017: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Clarke	23,643	49.6	+12.5
	Labour	Tracy Harvey	22,623	47.5	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Foote Wood	1,354	2.8	-0.6
Majority			1,020	2.1	N/A
Turnout			47,620	65.8	+1.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+3.6

General election 2015: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Blenkinsop	19,193	42.0	+2.8
	Conservative	Will Goodhand	16,925	37.1	+1.5
	UKIP	Steve Turner	6,935	15.2	+11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Gibson	1,564	3.4	-12.5
	Green	Martin Brampton	1,060	2.3	New
Majority			2,268	4.9	+1.3
Turnout			45,677	64.2	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.7

General election 2010: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland ^{[15] [16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Blenkinsop	18,138	39.2	-11.1
	Conservative	Paul Bristow	16,461	35.6	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Emmerson	7,340	15.9	+2.1
	UKIP	Stuart Lightwing	1,881	4.1	+2.6
	BNP	Shaun Gatley	1,576	3.4	+0.9
	Independent	Mike Allen	818	1.8	New
Majority			1,677	3.6	-14.7
Turnout			46,214	63.6	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.4

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ashok Kumar	21,945	50.2	-5.1
	Conservative	Mark Brooks	13,945	31.9	-2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Minns	6,049	13.8	+3.1
	BNP	Geoffrey Groves	1,099	2.5	New
	UKIP	Charlotte Bull	658	1.5	New
Majority			8,000	18.3	-3.0
Turnout			43,696	60.8	-0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.5

General election 2001: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ashok Kumar	24,321	55.3	+0.6
	Conservative	Barbara Harpham	14,970	34.0	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Parrish	4,700	10.7	+3.2
Majority			9,351	21.3	+1.5
Turnout			43,991	61.0	-15.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ashok Kumar	29,319	54.7
	Conservative	Michael Bates	18,712	34.9
	Liberal Democrats	Hamish Garrett	4,004	7.5
	Referendum	Robin Batchelor	1,552	2.9
Majority			10,607	19.8
Turnout			53,587	76.0
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Cleveland

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. ^[12]

References

1. "Boundary Commission for England - Final Recommendations for the North East Region" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
2. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 4 North East region.
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4. 2011 census interactive maps Archived 29 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine
5. Unemployment Claimants The Guardian, 17 November 2010
6. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
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8. "Lib Dems announce candidate for new Middlesbrough seat at next General Election". The Northern Echo. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
9. "@SDPhq". Twitter. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
10. "Labour selects Luke Myer as parliamentary candidate for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland". Teesside Live. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
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15. Statement of Candidates ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
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17. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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20. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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