Cleveland and Whitby (UK Parliament constituency)

Cleveland and Whitby
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
February 1974–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Langbaurgh, Scarborough
Created from	Cleveland, Scarborough & Whitby

Cleveland and Whitby was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Whitby in northern England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from February 1974 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Cleveland and Whitby largely replaced the previous Cleveland constituency. It was defined as covering the urban districts of Guisborough, Loftus, Saltburn and Marske by the Sea, Skelton and Brotton, Whitby, along with Whitby Rural District.

Member of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party
	Feb 1974	Leon Brittan	Conservative
	1983	constituency abolished

Election results

General Election 1979: Cleveland and Whitby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leon Brittan	26,735	51.00
	Labour	Benjamin John Pimlott	19,818	36.80
	Liberal	M Pitts	5,870	11.20
Majority			6,917	13.19
Turnout				80.05

General Election October 1974: Cleveland and Whitby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leon Brittan	19,973	43.22
	Labour	Benjamin John Pimlott	18,445	39.91
	Liberal	GG Watson	7,795	16.87
Majority			1,528	3.31
Turnout				76.17

General Election February 1974: Cleveland and Whitby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leon Brittan	21,090	42.55
	Labour	JB Hewitson	17,448	35.20
	Liberal	GG Watson	11,030	22.25
Majority			3,642	7.35
Turnout				82.38

Notes and references

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)