Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 54°32′24″N 1°08′20″W / 54.540°N 1.139°W

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
Electorate	72,876 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Guisborough, Marton
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Tom Blenkinsop (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Langbaurgh
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North East England

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Tom Blenkinsop of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1997-2010: The Borough of Langbaurgh-on-Tees wards of Belmont, Brotton, Guisborough, Hutton, Lockwood and Skinningrove, Loftus, Saltburn, and Skelton, and the Borough of Middlesbrough 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.

History

This seat was created in 1997 and has been held since then by a representative of the Labour Party.

Constituency profile

Only 13.8% of people in Middlesbrough are retired, 0.3 lower than in 2001 whereas 19.4% of people are retired in the eastern Cleveland authority, Redcar and Cleveland, 3% higher than in 2001 (2011 figures).^[2] 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 its world leading production of industrial and heavy duty steel.^[3]

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 result which saw no absolute majority unlike the previous three absolute majorities gained by the Labour MP Ashok Kumar. In the four elections to date, the second candidate has been a Conservative.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[4]	Party	Notes
	1997	Ashok Kumar	Labour	Died March 2010; no by-election held due to imminent general election
	2010	Tom Blenkinsop	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland is number 21 on the Conservatives target list for the 2020 election, a swing of 2.48% would be needed. However, the boundaries may change.^[5][6]

General Election 2015: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland[7][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Blenkinsop	19,193	42.0	+2.8
	Conservative	Will Goodhand	16,925	37.1	+1.4
	UKIP	Steve Turner	6,935	15.2	+11.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ben Gibson	1,564	3.4	-12.5
	Green	Martin Brampton	1,060	2.3	+2.3
Majority			2,268	5.0	+1.4
Turnout			45,677	64.2	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	0.7

General Election 2010: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland[9][10][11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Blenkinsop	18,138	39.2	−11.1
	Conservative	Paul Bristow	16,461	35.6	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat	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	+1.8
Majority			1,677	3.6
Turnout			46,214	63.6	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.4

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ashok Kumar	21,945	50.2	−5.1
	Conservative	Mark Brooks	13,945	31.9	−2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Carl Minns	6,049	13.8	+3.1
	BNP	Geoffrey Groves	1,099	2.5	N/A
	UKIP	Charlotte Bull	658	1.5	N/A
Majority			8,000	18.3
Turnout			43,696	60.8	−0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.5

General Election 2001: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ashok Kumar	24,321	55.3	+0.6
	Conservative	Barbara Anne Harpham	14,970	34.0	−0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Linda Jean Parrish	4,700	10.7	+3.2
Majority			9,351	21.3
Turnout			43,991	61.0	−15.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ashok Kumar	29,319	54.7	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Bates	18,712	34.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Hamish Garrett	4,004	7.5	N/A
	Referendum	Robin D.L. Batchelor	1,552	2.9	N/A
Majority			10,607	19.8	N/A
Turnout			53,587	76.0	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland

Notes and references

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.

References

1. "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. 2011 census interactive maps
3. Unemployment Claimants The Guardian
4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
7. "Middlesbrough South & Cleveland East". BBC News. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
8. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
9. Statement of Candidates (PDF)
10. "UK > England > North East > Middlesbrough South & Cleveland East". Election 2010. BBC News. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
11. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
12. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
13. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
14. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.