Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland is a
constituency
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created in 1997 represented in the
House of Commons
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of the
UK Parliament
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since
2017
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by
Simon Clarke of the
Conservative Party
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.
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
Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area.
Until the early 1800s, the ...
(such as
Acklam,
Hemlington
Hemlington is an area of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It is centred around a lake and is in the Borough of Middlesbrough's south-western outskirts.
In 2015, the Hemlington Ward had a population of 6,557, 4.74% of Middlesbrough's res ...
,
Nunthorpe,
Coulby Newham,
Marton,
Easterside
Easterside is an area in the Ladgate ward of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It is bounded to the east by Marton Road (A172) and by B1380 (Ladgate Lane) to the south. It had a population of 2,842 in 2011.
Ladgate Ward
Ladgate ward is n ...
and
Park End) and those parts of the
Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland is a borough with unitary authority status in North Yorkshire, England. Its main settlements are Redcar, South Bank, Eston, Brotton, Guisborough, the Greater Eston part of Middlesbrough, Loftus, Saltburn and Skelton. Th ...
district not in the
Redcar constituency. These include
Saltburn-by-the-Sea
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, commonly referred to as Saltburn, is a seaside town in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, around south-east of Hartlepool and southeast of Redcar.
It lies within the historic boundaries of the North Ridin ...
,
Guisborough
Guisborough ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. It lies north of the North York Moors National Park. Roseberry Topping, midway between the town and Great Ayton, is a landmar ...
,
Loftus,
Skelton and
Brotton
Brotton is a village in the civil parish of Skelton and Brotton and situated approximately south-east of Saltburn-by-the-Sea, 9 miles from Redcar, east of Middlesbrough and north-west of Whitby.
In 2011, the village had a population of 5,39 ...
.
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
Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area.
Until the early 1800s, the ...
, this instead being a
marginal seat
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, particularly the 2010, 2015 and 2017 results which saw no
absolute majority
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unlike the previous three absolute majorities won by
Ashok Kumar
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He ...
of the Labour Party. In the five elections from 1997 to 2015, the second-positioned candidate was a
Conservative
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. The 2015 result gave the seat the 20th-smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. 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
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...
. In 2015 the third-placed party in line with national trends changed from the
Liberal Democrats to
UKIP
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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). 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.
Unemployment Claimants
''The Guardian'', 17 November 2010
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
See also
* List of parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland
Cleveland was abolished in 1996 both as a county council and a non-metropolitan county, but the name Cleveland continues to be used unofficially in subsequent boundary reviews as presented by the Boundary Commission for England to describe the a ...
* History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Cleveland
Notes
References
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Parliamentary constituencies in North East England
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997
Politics of Middlesbrough