Stockton West is a

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of the

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in the

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. Further to the completion of the

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, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, when it was won by Matt Vickers of the Conservative Party (previously MP for Stockton South from 2019 to 2024). It is now the only seat held by the Conservatives in the North East of England.

Boundaries

The constituency is defined as being composed of the following, as they existed on 1 December 2020: * The Borough of Darlington wards of: Hurworth; Sadberge & Middleton St. George; and * The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees wards of: Bishopsgarth and Elm Tree; Eaglescliffe; Fairfield; Grangefield; Hartburn; Ingleby Barwick East; Ingleby Barwick West; Village; Western Parishes; Yarm. ''The seat comprises the majority of the abolished Stockton South constituency, extended westwards into rural areas to include the Western Parishes ward from

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and the two Borough of Darlington wards from Sedgefield (abolished).'' Following a local government boundary review in Stockton-on-Tees which came into effect in May 2023, the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election: *The Borough of Darlington wards of: Hurworth; Sadberge & Middleton St. George. * The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees wards of: Bishopsgarth & Elm Tree; Eaglescliffe East (most); Eaglescliffe West; Fairfield; Grangefield (part); Hartburn (nearly all); Ingleby Barwick North; Ingleby Barwick South; Northern Parishes (part); Southern Villages; Village (most); Yarm; and a small part of Stainsby Hill.

Members of Parliament

'' Stockton South prior to 2024''

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

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