Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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]
Current constituency
Created	1997 (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 county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The constituency is represented by Tom Blenkinsop, who won the seat at the 2010 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1997, mostly replacing the former seat of Langbaurgh. It consists of the southern outskirts of Middlesbrough (such as 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. Labour managed to hold on to the seat in the 2010 General Election.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [2]	Party
	1997	Ashok Kumar	Labour
	2010	Tom Blenkinsop	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland [3][4]
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
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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ashok Kumar	24,321	55.3	+0.6
	Conservative	Barbara Harpham	14,970	34.0	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Linda 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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ashok Kumar	29,319	54.7
	Conservative	Michael Bates	18,712	34.9
	Liberal Democrat	Hamish Garrett	4,004	7.5
	Referendum Party	R. Batchelor	1,552	2.9
Majority			10,607
Turnout				76.0

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland

Notes and references

1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
3. ^ http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/main.nsf/72AD27BB845F692780256E3C00340522/$FILE/MSEC%20Statement%20of%20Persons%20Nominated%20and%20Notice%20of%20Poll.pdf
4. ^ "UK > England > North East > Middlesbrough South & Cleveland East". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c93.stm. Retrieved 11 May 2010.