Stockton North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stockton North
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Stockton North in Cleveland.
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Location of Cleveland within England.
County County Durham
Electorate 67,333 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements Stockton-on-Tees, Billingham, Wolviston, Port Clarence and Thorpe Thewles
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of parliament Alex Cunningham (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from Stockton-on-Tees
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency North East England

Stockton North is a constituency[n 1] covering the town of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham and other nearby settlements in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees located north of the River Tees, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Alex Cunningham, a member of the Labour Party.[n 2]

Boundaries

1983-1997: The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees wards of Blue Hall, Charltons, Elm Tree, Glebe, Grange, Hardwick, Marsh House, Mile House, Newtown, Northfield, Norton, Portrack and Tilery, Roseworth, St Aidan's, St Cuthbert's, Whitton, and Wolveston.

1997-2010: The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees wards of Blue Hall, Charltons, Glebe, Grange, Hardwick, Marsh House, Mile House, Newtown, Northfield, Norton, Portrack and Tilery, Roseworth, St Aidan's, St Cuthbert's, Whitton, and Wolviston.

2010-present: The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees wards of Billingham Central, Billingham East, Billingham North, Billingham South, Billingham West, Hardwick, Newtown, Northern Parishes, Norton North, Norton South, Norton West, Roseworth, Town Centre, and Western Parishes.

Stockton North consists of the north-eastern part of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham and the nearby towns and villages of Billingham, Wolviston, Port Clarence and Thorpe Thewles.[2]

History

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, partially replacing the former Stockton-on-Tees constituency. The outgoing MP for Stockton-on-Tees was Bill Rodgers, who had held the seat since 1962. He had been a Labour Party member until 1981, when he left to found the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

The 1983 election was the first since Rodgers had left the Labour Party, and he was narrowly defeated by Labour's Frank Cook. Cook held the seat with majorities between 16% and 48% until the 2010 general election, when after 27 years as the MP he was de-selected by his local party. Cook chose to run again however, as an independent candidate. Cook polled less than 5% of the vote, fifth of the seven candidates who stood, and joined four of these in forfeiting his deposit and the seat was held by the Labour Party's next candidate, Alex Cunningham.

Constituency profile

The town of Stockton on Tees is a significant exports manufacturing and processing base in the United Kingdom. Stockton North has often in economically troubled times significantly more unemployment than Stockton South: workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly above the national average of 3.8%, at 7.0% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian compared to 4.5% in Stockton South.[3]

Members of Parliament

Election Member[4] Party
1983 Frank Cook Labour
2010 Alex Cunningham Labour

Elections

General Election 2015: Stockton North[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alex Cunningham 19,436 49.1 +6.3
Conservative Christopher Daniels 11,069 28.0 +2.0
UKIP Mandy Boylett 7,581 19.2 +15.2
Liberal Democrat Anthony Sycamore 884 2.2 -13.8
North East Party John Tait 601 1.5 +1.5
Majority 8,367 21.1
Turnout 39,571 59.8
Labour hold Swing
Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
General Election 2010 [6][7]
Electorate: 66,752
Turnout: 39,498 (58.6%) +0.5		 Labour hold
Majority: 6,676 (16.9%) −17.2
Swing: 8.3% from Lab to Con		 Alex Cunningham Labour 16,923 42.8 −12.0
Ian Galletley Conservative 10,247 25.9 +4.7
Philip Latham Liberal Democrat 6,342 16.1 −2.6
James MacPherson BNP 1,724 4.4 +1.8
Frank Cook Independent 1,577 4.0 N/A
Gordon Parkin UKIP 1,556 3.9 +1.2
Ian Saul English Democrats 1,129 2.9 N/A
General election 2005 [8]
Electorate: 63,271
Turnout: 36,428 (57.6%) +2.8		 Labour hold
Majority: 12,439 (34.1%) −7.2
Swing: 3.6% from Lab to Con		 Frank Cook Labour 20,012 54.9 −8.5
Harriett Baldwin Conservative 7,575 20.8 −1.3
Neil Hughes Liberal Democrat 6,869 18.9 +7.0
Kevin Hughes BNP 986 2.7 N/A
Gordon Parkin UKIP 986 2.7 N/A
General election 2001 [9]
Electorate: 64,629
Turnout: 35,427 (54.8%) −14.2		 Labour hold
Majority: 14,647 (41.3%) −6.7
Swing: 3.3% from Lab to Con		 Frank Cook Labour 22,470 63.4 −3.4
Amanda Vigar Conservative 7,823 22.1 +3.3
Mary Wallace Liberal Democrat 4,208 11.9 +1.0
Bill Wennington Green 926 2.6 N/A
General election 1997 [10]
Electorate: 64,472
Turnout: 44,474 (69.0%) −7.8		 Labour hold
Majority: 21,357 (48.0%) +28.4
Swing: 14.2% from Con to Lab		 Frank Cook Labour 29,726 66.8 +14.5
Bryan Johnston Conservative 8,369 18.8 −13.9
Suzanne Fletcher Liberal Democrat 4,816 10.8 −3.2
Kevin McConnell Referendum 1,563 3.5 N/A
General Election 1992 [11]
Turnout: 53,366 (76.8%) +1.6		 Labour hold
Majority: 10,474 (19.6%) +3.0
Swing: 1.5% from Con to Lab		 Frank Cook Labour 27,918 52.3 +3.2
Simon E. Brocklebank-Fowler Conservative 17,444 32.7 +0.2
Suzanne Fletcher Liberal Democrat 7,454 14.0 −4.4
Ken McGarvey Independent Labour 550 1.0 N/A
General election 1987 [12]
Electorate: 70,329
Turnout: 52,997 (75.4%) +5.1		 Labour hold
Majority: 8,801 (16.6%)
Swing: 6.5% from Con to Lab		 Frank Cook Labour 26,043 49.2 +12.1
David James Christian Faber Conservative 17,242 32.5 −0.8
Nicholas Francis Gustavas Bosanquet Social Democratic 9,712 18.3 −11.3
General election 1983 [13]
New constituency
Electorate: 70,277
Turnout: 49,438 (70.3%)		 Labour win
Majority: 1,870 (3.8%) N/A		 Frank Cook Labour 18,339 37.1 N/A
Harry Lonsdale Davies Conservative 16,469 33.3 N/A
Bill Rodgers Social Democratic 14,630 29.6 N/A

See also

Notes and references

Notes

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Sources

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  2. ↑ 2010 post-revision map Greater London and metropolitan areas of England
  3. ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  4. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)[self-published source][better source needed]
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  7. ↑ http://www.stockton.gov.uk/resources/council/14670/generalelectioninfo/statementpersonsnom.doc
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