Stockton South (UK Parliament constituency)
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Stockton South in Cleveland.
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Location of Cleveland within England.
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County | County Durham, North Yorkshire |
Electorate | 74,521 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Stockton-on-Tees, Thornaby-on-Tees, Yarm, Ingleby Barwick and Eaglescliffe |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of parliament | James Wharton (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Stockton-on-Tees and Thornaby |
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European Parliament constituency | North East England |
Stockton South is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by James Wharton, a Conservative.[n 2]
Contents
Boundaries
1983-1997: The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees wards of Bishopsgarth, Egglescliffe, Fairfield, Grangefield, Hartburn, Ingleby Barwick, Mandale, Parkfield, Preston, Stainsby, Victoria, Village, and Yarm, and the Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Ayresome, Brookfield, and Kader.
1997-2010: The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees wards of Bishopsgarth, Egglescliffe, Elm Tree, Fairfield, Grangefield, Hartburn, Ingleby Barwick, Mandale, Parkfield, Preston, Stainsby, Victoria, Village, and Yarm.
2010-present: The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees wards of Bishopsgarth and Elm Tree, Eaglescliffe, Fairfield, Grangefield, Hartburn, Ingleby Barwick East, Ingleby Barwick West, Mandale and Victoria, Parkfield and Oxbridge, Stainsby Hill, Village, and Yarm.
Stockton South consists of the south-western half of Stockton-on-Tees and on the same bank, upstream, the town of Eaglescliffe – on the southern bank of the River Tees are the towns of Thornaby-on-Tees, Yarm, and Ingleby Barwick.
History
The seat was formed from a combination of Stockton-on-Tees and Thornaby in 1983, predominantly as a replacement to the latter seat.
- Political history
More "middle-class" than neighbouring Stockton North, and first held by the former SDP-Liberal Alliance very narrowly in 1983, then by a Conservative from 1987 for the next ten years, the seat acted as a bellwether in Labour's landslide in 1997 and its member Dari Taylor retained until the 2010 general election when the Conservative, James Wharton narrowly won the seat. It was the Conservative Party's only gain in the North East.
Constituency profile
Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 lower than the North East average of 5.7% but higher than the national average of 3.8%, at 4.5% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[2]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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1983 | Ian Wrigglesworth | SDP | |
1987 | Tim Devlin | Conservative | |
1997 | Dari Taylor | Labour | |
2010 | James Wharton | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Wharton | 24,221 | 46.8 | +7.8 | |
Labour | Louise Baldock | 19,175 | 37.0 | -1.3 | |
UKIP | Ted Strike | 5,480 | 10.6 | +7.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Drew Durning | 1,366 | 2.6 | -12.5 | |
Green | Jacqui Lovell | 952 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Independent | Steve Walmsley | 603 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 5,046 | 9.7 | |||
Turnout | 51,797 | 69.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Wharton | 19,577 | 38.9 | +4.7 | |
Labour | Dari Taylor | 19,245 | 38.3 | −9.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jacquie Bell | 7,600 | 15.1 | −1.0 | |
BNP | Neil Sinclair | 1,553 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
UKIP | Peter Braney | 1,471 | 2.9 | +0.9 | |
Independent | Yvonne Hossack | 536 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Christian | Ted Strike | 302 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 332 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 50,284 | 67.4 | +4.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | −7.0 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dari Taylor | 21,480 | 47.8 | −5.2 | |
Conservative | James Gaddas | 15,341 | 34.1 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mike Barker | 7,171 | 16.0 | +2.4 | |
UKIP | Sandra Allison | 931 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,139 | 13.7 | |||
Turnout | 44,923 | 63.0 | +0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dari Taylor | 23,414 | 53.0 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | Tim Devlin | 14,328 | 32.4 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Suzanne Fletcher | 6,012 | 13.6 | +4.5 | |
Socialist Alliance | Lawrence Coombes | 455 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,086 | 20.6 | |||
Turnout | 44,209 | 62.9 | −13.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.8 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dari Taylor | 28,790 | 56.3 | +16.5 | |
Conservative | Tim Devlin | 17,205 | 33.7 | −11.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Monck | 4,721 | 9.2 | −5.8 | |
Referendum | John Horner | 400 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 11,585 | 22.7 | |||
Turnout | 51,116 | 74.5 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tim Devlin | 28,418 | 45.2 | +10.2 | |
Labour | John McKie Scott | 25,049 | 39.8 | +8.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Kay R. Kirkham | 9,410 | 15.0 | −18.8 | |
Majority | 3,369 | 5.4 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 62,877 | 82.8 | +3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tim Devlin | 20,833 | 35.0 | −1.6 | |
Social Democratic | Ian Wrigglesworth | 20,059 | 33.7 | −3.1 | |
Labour | John McKie Scott | 18,600 | 31.3 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 774 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 59,492 | 79.0 | +6.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Social Democratic | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Social Democratic | Ian Wrigglesworth | 19,550 | 36.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Tom Finnegan | 19,448 | 36.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Frank Griffiths | 13,998 | 26.3 | N/A | |
Independent | D. Fern | 205 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 102 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53,201 | 72.1 | N/A | ||
Social Democratic win (new seat) |
See also
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland
- Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election in individual constituencies
Notes
- ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ 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
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- ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)[self-published source][better source needed]
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- Parliamentary constituencies in North East England
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- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1983