Middlesbrough (UK Parliament constituency)

Middlesbrough
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Middlesbrough in Cleveland.
Location of Cleveland within England.
County	Cleveland
Electorate	65,851 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Stuart Bell (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Middlesbrough East and Middlesbrough West
1868 (1868)–1918 (1918)
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	Middlesbrough East and Middlesbrough West
Created from	North Riding of Yorkshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North East England

Middlesbrough is a borough 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.

Boundaries

The boundaries of the constituency are loosely based on the pre 1968 County Borough of Middlesbrough boundaries, which is now defined as the Town of Middlesbrough with the exception of the Easterside and Park End Wards which are within the Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland constituency.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885-1918

Election		Member	Party
	1868	Henry William Ferdinand Bolckow	Liberal
	1878 by-election	Isaac Wilson	Liberal
	1892	Joseph Havelock Wilson	Independent Labour, later Liberal-Labour
	1900	Sir Samuel Alexander Sadler	Conservative
	1906	Joseph Havelock Wilson	Liberal-Labour
	January 1910	Penry Williams	Liberal
	1918	constituency abolished: see Middlesbrough East and Middlesbrough West

MPs since 1974

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Arthur Bottomley	Labour
	1983	Sir Stuart Bell	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Middlesbrough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Bell	15,351	45.9	-11.7
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Foote-Wood	6,662	19.9	+1.2
	Conservative	John Walsh	6,283	18.8	+2.3
	Independent	Joan McTigue	1,969	5.9	+5.9
	BNP	Michael Ferguson	1,954	5.8	+3.3
	UKIP	Robert Parker	1,236	3.7	+1.3
Majority			8,689	26.0
Turnout			33,455	51.4	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.4

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Middlesbrough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Bell	18,562	57.8	-9.8
	Liberal Democrat	Joe Michna	5,995	18.7	+8.3
	Conservative	Caroline Flynn-Macleod	5,263	16.4	-2.7
	BNP	Ron Armes	819	2.5	N/A
	UKIP	Michael Landers	768	2.4	N/A
	Independent	Jackie Elder	503	1.6	N/A
	Independent	Derrick Arnott	230	0.7	N/A
Majority			12,567	39.1
Turnout			32,140	48.8	-1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.0

General Election 2001: Middlesbrough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Bell	22,783	67.6	-3.9
	Conservative	Alex Finn	6,453	19.1	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Miller	3,512	10.4	+1.9
	Socialist Alliance	Geoffrey Kerr-Morgan	577	1.7	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Kai Anderson	392	1.2	N/A
Majority			16,330	48.5
Turnout			33,717	49.8	-15.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Middlesbrough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Bell	32,925	71.43
	Conservative	L Benham	7,907	17.15
	Liberal Democrat	A Charlesworth	3,934	8.53
	Referendum Party	R Edwards	1,331	2.89
Majority			25,018	54.27
Turnout				65.00
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Middlesbrough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Bell	26,343	64.1	+4.4
	Conservative	PR Rayner	10,559	25.7	+0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs R Jordan	4,201	10.2	−5.1
Majority			15,784	38.4	+3.7
Turnout			41,103	69.8	−1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.9

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Middlesbrough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Bell	25,747	59.70
	Conservative	R Orr-Ewing	10,789	25.02
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	P Hawley	6,594	15.29
Majority			14,958	36.68
Turnout				70.95
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

At the 1886 general election, Isaac Wilson (Liberal) was re-elected unopposed.

General Election 1885: Middlesbrough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Isaac Wilson	6,961	63.3	+1.6
	Conservative	R. Dixon	4,035	36.7	+14.5
Majority			2,926	26.6	−12.9
Turnout			10,996	79.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1880: Middlesbrough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Isaac Wilson	4,515	61.7	−7.0
	Conservative	Samuel Sadler	1,626	22.2	−9.1
	Lib-Lab	E. D. Lewis	1,171	16.0	N/A
Majority			2,889	39.5
Turnout			7,312	68.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1870s

By-election 5 July 1878: Middlesbrough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Isaac Wilson	5,307	68.7	+9.3
	Conservative	Samuel Sadler	2,415	31.3	+15.4
Majority			2,902	37.6
Turnout			7,722	65.3	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1874: Middlesbrough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Bolckow	3,719	59.4	N/A
	Lib-Lab	J. Kane	1,541	19.1	N/A
	Conservative	W. R. J. Hopkins	996	15.9	N/A
Majority			2,178	34.8	N/A
Turnout			6,256	70.6	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1860s

At the 1868 general election, the Liberal candidate Henry Bolckow was elected unopposed.

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland

Sources

• Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-26-4. 
• Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.