Redcar (UK Parliament constituency)

Redcar
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Redcar in Cleveland.
Location of Cleveland within England.
County	Redcar and Cleveland
Electorate	67,195 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Ian Swales (Liberal Democrat)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North East England

Redcar 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 Redcar constituency on the Cleveland coast is formed from parts of the Redcar and Cleveland district. It takes its name from the coastal resort of Redcar although much of the population lives in the traditionally solid Labour areas between Redcar and Middlesbrough (such as Grangetown, Eston, Normanby, Ormesby and South Bank). It also includes Dormanstown, Kirkleatham and the coastal village of Marske-by-the-Sea. Once held by the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Mo Mowlam, the seat was gained by the Liberal Democrats in the UK General Election, 2010 on a massive 21.8% swing from Labour.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	James Tinn	Labour
	1987	Mo Mowlam	Labour
	2001	Vera Baird	Labour
	2010	Ian Swales	Liberal Democrats

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Redcar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Swales	18,955	45.2	+25.0
	Labour	Vera Baird	13,741	32.7	-18.6
	Conservative	Steve Mastin	5,790	13.8	-4.1
	UKIP	Martin Bulmer	1,875	4.5	+3.0
	BNP	Kevin Broughton	1,475	3.5	+1.0
	Trade Unionist & Socialist	Hannah Walter	127	0.3	+0.3
Majority			5,214	12.4
Turnout			41,963	62.5	+4.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	21.8

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Redcar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vera Baird	19,968	51.4	-8.9
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Swales	7,852	20.2	+7.6
	Conservative	Jonathan Lehrle	6,954	17.9	-7.2
	Independent	Christopher McGlade	2,379	6.1	N/A
	BNP	Andrew Harris	985	2.5	N/A
	UKIP	Edward Walker	564	1.5	N/A
	Socialist Labour	John Taylor	159	0.4	-1.6
Majority			12,116	31.2
Turnout			38,861	58.0	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.3

General Election 2001: Redcar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vera Baird	23,026	60.3	-7.1
	Conservative	Chris Main	9,583	25.1	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Stan Wilson	4,817	12.6	+3.1
	Socialist Labour	John Taylor	772	2.0	N/A
Majority			13,443	35.2
Turnout			38,198	56.3	-14.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Redcar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mo Mowlam	27,184	56.0	+8.6
	Conservative	Robert Goodwill	15,607	32.1	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Abbott	5,789	11.9	−9.4
Majority			11,577	23.8	+7.8
Turnout			48,580	77.7	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.9

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland