Stockton North (UK Parliament constituency)

Stockton North
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Stockton North in Cleveland.
Location of Cleveland within England.
County	Cleveland
Electorate	67,333 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Stockton-on-Tees, Billingham, Wolviston, Port Clarence and Thorpe Thewles
Current constituency
Created	1983 (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 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

Stockton North consists of the north-eastern part of Stockton-on-Tees and the nearby towns and villages of Billingham, Wolviston, Port Clarence and Thorpe Thewles.

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 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 he was de-selected by his local party and stood as an independent candidate. He came fifth, forfeiting his deposit, and the seat was held for Labour by Alex Cunningham.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Frank Cook	Labour
	2010	Alex Cunningham	Labour

Elections

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
General Election 2010  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  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  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  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 Party	1,563	3.5	N/A
General Election 1992  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
				S. E. Brocklebank-Fowler	Conservative	17,444	32.7	+0.2
				Suzanne Fletcher	Liberal Democrat	7,454	14.0	−4.4
				K. McGarvey	Independent Labour	550	1.0	N/A
General election 1987  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 Faber	Conservative	17,242	32.5	−0.8
				N. F. G. Bosanquet	Social Democrat	9,712	18.3	−11.3
General election 1983  New constituency Electorate: 70,277 Turnout: 49,438 (70.3%)		Labour win Majority: 1,870 (3.8%)		Frank Cook	Labour	18,339	37.1
				H. L. Davies	Conservative	16,469	33.3
				Bill Rodgers	Social Democrat	14,630	29.6

See also

• Stockton-on-Tees (UK Parliament constituency), approximate predecessor, abolished 1983.
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland

Sources

• Election result, 2005 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)