Stockton South (UK Parliament constituency)

Stockton South
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Stockton South in Cleveland.
Location of Cleveland within England.
County	Cleveland
Electorate	74,521 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Stockton-on-Tees, Thornaby-on-Tees, Yarm, Ingleby Barwick and Eaglescliffe
Current constituency
Created	1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament	James Wharton (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Stockton-on-Tees and Thornaby
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North East England

Stockton South is a parliamentary 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 South consists of the south-western half of Stockton-on-Tees and the nearby towns of Thornaby-on-Tees, Yarm, Ingleby Barwick and Eaglescliffe. More middle-class than neighbouring Stockton North, the former SDP-Liberal Alliance first held the seat very narrowly on its creation in 1983, before the Conservatives gained it in 1987 and held it for the next ten years. Labour's landslide gained them the seat in 1997 and they retained it 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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Ian Wrigglesworth	SDP
	1987	Tim Devlin	Conservative
	1997	Dari Taylor	Labour
	2010	James Wharton	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Stockton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 2005: Stockton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 2001: Stockton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1997: Stockton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dari Taylor	28,790	56.3
	Conservative	Tim Devlin	17,205	33.7
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Monck	4,721	9.2
	Referendum Party	J Horner	400	0.8
Majority			11,585	22.7
Turnout			51,116	74.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1992: Stockton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Devlin	28,418	45.2	+10.2
	Labour	JM Scott	25,049	39.8	+8.6
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs KR 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

General Election 1987: Stockton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Devlin	20,833	35.02
	Social Democrat	Ian Wrigglesworth	20,059	33.72
	Labour	J.M. Scott	18,600	31.26
Majority			774	1.30
Turnout				79.03
	Conservative gain from Social Democrat		Swing

General Election 1983: Stockton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Democrat	Ian Wrigglesworth	19,550	36.75
	Conservative	T. Finnegan	19,448	36.56
	Labour	Frank Griffiths	13,998	26.31
	Independent	D. Fern	205	0.39
Majority			102	0.19
Turnout				72.10
	Social Democrat win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland