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Cleveland was abolished in 1996 both as a county council and a non-metropolitan county, being succeeded by the unitary authorities of Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees. The constituency boundaries used up to the 2005 United Kingdom general election were drawn up when the county still existed. For the review which came into effect for the 2010 general election, the four authorities were considered separately, with Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland being combined.[1]

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, coming into effect for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England considered the area comprising the Tees Valley Combined Authority, which also includes the unitary authority of Darlington, as a sub-region of the North East Region.[2] For the purposes of this series of articles, the constituency of Darlington continues to be included in List of parliamentary constituencies in County Durham.

The area is divided into 6 parliamentary constituencies – 3 borough constituencies and 3 county constituencies.

Constituencies

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Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Reform UK

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Electoral wards[3] Map
Hartlepool BC 71,437 7,698   Jonathan Brash‡   Amanda Napper¤ Hartlepool Borough Council: Burn Valley, De Bruce, Fens and Greatham, Foggy Furze, Hart, Headland and Harbour, Manor House, Rossmere, Rural West, Seaton, Throston, Victoria.
 
Middlesbrough and Thornaby East BC 75,123 9,192   Andy McDonald‡   Patrick Seargeant¤ Middlesbrough Borough Council: Acklam, Ayresome, Berwick Hills and Pallister, Brambles and Thorntree, Central, Kader, Linthorpe, Longlands and Beechwood, Newport, North Ormesby, Park, Trimdon. Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council: Mandale and Victoria, Stainsby Hill.
 
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland CC 70,328 214   Luke Myer‡   Simon Clarke† Middlesbrough Borough Council: Coulby Newham, Hemlington, Ladgate, Marton East, Marton West, Nunthorpe, Park End and Beckfield, Stainton and Thornton. Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council: Belmont, Brotton, Guisborough, Hutton, Lockwood, Loftus, Skelton East, Skelton West.
 
Redcar BC 70,241 3,323   Anna Turley‡   Jacob Young† Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council: Coatham, Dormanstown, Eston, Grangetown, Kirkleatham, Longbeck, Newcomen, Normanby, Ormesby, St Germain's, Saltburn, South Bank, Teesville, West Dyke, Wheatlands, Zetland.
 
Stockton North CC 70,242 7,939   Chris McDonald‡   John McDermottroe¤ Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council: Billingham Central, Billingham East, Billingham North, Billingham South, Billingham West, Hardwick and Salters Lane, Newtown, Northern Parishes, Norton North, Norton South, Norton West, Parkfield and Oxbridge, Roseworth, Stockton Town Centre.
 
Stockton West CC 69,664 2,139   Matt Vickers†   Joe Dancey‡ Darlington Borough Council: Hurworth, Sadberge and Middleton St. George. Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council: Bishopsgarth and Elm Tree, Eaglescliffe, Fairfield, Grangefield, Hartburn, Ingleby Barwick East, Ingleby Barwick West, Village, Western Parishes, Yarm.
 

Boundary changes

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2024

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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Name (2010-2024) Boundaries 2010–2024 Name (2024-present) Boundaries (2024-present)
  1. Hartlepool BC
  2. Middlesbrough BC
  3. Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland CC
  4. Redcar BC
  5. Stockton North BC
  6. Stockton South BC
 
Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland (2010-2024)
  1. Hartlepool BC
  2. Middlesbrough and Thornaby East BC
  3. Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland CC
  4. Redcar BC
  5. Stockton North CC
  6. Stockton West CC
 
Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland (2024-present)

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine the four unitary authorities which make up the former county of Cleveland with the Borough of Darlington (previously considered with County Durham) to form a Tees Valley sub-division of the North East region. The commission also opted to rename Middlesbrough to Middlesbrough and Thornaby East, and rename Stockton South to Stockton West.[4][2]

The following seats resulted from the boundary review:

Containing electoral wards in Hartlepool

Containing electoral wards in Middlesbrough

Containing electoral wards in Redcar and Cleveland

  • Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (part)
  • Redcar

Containing electoral wards in Stockton-on-Tees

2010

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Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain Cleveland's constituencies for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of existing local government wards and to reduce the electoral disparity between Stockton North and Stockton South.

Name Boundaries 1997-2010 Boundaries 2010–2024
  1. Hartlepool BC
  2. Middlesbrough BC
  3. Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland CC
  4. Redcar BC
  5. Stockton North BC
  6. Stockton South BC
 
Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland (1997-2010)
 
Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland (2010-2024)

Results history

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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[5]

2024

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The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Cleveland in the 2024 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Labour 100,144 43.1%  2.5% 5  2
Conservative 70,935 30.5%  13.0% 1  2
Reform 39,000 16.8%  9.1% 0 0
Greens 8,472 3.6%  2.7% 0 0
Liberal Democrats 7,519 3.2%  0.9 0 0
Others 6,124 2.6%  0.6% 0 0
Total 232,194 100.0 6

2019

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The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Cleveland in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 112,092 43.5%  4.7% 3  2
Labour 104,691 40.6%  13.2% 3  2
Liberal Democrats 10,452 4.1%  1.5% 0 0
Greens 2,257 0.9%  0.5% 0 0
Brexit 19,837 7.7% new 0 0
Others 8,465 3.2%  1.2% 0 0
Total 257,794 100.0 6

Percentage votes

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Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Labour 37.9 44.7 50.0 62.4 59.5 51.9 39.9 43.3 53.8 40.6 43.1
Conservative 35.8 33.8 37.1 25.2 26.3 23.0 27.7 29.0 38.8 43.5 30.5
Reform UK1 - - - - - - - - - 7.7 16.8
Green Party - * * * * * - 2.3 0.4 0.9 3.6
Liberal Democrat2 26.2 20.9 12.8 9.8 12.4 19.3 21.4 5.3 2.6 4.1 3.2
UKIP - - - * * * 4.3 17.9 4.2 * *
Other 0.1 0.6 0.2 2.6 1.8 5.8 6.7 2.2 0.2 3.2 2.6

1As the Brexit Party in 2019 21983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

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Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Labour 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 5
Conservative 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1
Liberal Democrat1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Total 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

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1983 to 2019

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2024 to present (including one cross-county constituency)

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Historical representation by party

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1983 to 2010

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  Conservative   Labour   Social Democratic

Constituency 1983 1987 91 1992 1997 2001 04 2005
Hartlepool Leadbitter Mandelson Wright
Langbaurgh / Middlesbrough S & E Cleveland ('97) Holt Kumar Bates Kumar
Middlesbrough Bell
Redcar Tinn Mowlam Baird
Stockton North Cook
Stockton South Wrigglesworth Devlin Taylor

2010 to present

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  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 2010 12 2015 2017 2019 21 23 24 2024
Hartlepool Wright Hill Mortimer Brash
Middlesbrough / Middlesbrough & Thornaby E ('24) Bell McDonald → →
Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland Blenkinsop Clarke Myer
Redcar Swales Turley Young Turley
Stockton North Cunningham McDonald
Stockton South / Stockton West (2024)1 Wharton Williams Vickers

1also includes some areas in the Darlington area of County Durham

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

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  1. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order (England) 2007".
  2. ^ a b "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 686-698. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  3. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/1230, retrieved 13 July 2024
  4. ^ "Political boundaries across the North East could change - here's what it could mean for you". The Northern Echo. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  5. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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