Middlesbrough (UK Parliament constituency)

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Middlesbrough Borough constituency
Middlesbrough shown within Cleveland, England, and Cleveland, England shown within England
Created:	1868, 1974
MP:	Stuart Bell
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	North Yorkshire
EP 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 MPs 1885-1918 2.2 MPs since 1974 3 Election results 3.1 Elections since 1974 3.1.1 2001 general election 3.1.2 2005 general election 3.2 Elections since 1868 to 1918 3.2.1 1868 general election 3.2.2 1874 general election 3.2.3 1878 by-election 3.2.4 1880 general election 3.2.5 1885 general election 3.2.6 1886 general election 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Boundaries

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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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1885-1918

Election		Member	Party
1868		constituency created
	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

[edit] MPs since 1974

Election		Member	Party
1974		constituency re-established
	February 1974	Arthur Bottomley	Labour
	1983	Stuart Bell	Labour

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections since 1974

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

General Election 1992: Middlesbrough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Bell	26,343	64.09
	Conservative	P Rayner	10,559	25.69
	Liberal Democrat	R Jordan	4,201	10.22
Majority			15,784	38.40
Turnout				69.85
	Labour hold		Swing

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

[edit] 2001 general election

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

[edit] 2005 general election

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
	British National	Ron Armes	819	2.5	N/A
	UK Independence	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

[edit] Elections since 1868 to 1918

[edit] 1868 general election

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

[edit] 1874 general election

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

[edit] 1878 by-election

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

[edit] 1880 general election

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

[edit] 1885 general election

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

[edit] 1886 general election

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

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland

[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• 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. 

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