Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland in Cleveland.
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Location of Cleveland within England.
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County | North Yorkshire |
Electorate | 72,876 (December 2010) |
Major settlements | Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Guisborough, Marton |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of parliament | Tom Blenkinsop (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Langbaurgh (created 1983) |
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European Parliament constituency | North East England |
Coordinates: 54°32′24″N 1°08′20″W / 54.540°N 1.139°W
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland is a constituency created in 1997 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Tom Blenkinsop of the Labour Party.
1997-2010: The Borough of Langbaurgh-on-Tees wards of Belmont, Brotton, Guisborough, Hutton, Lockwood and Skinningrove, Loftus, Saltburn, and Skelton, and the Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Easterside, Hemlington, Marton, Newham, Nunthorpe, Park End, and Stainton and Thornton.
2010–present: The Borough of Redcar and Cleveland wards of Brotton, Guisborough, Hutton, Lockwood, Loftus, Saltburn, Skelton, and Westworth, and the Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Coulby Newham, Hemlington, Ladgate, Marton, Marton West, Nunthorpe, Park End, and Stainton and Thornton.
The constituency was created in 1997, mostly replacing the former seat of Langbaurgh and consists of the southern outskirts of Middlesbrough (such as Acklam, Hemlington, Nunthorpe, Coulby Newham, Marton, Easterside and Park End) and those parts of the Redcar and Cleveland district not in the Redcar constituency. These include Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Guisborough, Loftus, Skelton and Brotton.