List of parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland

Cleveland was abolished in 1996 both as a county council and a non-metropolitan county, but the name Cleveland continues to be used unofficially in subsequent boundary reviews as presented by the Boundary Commission for England to describe the area covered by the former county for the purpose of the rules which strongly deter cross-council constituencies (spanning more than one local authority within its area). The area covers 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 it was a county. The area is divided into 6 parliamentary constituencies – 3 borough constituencies and 3 county constituencies.

Constituencies

Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Reform UK

Constituency	Electorate	Majority	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Electoral wards	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.

2010 boundary changes

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 current local government wards and to reduce the electoral disparity between Stockton North and Stockton South.

Name	Boundaries 1997-2010	Boundaries 2010–present
Hartlepool BC Middlesbrough BC Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland CC Redcar BC Stockton North BC Stockton South BC	Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland	Proposed Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland

Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed that the four unitary authorities which make up the former county of Cleveland be combined with the Borough of Darlington (previously considered with County Durham) to form a Tees Valley sub-division of the North East region. The proposals would involve Middlesbrough being renamed Middlesbrough and Thornaby East, and Stockton South renamed Stockton West.

The following seats are proposed:

Containing electoral wards in Hartlepool

• Hartlepool

Containing electoral wards in Middlesbrough

• Middlesbrough and Thornaby East (part)
• Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (part)

Containing electoral wards in Redcar and Cleveland

• Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (part)
• Redcar

Containing electoral wards in Stockton-on-Tees

• Middlesbrough and Thornaby East (part)
• Stockton North
• Stockton West (part also in Darlington)

Results history

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

2019

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

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative	35.8	33.8	37.1	25.2	26.3	23.0	27.7	29.0	38.8	43.5
Labour	37.9	44.7	50.0	62.4	59.5	51.9	39.9	43.3	53.8	40.6
Liberal Democrat1	26.2	20.9	12.8	9.8	12.4	19.3	21.4	5.3	2.6	4.1
Green Party	-	*	*	*	*	*	-	2.3	0.4	0.9
UKIP	-	-	-	*	*	*	4.3	17.9	4.2	*
Brexit Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.7
Other	0.1	0.6	0.2	2.6	1.8	5.8	6.7	2.2	0.2	3.2

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

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

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

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Historical representation by party

1983 to 2010

  Conservative   Labour   Social Democratic

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

2010 to present

  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					→	→
Stockton North	Cunningham								McDonald
Redcar	Swales		Turley		Young				Turley
Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Blenkinsop			Clarke					Myer
Stockton South / Stockton West (2024)1	Wharton			Williams	Vickers

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

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the North East (region)
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Cleveland