Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (UK Parliament constituency)

• The Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council wards of: Belmont; Brotton; Guisborough; Hutton; Lockwood and Skinningrove; Loftus; Saltburn; and Skelton.
• The Middlesbrough Borough Council wards of: Easterside; Hemlington; Marton; Newham; Nunthorpe; Park End; and Stainton and Thornton.

• The Borough of Redcar and Cleveland wards of: Brotton; Guisborough; Hutton; Lockwood; Loftus; Saltburn; Skelton; and Westworth.
• The Borough of Middlesbrough wards of: Coulby Newham; Hemlington; Ladgate; Marton; Marton West; Nunthorpe; Park End; and Stainton and Thornton.

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The Borough of Redcar and Cleveland wards of: Belmont; Brotton; Guisborough; Hutton; Lockwood; Loftus; Skelton East; and Skelton West.
• The Borough of Middlesbrough wards of: Coulby Newham; Hemlington; Ladgate; Marton East; Marton West; Nunthorpe; Park End & Beckfield; and Stainton & Thornton.{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North East {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-north-east/#lg_middlesbrough-south-and-east-cleveland-cc-69967 |access-date=25 June 2024 |website=boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk}}

The boundaries within the Borough of Middlesbrough were aligned to new ward boundaries; in Redcar and Cleveland, the town of Saltburn-by-the-Sea was transferred to the Redcar constituency.{{Cite web |title=Boundary Commission for England - Final Recommendations for the North East Region |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/review2023/9bc0b2ea-7915-4997-9d4a-3e313c0ceb51/north-east/North%20East_197_Middlesbrough%20South%20and%20East%20Cleveland_Landscape.pdf |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Boundary Commission for England}}

The constituency was created in 1997, mostly replacing the former seat of Langbaurgh and consists of the southern outskirts of Middlesbrough (such as 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 Guisborough, Loftus, Skelton and Brotton.

;Summary of results

This seat was created in 1997 and was held until 2017 by a representative of the Labour Party. Election results have to date been considerably more close than in the overwhelmingly urban, city seat of Middlesbrough, this instead being a marginal seat, particularly the 2010, 2015 and 2017 results which saw no absolute majority unlike the previous three absolute majorities won by Ashok Kumar of the Labour Party. In the five elections from 1997 to 2015, the second-positioned candidate was a Conservative. The 2015 result gave the seat the 20th-smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.{{cite web |url=http://www.ukpolitical.info/labour-mps-elected-2015.htm |title=Labour Members of Parliament 2015 |website=UK Political.info |archive-date=2018-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929214847/http://www.ukpolitical.info/labour-mps-elected-2015.htm |url-status=live}} At the 2017 general election, the seat was gained by Simon Clarke of the Conservative Party on a 3.6% swing, one of the six seats in England gained by the Conservatives at that election.

;Third-placed parties

In each election to date the fourth-placed and lower candidates have failed to reach 5% of the vote, therefore forfeiting their deposits. In 2015 the third-placed party in line with national trends changed from the Liberal Democrats to UKIP on large swings; candidates from the third-placed parties in this area have always kept their deposit except in the 2017 and 2019 elections.

;Turnout

Turnout has varied from 76% in 1997 to just over 60% in 2005.

{{update section|date=October 2021}}

Whereas 13.8% of people in Middlesbrough are retired, 0.3 lower than in 2001, 19.4% of people are retired in the eastern Cleveland authority, Redcar and Cleveland, 3% higher than in 2001 (2011 figures).[http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/census-data/2011-census-interactive-content/index.html 2011 census interactive maps] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129132219/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/census-data/2011-census-interactive-content/index.html |date=29 January 2016 }} The constituency is at the forefront of Britain's return to growth in output, however the western authority still in 2011 had the highest unemployment claimant count in the North East, having witnessed a decline in the major local industry of production of industrial and heavy duty steel.[https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/nov/17/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economics Unemployment Claimants] The Guardian, 17 November 2010

Langbaurgh prior to 1997

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Labour Party (UK)

|candidate=Luke Myer

|votes=16,468

|percentage=43.3

|change = +8.3

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|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Simon Clarke

|votes=16,254

|percentage=42.7

|change = -15.2

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|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate=Jemma Joy

|votes=2,032

|percentage=5.3

|change = +1.3

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|party=Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)

|candidate=Rod Liddle

|votes=1,835

|percentage=4.8

|change = N/A

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|party=Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate=Rowan McLaughlin{{Cite web |url=https://www.greenparty.org.uk/our-candidates.html |title=Our Candidates |access-date=2 June 2024}}

|votes=1,446

|percentage=3.8

|change = +1.6

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|votes = 214

|percentage = 0.6

|change =

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|votes = 38,035

|percentage = 54.1

|change =

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{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +11.7

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Simon Clarke

|votes = 28,135

|percentage = 58.8

|change = +9.2

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|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Lauren Dingsdale{{#tag:ref|Also known as Lauren de Thibault de Boesinghe.{{cite web |title=2019 Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough |url=https://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/elections/election-results/2019-member-parliament-middlesbrough |publisher=Middlesbrough Council |access-date=3 April 2023}}|group= n}}

|votes = 16,509

|percentage = 34.5

|change = -13.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Jemma Joy

|votes = 1,953

|percentage = 4.1

|change = +1.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Sophie Brown

|votes = 1,220

|percentage = 2.6

|change = N/A

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 11,626

|percentage = 24.3

|change = +22.2

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 47,817

|percentage = 66.1

|change = +0.3

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +11.1

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Simon Clarke

|votes = 23,643

|percentage = 49.6

|change = +12.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Tracy Harvey

|votes = 22,623

|percentage = 47.5

|change = +5.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Chris Foote Wood

|votes = 1,354

|percentage = 2.8

|change = -0.6

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,020

|percentage = 2.1

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 47,620

|percentage = 65.8

|change = +1.6

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +3.6

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Tom Blenkinsop

|votes = 19,193

|percentage = 42.0

|change = +2.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Will Goodhand

|votes = 16,925

|percentage = 37.1

|change = +1.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Steve Turner

|votes = 6,935

|percentage = 15.2

|change = +11.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Ben Gibson

|votes = 1,564

|percentage = 3.4

|change = -12.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Martin Brampton

|votes = 1,060

|percentage = 2.3

|change = N/A

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,268

|percentage = 4.9

|change = +1.3

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 45,677

|percentage = 64.2

|change = +0.6

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +0.7

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Tom Blenkinsop

|votes = 18,138

|percentage = 39.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Paul Bristow

|votes = 16,461

|percentage = 35.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Nick Emmerson

|votes = 7,340

|percentage = 15.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Stuart Lightwing

|votes = 1,881

|percentage = 4.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = British National Party

|candidate = Shaun Gatley

|votes = 1,576

|percentage = 3.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Mike Allen

|votes = 818

|percentage = 1.8

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{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 1,677

|percentage = 3.6

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{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 46,214

|percentage = 63.6

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{{Election box new boundary win|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = -7.4

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|title=General election 2005: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Ashok Kumar

|votes = 21,945

|percentage = 50.2

|change = -5.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Mark Brooks

|votes = 13,945

|percentage = 31.9

|change = -2.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Carl Minns

|votes = 6,049

|percentage = 13.8

|change = +3.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = British National Party

|candidate = Geoffrey Groves

|votes = 1,099

|percentage = 2.5

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Charlotte Bull

|votes = 658

|percentage = 1.5

|change = N/A

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 8,000

|percentage = 18.3

|change = -3.0

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 43,696

|percentage = 60.8

|change = -0.2

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = -1.5

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|title=General election 2001: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Ashok Kumar

|votes = 24,321

|percentage = 55.3

|change = +0.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Barbara Harpham

|votes = 14,970

|percentage = 34.0

|change = -0.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Linda Parrish

|votes = 4,700

|percentage = 10.7

|change = +3.2

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 9,351

|percentage = 21.3

|change = +1.5

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 43,991

|percentage = 61.0

|change = -15.0

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Ashok Kumar

|votes = 29,319

|percentage = 54.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael Bates

|votes = 18,712

|percentage = 34.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Hamish Garrett

|votes = 4,004

|percentage = 7.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Referendum Party

|candidate = Robin Batchelor

|votes = 1,552

|percentage = 2.9

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{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 10,607

|percentage = 19.8

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{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 53,587

|percentage = 76.0

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{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

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• List of parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland
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