Stockton North (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Stockton North Borough constituency |
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| Stockton North shown within Cleveland, and Cleveland shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Frank Cook |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | N/A |
| EP constituency: | North East England |
Stockton North is a 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
Stockton North consists of the north-eastern part of Stockton-on-Tees and the nearby towns and villages of Billingham, Norton, Port Clarence and Thorpe Thewles.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1983)
- 1983 — present: Frank Cook, Labour
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Stockton North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Frank Cook | 20,012 | 54.9 | -8.5 | |
| Conservative | Harriett Baldwin | 7,575 | 20.8 | -1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Neil Hughes | 6,869 | 18.9 | +7.0 | |
| British National | Kevin Hughes | 986 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
| UK Independence | Gordon Parkin | 986 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
| Majority | 12,439 | 34.1 | |||
| Turnout | 36,428 | 57.6 | +2.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -3.6 | |||
| General Election 2001: Stockton North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Frank Cook | 22,470 | 63.4 | -3.4 | |
| Conservative | Amanda Vigar | 7,823 | 22.1 | +3.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Wallace | 4,208 | 11.9 | +1.0 | |
| Green | Bill Wennington | 926 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 14,647 | 41.3 | |||
| Turnout | 35,427 | 54.8 | -14.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
- Stockton-on-Tees (UK Parliament constituency), approximate predecessor, abolished 1983.
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland
| Constituencies in North East England | |
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| Labour |
Bishop Auckland | Blaydon | Blyth Valley | City of Durham | Darlington | Easington | Gateshead East and Washington West | Hartlepool | Houghton and Washington East | Jarrow | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Newcastle upon Tyne North | North Durham | North Tyneside | North West Durham | Redcar | Sedgefield | South Shields | Stockton North | Stockton South | Sunderland North | Sunderland South | Tyne Bridge | Tynemouth | Wansbeck |
| Liberal Democrat | |
| Conservative | |
| North East European constituency: Labour (1) | Conservative (1) | Liberal Democrats (1) | |
