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Coordinates: 54°36′11″N 1°04′41″W / 54.603°N 1.078°W
| Redcar | |
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| Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Redcar in Cleveland. |
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 Location of Cleveland within England. |
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| County | Redcar and Cleveland |
| Electorate | 67,195 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1974 |
| Member of Parliament | Ian Swales (Liberal Democrat) |
| Number of members | One |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | North East England |
Redcar 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.
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Boundaries
The Redcar constituency on the Cleveland coast is formed from parts of the Redcar and Cleveland district. It takes its name from the coastal resort of Redcar although much of the population lives in the traditionally solid Labour areas between Redcar and Middlesbrough (such as Grangetown, Eston, Normanby, Ormesby and South Bank). It also includes Dormanstown, Kirkleatham and the coastal village of Marske-by-the-Sea. Once held by the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Mo Mowlam, the seat was gained by the Liberal Democrats in the UK General Election, 2010 on a massive 21.8% swing from Labour.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | James Tinn | Labour | |
| 1987 | Mo Mowlam | Labour | |
| 2001 | Vera Baird | Labour | |
| 2010 | Ian Swales | Liberal Democrats | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Redcar[3][4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Ian Swales | 18,955 | 45.2 | +25.0 | |
| Labour | Vera Baird | 13,741 | 32.7 | -18.6 | |
| Conservative | Steve Mastin | 5,790 | 13.8 | -4.1 | |
| UKIP | Martin Bulmer | 1,875 | 4.5 | +3.0 | |
| BNP | Kevin Broughton | 1,475 | 3.5 | +1.0 | |
| Trade Unionist & Socialist | Hannah Walter | 127 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,214 | 12.4 | |||
| Turnout | 41,963 | 62.5 | +4.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | 21.8 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Redcar | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Vera Baird | 19,968 | 51.4 | -8.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Ian Swales | 7,852 | 20.2 | +7.6 | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Lehrle | 6,954 | 17.9 | -7.2 | |
| Independent | Christopher McGlade | 2,379 | 6.1 | N/A | |
| BNP | Andrew Harris | 985 | 2.5 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Edward Walker | 564 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | John Taylor | 159 | 0.4 | -1.6 | |
| Majority | 12,116 | 31.2 | |||
| Turnout | 38,861 | 58.0 | +1.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -8.3 | |||
| General Election 2001: Redcar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Vera Baird | 23,026 | 60.3 | -7.1 | |
| Conservative | Chris Main | 9,583 | 25.1 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Stan Wilson | 4,817 | 12.6 | +3.1 | |
| Socialist Labour | John Taylor | 772 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 13,443 | 35.2 | |||
| Turnout | 38,198 | 56.3 | -14.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Redcar[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mo Mowlam | 32,972 | 67.30 | +11.3 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Isaacs | 11,308 | 23.10 | -9.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Joyce Benbow | 4,679 | 9.6 | -2.3 | |
| Majority | 21,664 | 44.2 | |||
| Turnout | 44,280 | ||||
| General Election 1992: Redcar[6] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mo Mowlam | 27,184 | 56.0 | +8.6 | |
| Conservative | Robert Goodwill | 15,607 | 32.1 | +0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Chris Abbott | 5,789 | 11.9 | −9.4 | |
| Majority | 11,577 | 23.8 | +7.8 | ||
| Turnout | 48,580 | 77.7 | +1.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +3.9 | |||
See also
Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)[self-published source?][better source needed]
- ^ http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/main.nsf/72AD27BB845F692780256E3C00340522/$FILE/REDCAR%20Statement%20of%20Persons%20Nominated%20and%20Notice%20of%20Poll.pdf
- ^ "UK > England > North East > Redcar". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/d65.stm. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20000418103332/http://www.bbc.co.uk/election97/live/index.htm
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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