Coordinates: 54°31′23″N 1°19′19″W / 54.523°N 1.322°W
| Stockton South Borough constituency |
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| Stockton South shown within Cleveland, England, and Cleveland, England shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Dari Taylor |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| EP constituency: | North East England |
Stockton South 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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Boundaries
Stockton South consists of the south-western half of Stockton-on-Tees and the nearby towns of Thornaby-on-Tees, Yarm, Ingleby Barwick and Eaglescliffe. More middle-class than neighbouring Stockton North, the former SDP-Liberal Alliance first held the seat very narrowly on its creation in 1983, before the Conservatives gained and held it for the next ten years. Labour's landslide got them in here in 1997 and they have retained it since. This seat is still considered marginal and is a Conservative target at the likely 2009/10 General Election.[citation needed]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1983 | Ian Wrigglesworth | SDP | |
| 1987 | Tim Devlin | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Dari Taylor | Labour | |
Elections
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Jacquie Bell | ||||
| Labour | Dari Taylor | ||||
| Conservative | James Wharton | ||||
| General Election 2005: Stockton South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Dari Taylor | 21,480 | 47.8 | -5.2 | |
| Conservative | James Gaddas | 15,341 | 34.1 | +1.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mike Barker | 7,171 | 16.0 | +2.4 | |
| UKIP | Sandra Allison | 931 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,139 | 13.7 | |||
| Turnout | 44,923 | 63.0 | +0.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -3.5 | |||
| General Election 2001: Stockton South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Dari Taylor | 23,414 | 53.0 | -2.3 | |
| Conservative | Tim Devlin | 14,328 | 32.4 | -0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Suzanne Fletcher | 6,012 | 13.6 | +4.5 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Lawrence Coombes | 455 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,086 | 20.6 | |||
| Turnout | 44,209 | 62.9 | -13.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -0.8 | |||
| General Election 1997: Stockton South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Dari Taylor | 28,790 | 56.3 | ||
| Conservative | Tim Devlin | 17,205 | 33.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Peter Monck | 4,721 | 9.2 | ||
| Referendum Party | J Horner | 400 | 0.8 | ||
| Majority | 11,585 | 22.7 | |||
| Turnout | 51,116 | 74.5 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ^ Stockton South, UKPollingReport
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