Stockton South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stockton South
Borough constituency

Stockton South shown within Cleveland, and Cleveland shown within England
Created: 1983
MP: Dari Taylor
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: N/A
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. The local Conservative Party selected its Candidate at the beginning of 2007, James Wharton.

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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 Tories 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 Conservative target at the likely 2009/10 General Election[citation needed]. Former Conservative Prime Minister Harold Macmillan spent time here as an MP and was raised to the peerage as the Earl of Stockton.

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General Election 2005: Stockton South
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
UK Independence 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
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dari Taylor 28,790 56.3
Conservative Tim Devlin 17,205 33.7
Liberal Democrat P 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

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Constituencies in North East England
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

Berwick-upon-Tweed
Conservative

Hexham
North East European constituency: Labour (1) | Conservative (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)
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