Langbaurgh (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency main Langbaurgh was a parliamentary constituency in south Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland boroughs, the latter previously named Langbaurgh from 1974 to 1996. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system, and existed from 1983 to 1997.

History

The constituency was a mixture of heavy manufacturing areas (41.7% of the workforce), with seaside resort and rural agricultural parts. The political effect was to make the constituency marginal between the Labour and Conservative candidates. However, it was held by the Conservative party at each of the general elections which it existed. A 1991 by-election was the only time at which Labour won this seat.

Boundaries

1983–1997: The Borough of Langbaurgh wards of Belmont, Brotton, Guisborough, Hutton, Lockwood, Loftus, Longbeck, St. Germain's, Saltburn, Skelton, and Skinningrove, and the Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Easterside, Hemlington, Marton, Newham, Nunthorpe, Park End, and Stainton and Thornton.

At the time of its creation the constituency was part of the then non-metropolitan county of Cleveland and the Borough of Langbaurgh, for local government purposes. Before the reforms of local government in the 1960s and 1970s the area that became Cleveland had been partly located in the north of the North Riding of Yorkshire and partially in the south of the historic county of Durham. The constituency itself was located in the North Riding part of Cleveland.

The redistribution of constituencies, which took effect in 1983, was the first which used the reformed local authorities as the building blocks for Parliamentary constituencies. Langbaurgh was a new constituency; 65.1% of it had formerly been part of Cleveland and Whitby constituency, 34.6% came from Middlesbrough and 0.3% from Richmond (Yorks).

In 1996 the county of Cleveland and its associated districts like the borough of Langbaurgh were abolished. The area was divided into unitary council areas, one of which was Middlesbrough and another was Redcar and Cleveland (the former borough of Langbaurgh). In the circumstances it was inevitable that the majority successor constituency to Langbaurgh from 1997 (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) was renamed.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1983	Richard Holt	Conservative	Died September 1991
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1991 by-election	Ashok Kumar	Labour	Later MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 1997–2010
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1992	Michael Bates	Conservative	Paymaster General 1996–97
	1997	constituency abolished: see Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland & Redcar

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

The 1992 result is compared to the 1987 general election vote, which was a Conservative win.

General election 1992: Langbaurgh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Michael Bates	Template:Replace	45.4
		Ashok Kumar	28,454	43.1
		Peter Allen	7,615	11.5
Majority			1,564	2.4
Turnout			66,087	83.1
	hold		Swing	−0.5

By-election 1991: Langbaurgh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ashok Kumar	Template:Replace	42.9
		Michael Bates	20,467	39.1
		Peter Allen	8,421	16.1
		Gerald Parr	456	0.9
	Yorkshire Party	Colin Holt	216	0.4
	Corrective Party	Lindi St Clair	198	0.4
	Football Supporters	Nigel Downing	163	0.3
Majority			1,975	3.8
Turnout			52,363
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+3.55

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Langbaurgh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Richard Holt	Template:Replace	41.7
		Paul Harford	23,959	38.4
		Robin Ashby	12,405	19.9
Majority			2,088	3.4
Turnout			62,411	78.8
	hold		Swing	−3.5

General election 1983: Langbaurgh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Richard Holt	Template:Replace	41.7
		Gaye Johnson	18,215	31.4
		Robin Ashby	15,615	26.9
Majority			6,024	10.4
Turnout			58,069	75.0
	win (new seat)

See also

• List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Cleveland

Sources

• British Parliamentary Constituencies: A Statistical Compendium, by Ivor Crewe and Anthony Fox (Faber & Faber 1984)