Stockton-on-Tees (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Infobox UK constituency main Stockton-on-Tees is a former borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election from 1868 to 1983.

History

The constituency was created as the parliamentary borough of Stockton by the Reform Act 1867, but was named as Stockton-on-Tees under the Boundary Act 1868. It included Thornaby-on-Tees until the redistribution of seats for the 1950 general election.

In 1966, the borough of Stockton was absorbed into the newly created County Borough of Teesside and at the next periodic review of parliamentary constituencies which came into effect for the February 1974 election, it was officially named as Teesside, Stockton. A further local government reorganisation which came into effect in April 1974 saw Stockton re-established as a borough within the new county of Cleveland and, at the next redistribution which did not come into effect until the 1983 election, the Stockton-on-Tees constituency was abolished. The majority of the electorate, including Stockton town centre, Norton and Billingham were included in the new Stockton North seat, with parts included in Stockton South.

Boundaries

1868–1918

Under the Reform Act 1867, the proposed contents of the new parliamentary borough were defined as the municipal borough of Stockton, and the township of Thornaby. However, this was amended under the Boundary Act 1868, with the boundary being extended to include the whole of the parish of Stockton, part of the township of Linthorpe and most of the parish of Norton.

See map on Vision of Britain website.

1918–1950

The Boroughs of Stockton-on-Tees and Thornaby-on-Tees.

Minor changes. Boundaries aligned to those of the local authorities.

1950–1974

The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees.

Thornaby-on-Tees transferred to Middlesbrough West.

1974–1983 (Teesside, Stockton)

The County Borough of Teesside wards of Billingham East, Billingham West, Grangefield, Hartburn, Mile House, North End, Norton, Stockton South.

Billingham transferred from the abolished constituency of Sedgefield.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1868	Joseph Dodds	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1888 by-election	Sir Horace Davey	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1892	Thomas Wrightson	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1895	Jonathan Samuel	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1900	Sir Robert Ropner	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Jan. 1910	Jonathan Samuel	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1917 by-election	Bertrand Watson	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1923	Robert Strother Stewart	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1924	Harold Macmillan	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1929	Frederick Fox Riley	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1931	Harold Macmillan	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1945	George Chetwynd	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1962 by-election	Bill Rodgers	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1981		SDP
1983		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph Dodds	Template:Replace	74.1
		Ernest McDonnell Vane-Tempest	867	25.9
Majority			1,609	48.2
Turnout			3,343	74.4
Registered electors			4,492
	win (new seat)

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph Dodds	Template:Replace	69.3
		Francis Lyon Barrington	1,425	30.7
Majority			1,798	38.6
Turnout			4,648	78.0
Registered electors			5,961
	hold		Swing	−4.8

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph Dodds	Template:Replace	77.5
		William Digby Seymour	1,452	22.5
Majority			3,539	55.0
Turnout			6,443	77.3
Registered electors			8,333
	hold		Swing	+8.2

General election 1885: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph Dodds	Template:Replace	57.5
		Thomas Wrightson	3,133	42.5
Majority			1,104	15.0
Turnout			7,370	84.1
Registered electors			8,761
	hold		Swing	−20.0

General election 1886: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph Dodds	Template:Replace	57.5
		Thomas Wrightson	2,820	42.5
Majority			1,002	15.0
Turnout			6,642	75.8
Registered electors			8,761
	hold		Swing	0.0

Dodds resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 21 Dec 1888: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Horace Davey	Template:Replace	52.7
		Thomas Wrightson	3,494	47.3
Majority			395	5.4
Turnout			7,383	81.2
Registered electors			9,094
	hold		Swing	−4.8

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Wrightson	Template:Replace	51.7
		Horace Davey	4,477	48.3
Majority			311	3.4
Turnout			9,265	88.9
Registered electors			10,422
	gain from		Swing	+9.2

General election 1895: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jonathan Samuel	Template:Replace	52.6
		Thomas Wrightson	4,314	47.4
Majority			472	5.2
Turnout			9,100	88.7
Registered electors			10,256
	gain from		Swing	+4.3

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Ropner	Template:Replace	51.9
		Jonathan Samuel	4,873	48.1
Majority			389	3.8
Turnout			10,135	89.6
Registered electors			11,308
	gain from		Swing	+4.5

General election 1906: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Ropner	Template:Replace	45.5
		Sigismund Mendl	3,675	31.4
		F. H. Rose	2,710	23.1
Majority			1,655	14.1
Turnout			11,715	93.1
Registered electors			12,581
	hold		Swing	+5.2

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jonathan Samuel	Template:Replace	55.1
		J. Stroyan	4,913	44.9
Majority			1,113	10.2
Turnout			10,939	94.4
Registered electors			11,582
	gain from		Swing	+12.2

General election December 1910: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jonathan Samuel	Template:Replace	53.2
		H.A. Richardson	4,840	46.8
Majority			670	6.4
Turnout			10,350	89.4
Registered electors			11,582
	hold		Swing	−1.9

By-election, 1917: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bertrand Watson	Template:Replace	92.8
		E. Beckhouse	596	7.2
Majority			7,045	85.6
Turnout			8,237	59.3
Registered electors			13,882
	hold		Swing	N/A

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link coalition 1918Template:Election box end 1918

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1918: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold

General election 1922: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bertrand Watson	Template:Replace	38.0
		Frederick Fox Riley	11,183	34.3
		Robert Strother Stewart	9,041	27.7
Majority			1,213	3.7
Turnout			32,620	85.9
	hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1923: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Strother Stewart	Template:Replace	34.5
		Harold Macmillan	11,661	34.3
		Frederick Fox Riley	10,619	31.2
Majority			73	0.2
Turnout			34,014	87.5
	gain from		Swing

General election 1924: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Harold Macmillan	Template:Replace	42.0
		Frederick Fox Riley	11,948	33.1
		Robert Strother Stewart	8,971	24.9
Majority			3,215	8.9
Turnout			36,082	90.2
	gain from		Swing

General election 1929: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frederick Fox Riley	Template:Replace	41.2
		Harold Macmillan	16,572	36.1
		John Cecil Hayes	10,407	22.7
Majority			2,389	5.1
Turnout			45,940	87.1
	gain from		Swing	+7.0

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Harold Macmillan	Template:Replace	61.6
		Frederick Fox Riley	18,168	38.4
Majority			11,031	23.2
Turnout			47,367	88.4
	gain from		Swing	+14.1

Communist Party candidate George Short submitted correct nomination papers but refused to submit the required deposit of £150, so his nomination was rejected.

General election 1935: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Harold Macmillan	Template:Replace	48.9
		Susan Lawrence	19,217	40.3
		Gerald Leslie Tossell	5,158	10.8
Majority			4,068	8.6
Turnout			47,660	86.3
	hold		Swing	-7.3

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: Harold Macmillan
• Labour: J Erskine Harper
• Liberal: Gerald Tossell

General election 1945:Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Chetwynd	Template:Replace	55.1
		Harold Macmillan	18,464	37.4
		Gordon Page Evans	3,718	7.5
Majority			8,664	17.7
Turnout			49,310	81.2
	gain from		Swing	+13.1

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Chetwynd	Template:Replace	54.03
		Richard Anthony Lamb	16,495	37.97
		Anthony Graeme Gamble	3,475	8.00
Majority			6,980	16.07
Turnout			43,445	89.44
	hold		Swing

General election 1951: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Chetwynd	Template:Replace	55.73
		Henry Camden Ridge Laslett	19,511	44.27
Majority			5,047	11.45
Turnout			44,069	87.96
	hold		Swing

General election 1955: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Chetwynd	Template:Replace	54.43
		Charles Longbottom	19,607	45.57
Majority			3,815	8.87
Turnout			43,029	83.77
	hold		Swing

General election 1959: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Chetwynd	Template:Replace	53.67
		Gerald Coles	20,684	46.33
Majority			3,277	7.34
Turnout			44,645	83.88
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

1962 Stockton-on-Tees by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bill Rodgers	Template:Replace	45.2
		Gerald Coles	12,112	27.8
		John Mulholland	11,722	26.9
Majority			7,582	17.4
Turnout			43,528
	hold		Swing

General election 1964: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bill Rodgers	Template:Replace	50.52
		Ronald Bray	15,424	35.40
		John Mulholland	6,130	14.07
Majority			6,587	15.12
Turnout			43,565	81.79
	hold		Swing

General election 1966: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bill Rodgers	Template:Replace	59.68
		Patrick Vaughan Radford	15,547	38.38
		Ernest Jones	710	1.75
Majority			8,701	21.30
Turnout			40,505	77.38
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bill Rodgers	Template:Replace	54.87
		Patrick Vaughan Radford	17,960	44.22
		Ernest Jones	369	0.91
Majority			4,323	10.65
Turnout			40,612	73.09
	hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bill Rodgers	Template:Replace	59.02
		Beryl Sloan	25,505	39.74
		Ernest Jones	791	1.23
Majority			12,371	19.28
Turnout			64,172	75.96
	hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bill Rodgers	Template:Replace	55.77
		Brian Mawhinney	18,488	31.28
		N. Long	6,906	11.68
		V. Fletcher	750	1.27
Majority			14,474	24.49
Turnout			59,106	69.11
	hold		Swing

General election 1979: Stockton-on-Tees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bill Rodgers	Template:Replace	53.10
		Robert Jones	23,790	36.18
		S.E. Dunleavy	6,074	9.24
		A. Bruce	384	0.58
		V. Fletcher	343	0.52
		J. Smith	243	0.37
Majority			11,127	16.92
Turnout			65,751	73.71
	hold		Swing

See also

• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Durham

Bibliography

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. Template:ISBN.