Stockton-on-Tees (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

Stockton-on-Tees
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham, boundaries 1974-83
CountyCleveland
1868–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromSouth Durham
Replaced byStockton North and Stockton South

History

The constituency was created as the parliamentary borough of Stockton by the Reform Act 1867,[1] but was named as Stockton-on-Tees under the Boundary Act 1868.[2] 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.[1] 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.[2]

See map on Vision of Britain website.[3]

1918–1950

The Boroughs of Stockton-on-Tees and Thornaby-on-Tees.[4]

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

1950–1974

The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees.[5]

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.[6]

Billingham transferred from the abolished constituency of Sedgefield.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1868 Joseph Dodds Liberal
1888 by-election Sir Horace Davey Liberal
1892 Thomas Wrightson Conservative
1895 Jonathan Samuel Liberal
1900 Sir Robert Ropner Conservative
Jan. 1910 Jonathan Samuel Liberal
1917 by-election Bertrand Watson Liberal
1923 Robert Strother Stewart Liberal
1924 Harold Macmillan Conservative
1929 Frederick Fox Riley Labour
1931 Harold Macmillan Conservative
1945 George Chetwynd Labour
1962 by-election Bill Rodgers Labour
1981 SDP
1983 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1860s
General election 1868: Stockton-on-Tees[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Dodds 2,476 74.1
Conservative Ernest McDonnell Vane-Tempest 867 25.9
Majority 1,609 48.2
Turnout 3,343 74.4
Registered electors 4,492
Liberal win (new seat)

Elections in the 1870s
General election 1874: Stockton-on-Tees[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Dodds 3,223 69.3 −4.8
Conservative Francis Lyon Barrington[8] 1,425 30.7 +4.8
Majority 1,798 38.6 −9.6
Turnout 4,648 78.0 +3.6
Registered electors 5,961
Liberal hold Swing −4.8

Elections in the 1880s
General election 1880: Stockton-on-Tees[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Dodds 4,991 77.5 +8.2
Conservative William Digby Seymour 1,452 22.5 −8.2
Majority 3,539 55.0 +16.4
Turnout 6,443 77.3 −0.7
Registered electors 8,333
Liberal hold Swing +8.2
General election 1885: Stockton-on-Tees[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Dodds 4,237 57.5 −20.0
Conservative Thomas Wrightson 3,133 42.5 +20.0
Majority 1,104 15.0 −40.0
Turnout 7,370 84.1 +6.8
Registered electors 8,761
Liberal hold Swing −20.0
General election 1886: Stockton-on-Tees[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Dodds 3,822 57.5 0.0
Conservative Thomas Wrightson 2,820 42.5 0.0
Majority 1,002 15.0 0.0
Turnout 6,642 75.8 −8.3
Registered electors 8,761
Liberal hold Swing 0.0

Dodds resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 21 Dec 1888: Stockton-on-Tees[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Horace Davey 3,889 52.7 −4.8
Conservative Thomas Wrightson 3,494 47.3 +4.8
Majority 395 5.4 −9.6
Turnout 7,383 81.2 +5.4
Registered electors 9,094
Liberal hold Swing −4.8

Elections in the 1890s
General election 1892: Stockton-on-Tees[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Wrightson 4,788 51.7 +9.2
Liberal Horace Davey 4,477 48.3 −9.2
Majority 311 3.4 N/A
Turnout 9,265 88.9 +13.1
Registered electors 10,422
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +9.2
General election 1895: Stockton-on-Tees[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jonathan Samuel 4,786 52.6 +4.3
Conservative Thomas Wrightson 4,314 47.4 −4.3
Majority 472 5.2 N/A
Turnout 9,100 88.7 −0.2
Registered electors 10,256
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +4.3

Elections in the 1900s
General election 1900: Stockton-on-Tees[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Ropner 5,262 51.9 +4.5
Liberal Jonathan Samuel 4,873 48.1 −4.5
Majority 389 3.8 N/A
Turnout 10,135 89.6 +0.9
Registered electors 11,308
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.5
General election 1906: Stockton-on-Tees[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Ropner 5,330 45.5 −6.4
Liberal Sigismund Mendl 3,675 31.4 −16.7
Labour Repr. Cmte. F. H. Rose 2,710 23.1 New
Majority 1,655 14.1 +10.3
Turnout 11,715 93.1 +3.5
Registered electors 12,581
Conservative hold Swing +5.2

Elections in the 1910s
General election January 1910: Stockton-on-Tees[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jonathan Samuel 6,026 55.1 +23.7
Conservative J. Stroyan 4,913 44.9 −0.6
Majority 1,113 10.2 N/A
Turnout 10,939 94.4 +1.3
Registered electors 11,582
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +12.2
General election December 1910: Stockton-on-Tees[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jonathan Samuel 5,510 53.2 −1.9
Conservative H.A. Richardson 4,840 46.8 +1.9
Majority 670 6.4 −3.8
Turnout 10,350 89.4 −5.0
Registered electors 11,582
Liberal hold Swing −1.9
By-election, 1917: Stockton-on-Tees[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bertrand Watson 7,641 92.8 +39.6
Independent E. Beckhouse 596 7.2 New
Majority 7,045 85.6 +79.2
Turnout 8,237 59.3 −30.1
Registered electors 13,882
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1918: Stockton-on-Tees[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Liberal Bertrand Watson Unopposed
Liberal hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s
General election 1922: Stockton-on-Tees[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Bertrand Watson 12,396 38.0 N/A
Labour Frederick Fox Riley 11,183 34.3 New
Liberal Robert Strother Stewart 9,041 27.7 N/A
Majority 1,213 3.7 N/A
Turnout 32,620 85.9 N/A
National Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Stockton-on-Tees[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Strother Stewart 11,734 34.5 +6.8
Unionist Harold Macmillan 11,661 34.3 New
Labour Frederick Fox Riley 10,619 31.2 -3.1
Majority 73 0.2 N/A
Turnout 34,014 87.5 +1.6
Liberal gain from National Liberal Swing N/A
General election 1924: Stockton-on-Tees[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Harold Macmillan 15,163 42.0 +7.7
Labour Frederick Fox Riley 11,948 33.1 +1.9
Liberal Robert Strother Stewart 8,971 24.9 -9.6
Majority 3,215 8.9 N/A
Turnout 36,082 90.2 +2.7
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing N/A
General election 1929: Stockton-on-Tees[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frederick Fox Riley 18,961 41.2 +8.1
Unionist Harold Macmillan 16,572 36.1 -5.9
Liberal John Cecil Hayes 10,407 22.7 -2.2
Majority 2,389 5.1 N/A
Turnout 45,940 87.1 -3.1
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +7.0

Elections in the 1930s
General election 1931: Stockton-on-Tees[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold Macmillan 29,199 61.6 +25.5
Labour Frederick Fox Riley 18,168 38.4 -2.8
Majority 11,031 23.2 N/A
Turnout 47,367 88.4 +1.3
Conservative gain from Labour 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. [11]

General election 1935: Stockton-on-Tees[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold Macmillan 23,285 48.9 -12.7
Labour Susan Lawrence 19,217 40.3 +1.9
Liberal Gerald Leslie Tossell 5,158 10.8 New
Majority 4,068 8.6 -14.6
Turnout 47,660 86.3 -2.1
Conservative 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;

General election 1945:Stockton-on-Tees[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Chetwynd 27,128 55.1 +14.8
Conservative Harold Macmillan 18,464 37.4 -11.5
Liberal Gordon Page Evans 3,718 7.5 -3.3
Majority 8,664 17.7 N/A
Turnout 49,310 81.2 -5.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +13.1

Elections in the 1950s
General election 1950: Stockton-on-Tees
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Chetwynd 23,475 54.03 -1.07
Conservative Richard Anthony Lamb 16,495 37.97 +0.57
Liberal Anthony Graeme Gamble 3,475 8.00 +0.50
Majority 6,980 16.07 -1.63
Turnout 43,445 89.44 +8.24
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Stockton-on-Tees
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Chetwynd 24,558 55.73 +1.70
Conservative Henry Camden Ridge Laslett 19,511 44.27 +6.30
Majority 5,047 11.45 -4.62
Turnout 44,069 87.96
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Stockton-on-Tees
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Chetwynd 23,422 54.43 -1.30
Conservative Charles Longbottom 19,607 45.57 +1.30
Majority 3,815 8.87
Turnout 43,029 83.77 -4.19
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: Stockton-on-Tees
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Chetwynd 23,961 53.67
Conservative Gerald Coles 20,684 46.33
Majority 3,277 7.34 -1.53
Turnout 44,645 83.88
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s
1962 Stockton-on-Tees by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Rodgers 19,694 45.2 -8.47
Conservative Gerald Coles 12,112 27.8 -18.53
Liberal John Mulholland 11,722 26.9 New
Majority 7,582 17.4 +10.06
Turnout 43,528
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Stockton-on-Tees
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Rodgers 22,011 50.52
Conservative Ronald Bray 15,424 35.40
Liberal John Mulholland 6,130 14.07 N/A
Majority 6,587 15.12
Turnout 43,565 81.79
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Stockton-on-Tees
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Rodgers 24,248 59.68
Conservative Patrick Vaughan Radford 15,547 38.38
Communist Ernest Jones 710 1.75 New
Majority 8,701 21.30
Turnout 40,505 77.38
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s
General election 1970: Stockton-on-Tees
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Rodgers 22,283 54.87
Conservative Patrick Vaughan Radford 17,960 44.22
Communist Ernest Jones 369 0.91
Majority 4,323 10.65
Turnout 40,612 73.09
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Stockton-on-Tees
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Rodgers 37,876 59.02
Conservative Beryl Sloan 25,505 39.74
Communist Ernest Jones 791 1.23
Majority 12,371 19.28
Turnout 64,172 75.96
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Stockton-on-Tees
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Rodgers 32,962 55.77
Conservative Brian Mawhinney 18,488 31.28
Liberal N. Long 6,906 11.68 New
Independent V. Fletcher 750 1.27 New
Majority 14,474 24.49
Turnout 59,106 69.11
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Stockton-on-Tees
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Rodgers 34,917 53.10
Conservative Robert Jones 23,790 36.18
Liberal S.E. Dunleavy 6,074 9.24
National Front A. Bruce 384 0.58 New
Independent V. Fletcher 343 0.52
Communist J. Smith 243 0.37 New
Majority 11,127 16.92
Turnout 65,751 73.71
Labour hold Swing

See also

References
  1. "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). p. 22. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. "Boundary Act 1868". p. 160.
  3. "HMSO Boundary Commission Report 1868, Stockton".
  4. Craig, Fred W. S. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972;. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. p. 11. ISBN 0-900178-09-4. OCLC 539011.
  5. Craig, Fred W. S. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972;. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. p. 60. ISBN 0-900178-09-4. OCLC 539011.
  6. Craig, Fred W. S. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972;. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. p. 147. ISBN 0-900178-09-4. OCLC 539011.
  7. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  8. "Death of the Hon. Francis Barrington". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 19 January 1877. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
  10. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  11. "Nomination Day Incidents." Times [London, England] 17 Oct. 1931: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 July 2016.
  12. Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  13. The Liberal Magazine, 1939

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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