Thornaby was a parliamentary constituency centred on the former borough of Thornaby-on-Tees in Teesside. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Thornaby | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Major settlements | Thornaby-on-Tees |
1974–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Middlesbrough West |
Replaced by | Stockton South and Middlesbrough[1] |
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, mostly from the old seat of Middlesbrough West. It was abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
editThe County Borough of Teesside wards of Acklam, Ayresome, Gresham, Linthorpe, Thornaby East, and Thornaby West.
Members of Parliament
editElection | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
Feb 1974 | Ian Wrigglesworth | Labour Co-operative | |
1981 | SDP | ||
1983 | constituency abolished |
Results
editElections in the 1970s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Ian Wrigglesworth | 21,503 | 43.8 | ||
Conservative | John Sutcliffe | 19,785 | 40.3 | ||
Liberal | R Tennant | 7,827 | 15.9 | ||
Majority | 1,718 | 3.50 | |||
Turnout | 49,115 | 79.6 | |||
Labour Co-op win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Ian Wrigglesworth | 22,130 | 49.1 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | John Sutcliffe | 17,482 | 38.8 | -1.5 | |
Liberal | R Tennant | 5,442 | 12.1 | -3.8 | |
Majority | 4,648 | 10.32 | +6.82 | ||
Turnout | 45,054 | 72.3 | -7.3 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Ian Wrigglesworth | 23,597 | 51.1 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | J Jeffreys | 18,073 | 39.1 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | N Patmore | 4,255 | 9.2 | -2.9 | |
National Front | M Evans | 251 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 5,524 | 11.96 | +1.64 | ||
Turnout | 46,176 | 74.7 | +2.4 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ "'Thornaby', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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