Thornaby (UK Parliament constituency)
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Thornaby | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Major settlements | Thornaby-on-Tees |
1974–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Stockton South |
Created from | Middlesbrough West |
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.
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
The County Borough of Teesside wards of Acklam, Ayresome, Gresham, Linthorpe, Thornaby East, and Thornaby West.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Ian Wrigglesworth | Labour | |
1981 | SDP | ||
1983 | constituency abolished |
Results
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | 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 | 79.6 | ||||
Labour win |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ian Wrigglesworth | 22,130 | 49.1 | ||
Conservative | John Sutcliffe | 17,482 | 38.8 | ||
Liberal | R Tennant | 5,442 | 12.1 | ||
Majority | 4,648 | 10.32 | |||
Turnout | 72.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ian Wrigglesworth | 23,597 | 51.1 | ||
Conservative | J Jeffreys | 18,073 | 39.1 | ||
Liberal | N Patmore | 4,255 | 9.2 | ||
National Front | M Evans | 251 | 0.5 | ||
Majority | 5,524 | 11.96 | |||
Turnout | 74.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
Categories:
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Parliamentary constituencies in North East England (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1974
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1983