Middlesbrough and Thornaby East | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | County Durham |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | None |
Seats | One |
Created from | Middlesbrough & Stockton South (part) |
Middlesbrough and Thornaby East is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested in the 2024 general election. [2]
The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The seat is the successor to the Middlesbrough constituency, subject to alignment of the boundaries to take account of a revised local authority ward structure. In order for the electorate to be within the permitted range, the two Stockton-on-Tees wards, comprising the eastern part of the town of Thornaby-on-Tees, are to be transferred from Stockton South (to be abolished). [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Reform UK | Craig Jowers [5] | ||||
Conservative | Kiran Fothergill [6] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
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