Stockton West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stockton West
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Stockton West in North East England
County County Durham
Major settlements Stockton on Tees
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament None
SeatsOne
Created from Stockton South, Stockton North (part), Sedgefield (part)

Stockton West 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 at the 2024 general election. [2]

Contents

Boundaries

Stockton West (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency will be composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The seat comprises the majority of the (to be abolished) Stockton South constituency, extended westwards into rural areas to include the Western Parishes ward from Stockton North and the two Borough of Darlington wards from Sedgefield (to be abolished). [4]

Following a local government boundary review in Stockton-on-Tees which came into effect in May 2023, [5] [6] the constituency will now comprise the following from the 2024 general election:

Candidates

The 2024 United Kingdom general election will be the first for the constituency after being renamed from Stockton South with minor boundary changes to include villages west of Stockton. [7]

Joe Dancey

The Labour Party announced in October 2023 that Joe Dancey would be their candidate. Dancey was born in Stockton-on-Tees to James Cook University Hospital NHS Nurse Mary Dancey and his father who was a Chemical Engineer at Seal Sands. [8] He was educated in Eaglescliffe at Junction Farm Primary School and Egglescliffe School. He attended the University of Oxford, where he studied Philosophy, politics and economics. [9] [10] He was previously head of Lord Sebastian Coe's office for the London 2012 Summer Olympics organising committee, playing a key role in organising the London Olympics, [11] and also worked for Baroness Amos and former Hartlepool MP Peter Mandelson, a fellow graduate of St Catherine's College, Oxford. [12] [13] Dancey has previously lived in East London with his partner, the Labour MP for Ilford North and Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting. [14] [15] [16] [17] In 2024, Dancey confirmed on his official Facebook page that he currently lives in Yarm in the Stockton West constituency, and that if elected this will continue to be his home when he is not in Westminster working. [18]

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Stockton West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Dancey [19]
Reform UK Stephen Matthews [20]
Conservative Matt Vickers [21]
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
win (new seat)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yarm</span> Town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Yarm, also referred to as Yarm-on-Tees, is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. It is in Teesdale with a town centre on a small meander of the River Tees. To the south-east, it extends to the River Leven, to the south it extends into the Kirklevington.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Teesside</span> Conurbation in England

Teesside is a built-up area around the River Tees in North East England, split between County Durham and North Yorkshire. The area contains the towns of Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Billingham, Redcar, Thornaby-on-Tees, and Ingleby Barwick. Teesside's economy was once dominated by heavy manufacturing until deindustrialisation in the latter half of the 20th century. Chemical production continues to contribute significantly to Teesside's economy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Borough of Stockton-on-Tees</span> Unitary authority area in County Durham, England

The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees is a unitary authority with borough status in the counties of County Durham and North Yorkshire, England. The borough had a population of 196,600 in 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eaglescliffe</span> Village in England

Eaglescliffe is a village in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England. It is in the civil parish of Egglescliffe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ingleby Barwick</span> Town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Ingleby Barwick is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. It is south of the River Tees and north-east of the River Leven.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tees Valley</span> Combined authority area in Northern England

Tees Valley is a combined authority area in Northern England, around the lower River Tees. The area is not a geographical valley; the local term for the valley is Teesdale. The combined authority covers five council areas: Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees.

Aislaby is a small village and civil parish on the north bank of the River Tees within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is located to the west of Eaglescliffe and Yarm. The name, first attested as Asulue(s)bi in 1086, is of Viking origin and means "Aslak's farm." Aislaby was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086.

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Stockton South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since December 2019 by Matt Vickers, a Conservative MP.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stockton North (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards

Stockton North is a constituency covering the town of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham and other nearby settlements in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees located north of the River Tees, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Alex Cunningham, a member of the Labour Party.

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council elections are held every four years. Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Stockton-on-Tees, which straddles the ceremonial counties of County Durham and North Yorkshire, England. Until 1 April 1996 it was a non-metropolitan district in Cleveland.

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The Borough of Darlington is a local government district with borough status in County Durham, England. Since 1997 Darlington Borough Council has been a unitary authority, with both district-level and county-level functions; it is independent from Durham County Council. It is named after its largest settlement, the town of Darlington, where the council is based. The borough also includes a rural area surrounding the town which contains several villages. The population of the borough at the 2021 census was 107,800, of which over 86% (93,015) lived in the built-up area of Darlington itself.

High Leven is a village of Ingleby Barwick in North Yorkshire, England. It is in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, on top of the River Leven's dell. It has a public house called The Fox Covert and a co-operative food store, open every day 05:00 to 24:00, with an ATM and petrol station.

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The non-metropolitan county of Cleveland was created under the Local Government Act 1972, which came into effect on 1 April 1974, comprising the urban areas around the mouth of the River Tees, previously parts of the administrative counties of Durham and North Riding of Yorkshire. Although it was abolished in 1996, the four unitary authorities which succeeded it have been considered together for the purposes of reviewing parliamentary boundaries. The area has returned 6 MPs to the UK Parliament since 1983.

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