Langbaurgh was a

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in south

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and

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boroughs, the latter previously named Langbaurgh from 1974 to 1996. It returned one

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(MP) to the

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of the

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, elected by the

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system, and existed from

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History

The constituency was a mixture of heavy manufacturing areas (41.7% of the workforce), with seaside resort and rural agricultural parts. The political effect was to make the constituency marginal between the Labour and

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candidates. However, it was held by the Conservative party at each of the general elections which it existed. A 1991 by-election was the only time at which Labour won this seat.

Boundaries

1983–1997: The Borough of Langbaurgh wards of Belmont, Brotton, Guisborough, Hutton, Lockwood, Loftus, Longbeck, St. Germain's, Saltburn, Skelton, and Skinningrove, and the Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Easterside, Hemlington, Marton, Newham, Nunthorpe, Park End, and Stainton and Thornton. At the time of its creation the constituency was part of the then

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and the Borough of Langbaurgh, for local government purposes. Before the reforms of local government in the 1960s and 1970s the area that became Cleveland had been partly located in the north of the

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and partially in the south of the historic county of

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. The constituency itself was located in the North Riding part of Cleveland. The redistribution of constituencies, which took effect in 1983, was the first which used the reformed local authorities as the building blocks for Parliamentary constituencies. Langbaurgh was a new constituency; 65.1% of it had formerly been part of Cleveland and Whitby constituency, 34.6% came from

and 0.3% from

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. In 1996 the county of Cleveland and its associated districts like the borough of Langbaurgh were abolished. The area was divided into

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areas, one of which was Middlesbrough and another was

(the former borough of Langbaurgh). In the circumstances it was inevitable that the majority successor constituency to Langbaurgh from 1997 (

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) was renamed.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

The 1992 result is compared to the 1987 general election vote, which was a Conservative win.

Elections in the 1980s

Notes and references

Sources

* ''British Parliamentary Constituencies: A Statistical Compendium'', by

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and Anthony Fox (Faber & Faber 1984) {{DEFAULTSORT:Langbaurgh (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in North East England (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1997