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Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

Shows the general election results for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, which is a constituency in Cleveland. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 72,336 and a turnout of 65.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Gain
Simon Clarke
Majority
1,020
Electorate
72,336
Turnout
65.8%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 49.6%
Lab 47.5%
LD 2.8%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Simon Clarke  Con 23,643 49.6 12.6
Tracy Harvey  Lab 22,623 47.5 5.5
Chris Foote-Wood * LD 1,354 2.8 -0.6
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con Lab LD UKIP Green BNP Ind Oth
2005 31.8% 50.3% 13.8% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5%
2010 35.6% 39.2% 15.9% 4.1% 0.0% 3.4% 1.8% 0.0%
2015 37.1% 42.0% 3.4% 15.2% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 49.6% 47.5% 2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
597 Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 2.1%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
484 Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 49.6%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
471 Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 65.8%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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