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Stockton South (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Stockton South Borough constituency |
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| Stockton South shown within Cleveland, and Cleveland shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Dari Taylor |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | N/A |
| EP constituency: | North East England |
Stockton South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The local Conservative Party selected its Candidate at the beginning of 2007, James Wharton.[citation needed]
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Stockton South consists of the south-western half of Stockton-on-Tees and the nearby towns of Thornaby-on-Tees, Yarm, Ingleby Barwick and Eaglescliffe. More middle-class than neighbouring Stockton North,the former SDP-Liberal Alliance first held the seat very narrowly on its creation in 1983, before the Tories gained and held it for the next ten years. Labour's landslide got them in here in 1997 and they have retained it since. This seat is still considered marginal and is Conservative target at the likely 2009/10 General Election[citation needed]. Former Conservative Prime Minister Harold Macmillan spent time here as an MP and was raised to the peerage as the Earl of Stockton.
- Constituency created (1983)
- 1983 — 1987: Ian Wrigglesworth, Social Democrat
- 1987 — 1997: Tim Devlin, Conservative
- 1997 — present: Dari Taylor, Labour
| General Election 2005: Stockton South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Dari Taylor | 21,480 | 47.8 | -5.2 | |
| Conservative | James Gaddas | 15,341 | 34.1 | +1.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mike Barker | 7,171 | 16.0 | +2.4 | |
| UK Independence | Sandra Allison | 931 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,139 | 13.7 | |||
| Turnout | 44,923 | 63.0 | +0.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -3.5 | |||
| General Election 2001: Stockton South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Dari Taylor | 23,414 | 53.0 | -2.3 | |
| Conservative | Tim Devlin | 14,328 | 32.4 | -0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Suzanne Fletcher | 6,012 | 13.6 | +4.5 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Lawrence Coombes | 455 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,086 | 20.6 | |||
| Turnout | 44,209 | 62.9 | -13.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -0.8 | |||
| General Election 1997: Stockton South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Dari Taylor | 28,790 | 56.3 | ||
| Conservative | Tim Devlin | 17,205 | 33.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | P Monck | 4,721 | 9.2 | ||
| Referendum Party | J Horner | 400 | 0.8 | ||
| Majority | 11,585 | 22.7 | |||
| Turnout | 51,116 | 74.5 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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