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Middlesbrough

Every general election and by-election in Middlesbrough since 1974 (until 2019). Latest: Andy McDonald, Labour, majority 8,395.

2019 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Andy McDonald Elected sitting MPLabour17,20750.5%
Ruth BetsonConservative8,81225.8%
Antony HighIndependent4,54813.3%
Faye ClementsBrexit Party
The Brexit Party		2,1686.4%
Thomas CrawfordLiberal Democrats8162.4%
Hugh AlbertiGreen5461.6%
Valid votes34,097
Majority8,39524.6%

Lab hold Turnout 56.1% of 60,764 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%F19741983198719921997200120052010201520172019Labour, February 1974: 66.3%Labour, 1983: 50.7%Labour, 1987: 59.7%Labour, 1992: 64.1%Labour, 1997: 71.4%Labour, 2001: 67.6%Labour, 2005: 57.8%Labour, 2010: 45.9%Labour, 2015: 56.8%Labour, 2017: 65.7%Labour, 2019: 50.5%Conservative, February 1974: 33.7%Conservative, 1983: 27.6%Conservative, 1987: 25.0%Conservative, 1992: 25.7%Conservative, 1997: 17.2%Conservative, 2001: 19.1%Conservative, 2005: 16.4%Conservative, 2010: 18.8%Conservative, 2015: 16.5%Conservative, 2017: 26.7%Conservative, 2019: 25.8%Liberal Democrats, 1992: 10.2%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 8.5%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 10.4%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 18.7%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 19.9%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 3.7%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 1.0%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 2.4%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 21.2%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 15.3%UK Independence Party, 2010: 3.7%UK Independence Party, 2015: 18.7%UK Independence Party, 2017: 4.1%Independent, 2010: 5.9%Independent, 2017: 1.8%Independent, 2019: 13.3%
Vote share in Middlesbrough at each general election Lab Con LD Alliance UKIP Ind

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of the old Middlesbrough (2010–2019 boundaries) live now:

Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2019Lab Andy McDonaldCon8,39524.656.1%Lab hold
2017Lab Andy McDonaldCon13,87338.958.4%Lab hold
2015Lab Andy McDonaldUKIP12,47738.252.9%Lab hold
By-election Nov 2012Lab Andrew McDonaldUKIP8,21148.725.9%Lab hold
2010Lab Stuart BellLD8,68926.051.4%Lab hold
2005LabLD12,56739.148.9%
2001LabCon16,33048.449.8%Lab hold
1997LabCon25,01854.365.0%
1992LabCon15,78438.469.9%Lab hold
1987LabCon14,95834.771.0%Lab hold
1983LabCon9,66923.165.6%
February 1974LabCon13,40932.569.4%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who last won Middlesbrough?

Andy McDonald (Labour) won Middlesbrough at the 2019 general election with a majority of 8,395.

Which parties have won Middlesbrough?

At the 11 general elections held under this name since 1974: Labour 11.

Official results House of Commons Library and UK Parliament election results data. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

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