Cleveland and Whitby (UK Parliament constituency)
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Cleveland and Whitby | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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February 1974–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Langbaurgh, Scarborough |
Created from | Cleveland, Scarborough & Whitby |
Cleveland and Whitby was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Whitby in northern England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from February 1974 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
Cleveland and Whitby largely replaced the previous Cleveland constituency. It was defined as covering the urban districts of Guisborough, Loftus, Saltburn and Marske by the Sea, Skelton and Brotton, Whitby, along with Whitby Rural District.
Member of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Leon Brittan | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leon Brittan | 26,735 | 51.00 | ||
Labour | Benjamin John Pimlott | 19,818 | 36.80 | ||
Liberal | M Pitts | 5,870 | 11.20 | ||
Majority | 6,917 | 13.19 | |||
Turnout | 80.05 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leon Brittan | 19,973 | 43.22 | ||
Labour | Benjamin John Pimlott | 18,445 | 39.91 | ||
Liberal | GG Watson | 7,795 | 16.87 | ||
Majority | 1,528 | 3.31 | |||
Turnout | 76.17 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leon Brittan | 21,090 | 42.55 | ||
Labour | JB Hewitson | 17,448 | 35.20 | ||
Liberal | GG Watson | 11,030 | 22.25 | ||
Majority | 3,642 | 7.35 | |||
Turnout | 82.38 |
Notes and references
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- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
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- Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (historic)
- Parliamentary constituencies in North East England (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1974
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1983
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