# Middlesbrough East (UK Parliament constituency)

Middlesbrough East was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Middlesbrough in North East England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

## Boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Exchange, Grove Hill, Ormesby, St Hilda's, and Vulcan.
1950–1964: The County Borough of Middlesbrough except the wards of Acklam, Ayresome, and Linthorpe.
1964–1974: The County Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Berwick Hills, Cannon, Clairville, Exchange, Grove Hill, Newport, North Ormesby, St Hilda's, Thorntree, and Tollesby.

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Year | Member | Party |
| | 1918 | Penry Williams | Liberal |
| | 1922 | John Wesley Brown | Unionist |
| | 1923 | Penry Williams | Liberal |
| | 1924 | Ellen Wilkinson | Labour |
| | 1931 | Ernest Young | Liberal |
| | 1935 | Alfred Edwards | Labour |
| | 1948 | Alfred Edwards | Independent |
| | 1949 | Alfred Edwards | Conservative |
| | 1950 | Hilary Marquand | Labour |
| | 1962 | Arthur Bottomley | Labour |
| 1974 | 1974 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Middlesbrough East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | *Penry Williams | 8,470 | 69.2 | |
| | Labour | Frederick William Carey | 3,776 | 30.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,694 | 38.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,516 | 48.4 | |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |
* Williams was issued with the Coalition Coupon, but repudiated it.

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Middlesbrough East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | John Wesley Brown | 8,885 | 39.0 | New |
| | Labour | Martin Connolly | 7,607 | 33.4 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal | Penry Williams | 6,295 | 27.6 | −41.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,278 | 5.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,787 | 78.8 | +30.4 |
| | Unionist gain from Liberal | Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
General election 1923: Middlesbrough East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Penry Williams | 9,241 | 40.6 | +13.0 |
| | Labour | Martin Connolly | 7,712 | 33.9 | +0.5 |
| | Unionist | James Reid | 5,790 | 25.5 | −13.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,529 | 6.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,743 | 77.3 | −1.5 |
| | Liberal gain from Unionist | Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | | |
General election 1924: Middlesbrough East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ellen Wilkinson | 9,574 | 38.5 | +1.6 |
| | Unionist | John Warde-Aldam | 8,647 | 34.7 | +9.2 |
| | Liberal | Penry Williams | 6,688 | 26.8 | −13.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 927 | 3.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,909 | 83.7 | +6.4 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal | Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
General election 1929: Middlesbrough East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ellen Wilkinson | 12,215 | 41.3 | +2.8 |
| | Liberal | Ernest Young | 9,016 | 30.6 | +3.8 |
| | Unionist | John Wesley Brown | 8,278 | 28.1 | −6.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,199 | 10.7 | +6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,509 | 80.8 | −2.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.5 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Middlesbrough East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Ernest Young | 18,409 | 60.4 | +29.8 |
| | Labour | Ellen Wilkinson | 12,080 | 39.6 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,329 | 20.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,489 | 84.5 | +3.7 |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | | |
General election 1935: Middlesbrough East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alfred Edwards | 12,699 | 44.0 | +4.4 |
| | Conservative | Benjamin Chetwynd-Talbot | 12,632 | 43.7 | New |
| | Liberal | Ernest Young | 3,565 | 12.3 | −48.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 67 | 0.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,331 | 81.14 | −3.4 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal | Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
* Labour: Alfred Edwards
* Conservative: Benjamin Chetwynd-Talbot
General election 1945: Middlesbrough East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alfred Edwards | 17,427 | 65.1 | +21.1 |
| | Conservative | Benjamin Chetwynd-Talbot | 9,352 | 34.9 | −8.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,075 | 30.2 | +29.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,779 | 76.7 | −4.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Middlesbrough East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hilary Marquand | 29,185 | 62.77 | |
| | Conservative | Alfred Edwards | 12,402 | 26.67 | |
| | Liberal | Russell Thomas | 4,540 | 9.76 | New |
| | Communist | N Levy | 367 | 0.79 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,783 | 36.10 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,494 | 82.90 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1951: Middlesbrough East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Hilary Marquand | 31,277 | 66.51 |
| | Conservative | Ralph Meredyth Turton | 15,749 | 33.49 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,528 | 33.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,026 | 80.93 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
General election 1955: Middlesbrough East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Hilary Marquand | 27,036 | 62.42 |
| | Conservative | Bernard A Connelly | 16,278 | 37.58 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,758 | 24.84 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,314 | 72.72 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
General election 1959: Middlesbrough East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Hilary Marquand | 29,391 | 61.54 |
| | Conservative | Derek R Chapman | 18,365 | 38.46 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,026 | 23.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,756 | 76.21 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1960s

1962 Middlesbrough East by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Arthur Bottomley | 18,928 | 60.60 | −0.94 |
| | Liberal | George Scott | 7,145 | 22.87 | New |
| | Conservative | Frederick A. S. Wood | 4,613 | 14.77 | −23.69 |
| | Union Movement | Jeffrey Hamm | 550 | 1.76 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,783 | 37.73 | +14.65 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,236 | 52.1 | −24.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1964: Middlesbrough East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Arthur Bottomley | 29,432 | 69.50 |
| | Conservative | Frederick A. S. Wood | 12,917 | 30.50 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,515 | 39.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,349 | 72.94 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
General election 1966: Middlesbrough East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Arthur Bottomley | 28,404 | 75.10 |
| | Conservative | Peter Darby | 9,420 | 24.90 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,984 | 50.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,824 | 68.27 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Middlesbrough East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Arthur Bottomley | 23,581 | 71.02 |
| | Conservative | Nigel Neville Laville | 9,623 | 29.98 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,958 | 42.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,204 | 60.35 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |