Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
North East · County constituency
About the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland is a county constituency in the North East, spanning parts of Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and neighbouring councils. The sitting MP is Luke Myer (Labour), first elected in July 2024.
At the 2024 general election, Labour won Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland with 43.3% of the vote, ahead of the Conservatives on 42.7%, a majority of 214 votes. Turnout was 54.1%.
If a general election were held today, PollCheck's projection at the current seven-poll average has the Conservatives on 32.3% and Labour on 26.8% in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, a margin of 5.5 points, a projected change from Labour since 2024. The projection updates automatically as new polls are added.
Demographically, Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland is a strongly Leave-voting area (an estimated 65.3% voted Leave in 2016). About 27.5% of residents hold a degree, 66.1% of homes are owner-occupied, and the seat has a median age of about 46 (2021 Census).
Across the last 5 general elections on record, the seat has been won by Labour 3 times, the Conservatives 2 times (earlier years may be on predecessor boundaries).
Who lives in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Switch between ward-level 2024 election winners and a demographic view. Ward winners are Britain Elects' / New Statesman modelled estimates with an average ~4pp margin of error per ward. The demographic view splits the seat into small neighbourhoods (around 1,500 residents each, from the 2021 Census). Hover any area for detail.
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland within Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland crosses multiple council boundaries: Middlesbrough (55%), Redcar and Cleveland (45%). English councils rotate their election cycles and none of the constituent councils were due to vote in 2026, so the figures below show the most recent ward result available for each ward.
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat |
|---|---|
| Middlesbrough | 55% |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 45% |
Recent council by-elections
Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.
| Date | Ward | Result | Top 3 vote shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Dec 2025 | Nunthorpe | Ref GAIN from LD | Ref 36% LD 35% Con 21% |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Skelton East | Ref GAIN from Con | Ref 65% Lab 19% Con 14% |
| 28 Oct 2024 | Hemlington | Lab HOLD | — |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward. Where the council held a May 2026 election, those results are shown; otherwise we show the most recent available ward result (via DCLEAPIL, 2014-2024), or, where the seat was uncontested at the last election, the current sitting councillor from OpenCouncilData. The "Shift since GE2024" column is only computed for May 2026 results - earlier council votes pre-date the GE, so no directional shift is shown.
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland at past general elections?
2024 result is on current boundaries. The 2019 row is the UK Parliament's notional recalculation onto the 2024 boundaries (directly comparable to 2024). The 2010, 2015 and 2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time and aren't directly comparable.
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lab hold | Tom Blenkinsop | 39.2% | 35.6% | 15.9% | 1,677 | 63.6% |
| 2015 | Lab hold | Tom Blenkinsop | 42.0% | 37.1% | 3.4% | 2,268 | 64.2%+0.6 |
| 2017 | Con gain from Lab | Simon Clarke | 47.5% | 49.6% | 2.8% | 1,020 | 65.8%+1.6 |
| 2019notional | Conservative winner | Simon Clarke 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 35.0% | 57.9% | 4.0% | 10,299 | 64.3%-1.5 |
| 2024 | Lab gain from Con | Luke Myer | 43.3% | 42.7% | 5.3% | 214 | 54.1%-10.2 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland. Politics shown for context.
- ↑Leave65.3 / 62.6vs 53.2
- ↓Graduate27.5 / 26.7vs 33.7
- ↓Private rent14.3 / 12.6vs 20.2
- ↑Leave65.3 / 67.7vs 53.2
- ↓Employed50.8 / 49.7vs 57.3
- ↓Graduate27.5 / 24.2vs 33.7
- ↓Graduate27.5 / 26.3vs 33.7
- ↑Leave65.3 / 60.3vs 53.2
- ↓Under 3525.9 / 25.8vs 30.2
- ↑Leave65.3 / 63.1vs 53.2
- ↓Graduate27.5 / 26.1vs 33.7
- ↑Age 65+27.8 / 30.0vs 22.7
- ↑Leave65.3 / 60.9vs 53.2
- ↓Employed50.8 / 51.2vs 57.3
- ↓Graduate27.5 / 25.7vs 33.7
What would change this seat?
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Related
Sources
- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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