Constituency profile

Stockton North

North East · County constituency · Stockton-on-Tees borough

Chris McDonald MP
Sitting MP

Chris McDonald

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
North East
County constituency, Stockton-on-Tees council
Last 5 GE winners
LLLLL
Labour 5/5
EU referendum 2016
66.3% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +14.4pp above mean
Current outlook
Labour +5.5pp
vs Reform UK 30.4%
NorthernStrong Leave areaWorking-class profile

About the Stockton North constituency

Stockton North is a county constituency in the North East. The sitting MP is Chris McDonald (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 45.8% to 24.6% for Reform UK, a majority of 7,939 votes on a 53.2% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 35.9% and Reform UK on 30.4%, a margin of 5.5 points.

Who lives in Stockton North? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
66.3%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
25.1%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
21.8%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
58.7%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
40.7%
UK average ~36%
Median age
39.9
UK median ~40
Age 65+
22.0%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
30.3%
UK average ~28%

How did Stockton North 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

Lab hold · majority 7,939 votes (21.2pp) · turnout 53.2%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Stockton North

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Stockton North within Stockton-on-Tees

Stockton North sits entirely within Stockton-on-Tees Council. Stockton-on-Tees was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
Stockton-on-Tees
62 LSOAs
100%

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Billingham CentralLabour 47.4%vs Reform 27.5%2023 Labour 61.7%vs Conservative 19.8%-28.6%
Billingham EastLabour 50.4%vs Reform 24.7%2023 Labour 64.5%vs Conservative 18.8%-24.1%
Billingham NorthLabour 45.4%vs Reform 24.1%2023 Labour 58.5%vs Conservative 37.3%-36.6%
Billingham SouthLabour 49.5%vs Reform 23.9%2023 Labour 68.8%vs Conservative 19.9%-29.5%
Billingham West & WolvistonLabour 36.4%vs Conservative 31.6%2023 Conservative 42.3%vs Independent 29.5%-42.5%
GrangefieldLabour 47.3%vs Conservative 30.6%2023 Labour 62.6%vs Conservative 37.4%-35.2%
Hardwick & Salters LaneLabour 48.4%vs Reform 27.7%2023 Labour 58.6%vs Reform 27.1%-22.0%
NewtownLabour 49.8%vs Reform 24.9%2023 Labour 74.4%vs Conservative 25.6%-19.1%
Northern ParishesConservative 42.3%vs Labour 32.0%2023 Conservative 64.3%vs Independent 18.7%-112.1%
Norton CentralLabour 46.6%vs Reform 24.6%2023 Labour 48.9%vs Independent 27.9%-29.5%
Norton NorthLabour 45.0%vs Conservative 24.3%2023 Conservative 55.2%vs Labour 44.8%-50.2%
Norton SouthLabour 48.7%vs Reform 25.1%2023 Labour 75.5%vs Conservative 24.4%-26.7%
RopnerLabour 41.2%vs Conservative 27.2%2023 Conservative 55.4%vs Labour 44.6%-32.6%
RoseworthLabour 48.5%vs Reform 24.6%2023 Labour 72.9%vs Conservative 22.5%-21.8%
Stockton Town CentreLabour 48.3%vs Reform 26.2%2023 Labour 64.0%vs Conservative 28.4%-24.4%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Stockton North at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Stockton North at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Lab holdAlex Cunningham42.8%25.9%16.1%3.9% UKIP-11.2%6,67659.2%
2015Lab holdAlex Cunningham49.1%28.0%2.2%19.2% UKIP-1.5%8,36759.8%+0.6
2017Lab holdAlex Cunningham56.9%36.5%1.5%4.3% UKIP0.8%-8,71564.5%+4.7
2019notionalLabour winnerAlex Cunningham 2019 MP, pre-review boundary46.7%37.5%4.0%--11.8%3,97261.8%-2.7
2024Lab holdChris McDonald45.8%21.5%3.0%24.6% Ref5.1%-7,93953.2%-8.6

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like Stockton North

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Stockton North. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 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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