Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland is a constituency created in 1997 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Luke Myer of the Labour Party.
Constituency profile
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland is a constituency in the Teesside area of North Yorkshire. It covers the southern suburbs of the town of Middlesbrough (Stainton, Hemlington, Coulby Newham, Marton, Nunthorpe and part of Ormesby) and the eastern part of the region of Cleveland, which includes the towns of Guisborough, Skelton-in-Cleveland and Loftus and the village of Brotton.
Middlesbrough is a large port town. It was a small settlement until the 1830s when it was selected as the location for an industrial port to ship the region's coal production. It rapidly grew to become a major centre for iron manufacturing and was nicknamed Ironopolis. Middlesbrough's southern suburbs were rural villages until the late 20th century when the town's expansion brought them into its urban area. The towns in Cleveland are historic market towns that grew mostly to house iron miners who worked in the nearby North York Moors. Guisborough, Marton and Nunthorpe are generally affluent whilst the rest of the constituency has high levels of deprivation, giving the constituency an overall average level of wealth. The average house price is lower than the national average but similar to the rest of North East England.
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