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 YearMemberParty 1918 Penry Williams Liberal 1922 John Wesley Brown Unionist 1923 Penry Williams Liberal 1924 Ellen Wilkinson Labour 1931 Ernest Young Liberal1935 Alfred EdwardsLabour1948Independent1949Conservative 1950 Hilary Marquand Labour 1962 Arthur Bottomley Labour1974 constituency abolished
Election results Elections in the 1910s
Williams was issued with the Coalition Coupon, but repudiated it.
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
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
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
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