1974–1983: The County Borough of Teesside wards of Coatham, Eston Grange, Kirkleatham, Ormesby, Redcar, and South Bank.
1983–1997: The Borough of Langbaurgh wards of Bankside, Church Lane, Coatham, Dormanstown, Eston, Grangetown, Kirkleatham, Newcomen, Normanby, Ormesby, Overfields, Redcar, South Bank, Teesville, and West Dyke.
1997–2010: The Borough of Langbaurgh-on-Tees wards of Coatham, Dormanstown, Eston, Grangetown, Kirkleatham, Longbeck, Newcomen, Normanby, Ormesby, Redcar, St Germain's, South Bank, Teesville, and West Dyke.
2010–2024: The Borough of Redcar and Cleveland wards of Coatham, Dormanstown, Eston, Grangetown, Kirkleatham, Longbeck, Newcomen, Normanby, Ormesby, St Germain's, South Bank, Teesville, West Dyke, and Zetland.
The Borough of Redcar and Cleveland wards of: Coatham; Dormanstown; Eston; Grangetown; Kirkleatham; Longbeck; Newcomen; Normanby; Ormesby; St. Germain’s; Saltburn; South Bank; Teesville; West Dyke; Wheatlands; Zetland.[2]
Created in 1974 from the former Cleveland constituency, Redcar was a solidly Labour seat that was held byMo Mowlam from 1987, who becameSecretary of State for Northern Ireland in theBlair Government after Labour's landslide victory in 1997, with her majority of over 20,000 the largest in the seat's history.
After Mowlam stood down from the seat in 2001, Redcar became noted for its political volatility and very large swings towards and against all the three main political parties. It was gained by the Liberal Democrats in the2010 general election on a massive 21.8% swing from Labour, the largest swing at the time in England since the Second World War outside of by-elections. In2015, however, the sitting MPIan Swales did not seek re-election, and Labour regained the seat on another huge swing of 18.9% away from the Liberal Democrats, who polled just ahead ofUKIP with the Conservative candidateJacob Young in fourth.
In2019, the seat was one of a number of long standing Labour seats in the north of England which fell to the Conservatives,[3] won by Young on a considerable swing of over 15%, but at the2024 election it was regained for Labour by the previous MP,Anna Turley on another large swing of nearly 10%.
The constituency had a slightly higher unemployment at the end of 2012 than the North-East average. However, it had a significantly lower claimant count, owing to its exports and manufacturing industry, than nearbyMiddlesbrough.[4] Average incomes based on the latest income (2001 census figures) available, are not markedly lower than the national average.[5]
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