Created from Middlesbrough | Number of members 1 | |
County North Riding of Yorkshire Replaced by Middlesbrough, Thornaby-on-Tees | ||
Middlesbrough West 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.
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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 Acklam, Ayrsome, Cannon, Cleveland, Linthorpe, and Newport.
1950-1955: The County Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Acklam, Ayrsome, and Linthorpe, and the Municipal Borough of Thornaby.
1955-1974: The County Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Acklam, Ayrsome, Crescent, Gresham, Linthorpe, Park, and Whinney Banks, and the Municipal Borough of Thornaby.
Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1939/40:
A General election was due to take place before the end of 1940, but was postponed due to the Second World War. By 1939, the following candidates had been selected to contest this constituency;