Hartlepool Borough constituency
Hartlepool shown within Cleveland, and Cleveland shown within England
Creation	1868
MP	Iain Wright
Party	Labour
Type	House of Commons
County	County Durham
EP constituency	North East England

Hartlepool is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. A borough constituency (in Scotland, a burgh constituency) is a type of parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Former administrative county of England File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Iain David Wright (born May 9, 1972) is a British Labour politician, and Member of Parliament for Hartlepool since winning a by-election in September 2004. ... Political parties in the United Kingdom lists political parties in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The United Kingdom has now four bodies with members elected by constituencies: The House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom The Scottish Parliament The Welsh Assembly The Northern Ireland Assembly The House of Commons has over 600 constituencies representing the whole of the United Kingdom. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to administrative counties of England. ... County Durham is a county in north-east England. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... North East England is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ...

Boundaries

The seat is currently coterminous with the borough of Hartlepool, which has close to the average population for a UK parlimentary constituency. Hartlepool (pronounced HART-lee-pool) is a North Sea port in North East England. ...

History

Hartlepool was enfranchised as a borough constituency by the Reform Act of 1867, being given 1 MP. It had previously been part of a 2-MP electoral division in County Durham. A borough constituency (in Scotland, a burgh constituency) is a type of parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. ... The Reform Act 1867 (also known as the Second Reform Act) was a piece of British legislation that greatly increased the number of men who could vote in elections in the UK. In its final form, the Reform Act 1867 enfranchised all male householders and abolished compounding (the practice of... County Durham is a county in north-east England. ...

Hartlepool is a traditionally Labour constituency, though it has attracted surprises at times. In 1992 Edward Leadbitter stood down and was succeed by the former Labour Director of Communications Peter Mandelson. Mandelson's pivotal role in the reshaping of the Labour Party into New Labour has attracted much attention and he has become a prominent target. During the first term of office of the Labour government he was twice appointed to the Cabinet and twice forced to resign amidst controversial scandals. In the 2001 there was a prominent contest when the former leader of the National Union of Mineworkers and current leader of the Socialist Labour Party, Arthur Scargill stood, hoping to exploit uneasiness about "New Labour" in the traditional Labour heartlands. In the event Mandelson held his seat, while Scargill polled only 912 votes. Mandelson shocked many with a highly triumphalist victory speech in which he declared "But they underestimated the people of Hartlepool. And they underestimated me, Peter Mandelson, for I AM A FIGHTER AND NOT A QUITTER!" The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The UK general election, 1992 was held on April 9, 1992, and was the fourth victory in a row for the Conservatives. ... The Rt Hon. ... New Labour is an alternative name of the British political Labour Party. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The National Union of Mineworkers is a trade union for coal miners in the United Kingdom. ... The Socialist Labour Party (SLP) is a small left-wing political party in the United Kingdom. ... Arthur Scargill Arthur Scargill (born January 11, 1938) was leader of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) from 1981 to 2000 and is presently (2003) the leader of the Socialist Labour Party, a political party he founded in 1996. ...

The following year the town's first direct Mayoral election generated surprise when the mascot of Hartlepool United F.C., H'Angus the monkey, real name Stuart Drummond, was elected on a platform which included free bananas for schoolchildren. Hartlepool United F.C. is an English football team currently playing in Football League One. ... Stuart Drummond is the first directly-elected mayor of Hartlepool in northern England. ...

Mandelson then went on to quit his role as MP for Hartlepool as he was appointed as a European Commissioner in the summer of 2004 triggered a by-election which took place on September 30, 2004. The Hartlepool by-election was the last before the UK General Election, 2005. The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive of the European Union. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 92 days remaining, as the final day of September. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ...

Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1868)
• 1964 — 1992: Edward Leadbitter, Labour
• 1992 — 2004: Peter Mandelson, Labour
• 2004 — present: Iain Wright, Labour

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Elections

 P.B. Mandelson Lab 26,997 60.7 + 8.9 M.A. Horsley C 9,489 21.3 -13.5 R.B. Clark L Dem 6,248 14.1 + 0.8 Miss M.A. Henderson RP 1,718* 3.9 maj. 17,508 39.4 

 P.B. Mandelson Lab 26,816 51.8 + 3.3 G.M. Robb C 18,034 34.9 + 1.0 I.J.H. Cameron L Dem 6,860 13.3 - 0.7 maj. 8,782 16.9 

 E. Leadbitter Lab 24,296 48.5 + 3.0 P.C. Catchpole C 17,007 33.9 - 5.3 A. Preece L 7,047 14.0 - 1.3 I.J.H. Cameron Ind 1,786 3.6 maj. 7,289 14.6 

 E. Leadbitter Lab 22,048 45.5 - 9.9 F. Rogers C 18,958 39.2 + 1.3 N. Bertram SDP 7,422 15.3 + 8.6 maj. 3,090 6.3 

 Lab 28,079 55.4 C 19,192 37.9 L 3,408 6.7 maj. 8,887 17.5 

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See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland