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Stockton-on-Tees — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Stockton-on-Tees was won by Labour at the 1979 general election, with a majority of 11,127 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Stockton-on-Tees from 1868 to 1979.

Full Election History, 1868–1979

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1868 Joseph Dodds (Liberal) 2,476 74.1% Ernest McDonnell Vane-Tempest (Conservative) 1,609 (48.1 pts) 74.4%
1874 Joseph Dodds (Liberal) 3,223 69.3% Francis Lyon Barrington (Conservative) 1,798 (38.7 pts) 78.0%
1880 Joseph Dodds (Liberal) 4,991 77.5% William Digby Seymour (Conservative) 3,539 (54.9 pts) 77.3%
1885 Joseph Dodds (Liberal) 4,237 57.5% Thomas Wrightson (Conservative) 1,104 (15.0 pts) 84.1%
1886 Joseph Dodds (Liberal) 3,822 57.5% Thomas Wrightson (Conservative) 1,002 (15.1 pts) 75.8%
1892 Thomas Wrightson (Conservative) 4,788 51.7% Horace Davey (Liberal) 311 (3.4 pts) 88.9%
1895 Jonathan Samuel (Liberal) 4,786 52.6% Thomas Wrightson (Conservative) 472 (5.2 pts) 88.7%
1900 Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner (Conservative) 5,262 51.9% Jonathan Samuel (Liberal) 389 (3.8 pts) 89.6%
1906 Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner (Conservative) 5,330 45.5% Sigismund Ferdinand Mendl (Liberal) 1,655 (14.1 pts) 93.1%
Jan 1910 Jonathan Samuel (Liberal) 6,026 55.1% John Stroyan (Conservative) 1,113 (10.2 pts) 94.4%
Dec 1910 Jonathan Samuel (Liberal) 5,510 53.2% Harold Ashton Richardson (Conservative) 670 (6.5 pts) 89.4%
1918 John Betrand Watson (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1922 John Betrand Watson (National Liberal) 12,396 38.0% Frederick Fox Riley (Labour) 1,213 (3.7 pts) 85.9%
1923 Robert Strother Stewart (Liberal) 11,734 34.5% Maurice Harold Macmillan (Unionist) 73 (0.2 pts) 87.5%
1924 Maurice Harold Macmillan (Unionist) 15,163 42.0% Frederick Fox Riley (Labour) 3,215 (8.9 pts) 90.2%
1929 Frederick Fox Riley (Labour) 18,961 41.3% Maurice Harold Macmillan (Unionist) 2,389 (5.2 pts) 87.1%
1931 Maurice Harold Macmillan (Conservative) 29,199 61.6% Frederick Fox Riley (Labour) 11,031 (23.3 pts) 88.4%
1935 Mauirce Harold Macmillan (Conservative) 23,285 48.9% Arabella Susan Lawrence (Labour) 4,068 (8.5 pts) 86.3%
1945 George Roland Chetwynd (Labour) 27,128 55.0% Maurice Harold Macmillan (Conservative) 8,664 (17.6 pts) 81.2%
1950 George Roland Chetwynd (Labour) 23,475 54.0% Richard Anthony Lamb (Conservative) 6,980 (16.1 pts) 89.4%
1951 George Roland Chetwynd (Labour) 24,558 55.7% Henry Camden Ridge Laslett (Conservative) 5,047 (11.5 pts) 88.0%
1955 George Roland Chetwynd (Labour) 23,422 54.4% Charles Brooke Longbottom (Conservative) 3,815 (8.9 pts) 83.8%
1959 George Roland Chetwynd (Labour) 23,961 53.7% Gerald Coles (Conservative) 3,277 (7.3 pts) 83.9%
1964 William Thomas Rodgers (Labour) 22,011 50.5% Ronald William Thomas Bray (Conservative) 6,587 (15.1 pts) 81.8%
1966 William Rodgers (Labour) 24,248 59.9% Patrick Radford (Conservative) 8,701 (21.5 pts) 77.4%
1970 William Rodgers (Labour) 22,283 54.9% Patrick Vaughan Radford (Conservative) 4,323 (10.6 pts) 73.2%
Feb 1974 William Rodgers (Labour) 37,876 59.0% Beryl Sloan (Conservative) 12,371 (19.3 pts) 75.9%
Oct 1974 William Rodgers (Labour) 32,962 55.8% Brian Mawhinney (Conservative) 14,474 (24.5 pts) 69.1%
1979 William Rodgers (Labour) 34,917 53.1% Robert Jones (Conservative) 11,127 (16.9 pts) 73.7%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Dodds Liberal 2,47674.1% Yes
Ernest McDonnell Vane-Tempest Conservative 86725.9% No

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Dodds Liberal 3,22369.3% Yes
Francis Lyon Barrington Conservative 1,42530.7% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Dodds Liberal 4,99177.5% Yes
William Digby Seymour Conservative 1,45222.5% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Dodds Liberal 4,23757.5% Yes
Thomas Wrightson Conservative 3,13342.5% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Dodds Liberal 3,82257.5% Yes
Thomas Wrightson Conservative 2,82042.5% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Wrightson Conservative 4,78851.7% Yes
Horace Davey Liberal 4,47748.3% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jonathan Samuel Liberal 4,78652.6% Yes
Thomas Wrightson Conservative 4,31447.4% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner Conservative 5,26251.9% Yes
Jonathan Samuel Liberal 4,87348.1% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner Conservative 5,33045.5% Yes
Sigismund Ferdinand Mendl Liberal 3,67531.4% No
Frank Herbert Rose Labour 2,71023.1% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jonathan Samuel Liberal 6,02655.1% Yes
John Stroyan Conservative 4,91344.9% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jonathan Samuel Liberal 5,51053.2% Yes
Harold Ashton Richardson Conservative 4,84046.8% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Betrand Watson Liberal Unopposed Yes

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Betrand Watson National Liberal 12,39638.0% Yes
Frederick Fox Riley Labour 11,18334.3% No
Robert Strother Stewart Liberal 9,04127.7% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Strother Stewart Liberal 11,73434.5% Yes
Maurice Harold Macmillan Unionist 11,66134.3% No
Frederick Fox Riley Labour 10,61931.2% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Maurice Harold Macmillan Unionist 15,16342.0% Yes
Frederick Fox Riley Labour 11,94833.1% No
Robert Strother Stewart Liberal 8,97124.9% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick Fox Riley Labour 18,96141.3% Yes
Maurice Harold Macmillan Unionist 16,57236.1% No
John Cecil Hayes Liberal 10,40722.7% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Maurice Harold Macmillan Conservative 29,19961.6% Yes
Frederick Fox Riley Labour 18,16838.4% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mauirce Harold Macmillan Conservative 23,28548.9% Yes
Arabella Susan Lawrence Labour 19,21740.3% No
Gerald Leslie Tossell Liberal 5,15810.8% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Roland Chetwynd Labour 27,12855.0% Yes
Maurice Harold Macmillan Conservative 18,46437.4% No
Gordon Page Evans Liberal 3,7187.5% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Roland Chetwynd Labour 23,47554.0% Yes
Richard Anthony Lamb Conservative 16,49538.0% No
Anthony Graeme Gamble Liberal 3,4758.0% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Roland Chetwynd Labour 24,55855.7% Yes
Henry Camden Ridge Laslett Conservative 19,51144.3% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Roland Chetwynd Labour 23,42254.4% Yes
Charles Brooke Longbottom Conservative 19,60745.6% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Roland Chetwynd Labour 23,96153.7% Yes
Gerald Coles Conservative 20,68446.3% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Thomas Rodgers Labour 22,01150.5% Yes
Ronald William Thomas Bray Conservative 15,42435.4% No
John Henry Mulholland Liberal 6,13014.1% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Rodgers Labour 24,24859.9% Yes
Patrick Radford Conservative 15,54738.4% No
Ernest Jones Communist 7101.8% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Rodgers Labour 22,28354.9% Yes
Patrick Vaughan Radford Conservative 17,96044.2% No
Ernest Jones Communist 3690.9% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Rodgers Labour 37,87659.0% Yes
Beryl Sloan Conservative 25,50539.7% No
Ernest Jones Communist 7911.2% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Rodgers Labour 32,96255.8% Yes
Brian Mawhinney Conservative 18,48831.3% No
Natalie Long Liberal 6,90611.7% No
Vera Marian Fletcher Independent 7501.3% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Rodgers Labour 34,91753.1% Yes
Robert Jones Conservative 23,79036.2% No
Sandra Elaine Dunleavy Liberal 6,0749.2% No
Anthony Bruce National Front 3840.6% No
Vera Marion Fletcher Independent 3430.5% No
James Edwin Smith Communist 2430.4% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1868: Liberal margin 48.1 pts 1874: Liberal margin 38.7 pts 1880: Liberal margin 54.9 pts 1885: Liberal margin 15.0 pts 1886: Liberal margin 15.1 pts 1892: Conservative margin 3.4 pts 1895: Liberal margin 5.2 pts 1900: Conservative margin 3.8 pts 1906: Conservative margin 14.1 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 10.2 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 6.5 pts 1922: National Liberal margin 3.7 pts 1923: Liberal margin 0.2 pts 1924: Unionist margin 8.9 pts 1929: Labour margin 5.2 pts 1931: Conservative margin 23.3 pts 1935: Conservative margin 8.5 pts 1945: Labour margin 17.6 pts 1950: Labour margin 16.1 pts 1951: Labour margin 11.5 pts 1955: Labour margin 8.9 pts 1959: Labour margin 7.3 pts 1964: Labour margin 15.1 pts 1966: Labour margin 21.5 pts 1970: Labour margin 10.6 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 19.3 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 24.5 pts 1979: Labour margin 16.9 pts 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979

Trend

Stockton-on-Tees has been contested at 29 general elections on record since 1868. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, Conservative, National Liberal, Unionist, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Stockton-on-Tees in the 1979 general election?

Labour won Stockton-on-Tees in 1979 with 34,917 votes (53.1%), a majority of 11,127 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Stockton-on-Tees since 1868?

Since 1868, Stockton-on-Tees has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, National Liberal, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Stockton-on-Tees?

The closest result on record for Stockton-on-Tees was 1923, when Liberal beat Unionist by just 73 votes (0.2 percentage points).

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