Cleveland and Whitby (UK Parliament constituency)

Cleveland and Whitby (UK Parliament constituency)
Cleveland and Whitby
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
February 1974 (February 1974)1983 (1983)
Number of members One
Replaced by Langbaurgh, Scarborough
Created from Cleveland, Scarborough & Whitby

Cleveland and Whitby was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Whitby in northern England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from February 1974 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Cleveland and Whitby largely replaced the previous Cleveland constituency. It was defined as covering the urban districts of Guisborough, Loftus, Saltburn and Marske by the Sea, Skelton and Brotton, Whitby, along with Whitby Rural District.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[1] Party
Feb 1974 Leon Brittan Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

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