The placeConstituency · North East · Electorate 70,241 · 2023 boundaries

Redcar.

Labour and Co-operative Party MP Anna Turley holds the seat on 41.0% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentAnna Turley · Labour and Co-operative Party
CouncilRedcar and Cleveland
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001440
Electorate · 2024
70.2k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
41.0%
Labour Party · +8.7pp over Con
Settlements
7
Largest: Redcar
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
35.5
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

Turley's most visible recent work has been constituency-level advocacy rather than parliamentary rebellion. She was credited by the chairman of the Ensus biofuel plant as "really instrumental" in securing a £100m government grant to reopen the mothballed Teesside facility, preserving local jobs. She has also launched a campaign to restore Redcar's pier as part of a wider regeneration push. In Parliament, she voted against her party twice on the assisted dying bill -- supporting amendments to strengthen guidance requirements and tighten advertising restrictions -- and broke ranks again in June to oppose a government package of Crime and Policing Bill measures on new clauses covering begging, abuse of emergency workers, and concealment offences.

At 85% voting participation, Turley is broadly in line with Commons norms, and at 99.3% party alignment she is a reliable Labour vote. Her speeches cluster around the economy, jobs, local government, and cost of living -- consistent with representing a post-industrial constituency. Two deviations stand out in her voting profile: she is significantly more aligned with pension protection measures than the Labour average (100% vs 46%), and notably less aligned on NHS funding votes (0% vs 40%), though the underlying vote counts are small enough to treat both figures cautiously.

The strongest context for interpreting her record is geography. Redcar's industrial heritage -- steel, chemicals, energy -- runs through her speech topics and her most prominent news coverage. The 112 news articles from the past 90 days are dominated by crime, culture, and transport coverage that carries near-zero MP scores, suggesting most local news is not directly tied to her activity. No committee memberships are recorded, limiting her influence to the chamber floor and constituency casework.

41.0%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
16
Wards · 37 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.16 wards · 37 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Coatham(2 seats)Quartermain · Rynn807Redcar and Cleveland LabMay 2023
Dormanstown(2 seats)Cawley · Powlay747Redcar and Cleveland LabMay 2023
Eston(3 seats)Massey · Taylor · Martin1,829Redcar and Cleveland LabMay 2023
Grangetown(2 seats)Brook · Pallister836Redcar and Cleveland LabMay 2023
Kirkleatham(3 seats)Brown · Fairley · Grogan1,682Redcar and Cleveland LabMay 2023
Longbeck Stephen Crane384Redcar and Cleveland LabSept 2024
Newcomen(2 seats)Richardson · Craven1,064Redcar and Cleveland LabMay 2023
Normanby(3 seats)Pugh · Salvin · McInnes2,259Redcar and Cleveland LabMay 2023
Ormesby(3 seats)Morgan · Nightingale · Hart2,631Redcar and Cleveland LabMay 2023
Saltburn(3 seats)Hannaway · Thomson · Smith3,231Redcar and Cleveland LabMay 2023
South Bank Susan Jennifer Jeffrey368Redcar and Cleveland LabNov 2025
St Germains(3 seats)King · Evans · Learoyd3,354Redcar and Cleveland LabMay 2023
Teesville(3 seats)O'Donoghue · Chaney · Clark1,630Redcar and Cleveland LabMay 2023
West Dyke(3 seats)Jones · Head · Ovens2,091Redcar and Cleveland LabMay 2023
Wheatlands(2 seats)Symon · Hargreaves847Redcar and Cleveland LabMay 2023
Zetland Alison Barnes446Redcar and Cleveland LabFeb 2026

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.7 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Redcar (38,944), with Eston (29,402) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 93,287.

city 7,603large-town 68,346town 13,033village 4,305

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Redcar38,944large town
Eston29,402large town
Middlesbrough7,603city
Marske-by-the-Sea7,160town
Saltburn-by-the-Sea5,873town
New Marske2,990village
Showing 6 of 7·All 7 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate49.7%57.1%-13%
Owner-occupied63.9%63.1%+1%
Private rented15.6%20.0%-22%
Social rented20.5%16.8%+22%

Ethnicity.

White97.3%
Asian1.0%
Black0.2%
Mixed0.9%
Other0.5%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.3% Female 51.8% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£23,500
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£30,300
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
1,985
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
45
30 primary · 8 secondary
GCSE pass
67.8%
Attainment 8: 44.0

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£163m
Taxpayers43,000
Median per taxpayer£2,050
Mean per taxpayer£3,760

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
35.5
+71% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
11.8
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
33% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences11.7
Anti-social behaviour5.9
Criminal damage & arson4.3
Shoplifting3.7
Public order2.3
Burglary1.6
Other theft1.5

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Anna TurleyWONLab15,66341.0
Jacob YoungCon12,34032.3
John DaviesRef7,21618.9
Chris JonesLD1,5424.0
Ruth HattonGrn1,2793.4
Gary ConlinInd1690.4

Turnout 38,209

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Jacob YoungCon46.1
2017Anna TurleyLab55.5
2015Anna TurleyLab43.9
2010Swales, IanLD45.2
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission