Alexander Sadler, elected in 1900. The Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency is represented by Simon Clarke of the Conservative Party, who won the seat off Labour in the 2017 general election. Prior to Clarke's election, the seat had always been Labour since it was created in 1997. The area, where the town is now, was formerly represented by multiple different constituencies: Yorkshire, 1290 - 1832 North Riding of Yorkshire, 1832 - 1885 Middlesbrough, 1868 - 1918 Cleveland, 1885 - 1918 1918–1974, Cleveland Middlesbrough East Middlesbrough West From 1974, Cleveland and Whitby, until 1983 Langbaurgh, until 1997 Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, current Middlesbrough, current Geography Middlesbrough is south of the River Tees with heavy industry and nature reserves on the opposite bank. Some open spaces in the town are off the B1380 road (Ladgate Lane): Sandy Flatts, Middlesbrough Municipal Golf Course, Stewart Park and Ormesby Hall's grounds. Distance to other places The town centre is approximately from the coast, from Roseberry Topping in the North York Moors National Park and from the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is one of the Tree Cities of the World; Bradford, Hull, Leeds and Sheffield also have the title. Areas Middlesbrough is within the Teesside built-up area, which is centred around the River Tees; it includes nearby towns such as Stockton and Redcar. The following list shows the wards that correspond to the Middlesbrough built-up area subdivision; those in bold have correspondingly-named parishes. Climate Middlesbrough has an oceanic climate typical for the United Kingdom. Being sheltered from prevailing south-westerly winds by the Lake District and Pennines to the west, and the Cleveland Hills to the south, Middlesbrough is in one of the relatively dry parts of the country, receiving on average of rain a year. Temperatures range from mild summer highs in July and August typically around , to winter lows in December and January falling to around . Seasonal variations are small and both the mild summers and cool winters are far removed from the average climates of the latitude (54.5°N). This is mainly due to the British Isles being a relatively small land mass surrounded by water, the mild south-westerly Gulf Stream air that dominates the British Isles, and the propensity for cloud cover to limit temperature extremes. In nearby Scandinavia, more than ten latitudes farther north, there are coastal Bothnian climates with warmer summers than Middlesbrough; and winters in Middlesbrough