Hemsworth (UK Parliament constituency)

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Coordinates: 53°36′50″N 1°21′14″W / 53.614°N 1.354°W / 53.614; -1.354

Hemsworth
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Hemsworth in West Yorkshire for the 2010 general election.
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Location of West Yorkshire within England.
County West Yorkshire
Electorate 73,487 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements South Wakefield, Hemsworth and Featherstone
Current constituency
Created 1918 (1918)
Member of Parliament Jon Trickett (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from Barnsley and Osgoldcross
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency Yorkshire and the Humber

Hemsworth is a parliamentary constituency in West Yorkshire, represented in the House of Commons. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The constituency comprises former coal mining towns and villages and has consistently elected Labour MPs with large majorities for generations.

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[edit] History

At the February 1974 general election, Hemsworth was the safest seat for any party, anywhere in the UK: the Labour vote peaked in 1966 at 85.39%,[2] and consistently exceeded 80% from 1935 until the Liberal Party contested the seat in October 1974, for the first time since 1923. Successive boundary changes (the removal of a large number of mining communities to the new Barnsley East constituency in 1983 and the addition of the most middle class part of Wakefield in 1997) have reduced Labour's dominance, but the constituency remains a stronghold.

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency covers the towns of Hemsworth, Featherstone, South Kirkby & Moorthorpe and South Elmsall plus the southern part of Wakefield (Sandal, Agbrigg, Belle Vue) and the villages of Ackworth, Crofton, Upton, Sharlston, Walton and Notton. These settlements are all in the City of Wakefield district in West Yorkshire.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member[3] Party
1918 John Guest Labour
1931 Gabriel Price Labour
1934 by-election George Griffiths Labour
1946 by-election Horace Holmes Labour
1959 Alan Beaney Labour
Feb 1974 Alec Woodall Labour
1987 George Buckley Labour
1991 by-election Derek Enright Labour
1996 by-election Jon Trickett Labour

[edit] Elections

1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s

[edit] Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Hemsworth[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jon Hedley Trickett 20,506 46.8 -11.9
Conservative Ann Elizabeth Myatt 10,662 24.3 +2.2
Liberal Democrat Alan Belmore 5,667 12.9 -2.8
Independent Ian Womersley 3,946 9.0 N/A
BNP Ian Ashley Kitchen 3,059 7.0 N/A
Majority 9,844 22.5
Turnout 43,840 60.4 +6.1
Labour hold Swing -7.0

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Hemsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jon Trickett 21,630 58.8 −6.6
Conservative Jonathan Mortimer 8,149 22.1 +1.1
Liberal Democrat David Hall-Matthews 5,766 15.7 +4.4
Veritas John Burdon 1,247 3.4 N/A
Majority 13,481 36.6
Turnout 36,792 54.6 +2.8
Labour hold Swing
General Election 2001: Hemsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jon Trickett 23,036 65.4 −5.2
Conservative Elizabeth Truss 7,400 21.0 +3.2
Liberal Democrat Ed Waller 3,990 11.3 +2.5
Socialist Labour Paul Turek 801 2.3 N/A
Majority 15,636 44.4
Turnout 35,227 51.8 −16.1
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Hemsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jon Trickett 32,088 70.6 -0.2
Conservative Norman Hazel 8,096 17.8 -0.8
Liberal Democrat Jaki Kirby 4,033 8.9 -1.6
Referendum Party D. Irvine 1,260 2.8 N/A
Majority 23,992
Turnout 67.9 -8.0
Labour hold Swing
Hemsworth by-election, 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jon Trickett 15,817 71.9 +1.1
Conservative Norman Hazell 1,942 8.8 -9.8
Liberal Democrat David Ridgeway 1,516 6.9 -3.7
Socialist Labour Brenda Nixon 1,193 5.4
Monster Raving Loony Screaming Lord Sutch 652 3.0
UKIP Peter Davies 455 2.1
Green Peg Alexander 157 0.7
Independent Mark Thomas 122 0.6
National Democrats Michael Cooper 111 0.5
Natural Law Dianne Leighton 28 0.1
Majority 13,875 63.1
Turnout 39.5
Labour hold Swing -5.43
General Election 1992: Hemsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Derek Enright 29,942 70.8
Conservative Garnet Harrison 7,867 18.6
Liberal Democrat Valerie Megson 4,459 10.5
Majority 22,075
Turnout 75.9
Labour hold Swing
Hemsworth by-election, 1991
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Derek Enright 15,895 66.3
Liberal Democrat Valerie Megson 4,808 20.1
Conservative Garnet Harrison 2,512 10.5
Independent Labour Paul Ablett 648 2.7
Corrective Party Timothy Smith 108 0.45
Majority 11,097 46.3
Turnout 23,971
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

Hemsworth by-election, 1946
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Horace Holmes (unopposed)
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1945: Hemsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Griffiths 33,984 81.4 +1.3
Conservative R. W. P. Dawson 7,778 18.6 −1.3
Majority 26,206 62.8 +2.6
Turnout 41,762 80.8 +8.5
Labour hold Swing +1.3

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Hemsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Griffiths 28,298 80.1 +9.6
Conservative F. H. Collier 7,032 19.9 −9.6
Majority 21,266 60.2 +19.2
Turnout 35,330 72.3 −0.6
Labour hold Swing +9.6
Hemsworth by-election, 1934
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Griffiths (unopposed)
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1931: Hemsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gabriel Price 23,609 70.5 −8.4
Conservative W. F. C. Garthewaite 9,867 29.5 +8.4
Majority 13,742 41.0 −18.8
Turnout 33,476 72.9 −2.9
Labour hold Swing −8.4

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Hemsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Guest 26,075 79.9 +10.6
Conservative R. A. Broughton 6,578 20.1 −10.6
Majority 19,497 59.8 +21.3
Turnout 32,653 75.8 +6.1
Labour hold Swing +10.6
General Election 1924: Hemsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Guest 15,593 69.3 −0.8
Conservative H. R. Brown 6,902 30.7 +0.8
Majority 8,691 38.6 −1.6
Turnout 22,495 69.7 +6.4
Labour hold Swing −0.8
General Election 1923: Hemsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Guest 13,159 70.1 +6.9
Liberal H. Conway-Jones 5,624 29.9 N/A
Majority 7,535 40.2 +13.8
Turnout 18,683 61.3 −15.0
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1922: Hemsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Guest 14,295 63.2 +7.7
National Liberal Dr F. W. Crossley-Holland 8,317 36.8 N/A
Majority 5,978 26.4 +15.4
Turnout 22.612 76.3 +18.3
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Hemsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Guest 8,102 55.5
Coalition Conservative Joshua Scholefield 6,490 44.5
Majority 1,612 11.0
Turnout 14,592 58.0
Labour hold Swing

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources: UK General Election results March 1966
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
  4. ^ http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/ElectoralServices/Elections/generalcandidates.htm
  5. ^ "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Hemsworth". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c13.stm. Retrieved 12 May 2010. 

[edit] Sources

  • Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
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