Penistone and Stocksbridge (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 53°30′29″N 1°36′25″W / 53.508°N 1.607°W
| Penistone and Stocksbridge | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Penistone and Stocksbridge in South Yorkshire. |
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 Location of South Yorkshire within England. |
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| County | South Yorkshire |
| Electorate | 69,133 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Stocksbridge, Penistone |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Angela Smith (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Sheffield Hillsborough, Barnsley West and Penistone |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Penistone and Stocksbridge is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was contested for the first time at the 2010 general election, and returns one Member of Parliament (MP) elected by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
The electoral wards used in the creation of Penistone and Stocksbridge are:
- From Sheffield - East Ecclesfield, Stocksbridge and Upper Don and West Ecclesfield.
- From Barnsley - Dodworth, Penistone East and Penistone West
[edit] History
The seat largely resembles the old Penistone Constituency, which returned Labour MPs from 1935 through to its abolition in 1983.
In 1983, two new constituencies were formed, Sheffield Hillsborough and Barnsley West and Penistone. Both of which returned Labour MPs at every election they were fought.
[edit] Character
The seat is most heavily populated on its eastern fringe, with communities built largely on the coal and steel industries, such as the ex-mining village of Dodworth and the steelworking town of Stocksbridge. Penistone too has a history of steelworking at the David Brown and Hitech foundries, although many local people have been employed at the Hepworth pipeworks (formerly Hepworth Iron Co./Hepworth Building Products).
The western area of the constituency is in the Peak District National Park.
The seat contains a number of old stately homes. Cannon Hall is now in the hands of Barnsley Council, while Wortley Hall (ancestral home of the Wortley-Montagu family) is now owned by trade unions. Part of Wentworth Castle is used as a residential adult education establishment.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [2] | Party | |
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| 2010 | Angela Smith | Labour | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Penistone and Stocksbridge[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Angela Smith* | 17,565 | 37.8 | -7.4 | |
| Conservative | Spencer Pitfield | 14,516 | 31.2 | +7.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Ian Cuthbertson | 9,800 | 21.1 | -3.7 | |
| BNP | Paul James | 2,207 | 4.7 | +0.0 | |
| UKIP | Grant French | 1,936 | 4.2 | +2.5 | |
| English Democrats | Paul McEnhill | 492 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 3,049 | 6.6 | |||
| Turnout | 46,516 | 67.9 | +5.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -7.5 | |||
- * Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "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.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
- ^ Penistone and Stocksbridge, UKPollingReport
[edit] Sources
- Sheffield Recommendations of the Boundary Commission for England.
- Summary of the Sheffield Parliamentary Boundary Review.
