List of parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

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The ceremonial county of South Yorkshire is divided into 14 Parliamentary constituencies – 7 Borough constituencies and 7 County constituencies.

Sheffield Hallam was the only non-Labour South Yorkshire seat for many years, and was held by Nick Clegg for 12 years until Labour gained the seat in 2017. For a 22-year period spanning 1997–2019, the Conservatives had no seats in South Yorkshire, until the 2019 election when they gained three.

Constituencies

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat   # Brexit Party

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate[1] Majority[2][nb 2] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest Opposition[2] Electoral wards[3][4] Map
Barnsley Central 65,277 3,571 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Dan Jarvis‡ bgcolor="Template:Brexit Party/meta/color" |  Victoria Felton# Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Central, Darton East, Darton West, Kingstone, Monk Bretton, Old Town, Royston, St Helens.
Barnsley East 69,504 3,217 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Stephanie Peacock‡ bgcolor="Template:Brexit Party/meta/color" |  Jim Ferguson# Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Cudworth, Darfield, Hoyland Milton, North East, Rockingham, Stairfoot, Wombwell, Worsbrough.
Don Valley 75,356 3,630 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Nick Fletcher† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Caroline Flint‡ Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council: Conisbrough and Denaby, Edlington and Warmsworth, Finningley, Hatfield, Rossington, Thorne, Torne Valley.
Doncaster Central 71,389 2,278 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Rosie Winterton‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Roberto Weeden-Sanz† Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council: Armthorpe, Balby, Bessacarr and Cantley, Central, Edenthorpe, Kirk Sandall and Barnby Dun, Town Moor, Wheatley.
Doncaster North 72,362 2,370 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Ed Miliband‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Katrina Sale† Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council: Adwick, Askern Spa, Bentley, Great North Road, Mexborough, Sprotbrough, Stainforth and Moorends.
Penistone and Stocksbridge 70,925 7,210 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Miriam Cates† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Francyne Johnson‡ Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Dodworth, Penistone East, Penistone West. Sheffield City Council: East Ecclesfield, Stocksbridge and Upper Don, West Ecclesfield.
Rother Valley 74,804 6,318 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Alexander Stafford† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Sophie Wilson‡ Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council: Anston and Woodsetts, Dinnington, Hellaby, Holderness, Maltby, Rother Vale, Sitwell, Wales.
Rotherham 61,688 3,121 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Sarah Champion‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Gerri Hickton† Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council: Boston Castle, Brinsworth and Catcliffe, Keppel, Rotherham East, Rotherham West, Valley, Wingfield.
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough 69,333 12,274 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Gill Furniss‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Hannah Westropp† Sheffield City Council: Burngreave, Firth Park, Hillsborough, Shiregreen and Brightside, Southey.
Sheffield Central 89,949 27,273 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Paul Blomfield‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Janice Silvester-Hal† Sheffield City Council: Broomhill, Central, Manor Castle, Nether Edge. Walkley.
Sheffield Hallam 72,763 712 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Olivia Blake‡ bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |  Laura Gordon¤ Sheffield City Council: Crookes, Dore and Totley, Ecclesall, Fulwood, Stannington.
Sheffield Heeley 66,940 8,480 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Louise Haigh‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Gordon Gregory† Sheffield City Council: Arbourthorne, Beauchief and Greenhill, Gleadless Valley, Graves Park, Richmond.
Sheffield South East 67,832 4,289 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Clive Betts‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Marc Bayliss† Sheffield City Council: Beighton, Birley, Darnall, Mosborough, Woodhouse.
Wentworth and Dearne 74,536 2,165 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  John Healey‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Emily Barley† Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Dearne North, Dearne South. Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council: Hoober, Rawmarsh, Silverwood, Swinton, Wath, Wickersley.

Constituencies 1997–2010

Numbered constituencies used in South Yorkshire from 1997–2010
Constituencies used in South Yorkshire from 1997–2010
  1. Barnsley Central BC
  2. Barnsley East and Mexborough CC
  3. Barnsley West and Penistone CC
  4. Doncaster Central BC
  5. Doncaster North CC
  6. Don Valley CC
  7. Rother Valley CC
  8. Rotherham BC
  9. Sheffield, Attercliffe BC
  10. Sheffield, Brightside BC
  11. Sheffield Central BC
  12. Sheffield, Hallam CC
  13. Sheffield, Heeley BC
  14. Sheffield, Hillsborough CC
  15. Wentworth CC

Proposed boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.

Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.

On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries. They propose to bring forward primary legislation to remove the statutory obligation to implement the 2018 Boundary Review recommendations, as well as set the framework for future boundary reviews in time for the next review which is due to begin in early 2021 and report no later than October 2023. It is proposed that the number of constituencies now remains at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.[5]

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising North Yorkshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Labour 257,978 42.3% Decrease14.6% 11 Decrease3
Conservative 196,969 32.3% Increase2.5% 3 Increase3
Brexit 82,838 13.6% new 0 0
Liberal Democrats 47,831 7.8% Increase1.9% 0 0
Greens 14,084 2.3% Increase1.1% 0 0
Others 10,506 1.7% Decrease4.5% 0 0
Total 610,206 100.0 14

Percentage votes

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 28.0 24.9 27.0 16.7 18.8 18.0 20.6 17.4 29.8 32.3
Labour 48.8 56.0 57.9 62.3 59.0 52.7 42.0 49.5 56.9 42.3
Liberal Democrat1 23.0 18.9 14.5 16.6 18.0 21.4 23.7 8.2 5.9 7.8
Green Party - * * * * * 0.6 2.7 1.2 2.3
UKIP - - - * * * 4.4 20.8 4.7 *
Brexit Party - - - - - - - - - 13.6
Other 0.2 0.2 0.6 4.4 4.1 8.0 8.7 1.6 1.5 1.7

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Labour 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 14 11
Liberal Democrat1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
Total 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

  • 1983
    1983
  • 1987
    1987
  • 1992
    1992
  • 1997
    1997
  • 2001
    2001
  • 2005
    2005
  • 2010
    2010
  • 2015
    2015
  • 2017
    2017
  • 2019
    2019

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

  Change UK   Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 94 96 1997 2001 2005 2010 10 11 12 12 2015 16 2017 18 19 19 2019
Barnsley West and Penistone / P & Stocksbridge (2010) bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |McKay bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="6" |Clapham bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="9" |Smith bgcolor="Template:Change UK/meta/color" |→ bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |→ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Cates
Don Valley bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Redmond bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="14" |Flint bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Fletcher
Rother Valley bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="19" |Barron bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Stafford
Barnsley Central bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Mason bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="8" |Illsley bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |→ bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="10" |Jarvis
Barnsley East (1983–1997, 2010–) / & Mexborough (1997–2010) bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Patchett bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Ennis bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="7" |Dugher bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Peacock
Doncaster Central bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Walker bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="15" |Winterton
Doncaster North bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Welsh bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Hughes bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="13" |Miliband
Rotherham bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Crowther bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Boyce bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="6" |MacShane bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" colspan="2" |→ bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |→ bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="8" |Champion
Sheffield Attercliffe / Sheffield SE (2010) bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Duffy bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="18" |Betts
Sheffield Brightside / & Hillsborough (2010) bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Maynard bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="12" |Blunkett bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Harpham bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="6" |Furniss
Sheffield Central bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="8" |Caborn bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="12" |Blomfield
Sheffield Hallam bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Osborn bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Patnick bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Allan bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" colspan="8" |Clegg bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |O'Mara bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" colspan="3" |→ bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Blake
Sheffield Heeley bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="6" |Michie bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="7" |Munn bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="7" |Haigh
Wentworth / Wentworth and Dearne (2010) bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Hardy bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="15" |Healey
Sheffield Hillsborough bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Flannery bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Jackson bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Smith

See also

Notes

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

  1. ^ Template:Cite article
  2. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007, page 4". Office of Public Sector Information. Crown copyright. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  4. ^ Boundary Commission for England pp. 1004–1007
  5. ^ "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  6. ^ Template:Cite article
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