Barnsley East (UK Parliament constituency)
Barnsley East | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Barnsley East in South Yorkshire in 2010. | |
![]() Location of South Yorkshire within England. | |
County | South Yorkshire |
Electorate | 68,243 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Wombwell |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | Michael Dugher (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Barnsley East & Mexborough, Barnsley West & Penistone and Barnsley Central[2] |
1983–1997 | |
Created from | Barnsley and Dearne Valley |
Replaced by | Barnsley East and Mexborough |
Barnsley East is a constituency[n 1] in South Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Michael Dugher of the Labour Party.[n 2]
History
The seat was created as Barnsley East in 1983 and abolished to create Barnsley East and Mexborough in 1997. It was recreated as Barnsley East at the 2010 general election.
Eight candidates competed for the seat in the 2010 general election however the largest two opposition parties failed to gain more than 18.2% each and the winning candidate Michael Dugher managed to obtain 47% of all votes despite the presence of a candidate from the Socialist Labour Party, and although the percentage decline in the Labour vote was the largest in the country (at nearly 24%), they still won the seat safely.
Constituency profile
Both between 1983 and 1997, and at the 2010 general election, this constituency has been a safe seat for the Labour Party, as indeed was its temporary replacement, Barnsley East and Mexborough.
Boundaries
1983-1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley wards of Brierley, Cudworth, Darfield, Dearne South, Dearne Thurnscoe, Wombwell North, and Wombwell South.
2010-present: The Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley wards of Cudworth, Darfield, Hoyland Milton, North East, Rockingham, Stairfoot, Wombwell, and Worsbrough.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in South Yorkshire for the 2010 general election, the Boundary Commission for England divided the existing Barnsley East and Mexborough seat to split off Barnsley East from Mexborough, to create the new Barnsley East constituency.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1983–1997
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Terry Patchett | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1996 by-election | Jeff Ennis | Labour |
1997 | Constituency abolished: see Barnsley East and Mexborough and Barnsley Central |
MPs since 2010
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2010 | Michael Dugher | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Dugher | 21,079 | 54.7 | +7.7 | |
UKIP | Robert Swiffen | 9,045 | 23.5 | +19.0 | |
Conservative | Katharine Harborne | 5,622 | 14.6 | −1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ruth Coleman-Taylor | 1,217 | 3.2 | −15.0 | |
Yorkshire First | Tony Devoy | 647 | 1.7 | N/A | |
English Democrat | Kevin Riddiough | 440 | 1.1 | N/A | |
TUSC | Ralph Dyson | 364 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Vapers in Power | Billy Marsden | 103 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,034 | 31.2 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 38,517 | 55.7 | −0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Dugher | 18,059 | 47.0 | −23.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Brown | 6,969 | 18.2 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | James Hockney | 6,329 | 16.5 | +3.8 | |
BNP | Colin Porter | 3,301 | 8.6 | N/A | |
UKIP | Tony Watson | 1,731 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Kevin Hogan | 712 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Eddie Devoy | 684 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Ken Capstick | 601 | 1.6 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 11,090 | 28.9 | |||
Turnout | 38,396 | 56.1 | +7.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −14.0 |
Elections in the 1990s
Following the death of Terry Patchett on 11 October 1996, a by-election was held on 12 December 1996. The replacement Labour candidate Jeff Ennis held the seat for the party despite a low voter turnout.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeff Ennis | 13,683 | 76.4 | −0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Willis | 1,502 | 8.4 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Jane Ellison | 1,299 | 7.3 | −6.9 | |
Socialist Labour | Ken Capstick | 949 | 5.3 | N/A | |
UKIP | Nikolai Tolstoy | 378 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Socialist Equality | Julie Hyland | 89 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,181 | 68.0 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 33.7 | −39.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terry Patchett | 30,346 | 77.2 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | John M. Procter | 5,569 | 14.2 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Anginotti | 3,399 | 8.6 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 24,777 | 63.0 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 39,314 | 72.9 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Terry Patchett | 29,948 | 74.5 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | James Clappison | 5,437 | 14.0 | −1.9 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey John Griffiths | 4,482 | 11.5 | −7.3 | |
Majority | 23,511 | 60.5 | +12.0 | ||
Turnout | 39,867 | 72.6 | +5.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Terry Patchett | 23,905 | 66.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Peter Tomlinson | 6,413 | 17.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | George England | 5,749 | 15.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,492 | 48.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,067 | 67.3 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
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Sources
- BBC Election 2005
- BBC Vote 2001
- Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)