Rother Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

Rother Valley
Rother Valley
County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Rother Valley in South Yorkshire
	Location of South Yorkshire within England
County	South Yorkshire
Electorate	73,068 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Maltby; Rotherham (part)
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of Parliament	Kevin Barron (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Doncaster, Hallamshire and Rotherham

53°25′48″N 1°21′25″W / 53.430°N 1.357°W / 53.430; -1.357

Rother Valley is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1983 by Kevin Barron, a member of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

History

This constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918. Unusually in the light of the events of the Labour Party's early 20th-century years, the seat has been represented by a member of that party continuously since the seat was formed. The size of the majorities never having been marginal^{[n 3]} in the elections to date, this has been a safe seat for the party.

Boundaries

Rother Valley constituency covers an area in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham south of Rotherham itself. It is bordered by the constituencies of Bassetlaw, Bolsover, Derbyshire North East, Don Valley, Rotherham, Sheffield South East, and Wentworth and Dearne.

Boundary review

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which slightly altered this constituency for the 2010 general election since which it has electoral wards:

Anston and Woodsetts, Dinnington, Hellaby, Holderness, Maltby, Rother Vale, Sitwell, and Wales in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham^[2]

Constituency profile

The constituency consists of Census Output Areas of one local government district: a working population whose income is on average slightly below the national average and close to average reliance upon social housing.^[3] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 4.0% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, compared to the regional average of 4.7%. This was considerably lower than the rate in the Rotherham constituency of 7% and 9.6% male unemployment.^[4]

The borough contributing to the seat has a relatively 26.6% of its population without a car compared to 20.1% in Bassetlaw and 30.3% in Sheffield. In terms of extremes of education 29.8% of the population in 2011 were without qualifications contrasted with 17.4% with level 4 qualifications or above.

In terms of tenure 65.2% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage as at the 2011 census across the borough.^[5] In the 10 years to the April 2011 Census the social rented sector saw a 4.9% reduction and the private rented sector a 5.3% increase; outright ownership saw a 3.8% increase.^[5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[6]	Party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1918	Thomas Walter Grundy	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1935	Edward Dunn	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1945	David Griffiths	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1970	Peter Hardy	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1983	Sir Kevin Barron	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Rother Valley^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Barron	20,501	43.6	+2.7
	UKIP	Allen Cowles	13,204	28.1	+22.5
	Conservative	Gareth Streeter	10,945	23.3	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Teal	1,992	4.2	−13.1
	English Democrat	Sharon Pilling	377	0.8	+0.8
Majority			7,297	15.5	+3.0
Turnout			47,019	63.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.9

General Election 2010: Rother Valley^[9]^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Barron	19,147	40.9	−10.6
	Conservative	Lynda Donaldson	13,281	28.4	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Wesley Paxton^[12]	8,111	17.3	+1.2
	BNP	William Blair	3,616	7.7	+2.8
	UKIP	Tina Dowdall	2,613	5.6	+1.3
Majority			5,866	12.5	−23.5
Turnout			46,768	64.2	+6.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.0

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Rother Valley^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Barron	21,871	55.4	−6.7
	Conservative	Colin Phillips	7,647	19.4	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Bristow	6,272	15.9	+3.4
	BNP	Nick Cass	2,020	5.1	N/A
	UKIP	Gordon Brown	1,685	4.3	+0.6
Majority			14,224	36.0
Turnout			39,495	58.1	+4.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.2

General Election 2001: Rother Valley^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Barron	22,851	62.1	−5.5
	Conservative	James Duddridge	7,969	21.7	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Win Knight	4,603	12.5	+0.9
	UKIP	David Cutts	1,380	3.7	N/A
Majority			14,882	40.4
Turnout			36,803	53.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Rother Valley^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kevin Barron	31,184	67.6
	Conservative	Steven Stanbury	7,699	16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stan Burgess	5,342	11.6
	Referendum	Stephen Cook	1,932	4.2
Majority			23,485	50.9
Turnout				67.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Rother Valley^[16]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Barron	30,977	60.5	+4.1
	Conservative	G. Toby A.W. Horton	13,755	26.9	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin A. Smith	6,483	12.7	−5.8
Majority			17,222	33.6	+2.2
Turnout			51,215	75.0	−0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Rother Valley^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kevin Barron	28,292	56.4
	Conservative	Paul Rupert Rayner	12,502	24.9
	SDP	John Redman Boddy	9,240	18.4
	Workers Revolutionary	Michael Robert Driver	145	0.3
Majority			15,790	31.5
Turnout				75.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Rother Valley^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kevin Barron	21,781	46.5
	Conservative	J. Derrick	13,156	28.1
	SDP	John Redman Boddy	11,903	25.4
Majority			8,625	18.4
Turnout				71.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Hardy	45,986	62.2
	Conservative	R. Barber	19,984	27.0
	Liberal	C. Sykes	7,937	10.7
Majority			26,002	35.2
Turnout				74.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Hardy	44,670	67.3
	Conservative	Gary Peter Anthony Waller	11,893	17.9
	Liberal	G. Reid	9,828	14.8
Majority			32,777	49.4
Turnout				72.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Hardy	52,532	73.4
	Conservative	Gary Peter Anthony Waller	19,058	26.6
Majority			33,474	46.7
Turnout				78.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Hardy	44,322	71.8
	Conservative	Robert Anthony Bevis Durant	17,418	28.2
Majority			26,904	43.6
Turnout				70.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Rother Valley^[20]^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Griffiths	43,634	76.82	+2.40
	Conservative	J Michael Clarke	13,167	23.18	−2.40
Majority			30,467	53.64	+4.80
Turnout			56,801	73.46	+3.93
Registered electors			77,320
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.40

General Election 1964: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Griffiths	43,101	74.4
	Conservative	Raymond Whitley Hadfield	14,813	25.6
Majority			28,288	48.8
Turnout				77.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Griffiths	43,962	74.1
	Conservative	William Albert V Hoskins	15,369	25.9
Majority			28,593	48.2
Turnout				82.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Griffiths	39,968	75.6
	Conservative	William Albert V Hoskins	12,916	24.4
Majority			27,052	51.2
Turnout				78.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Griffiths	41,990	75.7
	Conservative	Ronald Hall	13,470	24.3
Majority			28,520	51.4
Turnout				86.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Griffiths	42,222	76.6
	Conservative	William Robert Ackrill Breare	12,887	23.4
Majority			29,335	53.2
Turnout				87.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Griffiths	44,449	75.2
	Conservative	J. H. Bull	14,669	24.8
Majority			29,830	50.4
Turnout				75.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Edward Dunn	33,271	72.0
	Conservative	Ahryne Gervase Olliver	12,907	28.0
Majority			20,364	44.0
Turnout				73.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Edward Dunn	26,185	62.3
	Conservative	Ahryne Gervase Olliver	15,812	37.7
Majority			10,373	24.6
Turnout				77.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Walter Grundy	30,405	76.3	+11.0
	Unionist	Cecil Frederick Pike	9,460	23.7	−11.0
Majority			20,945	52.6	+22.0
Turnout				77.8	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.0

General Election 1924: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Walter Grundy	18,750	65.3
	Unionist	Frances R. Wade	9,985	34.7
Majority			8,765	30.6
Turnout				75.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Walter Grundy	15,967	68.6	n/a
	Unionist	Frances R. Wade	7,323	31.4	n/a
Majority			8,644	37.2	n/a
Turnout				64.0	n/a
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

In the 1922 general election, Thomas Walter Grundy was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Walter Grundy	9,917	55.1
	National Democratic	Ernest George Bearcroft	4,894	27.2
	Liberal	Albert Edward Mann Turner	3,177	17.7
Majority			5,023	27.9
Turnout				56.3
	Labour hold		Swing

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.
^ The closest result was in 2010 — still greater than a 10% majority

References

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ 2010 post-revision map Greater London and metropolitan areas of England
^ 2001 Census
^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
^ ^a ^b 2011 census interactive maps
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "Rother Valley". BBC News. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help)
^ Statement of Persons Nominated
^ "Election 2010: Rother Valley Constituency Results". BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
^ "Wesley Paxton". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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Sources

BBC News, Election 2005
BBC News, Vote 2001
Guardian Unlimited Politics
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)
F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949
F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 - 1970

[2] A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[3] 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.

[4] The closest result was in 2010 — still greater than a 10% majority

[1] "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[5] 2010 post-revision map Greater London and metropolitan areas of England

[6] 2001 Census

[7] Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian

[ons-8] 2011 census interactive maps

[9] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)

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[13] Statement of Persons Nominated

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