Wentworth (UK Parliament constituency)
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Wentworth in South Yorkshire for the 2005 general election.
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Location of South Yorkshire within England.
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County | South Yorkshire |
Major settlements | Wath-upon-Dearne, Swinton, Rawmarsh, Bramley, Wickersley |
1983–2010 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Wentworth and Dearne |
Created from | Dearne Valley, Rother Valley |
1918–1950 | |
Replaced by | Dearne Valley |
Created from | Barnsley, Doncaster, Hallamshire, Holmfirth |
Wentworth was a parliamentary constituency in South Yorkshire. Originally created in 1918 and was abolished in 1950, the name was revived when a new constituency was created from 1983 to 2010. Throughout its history, Wentworth was a safe seat for the Labour Party.
Contents
Boundaries
At its abolition in 2010, Wentworth constituency consisted of the northern part of the Borough of Rotherham and part of the Borough of Barnsley, and was bordered by the constituencies of Barnsley East and Mexborough, Barnsley West and Penistone, Don Valley, Rotherham, Rother Valley, and Sheffield Hillsborough.
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in South Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England created an extended Wentworth constituency to include electoral wards from the Borough of Barnsley. This new Wentworth and Dearne constituency was fought for the first time at the 2010 general election.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1918-1950
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1918 | George Henry Hirst | Labour | |
1933 by-election | Wilfred Paling | Labour | |
1950 | Constituency abolished |
MPs 1983-2010
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1983 | Peter Hardy | Labour | |
1997 | John Healey | Labour | |
2010 | Constituency abolished: see Wentworth and Dearne |
Elections
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Healey | 21,225 | 59.63 | -7.87 | |
Conservative | Mark Hughes | 6,169 | 17.33 | -1.47 | |
Liberal Democrat | Keith Orrell | 4,800 | 13.48 | +2.67 | |
BNP | Jonathan Pygott | 1,798 | 5.05 | N/A | |
UKIP | John Wilkinson | 1,604 | 4.51 | +1.61 | |
Majority | 15,056 | ||||
Turnout | 35,596 | 56.00 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Healey | 22,798 | 67.5 | -4.8 | |
Conservative | Mike Roberts | 6,349 | 18.8 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Wildgoose | 3,652 | 10.8 | +1.6 | |
UKIP | John Wilkinson | 979 | 2.9 | ||
Majority | 16,449 | 48.7 | |||
Turnout | 33,778 | 52.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Healey | 30,225 | 72.3 | ||
Conservative | Karl Hamer | 6,266 | 15.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat | James Charters | 3,867 | 9.3 | ||
Referendum | Andrew Battley | 1,423 | 3.4 | ||
Majority | 23,959 | ||||
Turnout | 65.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Hardy | 32,939 | 68.5 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Michael J. Brennan | 10,490 | 21.8 | +0.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ms. Christine Roderick | 4,629 | 9.6 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 22,449 | 46.7 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 48,058 | 74.0 | +1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Hardy | 30,205 | 65.2 | ||
Conservative | William Hague | 10,113 | 21.8 | ||
Social Democratic | D. M. Elgin | 6,031 | 13.0 | ||
Majority | 20,092 | 43.4 | |||
Turnout | 72.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Hardy | 27,498 | 59.1 | ||
Conservative | Hon. Richard Norton | 9,603 | 22.2 | ||
Social Democratic | M. Tildsley | 8,082 | 18.7 | ||
Majority | 15,935 | 36.9 | |||
Turnout | 69.7 |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Wilfred Paling | 44,080 | 83.6 | ||
Conservative | A. L. G. Dower | 8,670 | 16.4 | ||
Majority | 35,410 | 67.2 | |||
Turnout | 78.3 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Wilfred Paling | 37,471 | 82.1 | ||
Conservative | A. G. Hargreaves | 8,167 | 17.9 | ||
Majority | 29,304 | 64.2 | |||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert McMordie | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Henry Hirst | 31,861 | 68.8 | ||
Liberal National | Mrs C. L. Hilyer | 14,462 | 31.2 | ||
Majority | 17,399 | 37.6 | |||
Turnout | 77.1 |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Henry Hirst | 35,276 | 75.1 | n/a | |
Liberal | Philip Brady Nicholson | 7,955 | 17.0 | n/a | |
Unionist | Benjamin Hubert Oates | 3,684 | 7.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 27,321 | 58.1 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 80.3 | n/a | |||
Labour hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Henry Hirst | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Henry Hirst | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Henry Hirst | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Henry Hirst | 13,029 | 59.8 | ||
Conservative | T. W. H. Mitchell | 5,315 | 24.4 | ||
Liberal | Frederick Handel Booth | 3,453 | 15.8 | ||
Majority | 7,714 | 35.4 | |||
Turnout | 60.5 |
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Sources
- Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
- http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Pages with broken file links
- Politics of Barnsley
- Politics of Rotherham
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1950
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1983
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 2010
- Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (historic)