Barnsley East and Mexborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 53°31′52″N 1°21′40″W / 53.531°N 1.361°W
| Barnsley East and Mexborough | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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Boundary of Barnsley East and Mexborough in South Yorkshire in 2005. | |
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Location of South Yorkshire within England. | |
| County | South Yorkshire |
| Major settlements | Wombwell, Mexborough |
| 1997–2010 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Barnsley East, Don Valley |
| Created from | Barnsley East |
| European Parliament constituency | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Barnsley East and Mexborough was a Parliamentary constituency in South Yorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created in 1997, partially replacing Barnsley East, and was a safe seat for the Labour Party. At the 2010 general election, it was largely replaced by a re-established Barnsley East constituency.
Boundaries
The Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley wards of Brierley, Darfield, Dearne South, Dearne Thurnscoe, Wombwell North, and Wombwell South, and the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Mexborough and Richmond.
Barnsley East and Mexborough constituency covered the eastern part of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and included the town of Mexborough (in the borough of Doncaster). It bordered the constituencies of Barnsley Central, Barnsley West and Penistone, Wentworth, Don Valley, Doncaster Central, Doncaster North, Selby, and Hemsworth.
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in South Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England has split the existing Barnsley East seat from Mexborough, to create a smaller modified Barnsley East constituency.
This means the 2005 election was the last for the Barnsley East and Mexborough constituency. The electoral wards used in the formation of the new East division are:
The new Wentworth and Dearne seat includes the wards of Dearne North and Dearne South. This area includes Bolton-on-Dearne, Goldthorpe and Thurnscoe.
Members of Parliament
The constituency had one Member of Parliament since its creation in 1997, from the Labour Party.
| Election | Member [1] | Party | |
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| 1997 | Jeff Ennis | Labour | |
| 2010 | constituency abolished: see Barnsley East and Don Valley | ||
Elections
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Labour | Jeff Ennis | 20,779 | 62.9 | -4.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Sharron Brook | 6,654 | 20.1 | +4.2 | |
| Conservative | Carolyn Abbott | 4,853 | 14.7 | +2.3 | |
| Socialist Labour | Terry Robinson | 740 | 2.2 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 14,125 | 42.8 | -8.8 | ||
| Turnout | 33,026 | 49.3 | -0.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Labour | Jeff Ennis | 21,945 | 67.5 | -5.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mrs. Sharron Brook | 5,156 | 15.9 | +5.5 | |
| Conservative | Matthew Offord | 4,024 | 12.4 | +1.0 | |
| Socialist Labour | Terry Robinson | 722 | 2.2 | -0.6 | |
| UKIP | George C. Savage | 662 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 16,789 | 51.6 | -10.2 | ||
| Turnout | 32,509 | 49.5 | -14.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Labour | Jeff Ennis | 31,699 | 73.1 | −3.3 | |
| Conservative | Jane Ellison | 4,936 | 11.4 | +4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | David G. Willis | 4,489 | 10.4 | +2.0 | |
| Socialist Labour | Ken Capstick | 1,213 | 2.8 | -2.5 | |
| Referendum | Arthur J. Miles | 797 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| Independent | Miss Julie E. Hyland | 201 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 26,763 | 61.8 | -1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 43,335 | 63.6 | -9.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
See also
Notes and references
Sources
- BBC Election 2005
- BBC Vote 2001
- Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
- Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources (1983 and 1987 results)