- Barnsley East (UK Parliament constituency)
UK constituency infobox
Name = Barnsley East
Map1 = BarnsleyEast2007
Type = County
Map2 = SouthYorkshire
Entity = South Yorkshire
County = South Yorkshire
Year = 1983, abolished 1997 to create Barnsley East and Mexborough, recreated for next General Election
MP =
Party =
EP = Yorkshire and the HumberBarnsley East was and will be a Parliamentary constituency in
South Yorkshire . The seat was created as Barnsley East in 1983, and abolished to create Barnsley East and Mexborough in 1997. It will be recreated as Barnsley East at the next UK general election.Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in
South Yorkshire , theBoundary Commission for England has divided the existing Barnsley East and Mexborough to split off Barnsley East from Mexborough, to create the new Barnsley East constituency.This means the 2005 election was the last for the current Barnsley East and Mexborough constituency. The electoral wards used in the formation of the new East division are:
*Cudworth, Darfield, Hoyland Milton, North East, Rockingham, Stairfoot,
Wombwell and Worsbrough.Members of Parliament
The constituency had two
Members of Parliament from its creation in 1983 to its abolition in 1997, both of whom were from the Labour Party.Elections
Elections in the 1990s
;By-election of 1996Following the death of Terry Patchett on
11 October 1996 , aby-election was held on12 December 1996 . The replacement Labour candidate Jeff Ennis held the seat for the party despite a low voter turnout.Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jeff Ennis
votes = 13,683
percentage = 76.4
change = −0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Willis
votes = 1,502
percentage = 8.4
change = −0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jane Ellison
votes = 1,299
percentage = 7.3
change = −6.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ken Capstick
votes = 949
percentage = 5.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = CountNikolai Tolstoy
votes = 378
percentage = 2.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Equality Party (UK)
candidate = Julie Hyland
votes = 89
percentage = 0.5
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 12,181
percentage = 68.0
change = +5.0Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 33.7
change = -39.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =;General election of 1992Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Terry Patchett
votes = 30,346
percentage = 77.2
change = +2.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Proctor
votes = 5,569
percentage = 14.2
change = +0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sylvia Anginotti
votes = 3,399
percentage = 8.6
change = −2.9Election box majority
votes = 24,777
percentage = 63.0
change = +2.5Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 72.7
change = +0.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Elections in the 1980s
;General election of 1987Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Terry Patchett
votes = 29,948
percentage = 74.5
change = +8.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =James Clappison
votes = 5,437
percentage = 14.0
change = −1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = SDP-Liberal Alliance
candidate = G.J. Griffiths
votes = 4,482
percentage = 11.5
change = −7.3Election box majority
votes = 23,511
percentage = 60.5
change = +12.0Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 72.6
change = +5.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =;General election of 1983Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Terry Patchett
votes = 23,905
percentage = 66.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = SDP-Liberal Alliance
candidate = P. Tomlinson
votes = 6,413
percentage = 17.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = G. England
votes = 5,749
percentage = 15.9
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 17,492
percentage = 48.5
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 67.3
change = "N/A"
- style="background-color:#F6F6F6"! style="background-color: Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"
colspan="2" | New creation: Labour Party (UK)/meta/shortname gain.
align="right" | Swing
align="right" | "N/A"
-ources
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/27.stm BBC Election 2005]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/027.stm BBC Vote 2001]
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/history/0,9338,-688,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics] (Election results from 1992 to the present)
* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/psr.htm Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources] ( [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge83/i01.htm 1983] and [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge87/i01.htm 1987] results)ee also
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List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire UK-constituency-stub.
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