Rotherham (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Rotherham
Map1 = Rotherham
Type = Borough
Map2 = SouthYorkshire
Entity = South Yorkshire
County = South Yorkshire
Year = 1885
MP = Denis MacShane
Party = Labour
EP = Yorkshire and the Humber

Rotherham is a Parliamentary constituency covering the town of Rotherham in South Yorkshire. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

It is considered a safe Labour seat and has been represented by Denis MacShane since the 1994 by-election.

Boundaries

Rotherham constituency is one of three borough constituencies in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham. It borders the constituencies of Rother Valley, Sheffield Attercliffe, Sheffield Brightside, Sheffield Hillsborough, and Wentworth.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

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title=General Election 2005: RotherhamElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Denis MacShane
votes = 15,840
percentage = 52.8
change = -11.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Tim Gordon
votes = 5,159
percentage = 17.2
change = +6.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lee Rotherham
votes = 4,966
percentage = 16.6
change = -2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Marlene Guest
votes = 1,986
percentage = 6.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = David Cutts
votes = 1,122
percentage = 3.7
change = +1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Dick Penycate
votes = 905
percentage = 3.0
change = +1.0Election box majority
votes = 10,681
percentage = 35.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 29,978
percentage = 55.1
change = +4.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -8.8

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: Rotherham |id=489Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Denis MacShane
votes = 18,759
percentage = 63.9
change = -7.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Powell
votes = 5,682
percentage = 19.4
change = +5.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Charles Hall
votes = 3,117
percentage = 10.6
change = +0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Peter Griffith
votes = 730
percentage = 2.5
change = -0.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Dick Penycate
votes = 577
percentage = 2.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = Freda Smith
votes = 352
percentage = 1.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = John Lilburne Democratic
candidate = Geoffrey Bartholomew
votes = 137
percentage = 0.5
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 13,077
percentage = 44.5
change =Election box turnout
votes = 29,354
percentage = 50.7
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1990s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Denis MacShane
votes = 26,852
percentage = 71.3
change = +7.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Simon Gordon
votes = 5,383
percentage = 14.3
change = -9.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Wildgoose
votes = 3,919
percentage = 10.4
change = -1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = R. Hollibone
votes = 1,132
percentage = 3.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Prolife Alliance
candidate = A. Neal
votes = 364
percentage = 1.0
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 21,469
percentage =
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 62.9
change = -8.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Denis MacShane
votes = 14,912
percentage = 55.6
change = -8.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Wildgoose
votes = 7,958
percentage = 29.7
change = +17.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nick Gibb
votes = 2,649
percentage = 9.9
change = -13.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
candidate = Screaming Lord Sutch
votes = 1,114
percentage = 4.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = Keith Laycock
votes = 173
percentage = 0.6
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 6,954
percentage =
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 43.7
change = -28.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Boyce
votes = 27,933
percentage = 63.9
change = +4.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Yorke
votes = 10,372
percentage = 23.7
change = +1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Wildgoose
votes = 5,375
percentage = 12.3
change = -5.9Election box majority
votes = 17,561
percentage =
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 71.7
change = +2.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1980s

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title=General Election 1987: Rotherham |id=489Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stanley Crowther
votes = 25,422
percentage = 59.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = J. C. C. Stephens
votes = 9,410
percentage = 22.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Pete Bowler
votes = 7,766
percentage = 18.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 16,012
percentage = 37.6
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 69.2
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

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title=General Election 1983: Rotherham |id=489Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stanley Crowther
votes = 22,236
percentage = 54.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = C. Middleton
votes = 10,527
percentage = 25.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Pete Bowler
votes = 8,192
percentage = 20.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 11,709
percentage = 28.6
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 67.0
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1970s

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title=General Election 1979: RotherhamElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stanley Crowther
votes = 26,580
percentage = 60.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = D. Hinckley
votes = 13,145
percentage = 29.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = I. House
votes = 3,686
percentage = 8.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = National Front (UK)
candidate = K. Davies
votes = 490
percentage = 1.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 13,435
percentage = 30.6
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 72.1
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election October 1974: RotherhamElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian O'Malley
votes = 25,874
percentage = 64.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = R. A. Hambro
votes = 8,840
percentage = 22.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = V. Bottomley
votes = 5,350
percentage = 13.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 17,034
percentage = 42.5
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 65.5
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election February 1974: RotherhamElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian O'Malley
votes = 27,088
percentage = 60.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = D. Lewis
votes = 10,354
percentage = 22.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = J. Hughes
votes = 7,726
percentage = 17.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 16,734
percentage = 37.1
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 74.3
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1970: RotherhamElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian O'Malley
votes = 25,246
percentage = 66.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = E. R. Cooke
votes = 12,770
percentage = 33.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 12,476
percentage = 32.8
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 62.9
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1960s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1966: RotherhamElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian O'Malley
votes = 27,402
percentage = 69.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = E. R. Cooke
votes = 11,925
percentage = 30.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 15,477
percentage = 39.4
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 68.7
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1964: RotherhamElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian O'Malley
votes = 27,585
percentage = 66.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = J. M. Barrass
votes = 13,907
percentage = 33.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 13,678
percentage = 33.0
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 71.6
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1950s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1959: RotherhamElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jack Jones
votes = 28,298
percentage = 62.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = R. Hall
votes = 16,759
percentage = 37.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 11,539
percentage = 25.6
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 78.9
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1955: RotherhamElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jack Jones
votes = 27,423
percentage = 63.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = W. G. Blake
votes = 15,882
percentage = 36.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 11,541
percentage = 26.7
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 77.4
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1951: RotherhamElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jack Jones
votes = 31,124
percentage = 65.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = W. G. Blake
votes = 16,317
percentage = 34.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 14,807
percentage = 31.2
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 84.2
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1950: RotherhamElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jack Jones
votes = 31,211
percentage = 64.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Body
votes = 14,744
percentage = 30.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = M. Foster
votes = 2,458
percentage = 5.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 16,467
percentage = 33.9
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 87.3
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1940s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1945: RotherhamElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Dobbie
votes = 35,654
percentage = 74.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = National Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = E. H. Phillips
votes = 12,420
percentage = 25.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 23,234
percentage = 48.4
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 76.4
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1930s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1935: RotherhamElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Dobbie
votes = 29,725
percentage = 67.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = National Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Worrall Casey
votes = 14,298
percentage = 32.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 15,427
percentage = 35.0
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 76.7
change =Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=Rotherham by-election, 1933 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Dobbie
votes = 28,767
percentage = 69.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = H. M. C. Drummond-Wolff
votes = 12,893
percentage = 30.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 15,874
percentage = 38.2
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 73.5
change =Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

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title=General Election 1931: RotherhamElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = George Herbert
votes = 23,596
percentage = 50.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Fred Lindley
votes = 22,834
percentage = 49.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 762
percentage = 1.6
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 82.6
change =Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1920s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Fred Lindley
votes = 26,937
percentage = 60.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = H. P. Latham
votes = 10,101
percentage = 22.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = R. Charlesworth
votes = 7,534
percentage = 16.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 16,836
percentage = 37.7
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 81.4
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Fred Lindley
votes = 18,860
percentage = 54.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = H. J. Temple
votes = 15,712
percentage = 45.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 3,148
percentage = 9.2
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 81.8
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Fred Lindley
votes = 16,893
percentage = 53.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Frederic Arthur Kelley
votes = 14,535
percentage = 46.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 2,448
percentage = 7.8
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 75.3
change =Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Frederic Arthur Kelley
votes = 17,093
percentage = 51.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = J. Walker
votes = 16,449
percentage = 49.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 644
percentage = 2.0
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 81.6
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1910s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Frederic Arthur Kelley
votes = 11,473
percentage = 44.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = J. Walker
votes = 9,757
percentage = 38.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = J. M. Kenworthy
votes = 3,805
percentage = 14.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = National Democratic and Labour Party
candidate = E. S. Bardsley
votes = 564
percentage = 2.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,716
percentage = 6.7
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 63.2
change =Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

In the Rotherham by-election, 1917, Arthur Richardson was elected unopposed.

In the Rotherham by-election, 1916, Joseph Pease was elected unopposed.

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Pease
votes = 9,385
percentage = 67.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = J. H. Dransfield
votes = 4,511
percentage = 32.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 4,874
percentage = 35.0
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 67.8
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

In the Rotherham by-election of March 1910, Joseph Pease was elected unopposed.

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Wiliam Henry Holland
votes = 12,225
percentage = 72.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = J. H. Dransfield
votes = 4,667
percentage = 27.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 7,558
percentage = 44.8
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 82.5
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1900s

In the 1906 UK general election, William Henry Holland was elected unopposed.

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Wiliam Henry Holland
votes = 6,926
percentage = 58.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = R. H. V. Wragge
votes = 5,021
percentage = 42.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,905
percentage = 16.0
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 78.0
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1890s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Wiliam Henry Holland
votes = 6,671
percentage = 58.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = R. H. V. Wragge
votes = 4,714
percentage = 41.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,957
percentage = 17.2
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 77.1
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

In the Rotherham by-election, 1892 and the 1895 UK general election, Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland was elected unopposed.

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland
votes = 6,567
percentage = 69.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = G. S. Foljambe
votes = 2,839
percentage = 30.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 3,728
percentage = 39.6
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 69.4
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1880s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland
votes = 5,155
percentage = 71.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = F. J. S. Foljambe
votes = 2,070
percentage = 28.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 3,085
percentage = 42.6
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 67.3
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland
votes = 6,301
percentage = 73.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = W. W. Hoole
votes = 2,258
percentage = 26.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 4,043
percentage = 47.2
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 79.8
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

ources

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/489.stm BBC News, Election 2005]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/489.stm BBC News, Vote 2001]
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/history/0,9338,-1259,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics]
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/rcommons2.htm Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
*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"