Barnsley East and Mexborough (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Barnsley East and Mexborough
Map1 = BarnsleyEastMexborough
Type = County
Map2 = SouthYorkshire
Entity = South Yorkshire
County = South Yorkshire
Year = 1983
MP = Jeff Ennis
Party = Labour
EP = Yorkshire and the Humber

Barnsley East and Mexborough is a Parliamentary constituency in South Yorkshire. It is considered a safe Labour seat and has been represented by Jeff Ennis since the 1996 by-election. The seat was created in 1997, by renaming Barnsley East. The constituency will revert to Barnsley East at the next UK general election.

Boundaries

Barnsley East and Mexborough constituency covers the eastern part of the Borough of Barnsley and includes the town of Mexborough (in the borough of Doncaster). It borders 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 current Barnsley East/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.

The new Wentworth and Dearne seat shall include the wards of Dearne North and Dearne South. This area includes Bolton-on-Dearne, Goldthorpe and Thurnscoe

Members of Parliament

The constituency has had one Member of Parliament since its creation in 1997, from the Labour Party.

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

;General election of 2005Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jeff Ennis
votes = 20,779
percentage = 62.9
change = -4.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sharron Brook
votes = 6,654
percentage = 20.1
change = +4.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Carolyn Abbott
votes = 4,853
percentage = 14.7
change = +2.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Terry Robinson
votes = 740
percentage = 2.2
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 14,125
percentage = 42.8
change = -8.8Election box turnout
votes = 33,026
percentage = 49.3
change = -0.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -4.4

;General election of 2001Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jeff Ennis
votes = 21,945
percentage = 67.5
change = -5.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sharron Brook
votes = 5,156
percentage = 15.9
change = +5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew Offord
votes = 4,024
percentage = 12.4
change = +1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Terry Robinson
votes = 722
percentage = 2.2
change = -0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = George Savage
votes = 662
percentage = 2.0
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 16,789
percentage = 51.6
change = -10.2Election box turnout
votes = 32,509
percentage = 49.5
change = -14.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1990s

;General election of 1997Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jeff Ennis
votes = 31,699
percentage = 73.1
change = −3.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jane Ellison
votes = 4,936
percentage = 11.4
change = +4.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Willis
votes = 4,489
percentage = 10.4
change = +2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ken Capstick
votes = 1,213
percentage = 2.8
change = -2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = A. Miles
votes = 797
percentage = 1.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Julie Hyland
votes = 201
percentage = 0.5
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 26,763
percentage = 61.8
change = -1.2Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 63.6
change = -9.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

ee also

*List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

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)