The ceremonial county of South Yorkshire is divided into 14 parliamentary constituencies – 7 borough constituencies and 7 county constituencies.
Sheffield Hallam was the only non-Labour South Yorkshire seat for many years, and was held by Nick Clegg for 12 years, until Labour gained the seat in 2017. For a 22-year period spanning 1997–2019, the Conservatives had no seats in South Yorkshire, until the 2019 election, when they gained three. In the 1980s, the region's socialist activity (particularly in local government) led to it being referred to as the "People's Republic of South Yorkshire", it being dominated by Labour, a party with a strong socialist tradition. However, it was not until 2017 that every seat in South Yorkshire was won by Labour, a feat which was not repeated at the subsequent 2019 election.[1]
Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election |
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat # Brexit Party
Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate[2] | Majority[3][nb 2] | Member of Parliament[3] | Nearest Opposition[3] | Electoral wards[4][5] | Map | ||
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Barnsley Central | 65,277 | 3,571 | Dan Jarvis‡ | Victoria Felton# | Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Central, Darton East, Darton West, Kingstone, Monk Bretton, Old Town, Royston, St Helens. | |||
Barnsley East | 69,504 | 3,217 | Stephanie Peacock‡ | Jim Ferguson# | Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Cudworth, Darfield, Hoyland Milton, North East, Rockingham, Stairfoot, Wombwell, Worsbrough. | |||
Don Valley | 75,356 | 3,630 | Nick Fletcher† | Caroline Flint‡ | Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council: Conisbrough and Denaby, Edlington and Warmsworth, Finningley, Hatfield, Rossington, Thorne, Torne Valley. | |||
Doncaster Central | 71,389 | 2,278 | Rosie Winterton‡ | Roberto Weeden-Sanz† | Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council: Armthorpe, Balby, Bessacarr and Cantley, Central, Edenthorpe, Kirk Sandall and Barnby Dun, Town Moor, Wheatley. | |||
Doncaster North | 72,362 | 2,370 | Ed Miliband‡ | Katrina Sale† | Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council: Adwick, Askern Spa, Bentley, Great North Road, Mexborough, Sprotbrough, Stainforth and Moorends. | |||
Penistone and Stocksbridge | 70,925 | 7,210 | Miriam Cates† | Francyne Johnson‡ | Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Dodworth, Penistone East, Penistone West. Sheffield City Council: East Ecclesfield, Stocksbridge and Upper Don, West Ecclesfield. | |||
Rother Valley | 74,804 | 6,318 | Alexander Stafford† | Sophie Wilson‡ | Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council: Anston and Woodsetts, Dinnington, Hellaby, Holderness, Maltby, Rother Vale, Sitwell, Wales. | |||
Rotherham | 61,688 | 3,121 | Sarah Champion‡ | Gerri Hickton† | Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council: Boston Castle, Brinsworth and Catcliffe, Keppel, Rotherham East, Rotherham West, Valley, Wingfield. | |||
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough | 69,333 | 12,274 | Gill Furniss‡ | Hannah Westropp† | Sheffield City Council: Burngreave, Firth Park, Hillsborough, Shiregreen and Brightside, Southey. | |||
Sheffield Central | 89,949 | 27,273 | Paul Blomfield‡ | Janice Silvester-Hal† | Sheffield City Council: Broomhill, Central, Manor Castle, Nether Edge. Walkley. | |||
Sheffield Hallam | 72,763 | 712 | Olivia Blake‡ | Laura Gordon¤ | Sheffield City Council: Crookes, Dore and Totley, Ecclesall, Fulwood, Stannington. | |||
Sheffield Heeley | 66,940 | 8,480 | Louise Haigh‡ | Gordon Gregory† | Sheffield City Council: Arbourthorne, Beauchief and Greenhill, Gleadless Valley, Graves Park, Richmond. | |||
Sheffield South East | 67,832 | 4,289 | Clive Betts‡ | Marc Bayliss† | Sheffield City Council: Beighton, Birley, Darnall, Mosborough, Woodhouse. | |||
Wentworth and Dearne | 74,536 | 2,165 | John Healey‡ | Emily Barley† | Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Dearne North, Dearne South. Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council: Hoober, Rawmarsh, Silverwood, Swinton, Wath, Wickersley. |
Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to reduce the number of seats in South Yorkshire from 15 to 14, leading to significant changes. Barnsley East and Mexborough, Barnsley West and Penistone, Sheffield, Brightside, and Sheffield, Hillsborough were abolished and replaced by Barnsley East, Penistone and Stocksbridge, and Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough. Sheffield, Attercliffe was renamed Sheffield South East, and Wentworth was renamed Wentworth and Dearne.
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[6] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
The commission has proposed that South Yorkshire be combined with Humberside as a sub-region of the Yorkshire and the Humber Region, resulting in the creation of a new cross-county boundary constituency named Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme, largely replacing Don Valley. Barnsley Central and Barnsley East would be realigned to form Barnsley North and Barnsley South. Changes to Wentworth and Dearne would result in it being renamed Rawmarsh and Conisbrough.[7][8]
The following constituencies are proposed:
Containing electoral wards from Barnsley
Containing electoral wards from Doncaster
Containing electoral wards from Rotherham
Containing electoral wards from Sheffield
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[9]
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising South Yorkshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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Labour | 257,978 | 42.3% | 14.6% | 11 | 3 |
Conservative | 196,969 | 32.3% | 2.5% | 3 | 3 |
Brexit | 82,838 | 13.6% | new | 0 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 47,831 | 7.8% | 1.9% | 0 | 0 |
Greens | 14,084 | 2.3% | 1.1% | 0 | 0 |
Others | 10,506 | 1.7% | 4.5% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 610,206 | 100.0 | 14 |
Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 28.0 | 24.9 | 27.0 | 16.7 | 18.8 | 18.0 | 20.6 | 17.4 | 29.8 | 32.3 |
Labour | 48.8 | 56.0 | 57.9 | 62.3 | 59.0 | 52.7 | 42.0 | 49.5 | 56.9 | 42.3 |
Liberal Democrat1 | 23.0 | 18.9 | 14.5 | 16.6 | 18.0 | 21.4 | 23.7 | 8.2 | 5.9 | 7.8 |
Green Party | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.6 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 2.3 |
UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | 4.4 | 20.8 | 4.7 | * |
Brexit Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13.6 |
Other | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Labour | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 |
Liberal Democrat1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Change UK Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Democrats
Constituency | 2010 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 2015 | 16 | 2017 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 2019 | 2024 |
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Penistone & Stocksbridge | Smith | → | → | Cates | |||||||||
Don Valley / Doncaster E & the Isle of Axholme ('24)1 | Flint | Fletcher | |||||||||||
Rother Valley | Barron | Stafford | |||||||||||
Barnsley Central / Barnsley North (2024) | Illsley | → | Jarvis | ||||||||||
Barnsley East / Barnsley South (2024) | Dugher | Peacock | |||||||||||
Doncaster Central | Winterton | ||||||||||||
Doncaster North | Miliband | ||||||||||||
Rotherham | MacShane | → | → | Champion | |||||||||
Sheffield South East | Betts | ||||||||||||
Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough | Blunkett | Harpham | Furniss | ||||||||||
Sheffield Central | Blomfield | ||||||||||||
Sheffield Hallam | Clegg | O'Mara | → | Blake | |||||||||
Sheffield Heeley | Munn | Haigh | |||||||||||
Wentworth & Dearne / Rawmarsh & Conisbrough ('24) | Healey |
1also includes some areas of Humberside