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Wentworth | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | South Yorkshire |
Major settlements | Wath-upon-Dearne, Swinton, Rawmarsh, Bramley, Wickersley |
1983–2010 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Dearne Valley, Rother Valley |
Replaced by | Wentworth and Dearne |
1918–1950 | |
Created from | Barnsley, Doncaster, Hallamshire, Holmfirth |
Replaced by | Dearne Valley, Don Valley and Hemsworth |
Wentworth was a parliamentary constituency in South Yorkshire. Originally created in 1918 and was abolished in 1950, the name was revived when a new constituency was created from 1983 to 2010. Throughout its history, Wentworth was a safe seat for the Labour Party.
1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Bolton-upon-Dearne, Darfield, Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Thurnscoe, Wath-upon-Dearne, Wombwell, and Worsborough; and parts of the Rural Districts of Barnsley, and Rotherham.[1]
1983–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham wards of Bramley, Ravenfield and Wickersley; Brampton, Melton and Wentworth; Dalton; Hooton Roberts and Thrybergh; Rawmarsh East; Rawmarsh West; Swinton; and Wath.
At its abolition in 2010, Wentworth constituency consisted of the northern part of the Borough of Rotherham and part of the Borough of Barnsley, and was bordered by the constituencies of Barnsley East and Mexborough, Barnsley West and Penistone, Don Valley, Rotherham, Rother Valley, and Sheffield Hillsborough.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in South Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England created an extended Wentworth constituency to include electoral wards from the Borough of Barnsley. This new Wentworth and Dearne constituency was fought for the first time at the 2010 general election.
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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1918 | George Harry Hirst | Labour | |
1933 by-election | Wilfred Paling | Labour | |
1950 | Constituency abolished |
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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1983 | Peter Hardy | Labour | |
1997 | John Healey | Labour | |
2010 | Constituency abolished: see Wentworth and Dearne |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Healey | 21,225 | 59.63 | -7.87 | |
Conservative | Mark Hughes | 6,169 | 17.33 | -1.47 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Orrell | 4,800 | 13.48 | +2.67 | |
BNP | Jonathan Pygott | 1,798 | 5.05 | New | |
UKIP | John Wilkinson | 1,604 | 4.51 | +1.61 | |
Majority | 15,056 | 42.30 | |||
Turnout | 35,596 | 56.00 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Healey | 22,798 | 67.5 | -4.8 | |
Conservative | Mike Roberts | 6,349 | 18.8 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Wildgoose | 3,652 | 10.8 | +1.5 | |
UKIP | John Wilkinson | 979 | 2.9 | New | |
Majority | 16,449 | 48.7 | -8.6 | ||
Turnout | 33,778 | 52.8 | -12.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Healey | 30,225 | 72.3 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | Karl Hamer | 6,266 | 15.0 | -6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Charters | 3,867 | 9.3 | -0.3 | |
Referendum | Andrew Battley | 1,423 | 3.4 | New | |
Majority | 23,959 | 57.3 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,781 | 65.3 | -8.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Hardy | 32,939 | 68.5 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Michael J. Brennan | 10,490 | 21.8 | 0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Roderick | 4,629 | 9.6 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 22,449 | 46.7 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 48,058 | 74.0 | +1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Hardy | 30,205 | 65.2 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | William Hague | 10,113 | 21.8 | -0.4 | |
SDP | David Elgin | 6,031 | 13.0 | -5.7 | |
Majority | 20,092 | 43.4 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 46,349 | 72.6 | +2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Hardy | 27,498 | 59.1 | ||
Conservative | Richard Norton | 9,603 | 22.2 | ||
SDP | Max Tildsley | 8,082 | 18.7 | ||
Majority | 15,935 | 36.9 | |||
Turnout | 45,183 | 69.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Wilfred Paling | 44,080 | 83.6 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Aymée Lavender Gandar Dower | 8,670 | 16.4 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 35,410 | 67.2 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 52,750 | 78.3 | +14.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Wilfred Paling | 37,471 | 82.1 | +13.3 | |
Conservative | Arthur Gerard Hargreaves | 8,167 | 17.9 | -13.3 | |
Majority | 29,304 | 64.2 | +26.6 | ||
Turnout | 45,638 | 64.2 | -12.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Wilfred Paling | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Hirst | 31,861 | 68.8 | -6.3 | |
National Liberal | Charlotte Isabel Hilyer | 14,462 | 31.2 | +23.3 | |
Majority | 17,399 | 37.6 | -20.5 | ||
Turnout | 46,323 | 77.1 | -3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Hirst | 35,276 | 75.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Philip Brady Nicholson | 7,955 | 17.0 | New | |
Unionist | Benjamin Hubert Oates | 3,684 | 7.9 | New | |
Majority | 27,321 | 58.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46,915 | 80.3 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Hirst | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Hirst | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Hirst | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Hirst | 13,029 | 59.8 | ||
C | Unionist | Thomas Wilfred Howe Mitchell | 5,315 | 24.4 | |
Liberal | Frederick Booth | 3,453 | 15.8 | ||
Majority | 7,714 | 35.4 | |||
Turnout | 21,797 | 60.5 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |