Barnsley North

Barnsley North
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Boundary of Barnsley North in Yorkshire and the Humber
County	South Yorkshire
Electorate	76,552 (June 2024) [1]
Borough	Barnsley
Major settlements	Barnsley Cudworth Royston
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Dan Jarvis (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Barnsley Central Barnsley East

Barnsley North is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. ^[2] Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. It is represented by Dan Jarvis of the Labour Party, who was MP for the predecessor seat of Barnsley Central from 2011 to 2024.

Constituency profile

The constituency is located in South Yorkshire and covers the north-eastern part of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley. It contains the central and northern areas of the large market town of Barnsley, as well as villages and rural areas to the north and east. This includes the large villages of Royston, Cudworth and Grimethorpe and the area of connected villages between Kexbrough and Monk Bretton.

The area has a strong industrial heritage in glass and textile production but especially in coal mining; ^{[3] [4]} the headquarters of the National Union of Mineworkers is located in the constituency. ^[5] Residents of the constituency have high levels of deprivation and are less likely to have a degree-level education compared to the rest of the country. White people make up 97% of the population. ^[6]

At the most recent borough council election in 2024, voters in the constituency elected primarily Labour Party councillors. It is estimated that nearly 70% of voters in Barnsley North supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum, ^[6] one of the highest rates in the country. ^[7]

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• Central, Cudworth, Darton East, Darton West, Monk Bretton, North East, Old Town, Royston, and St Helens ^[8]

It comprises the whole of the abolished Barnsley Central constituency except Kingstone ward, with the addition of the Cudworth and North East wards from Barnsley East (also abolished). ^[9]

Members of Parliament

Barnsley Central prior to 2024

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Dan Jarvis	Labour

Elections

Barnsley Central (1983-2019) / Barnsley North (2024-) Election Results

Elections in the 2020s

Barnsley North was one of three English constituencies where the Reform UK vote decreased in the election, the others being Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven and Hartlepool. ^[10]

General election 2024: Barnsley North ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dan Jarvis	18,610	50.4	11.9
	Reform	Robert Lomas [a]	10,799	29.3	0.2
	Conservative	Tamas Kovacs	3,083	8.4	15.6
	Green	Tom Heyes	1,805	4.9	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Baker	1,336	3.6	0.0
	Independent	Neil Fisher	616	1.7	new
	Yorkshire	Tony Devoy	603	1.6	0.0
	English Democrat	Janus Polenceusz	42	0.1	new
Majority			7,811	21.1	12.1
Turnout			36,894	47.1	10.8
Registered electors			78,267
	Labour hold		Swing	6.1

Elections in the 2010s

To assess impact of the boundary changes various organisation calculated results of 2019 election if it was conducted under boundaries established by 2023 Periodic review. Below is such assessment from BBC for Barnsley North:

2019 notional result [14]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	17,141	38.5
	Brexit Party	13,139	29.5
	Conservative	10,663	24.0
	Liberal Democrats	1,588	3.6
	Green	1,051	2.4
	Others	898	2.0
Turnout		44,480	57.9
Electorate		76,794

For more information see Notional results of the 2019 United Kingdom general election by 2024 constituency .

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in the Yorkshire and the Humber (region)

Notes

1. After nominations for the 2024 general election closed, Reform UK withdrew support for Lomas on the 29 June, after reports of alleged racist comments. ^[13]

References

1. "Barnsley North: New Boundaries 2023 Calculation". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
2. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Yorkshire and the Humber | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
3. Douglass, David John (2005). Strike, not the end of the story. Overton, Yorkshire, UK: National Coal Mining Museum for England. p. 45.
4. "Barnsley Life". Barnsley MBC. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
5. "Home". NUM Info.
6. "Seat Details - Barnsley North". electoralcalcululs.com. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
7. Library, House of Commons (6 February 2017). "Brexit: votes by constituency".
8. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
9. "New Seat Details - Barnsley North". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
10. https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/2024-general-election-performance-of-reform-and-the-greens/
11. "UK Parliamentary general election – 4 July 2024". Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
12. "Barnsley North results". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
13. Morton, Becky (29 June 2024). "Reform UK drops three candidates over offensive comments". BBC News. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
14. "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.

External links

• Barnsley North UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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