Barnsley North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Barnsley North
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Barnsley North (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
Yorkshire and the Humber - Barnsley North constituency.svg
Boundary of Barnsley North in Yorkshire and the Humber
County South Yorkshire
Electorate 76,552 (June 2024) [1]
Borough Barnsley
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Dan Jarvis (Labour)
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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.

Contents

Boundaries

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

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). [4]

Members of Parliament

Barnsley Central prior to 2024

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Dan Jarvis Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Barnsley North [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dan Jarvis 18,610 50.4 +11.9
Reform UK Robert Lomas [a] 10,79929.3−0.2
Conservative Tamas Kovacs3,0838.4−15.6
Green Tom Heyes1,8054.9+2.5
Liberal Democrats Penny Baker1,3363.60.0
Independent Neil Fisher6161.7N/A
Yorkshire Tony Devoy6031.60.0
English Democrat Janus Polenceusz420.1N/A
Majority7,81121.1+12.1
Turnout 36,89447.1−10.8
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 [8]
PartyVote %
Labour 17,14138.5
Brexit Party 13,13929.5
Conservative 10,66324.0
Liberal Democrats 1,5883.6
Green 1,0512.4
Others8982.0
Turnout44,48057.9
Electorate76,794

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

See also

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. [7]

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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. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
  4. ↑ "New Seat Details - Barnsley North". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "UK Parliamentary general election – 4 July 2024". Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Barnsley North results". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  7. ↑ Morton, Becky (29 June 2024). "Reform UK drops three candidates over offensive comments". BBC News. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "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.

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