Barnsley South (UK Parliament constituency)

Barnsley South
Barnsley South
Borough constituency ; for the House of Commons
	Boundaries since 2024
	Boundary of Barnsley South in Yorkshire and the Humber
County	South Yorkshire
Electorate	75,635
Borough	Barnsley
Major settlements	Barnsley ; Wombwell ; Darfield ;
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	TBC
Seats	One
Created from	Barnsley East ; Wentworth and Dearne ; Barnsley Central ;

Last updated June 20, 2024

Barnsley South 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 will first be contested at the 2024 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency comprises the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley (as they existed on 1 December 2020):^[3]

Darfield, Hoyland Milton, Rockingham, Stairfoot, Wombwell, and Worsbrough from Barnsley East
Kingstone from Barnsley Central
Dearne North, and Dearne South from Wentworth and Dearne ^[4]

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 South:

Notional result of 2019 election under new (2023) boundaries

Notional results from 2019^[5]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	17,141	46.04
	Brexit Party	13,139	35.29
	Conservative	10,663	28.64
	Liberal Democrat	1,588	4.26
	Green Party	1,051	2.82

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

Members of Parliament

Barnsley East prior to 2024

Election		Member	Party
	2024	TBC	TBC

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Barnsley South^[6]
Party		Candidate
	Yorkshire	Simon Biltcliffe
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Clement-Jones
	Green	Trevor Mayne
	Labour	Stephanie Peacock
	Conservative	Suzanne Pearson
	Socialist Labour	Terry Robinson
	Patriots Alliance - English Democrats and UKIP	Maxine Spencer
	Reform UK	David White
Majority
Turnout

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References

↑ "New Seat Details - Barnsley South". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
↑ "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.
↑ "New Seat Details - Barnsley South". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
↑ "Results spreadsheet (download)". BBC. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
↑ "UK Parliamentary general election - 4 July 2024". Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

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[1] "New Seat Details - Barnsley South". 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] "New Seat Details - Barnsley South". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2023.

[:0-4] "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.

[5] "Results spreadsheet (download)". BBC. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

[6] "UK Parliamentary general election - 4 July 2024". Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

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