Barnsley South | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Barnsley South in Yorkshire and the Humber | |
County | South Yorkshire |
Electorate | 75,635 [1] |
Borough | Barnsley |
Major settlements | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Stephanie Peacock (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from |
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 was first contested at the 2024 general election.
The constituency comprises the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley (as they existed on 1 December 2020): [3]
Barnsley East prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Stephanie Peacock | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephanie Peacock | 16,399 | 46.7 | +4.9 | |
Reform UK | David White | 11,651 | 33.2 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Suzanne Pearson | 3,247 | 9.3 | −13.4 | |
Green | Trevor Mayne | 1,521 | 4.3 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Clement-Jones | 1,172 | 3.3 | −0.2 | |
Yorkshire | Simon Biltcliffe | 716 | 2.0 | +1.3 | |
Socialist Labour | Terry Robinson | 227 | 0.6 | N/A | |
English Democrat | Maxine Spencer | 149 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,748 | 13.5 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 35,082 | 46.3 | –3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 75,850 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.5 |
2019 notional result [7] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 15,684 | 41.8 | |
Brexit Party | 10,964 | 29.2 | |
Conservative | 8,497 | 22.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1,311 | 3.5 | |
Green | 773 | 2.1 | |
Others | 279 | 0.7 | |
Turnout | 37,508 | 49.4 | |
Electorate | 75,896 |
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