Dearne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dearne Valley
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1950–1983
Created from Don Valley, Rother Valley and Wentworth
Replaced by Barnsley East, Don Valley and Wentworth [1]

Dearne Valley was a Parliamentary constituency in South Yorkshire. The constituency was created in 1950 and abolished in 1983.

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Boundaries

The Urban Districts of Conisbrough, Darfield, Mexborough, Swinton, Wath upon Dearne, and Wombwell.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1950 Wilfred Paling Labour
1959 Edwin Wainwright Labour
1983
constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Dearne Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edwin Wainwright 31,783 68.8 −5.3
Conservative J. R. Pattman9,04819.6+6.1
Liberal P. Hargreaves5,35211.6−0.8
Majority22,73549.2−11.6
Turnout 46,18372.0+1.0
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Dearne Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edwin Wainwright 33,315 74.1 +5.3
Conservative Peter Wood 6,04613.5−0.3
Liberal P. Hargreaves5,58812.4−3.2
Majority27,26960.6+7.4
Turnout 44,94971.0−9.5
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Dearne Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edwin Wainwright 34,727 68.8 −6.3
Liberal P. Hargreaves7,87315.6+5.8
Conservative Peter Wood 6,95013.8−1.3
Independent A. E. Wilson9061.8New
Majority26,85453.2−6.8
Turnout 50,45680.5+8.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 1970: Dearne Valley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edwin Wainwright 33,966 75.1 −6.5
Conservative Arthur B. Cowl6,84815.1+1.5
Liberal Peter Hargreaves4,4269.8New
Majority27,11860.0−8.0
Turnout 45,24071.8−4.9
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Dearne Valley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edwin Wainwright 36,735 81.6 +0.9
Conservative John W. Roberts6,12113.6−5.6
Independent Peter Hargreaves2,1704.8New
Majority30,61468.0+6.5
Turnout 45,02676.7−2.4
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Dearne Valley [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edwin Wainwright 38,101 80.7 +3.0
Conservative Bernard Bligh9,06919.2−3.1
Majority29,03261.5+6.1
Turnout 47,17079.1−5.5
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Dearne Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edwin Wainwright 39,088 77.7 −0.2
Conservative David S. W. Blacker11,20522.3+0.2
Majority27,88355.4−0.4
Turnout 50,29384.6+4.0
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Dearne Valley [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wilfred Paling 36,718 77.9 −1.7
Conservative Rowland Winn10,40222.1+1.7
Majority26,31655.8−3.4
Turnout 47,12080.6−5.3
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Dearne Valley [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wilfred Paling 39,782 79.6 0.0
Conservative Jack Sizer10,19720.40.0
Majority29,58559.20.0
Turnout 49,97985.9−2.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1950: Dearne Valley [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wilfred Paling 40,420 79.6
National Liberal Aymée Lavender Gandar Dower10,36520.4
Majority30,05559.2
Turnout 50,78588.0
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "'Dearne Valley', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1970.
  3. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1966.
  4. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1964.
  5. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
  6. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
  7. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.

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