Don Valley | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | South Yorkshire |
Electorate | 74,456 (December 2019) [1] |
1918–2024 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Doncaster |
Replaced by |
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Don Valley was a constituency [n 1] in South Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Nick Fletcher of the Conservative Party. [n 2]
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was subject to boundary changes which included gain of the Isle of Axholme in the Borough of North Lincolnshire and the loss of Conisbrough to the new constituency of Rawmarsh and Conisbrough. As a consequence, it was renamed Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme , and was first contested at the 2024 general election. [2]
Created in 1918, Don Valley is a former coal mining area which elected only Labour MPs from 1922 to 2019. The seat recorded a strong Brexit vote (69%) in the 2016 referendum.
1918—1950: The Urban Districts of Mexborough and Tickhill, and the Rural Districts of Doncaster and Thorne.
1950—1983: The Urban Districts of Adwick-le-Street, Bentley with Arksey, and Tickhill, and the Rural District of Doncaster.
1983—1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Conisbrough, Edlington and Warmsworth, Mexborough, Richmond, Rossington, South East, and Southern Parks.
1997—2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Conisbrough, Edlington and Warmsworth, Hatfield, Rossington, South East, and Southern Parks.
2010—2024: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Conisbrough and Denaby, Edlington and Warmsworth, Finningley, Hatfield, Rossington, Thorne, and Torne Valley.
The current constituency consists of the southern Borough of Doncaster, from Hatfield and the Humberhead Peatlands Nature Reserve in the north and northeast, through Branton, Auckley, and Rossington, to the Torne Valley electoral ward which consists of Wadworth, Tickhill, Braithwell, and in the west Conisbrough.
In boundary changes which took effect at the 2010 election, Sprotbrough was moved to Doncaster North, while in the east the town of Thorne was moved from Doncaster North into Don Valley.
Doncaster prior to 1918
Election | Member [3] | Party | |
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1918 | James Walton | Coalition National Democratic | |
1922 | Thomas Williams | Labour | |
1959 | Richard Kelley | Labour | |
1979 | Michael Welsh | Labour | |
1983 | Martin Redmond | Labour | |
1997 | Caroline Flint | Labour | |
2019 | Nick Fletcher | Conservative | |
2024 | Constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | National Democratic | James Walton | 6,095 | 46.2 | |
Liberal | Hastings Lees-Smith | 3,868 | 29.3 | ||
Labour | Edward Hough | 3,226 | 24.5 | ||
Majority | 2,227 | 16.9 | |||
Turnout | 13,189 | 45.9 | |||
Registered electors | 28,724 | ||||
National Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Williams | 9,903 | 47.0 | 22.5 | |
National Democratic | James Walton | 5,797 | 27.6 | 18.6 | |
Liberal | John Henry Freeborough | 5,332 | 25.4 | 3.9 | |
Majority | 4,106 | 19.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,032 | 65.4 | 19.5 | ||
Registered electors | 32,175 | ||||
Labour gain from National Democratic | Swing | 20.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Williams | 12,898 | 60.4 | 13.4 | |
Unionist | John Wells Reynolds | 8,451 | 39.6 | New | |
Majority | 4,447 | 20.8 | 1.4 | ||
Turnout | 21,349 | 62.2 | 3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 34,339 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Williams | 14,598 | 53.9 | 6.5 | |
Unionist | John Wells Reynolds | 12,463 | 46.1 | 6.5 | |
Majority | 2,135 | 7.8 | 13.0 | ||
Turnout | 27,421 | 72.8 | 10.6 | ||
Registered electors | 37,184 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Williams | 31,466 | 73.3 | 19.4 | |
Unionist | Walter Liddall | 11,467 | 26.7 | 19.4 | |
Majority | 19,999 | 46.6 | 38.8 | ||
Turnout | 42,933 | 69.7 | 3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 61,604 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 19.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Williams | 27,599 | 58.6 | 14.7 | |
Conservative | Samuel Hardwick | 19,506 | 41.4 | 14.7 | |
Majority | 8,093 | 17.2 | 29.4 | ||
Turnout | 47,105 | 71.2 | 1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Williams | 33,220 | 68.9 | 10.3 | |
Conservative | John Arbuthnot | 14,961 | 31.1 | 10.3 | |
Majority | 18,259 | 37.8 | 20.6 | ||
Turnout | 48,181 | 70.0 | 1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Williams | 40,153 | 71.7 | 2.8 | |
Conservative | J. J. A. N. Ross | 15,832 | 28.3 | 2.8 | |
Majority | 24,321 | 43.4 | 5.6 | ||
Turnout | 55,985 | 73.2 | 3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Williams | 39,789 | 74.0 | 2.3 | |
Conservative | Douglas Graham | 12,982 | 24.1 | 4.2 | |
Communist | Samuel Taylor | 1,007 | 1.9 | New | |
Majority | 26,807 | 49.9 | 6.5 | ||
Turnout | 53,778 | 87.7 | 14.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Williams | 39,687 | 74.1 | 0.1 | |
Conservative | David S B Hopkins | 13,862 | 25.9 | 1.8 | |
Majority | 25,825 | 48.2 | 1.7 | ||
Turnout | 53,549 | 85.9 | 1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Williams | 38,433 | 73.7 | 0.4 | |
Conservative | Jack Victor Thornton | 13,701 | 26.3 | 0.4 | |
Majority | 24,732 | 47.4 | 0.8 | ||
Turnout | 52,134 | 81.2 | 4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Kelley | 40,935 | 70.9 | 2.8 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Dodsworth | 16,787 | 29.1 | 2.8 | |
Majority | 24,148 | 41.8 | 5.6 | ||
Turnout | 57,722 | 83.8 | 2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Kelley | 42,452 | 71.9 | 1.0 | |
Conservative | David Philip Jeffcock | 16,593 | 28.1 | 1.0 | |
Majority | 25,859 | 43.8 | 2.0 | ||
Turnout | 59,045 | 80.8 | 3.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Kelley | 43,973 | 74.9 | 3.0 | |
Conservative | Richard Storey | 14,738 | 25.1 | 3.0 | |
Majority | 29,235 | 49.8 | 6.0 | ||
Turnout | 58,711 | 78.3 | 2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Kelley | 42,496 | 69.5 | 5.4 | |
Conservative | Timothy Walter G Jackson | 18,673 | 30.5 | 5.4 | |
Majority | 23,823 | 39.0 | 10.8 | ||
Turnout | 61,169 | 73.1 | 5.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Kelley | 48,737 | 70.1 | 0.6 | |
Conservative | P. J. Le Bosquet | 20,792 | 29.9 | 0.6 | |
Majority | 27,945 | 40.2 | 1.2 | ||
Turnout | 69,529 | 79.1 | 6.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Kelley | 41,187 | 63.3 | 6.8 | |
Conservative | Peter J. Le Bosquet | 13,767 | 21.1 | 8.8 | |
Liberal | E. Simpson | 10,161 | 15.6 | New | |
Majority | 27,420 | 42.2 | 2.0 | ||
Turnout | 65,115 | 73.6 | 5.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Welsh | 39,603 | 55.6 | 7.7 | |
Conservative | Roger Freeman | 22,243 | 31.2 | 10.1 | |
Liberal | E. Simpson | 8,238 | 11.6 | 4.0 | |
Workers Party | I. Connelly | 720 | 1.0 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | T. McCabe | 398 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 17,360 | 24.4 | 17.8 | ||
Turnout | 71,202 | 74.7 | 1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Martin Redmond | 23,036 | 45.1 | 10.5 | |
Conservative | Brenda Utting | 16,570 | 32.4 | 1.2 | |
Liberal | Donald Lange | 11,482 | 22.5 | 10.9 | |
Majority | 6,466 | 12.7 | 11.7 | ||
Turnout | 51,088 | 69.9 | 4.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Martin Redmond | 29,200 | 53.1 | 8.0 | |
Conservative | Charles Gallagher | 17,733 | 32.3 | 0.1 | |
Liberal | Wilfrid Whitaker | 8,027 | 11.9 | 10.6 | |
Majority | 11,467 | 20.8 | 8.1 | ||
Turnout | 54,960 | 73.8 | 3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martin Redmond | 32,008 | 55.0 | 1.9 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Paget-Brown | 18,474 | 31.7 | 0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | M Jevons | 6,920 | 11.9 | 0.0 | |
Green | TS Platt | 803 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 13,534 | 23.3 | 2.5 | ||
Turnout | 58,205 | 76.3 | 2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Caroline Flint | 25,376 | 58.3 | 3.3 | |
Conservative | Clare H. Gledhill | 10,717 | 24.6 | 7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Johnston | 4,238 | 9.7 | 2.2 | |
Referendum | Paul R. Davis | 1,379 | 3.2 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Nigel Ball | 1,024 | 2.4 | New | |
Green | Stephen Platt | 493 | 1.1 | 0.3 | |
ProLife Alliance | Claire D. Johnson | 330 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 14,659 | 33.7 | 10.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,557 | 66.4 | 9.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Caroline Flint | 20,009 | 54.6 | 3.7 | |
Conservative | James Browne | 10,489 | 28.6 | 4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Smith | 4,089 | 11.2 | 1.5 | |
Independent | Terry Wilde | 800 | 2.2 | New | |
UKIP | David Cooper | 777 | 2.1 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Nigel Ball | 466 | 1.3 | 1.1 | |
Majority | 9,520 | 26.0 | 7.7 | ||
Turnout | 36,630 | 54.8 | 11.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Caroline Flint | 19,418 | 52.7 | 1.9 | |
Conservative | Adam Duguid | 10,820 | 29.4 | 0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stewart Arnold | 6,626 | 18.0 | 6.8 | |
Majority | 8,598 | 23.3 | 2.7 | ||
Turnout | 36,864 | 55.1 | 0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Caroline Flint | 16,472 | 37.9 | 18.6 | |
Conservative | Matt Stephens | 12,877 | 29.7 | 2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edwin Simpson | 7,422 | 17.1 | 0.6 | |
BNP | Erwin Toseland | 2,112 | 4.9 | New | |
UKIP | William Shaw | 1,904 | 4.4 | New | |
English Democrat | Bernie Aston | 1,756 | 4.0 | New | |
Independent | Martin Williams | 887 | 2.0 | New | |
Majority | 3,595 | 8.2 | 15.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,430 | 59.3 | 4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Caroline Flint | 19,621 | 46.2 | 8.3 | |
Conservative | Carl Jackson | 10,736 | 25.3 | 4.4 | |
UKIP | Guy Aston | 9,963 | 23.5 | 19.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rene Paterson | 1,487 | 3.5 | 13.6 | |
TUSC | Steve Williams | 437 | 1.0 | New | |
English Democrat | Louise Dutton | 242 | 0.6 | 3.4 | |
Majority | 8,885 | 20.9 | 12.7 | ||
Turnout | 42,486 | 59.6 | 0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Caroline Flint | 24,351 | 53.0 | 6.8 | |
Conservative | Aaron Bell | 19,182 | 41.7 | 16.4 | |
Yorkshire | Stevie Manion | 1,599 | 3.5 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Smith | 856 | 1.9 | 1.6 | |
Majority | 5,169 | 11.3 | 9.6 | ||
Turnout | 45,988 | 62.2 | 2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nick Fletcher | 19,609 | 43.2 | 1.5 | |
Labour | Caroline Flint | 15,979 | 35.2 | 17.8 | |
Brexit Party | Paul Whitehurst | 6,247 | 13.7 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Alcock | 1,907 | 4.2 | 2.3 | |
Green | Kate Needham | 872 | 1.9 | New | |
Yorkshire | Chris Holmes | 823 | 1.8 | 1.7 | |
Majority | 3,630 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,437 | 60.3 | 1.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 8.1 |
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