Doncaster (UK Parliament constituency)

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Doncaster
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
County West Riding of Yorkshire, then South Yorkshire
1885–1983
SeatsOne
Created from Southern West Riding of Yorkshire
Replaced by Doncaster Central and Don Valley [1]

Doncaster was a Parliamentary constituency covering the town of Doncaster in England. It was created in 1885 and abolished in 1983.

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Boundaries

1885–1918: The Borough of Doncaster, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Lower Strafforth and Tickhill, and Upper Strafforth and Tickhill.

1918–1950: The Borough of Doncaster, and the Urban Districts of Adwick-le-Street and Bentley-with-Arksey.

1950–1983: The County Borough of Doncaster.

The area formerly covered by this constituency is now mostly in the Doncaster Central and Doncaster North constituencies.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Walter Shirley Shirley Liberal
1888 by-election Hon. Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam Liberal Unionist
1892 Charles James Fleming Liberal
1895 Frederick Fison Conservative
1906 Charles Norris Nicholson Liberal
1918 Reginald Nicholson Liberal
1922 Wilfred Paling Labour
1931 Hugh Molson Conservative
1935 Alfred Short Labour
1938 by-election John Morgan Labour
1941 by-election Evelyn Walkden Labour
1950 Ray Gunter Labour
1951 Anthony Barber Conservative
1964 Harold Walker Labour
1983 constituency abolished: see Doncaster Central & Doncaster North

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Doncaster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Walker 22,184 48.9 −2.4
Conservative P. Beard19,20842.4+8.3
Liberal Gerald Broadhead3,6468.0−6.7
National Front M. Day3000.7New
Majority 2,9766.5−10.7
Turnout 45,33875.0+2.2
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Doncaster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Walker 22,177 51.3 +3.4
Conservative J. Wilkinson14,74734.1−2.4
Liberal W. J. Davidson6,33614.7−0.9
Majority 7,43017.2+5.8
Turnout 43,26072.8−8.9
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Doncaster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Walker 23,041 47.9 −2.8
Conservative K. I. Tunnicliffe17,56536.5−6.9
Liberal W. J. Davidson7,59015.6+9.7
Majority 5,47611.4+4.1
Turnout 48,19681.7+6.9
Labour hold Swing
General election 1970: Doncaster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Walker 22,658 50.7 −6.0
Conservative Peter Davies19,43143.4+0.1
Liberal Tom Blades2,6485.9New
Majority 3,2277.3−6.1
Turnout 44,73774.8−6.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Doncaster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Walker 25,777 56.7 +6.8
Conservative J. M. Whittaker19,68943.3−4.3
Majority 6,08813.4+11.1
Turnout 45,46681.2−1.5
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Doncaster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Walker 23,845 49.9 +3.5
Conservative Anthony Barber 22,73247.6−6.0
Independent Gerald Broadhead1,2012.5New
Majority 1,1132.3N/A
Turnout 47,77882.7−1.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Doncaster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Barber 26,521 53.6 +1.8
Labour Ted Garrett 22,93546.4−1.9
Majority 3,5867.3+3.8
Turnout 49,45684.5+3.7
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Doncaster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Barber 24,598 51.8 +1.4
Labour Ray Gunter 22,93848.3−1.3
Majority 1,6603.5+2.7
Turnout 47,53681.8−4.4
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Doncaster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Barber 25,005 50.4 +1.3
Labour Ray Gunter 24,62149.6−1.3
Majority 3840.8N/A
Turnout 49,62686.2+0.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1950: Doncaster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ray Gunter 24,449 50.9 −19.3
Conservative Anthony Barber 23,57149.1+19.3
Majority 8781.8−38.6
Turnout 48,02085.6+11.1
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Doncaster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Evelyn Walkden 40,050 70.2 +12.6
Conservative Henry Archibald Taylor16,99929.8−12.6
Majority 23,05140.4+25.2
Turnout 57,04974.5−3.2
Labour hold Swing

In the 1941 Doncaster by-election, Evelyn Walkden was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1930s

1938 Doncaster by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Morgan 31,735 61.3 +3.7
National Liberal Alex Monteith20,02738.7−3.7
Majority 11,70822.6+7.4
Turnout 51,76275.4−2.3
Labour hold Swing
General election 1935: Doncaster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Short 29,963 57.6 +12.5
Conservative Hugh Molson 22,01142.4−2.7
Majority 7,95215.2N/A
Turnout 51,97477.70.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General election 1931: Doncaster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Molson 27,205 54.9 +30.5
Labour Wilfred Paling 22,36345.1−10.9
Majority 4,8429.8N/A
Turnout 50,06877.7+0.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Doncaster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wilfred Paling 25,295 56.0 +3.3
Unionist Ernest Albert Phillips11,01624.4−22.9
Liberal J. T. Clarke8,84219.6New
Majority 14,27931.6+26.2
Turnout 45,10377.6+0.6
Registered electors 58,213
Labour hold Swing +13.1
General election 1924: Doncaster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wilfred Paling 16,496 52.7 −7.9
Unionist A. S. Matthews14,80047.3+7.9
Majority 1,6965.4−15.8
Turnout 31,29677.0+8.6
Registered electors 40,633
Labour hold Swing −7.9
General election 1923: Doncaster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wilfred Paling 16,198 60.6 +14.1
Unionist William St Andrew Warde-Aldam10,51439.4+10.7
Majority 5,68421.2+3.4
Turnout 26,71268.4−9.0
Registered electors 39,027
Labour hold Swing +1.7
General election 1922: Doncaster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wilfred Paling 13,437 46.5 +21.5
Unionist Robert Calverley Allington Bewicke-Copley8,27928.7N/A
National Liberal Reginald Nicholson 7,16124.8−50.2
Majority 5,15817.8N/A
Turnout 28,87777.4+18.8
Registered electors 37,310
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +35.9

Elections in the 1910s

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R. Nicholson
General election 1918: Doncaster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Reginald Nicholson 15,43175.0+17.0
Labour Robert Morley 5,15325.0New
Majority 10,27850.0+34.0
Turnout 20,58458.6−15.5
Registered electors 35,114
Liberal hold Swing
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
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C.N. Nicholson
General election December 1910: Doncaster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Nicholson 9,240 58.0 −2.1
Conservative Charles Warwick Whitworth6,69642.0+2.1
Majority 2,54416.0−4.2
Turnout 15,93674.1−8.4
Registered electors 21,511
Liberal hold Swing −2.1
General election January 1910: Doncaster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Nicholson 10,654 60.1 −2.2
Conservative Charles Warwick Whitworth7,08539.9+2.2
Majority 3,56920.2−4.4
Turnout 17,73982.5+2.4
Registered electors 21,511
Liberal hold Swing −2.2

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Doncaster [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Nicholson 9,315 62.3 +13.7
Conservative Frederick Fison 5,64637.7−13.7
Majority 3,66924.6N/A
Turnout 14,96180.1+2.3
Registered electors 18,682
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +13.7
General election 1900: Doncaster [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick Fison 6,512 51.4 +0.8
Liberal A. W. Black6,14748.6−0.8
Majority 3652.8+1.6
Turnout 12,65977.8−6.8
Registered electors 16,276
Conservative hold Swing +0.8

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Doncaster [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick Fison 6,098 50.6 +1.8
Liberal Joseph Walton 5,95749.4−1.8
Majority 1411.2N/A
Turnout 12,05584.6+6.2
Registered electors 14,247
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.8
General election 1892: Doncaster [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Fleming 5,831 51.2 −0.2
Liberal Unionist William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 5,55248.8+0.2
Majority 2792.4−0.4
Turnout 11,38378.4+3.5
Registered electors 14,521
Liberal hold Swing −0.2

Elections in the 1880s

By-election, 23 Feb 1888: Doncaster [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 5,634 51.0 +2.4
Liberal Joseph Balfour5,42349.0−2.4
Majority 2112.0N/A
Turnout 11,05783.4+8.5
Registered electors 13,252
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +2.4
General election 1886: Doncaster [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Walter Shirley 5,060 51.4 −3.3
Liberal Unionist William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 4,79248.6+3.3
Majority 2682.8−6.6
Turnout 9,85274.9−4.0
Registered electors 13,157
Liberal hold Swing −3.3
General election 1885: Doncaster [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Walter Shirley 5,680 54.7 N/A
Conservative Alfred Gathorne-Hardy [3] 4,70045.3N/A
Majority 9809.4N/A
Turnout 10,38078.9N/A
Registered electors 13,157
Liberal win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ "'Doncaster', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.
  3. ↑ "Failures" . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . 24 March 1885. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 25 November 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.

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