Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire |
Electorate | 70,113 [1] |
Major settlements | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Lee Pitcher (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from |
Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.
The seat covers eastern areas of Doncaster in South Yorkshire and the Isle of Axholme in Lincolnshire. [3]
The constituency composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It comprises the following: [5]
In the City of Doncaster:
Brigg & Goole and Don Valley prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Lee Pitcher | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lee Pitcher | 15,122 | 38.6 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Nick Fletcher | 12,811 | 32.7 | −19.4 | |
Reform UK | Irwen Martin | 8,487 | 21.6 | +11.4 | |
Green | Paul Garrett | 1,400 | 3.6 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicola Turner | 1,166 | 3.0 | −1.4 | |
Climate | Michael John Longfellow | 146 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,311 | 5.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,132 | 55.8 | −5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 70,154 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +14.7 |
2019 notional result [8] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 22,460 | 52.1 | |
Labour | 12,375 | 28.7 | |
Brexit Party | 4,452 | 10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1,912 | 4.4 | |
Green | 1,015 | 2.4 | |
Others | 870 | 2.0 | |
Turnout | 43,084 | 61.4 | |
Electorate | 70,113 |
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