Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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![]() Boundary of Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme in Yorkshire and the Humber | |
County | South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire |
Electorate | 70,113 [1] |
Major settlements | Bawtry, Hatfield, Thorne |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Brigg & Goole, Don Valley & Doncaster North |
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 will first be contested at the 2024 general election.
The seat will cover eastern areas of Doncaster in South Yorkshire and the Isle of Axholme in Lincolnshire. [3]
The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It will comprise the following: [5]
In the City of Doncaster:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nick Fletcher [6] | ||||
Green | Paul Garrett [7] | ||||
Climate | Michael John Longfellow [8] | ||||
Reform UK | Irwen Martin [9] | ||||
Labour | Lee Pitcher [10] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Nicola Turner [11] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Doncaster is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the City of Doncaster metropolitan borough, and is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Noted for its horse racing and railway history, it is situated in the Don Valley on the western edge of the Humberhead Levels and east of the Pennines. The built up area had a population of 87,455 at the 2021 census, whilst the wider metropolitan borough had a population of 308,100.
Thorne is a market town and civil parish in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. It has a population of 16,592, increasing to 17,295 at the 2011 Census.
The City of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire, England. It is named after its principal settlement, Doncaster, and includes the surrounding suburbs of Doncaster as well as numerous towns and villages. The district has large amounts of countryside; at 219 square miles (570 km2), it is the largest metropolitan borough in England by area.
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