Doncaster North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Doncaster North
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Doncaster North (UK Parliament constituency)
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Yorkshire and the Humber - Doncaster North constituency.svg
Boundary of Doncaster North in Yorkshire and the Humber
County South Yorkshire
Electorate 71,348 (December 2019) [1]
Major settlements Mexborough, Stainforth [2]
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of Parliament Ed Miliband (Labour)
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Doncaster North is a constituency [n 1] in South Yorkshire that was created in 1983. The seat has been represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2005 by Ed Miliband of the Labour Party. Miliband currently serves as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero under the government of Keir Starmer. From 2010 until 2015, he was Leader of the Opposition. [n 2]

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Part of the red wall, it was formerly a Labour stronghold, until the 2019 general election when it became a Labour-Conservative marginal; at the following election in 2024, it once again became a fairly safe Labour seat amid a landslide win nationally for the party under Keir Starmer's leadership.

History

The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the former constituencies of Don Valley, Doncaster, Goole, and was a Labour stronghold until the 2019 general election, when Labour held the seat with a significantly reduced majority of 2,370 votes. Ed Miliband has served as the MP for the constituency since 2005, and he also served as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2010 until stepping down after the 2015 general election.

Boundaries

Doncaster North (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010–2024

1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Adwick, Askern, Bentley Central, Bentley North Road, Hatfield, Stainforth, and Thorne.

1997–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Adwick, Askern, Bentley Central, Bentley North Road, Stainforth, and Thorne.

2010–2024: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Adwick, Askern Spa, Bentley, Great North Road, Mexborough, Sprotbrough, Stainforth and Moorends.

2024–present: The City of Doncaster wards of Adwick le Street & Carcroft, Bentley, Mexborough, Norton & Askern, Roman Ridge, Sprotbrough, and Stainforth & Barnby Dun. [4]

Minor changes to reflect modifications to ward boundaries and names.

Constituency profile

The constituency covers largely rural areas north and west of Doncaster, and suburban areas too, stretching to partly suburban Mexborough in the west, Bentley that lies on the northern banks of the River Don and Adwick which is farther north. The seat is an area with moderate typical incomes which has yet to fully recover from the almost total end of the local coal mining industry; [n 3] however, large numbers of constituents now work in construction and manufacturing. [5] [6] [7] [8] Alongside these typically Labour-supporting areas, the constituency also contains more Conservative-leaning areas such as Sprotbrough, council ward of the Conservative's next Parliamentary candidate, Glenn Bluff.

Doncaster North has returned Labour MPs since 1983, when the constituency was created. The preceding constituencies had returned Labour MPs at every general election since at least 1935.

At the EU referendum held on 23 June 2016, Doncaster voted to leave the European Union. This was a contrast to the views of the constituency's MP Ed Miliband, who advocated a "Remain" vote. Miliband was re-elected on 12 December with a significantly reduced majority of 2,370 votes at the 2019 general election, which is attributed to Brexit Party candidate Andy Stewart picking up 8,294 votes and finishing in third place with 20.4% of the vote. [9] Following the collapse in the Labour vote, the seat is now marginal between Labour and the Conservatives.

Members of Parliament

Don Valley and Goole prior to 1983

ElectionMember [6] Party
1983 Michael Welsh Labour
1992 Kevin Hughes
2005 Ed Miliband

Elections

General election results 1983-2017 DoncasterNorthGraph.svg
General election results 1983–2017

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Doncaster North [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ed Miliband 16,231 52.4 +14.1
Conservative Glenn Bluff7,10522.9−10.3
SDP Dave Bettney1,9606.3N/A
Green Tony Nicholson1,7785.7+5.7
British Democratic Frank Calladine1,1603.7N/A
Yorkshire Christopher Dawson1,0593.4+1.0
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Harston1,0453.4−0.2
Party of Women Catherine Briggs4521.5N/A
TUSC Andy Hiles2120.7N/A
Majority9,12629.5+24.3
Turnout 31,00244.4−11.5
Registered electors 69,759
Labour hold Swing +12.2

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [12]
PartyVote %
Labour 15,35638.3
Conservative 13,28633.2
Brexit Party 8,15120.3
Liberal Democrats 1,4463.6
Others8592.2
Green 18<0.0
Turnout40,07055.9
Electorate71,739
General election 2019: Doncaster North [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ed Miliband [15] 15,740 38.7 −22.1
Conservative Katrina Sale13,37032.9+5.3
Brexit Party Andy Stewart8,29420.4N/A
Liberal Democrats Joe Otten1,4763.6+1.9
Yorkshire Stevie Manion [16] 9592.4+0.6
English Democrat Frank Calladine3090.8−0.1
Independent Eddie Todd2200.5N/A
Independent Wendy Bailey1880.4N/A
Independent Neil Wood1420.3N/A
Majority2,3705.8−27.4
Turnout 40,69856.4−2.1
Labour hold Swing -13.6
General election 2017: Doncaster North [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ed Miliband [19] 25,711 60.8 +8.4
Conservative Shade Adoh11,68727.6+9.3
UKIP Kim Parkinson2,7386.5−16.1
Yorkshire Charlie Bridges7411.8N/A
Liberal Democrats Robert Adamson7061.7−0.8
Independent Frank Calladine3660.9N/A
English Democrat David Allen3630.9−0.2
Majority14,02433.2+3.4
Turnout 42,31258.5+2.8
Labour hold Swing -0.5
General election 2015: Doncaster North [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ed Miliband 20,708 52.4 +5.1
UKIP Kim Parkinson8,92822.6+18.3
Conservative Mark Fletcher 7,23518.3−2.7
Liberal Democrats Penny Baker1,0052.5−12.4
Green Pete Kennedy7571.9N/A
English Democrat David Allen4481.1−4.1
TUSC Mary Jackson2580.7+0.3
Monster Raving Loony Nick the Flying Brick1620.4N/A
Majority11,78029.8+3.5
Turnout 39,50155.7−1.6
Labour hold Swing -6.1
General election 2010: Doncaster North [22] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ed Miliband 19,637 47.3 −8.8
Conservative Sophie Brodie8,72821.0+6.8
Liberal Democrats Ed Sanderson6,17414.9−0.8
BNP Pamela Chambers2,8186.8+2.8
English Democrat Wayne Crawshaw2,1485.2+3.7
UKIP Liz Andrews1,7974.3+2.1
TUSC Bill Rawcliffe1810.4N/A
Majority10,90926.3−12.7
Turnout 41,48357.3+4.7
Labour hold Swing -2.8

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Doncaster North [24] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ed Miliband 17,531 55.5 −7.6
Conservative Martin Drake4,87515.4+0.7
Liberal Democrats Doug Pickett3,80012.0+1.4
Community Group Martin Williams2,3657.5N/A
BNP Lee Hagan1,5064.8N/A
UKIP Robert Nixon9403.0+0.7
English Democrat Michael Cassidy5611.8N/A
Majority12,65640.1−8.3
Turnout 31,57851.1+0.6
Labour hold Swing -4.2
General election 2001: Doncaster North [26] [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Hughes 19,788 63.1 −6.7
Conservative Anita Kapoor4,60114.7−0.1
Liberal Democrats Colin Ross3,32310.6+2.2
Independent Martin Williams2,9269.3N/A
UKIP John Wallis7252.3N/A
Majority15,18748.4−6.6
Turnout 31,36350.5−12.8
Labour hold Swing -3.3

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Doncaster North [28] [29] [30] [31] [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Hughes 27,843 69.8 +8.0
Conservative Peter Kennerley5,90614.8−7.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Cook3,3698.4−4.5
Referendum Ron Thornton1,5894.0N/A
Anti Sleaze LabourNeil Swan1,1813.0N/A
Majority21,93755.0+12.9
Turnout 39,88863.3−10.6
Labour hold Swing +6.6
General election 1992: Doncaster North [33] [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Hughes 34,135 61.8 0.0
Conservative Robert C Light14,32225.9+1.5
Liberal Democrats Steve Whiting6,78712.3−1.6
Majority19,81335.9−1.5
Turnout 55,24473.9+0.8
Labour hold Swing -0.7

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Doncaster North [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Welsh 32,950 61.8 +9.0
Conservative Richard Shepherd13,01524.4−3.2
SDP Peter Norwood7,39413.9−5.8
Majority19,93537.4+12.2
Turnout 53,35973.1+3.2
Labour hold Swing +6.1
General election 1983: Doncaster North [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Welsh 26,626 52.8
Conservative Michael Stephen 13,91527.6
SDP Dennis Orford9,91619.7
Majority12,71125.2
Turnout 50,45769.9
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  3. See British Coal

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