Hemsworth (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hemsworth
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Hemsworth2007Constituency.svg
2010–2024 boundary of Hemsworth in West Yorkshire
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Location of West Yorkshire within England
County West Yorkshire
Electorate 74,001 (December 2019) [1]
Major settlementsSouth Wakefield, Hemsworth and Featherstone
1918–2024
SeatsOne
Created from Barnsley, Normanton and Osgoldcross
Replaced by

Hemsworth was a constituency [n 1] in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons since 1996 by Jon Trickett of the Labour Party. [n 2]

Contents

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was subjected to moderate boundary changes and reformed as Normanton and Hemsworth , to be first contested at the 2024 general election. [2]

Constituency profile

The constituency comprises former coal mining towns and villages that also provided some of the workforce for the manufacturing bases of the town of Barnsley to the south and cities of Wakefield and Leeds to the northwest. Many constituents still commute to these today. Nearby to the east over the border in North Yorkshire is Kellingley Colliery, which closed on 18 December 2015, marking the end of deep-pit coal mining in Britain. [3] It is one of the Labour Party's longest held seats, having elected its first Labour MP in 1918, and been in continuous existence since that date.

History

From the 1966 to February 1974 general elections (inclusive), Hemsworth was the safest seat for any party in the UK: the Labour vote had peaked in 1966 at 85.39% [4] and consistently exceeded 80% from 1935 until October 1974 when the Liberal Party contested the seat for the first time since 1923. Successive boundary changes removed certain ex-mining communities to the new Barnsley East constituency in 1983: this and the addition of the more Conservative-inclined ward of Wakefield South in 1997 slightly reduced Labour's dominance, but Hemsworth remained a safe seat in the 2017 election. However, in 2019 the majority was cut from over 10,000 to just 1,180 as Labour's vote collapsed in Northern former mining seats, making it marginal for future elections.

Boundaries

Hemsworth (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010–2024

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Cudworth and Royston, the Rural District of Hemsworth, and part of the Rural District of Barnsley.

1950–1955: The Urban Districts of Cudworth, Dearne, Hemsworth, and Royston, and the Rural District of Hemsworth. [5]

1955–1983: The Urban Districts of Cudworth, Dearne, and Hemsworth, and the Rural District of Hemsworth. [6]

1983–1997: The City of Wakefield wards of Crofton and Ackworth; Featherstone; Hemsworth; South Elmsall; and South Kirkby.

1997–2010: The City of Wakefield wards of Crofton and Ackworth; Featherstone; Hemsworth; South Elmsall; South Kirkby; and Wakefield South.

2010–2024: The City of Wakefield wards of Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton; Crofton, Ryhill and Walton; Featherstone; Hemsworth; South Elmsall and South Kirkby; and Wakefield South.

This constituency covered the towns of Hemsworth, Featherstone, South Kirkby & Moorthorpe and South Elmsall, plus the southern part of Wakefield (Sandal, Agbrigg, Belle Vue) and the villages of Ackworth, Crofton, Fitzwilliam, Upton, Sharlston, Streethouse, Walton and Notton in the City of Wakefield district.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [7] Party
1918 John Guest Labour
1931 Gabriel Price Labour
1934 by-election George Griffiths Labour
1946 by-election Horace Holmes Labour
1959 Alan Beaney Labour
Feb 1974 Alec Woodall Labour
1987 George Buckley Labour
1991 by-election Derek Enright Labour
1996 by-election Jon Trickett Labour
2024 Constituency abolished

Election results 1918–2024

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Hemsworth [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Guest 8,102 55.5
C Unionist Joshua Scholefield (barrister)6,49044.5
Majority1,61211.0
Turnout 14,59258.0
Labour win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Hemsworth [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Guest 14,295 63.2 +7.7
National Liberal Frank William Crossley-Holland8,31736.8New
Majority5,97826.4+15.4
Turnout 22.61276.3+18.3
Labour hold
General election 1923: Hemsworth [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Guest 13,159 70.1 +6.9
Liberal Huw Conway-Jones5,62429.9New
Majority7,53540.2+13.8
Turnout 18,68361.3−15.0
Labour hold
General election 1924: Hemsworth [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Guest 15,593 69.3 −0.8
Unionist H. R. Brown6,90230.7N/A
Majority8,69138.6−1.6
Turnout 22,49569.7+8.4
Labour hold
General election 1929: Hemsworth [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Guest 26,075 79.9 +10.6
Unionist R. A. Broughton6,57820.1−10.6
Majority19,49759.8+21.2
Turnout 32,65375.8+6.1
Labour hold Swing +10.6

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Hemsworth [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gabriel Price 23,609 70.5 −9.4
Unionist William Garthwaite 9,86729.5+9.4
Majority13,74241.0−18.8
Turnout 33,47672.9−2.9
Labour hold Swing −9.4
1934 Hemsworth by-election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Griffiths Unopposed
Labour hold
General election 1935: Hemsworth [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Griffiths 28,298 80.1 +9.6
Conservative Francis Howard Collier7,03219.9−9.6
Majority21,26660.2+19.2
Turnout 35,33072.3−0.6
Labour hold Swing +9.6

General Election 1939–40:

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Hemsworth [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Griffiths 33,984 81.4 +1.3
Conservative Robert William Palliser Dawson7,77818.6−1.3
Majority26,20662.8+2.6
Turnout 41,76280.8+8.5
Labour hold Swing +1.3
1946 Hemsworth by-election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Horace Holmes Unopposed
Labour hold

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Hemsworth [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Horace Holmes 47,934 82.38 +1.0
National Liberal Jean Patricia Asquith10,25417.62N/A
Majority37,68064.76+2.0
Turnout 58,18888.21+7.4
Labour hold
General election 1951: Hemsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Horace Holmes 47,402 82.71 +0.3
Conservative Wilf Proudfoot 9,91117.29N/A
Majority37,49165.42+0.4
Turnout 57,31385.07−3.1
Labour hold
General election 1955: Hemsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Horace Holmes 42,603 83.27 +0.6
Conservative William Henry Leay8,56116.73−0.6
Majority34,04266.54+1.1
Turnout 51,16479.87−5.2
Labour hold Swing +0.6
General election 1959: Hemsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Beaney 45,153 82.18 −1.1
Conservative William Henry Leay9,78817.82+1.1
Majority35,36564.36−2.2
Turnout 54,94183.62+3.8
Labour hold Swing −1.1

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Hemsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Beaney 42,528 83.07 +0.9
Conservative John RM Keatley8,66716.93−0.9
Majority33,86166.14+1.8
Turnout 51,19578.81−4.8
Labour hold Swing +0.9
General election 1966: Hemsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Beaney 41,887 85.39 +2.3
Conservative Sir Charles William Richards Pickthorn, 2nd Baronet7,16514.61−2.3
Majority34,72270.78+4.6
Turnout 49,05276.02−2.8
Labour hold Swing +2.3

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Hemsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Beaney 40,013 80.76 −4.6
Conservative Michael C Tucker9,53419.24+4.6
Majority30,47961.52−9.3
Turnout 49,54771.89−4.1
Labour hold Swing −4.6
General election February 1974: Hemsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alec Woodall 44,093 82.81 +2.1
Conservative RF Kerr9,15217.19−2.1
Majority34,94165.62+4.1
Turnout 53,24577.13+5.2
Labour hold Swing +2.1
General election October 1974: Hemsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alec Woodall 37,467 76.51 −6.3
Conservative P Carvis5,89512.04−5.2
Liberal R Taylor5,60711.45New
Majority31,57264.47−1.2
Turnout 48,96970.15−7.0
Labour hold Swing −0.6
General election 1979: Hemsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alec Woodall 36,509 69.61 −6.9
Conservative John Whitfield 10,46619.95+7.9
Liberal T Fussey5,47410.44−1.0
Majority26,04349.66−14.8
Turnout 52,44973.27+3.1
Labour hold Swing −7.4

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Hemsworth [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alec Woodall 22,081 59.3 −10.3
Liberal John Wooffindin7,89121.2+10.8
Conservative David Williamson7,29119.6−0.3
Majority14,19038.1−10.6
Turnout 37,26368.6−4.7
Labour hold
General election 1987: Hemsworth [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Buckley 27,859 67.0 +7.7
Conservative Edward Garnier 7,15917.2−2.4
Liberal John Wooffindin6,56815.8−5.4
Majority20,70049.8+11.7
Turnout 41,58675.7+7.1
Labour hold

Elections in the 1990s

1991 Hemsworth by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Derek Enright 15,895 66.3 −0.7
Liberal Democrats Valerie Megson4,80820.1+4.3
Conservative Garnet Harrison2,51210.5−6.7
Independent Labour Paul Ablett6482.7New
Corrective Party Timothy Smith1080.5New
Majority11,09746.3−3.5
Turnout 23,971
Labour hold Swing +3.0
General election 1992: Hemsworth [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Derek Enright 29,942 70.8 +3.8
Conservative Garnet Harrison7,86718.6+1.4
Liberal Democrats Valerie Megson4,45910.5−5.3
Majority22,07552.2+2.4
Turnout 42,26875.9+0.2
Labour hold Swing +1.2
1996 Hemsworth by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jon Trickett 15,817 71.9 +1.1
Conservative Norman Hazell1,9428.8−9.8
Liberal Democrats David Ridgeway1,5166.9−3.6
Socialist Labour Brenda Nixon1,1935.4New
Monster Raving Loony Screaming Lord Sutch 6523.0New
UKIP Peter Davies 4552.1New
Green Peg Alexander 1570.7New
Independent Mark Thomas 1220.6New
National Democrats Michael Cooper1110.5New
Natural Law Dianne Leighton280.1New
Majority13,87563.1+10.9
Turnout 21,99339.5−36.4
Labour hold Swing +5.45
General election 1997: Hemsworth [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jon Trickett 32,088 70.6 +6.8 '"`UNIQ−−ref−0000007F−QINU`"'
Conservative Norman Hazell8,09617.8−8.0 '"`UNIQ−−ref−00000080−QINU`"'
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Kirby4,0338.9−1.5 '"`UNIQ−−ref−00000081−QINU`"'
Referendum Derek Irvine1,2602.8New
Majority23,99252.8+14.8 '"`UNIQ−−ref−00000082−QINU`"'
Turnout 45,47767.9−8.0
Labour hold Swing +7.4 [14]

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Hemsworth [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jon Trickett 23,036 65.4 −5.2
Conservative Liz Truss 7,40021.0+3.2
Liberal Democrats Ed Waller3,99011.3+2.4
Socialist Labour Paul Turek8012.3New
Majority15,63644.4−8.4
Turnout 35,22751.8−16.1
Labour hold Swing -4.2
General election 2005: Hemsworth [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jon Trickett 21,630 58.8 −6.6
Conservative Jonathan Mortimer8,14922.1+1.1
Liberal Democrats David Hall-Matthews5,76615.7+4.4
Veritas John Burdon1,2473.4New
Majority13,48136.7−7.7
Turnout 36,79254.6+2.8
Labour hold Swing −3.85

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2010: Hemsworth [17] [18] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jon Trickett 20,506 46.8 −11.9
Conservative Ann Myatt10,66224.3+2.2
Liberal Democrats Alan Belmore5,66712.9−2.8
Independent Ian Womersley3,9469.0New
BNP Ian Kitchen3,0597.0New
Majority9,84422.5−14.1
Turnout 43,84060.4+6.1
Labour hold Swing -7.0
General election 2015: Hemsworth [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jon Trickett 21,772 51.3 +4.5
Conservative Christopher Pearson9,69422.9−1.4
UKIP Steve Ashton8,56520.2New
Liberal Democrats Mary MacQueen1,3573.2−9.7
Yorkshire Martin Roberts1,0182.4New
Majority12,07828.4+5.9
Turnout 42,40658.3−2.1
Labour hold Swing -2.95
General election 2017: Hemsworth [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jon Trickett 25,740 56.0 +4.7
Conservative Mike Jordan15,56633.9+11.0
UKIP David Dews2,5915.6−14.6
Yorkshire Martin Roberts1,1352.5+0.1
Liberal Democrats Mary MacQueen9122.0−1.2
Majority10,17422.1−6.3
Turnout 45,94463.9+5.6
Labour hold Swing -3.15
General election 2019: Hemsworth [23] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jon Trickett 16,460 37.5 −18.5
Conservative Louise Calland15,28034.8+0.9
Brexit Party Waj Ali5,93013.5New
Independent Ian Womersley2,4585.6New
Liberal Democrats James Monaghan1,7343.9+1.9
Yorkshire Martin Roberts9642.2−0.3
Green Lyn Morton9162.1New
Independent Pete Wilks1650.4New
Majority1,1802.7−19.4
Turnout 43,90759.6−4.3
Labour hold Swing -9.7


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.

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