Penistone (UK Parliament constituency)

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Penistone
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
County West Riding of Yorkshire
19181983
SeatsOne
Created from Hallamshire and Holmfirth
Replaced by Barnsley West & Penistone and Sheffield Hillsborough

Penistone was a Parliamentary constituency covering the town of Penistone in Yorkshire and surrounding countryside. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

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History

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Clayton West, Denby and Cumberworth, Gunthwaite and Ingbirchworth, Hoyland Swaine, Kirkburton, Penistone, Shelley, Shepley, Skelmanthorpe, Stocksbridge, and Thurlstone, and the Rural Districts of Penistone and Wortley.

1950–1955: The Urban Districts of Denby Dale, Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Kirkburton, Penistone, and Stocksbridge, and the Rural Districts of Penistone and Wortley.

1955–1983: The Urban Districts of Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Penistone, and Stocksbridge, and the Rural Districts of Penistone and Wortley.

The area formerly covered by this constituency was then placed mostly in the Barnsley West and Penistone constituency and partly in the Sheffield Hillsborough constituency.

Following a later boundary review, the Penistone and Stocksbridge constituency which came into force at the 2010 general election roughly covered a similar area to the old Penistone constituency.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Sydney Arnold Liberal
1921 by-election William Gillis Labour
1922 William Pringle Liberal
1924 Rennie Smith Labour
1931 Clifford Glossop Conservative
1935 Henry McGhee Labour
1959 by-election John Mendelson Labour
1978 by-election Allen McKay Labour
1983 constituency abolished: see Barnsley West and Penistone

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Penistone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Allen McKay 28,010 49.1 −5.1
Conservative Ian James Dobkin18,30932.1+8.1
Liberal David Chadwick10,77218.9−2.9
Majority9,70117.0−13.2
Turnout 57,09178.9+4.2
Labour hold Swing
1978 Penistone by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Allen McKay 19,424 45.5 −8.7
Conservative Ian James Dobkin14,05332.9+8.9
Liberal David Chadwick9,24121.6−0.2
Majority5,37112.6−17.6
Turnout 42,718
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Penistone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Mendelson 27,146 54.2 +4.5
Conservative G. C. W. Harris12,01124.0−1.2
Liberal David Chadwick10,90021.8−1.7
Majority15,13530.2+5.7
Turnout 50,05774.7−9.4
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Penistone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Mendelson 27,797 49.7 −9.0
Conservative A. D. Wilkinson14,08425.2−2.5
Liberal David Chadwick13,14023.5+9.9
Campaign for Social Democracy M. Eaden8671.6New
Majority13,71324.5−6.5
Turnout 55,88884.1+10.2
Labour hold Swing
General election 1970: Penistone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Mendelson 31,615 58.7 −3.6
Conservative Alan Pickup14,89727.7+4.3
Liberal Derick Mirfin7,34713.6−0.7
Majority16,71831.0−7.9
Turnout 53,85973.9−5.0
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Penistone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Mendelson 31,419 62.3 +4.2
Conservative Bryan Askew11,81723.4−2.2
Liberal Ronald Swinden7,19114.3−2.0
Majority19,60238.9+6.4
Turnout 50,42778.9−2.2
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Penistone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Mendelson 29,784 58.1 −3.0
Conservative Bryan Askew13,09525.6−13.3
Liberal Ronald Swinden8,37216.3New
Majority16,68932.5+10.3
Turnout 51,25181.1−1.9
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Penistone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Mendelson 31,117 61.1 −1.2
Conservative John Bedford Deby19,80938.9+1.2
Majority11,30822.2−2.4
Turnout 50,92683.0+3.0
Labour hold Swing
1959 Penistone by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Mendelson 25,315 64.1 +1.8
Conservative John Bedford Deby14,19635.91.8
Majority11,11928.2+3.6
Turnout 39,511
Labour hold Swing +1.8
General election 1955: Penistone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry McGhee 29,432 62.3 −1.9
Conservative Laurence B. Fulton17,79637.7+1.9
Majority11,63624.6−3.8
Turnout 47,22880.0−5.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Penistone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry McGhee 36,169 64.2 +2.2
Conservative Denton Hinchcliffe20,14535.8+7.2
Majority16,02428.4−5.0
Turnout 56,31485.1−2.6
Labour hold Swing
General election 1950: Penistone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry McGhee 34,979 62.0 −3.8
Conservative Denton Hinchcliffe16,12828.6−5.6
Liberal Anthony F Smith5,3169.4New
Majority18,85133.4+1.8
Turnout 56,42387.7+12.6
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Penistone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry McGhee 40,180 65.8 +12.3
Conservative R. G. Davies20,86934.2−12.3
Majority19,31131.6+24.6
Turnout 61,04975.1+1.8
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Penistone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry McGhee 23,869 53.5 +17.9
Conservative Clifford Glossop 20,78346.5−1.2
Majority3,0867.0N/A
Turnout 44,65273.3−8.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General election 1931: Penistone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clifford Glossop 19,556 47.7 +19.8
Labour Rennie Smith 14,58435.6−9.6
Liberal Thomas Neville6,82116.7−10.2
Majority4,97212.1N/A
Turnout 40,96181.9+0.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Penistone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rennie Smith 17,286 45.2 +6.7
Unionist Francis George Bibbings10,64027.96.2
Liberal Ashley Mitchell 10,27726.90.5
Majority6,64617.3+12.9
Turnout 38,20381.6+1.0
Registered electors 46,810
Labour hold Swing +6.5
General election 1924: Penistone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rennie Smith 10,997 38.5 +5.0
Unionist Charles Hodgkinson (soldier)9,71833.1+4.5
Liberal William Pringle 7,79927.49.5
Majority1,2794.4N/A
Turnout 28,51480.6+8.8
Registered electors 35,358
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +7.3
General election 1923: Penistone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Pringle 9,164 36.9 +1.1
Labour Rennie Smith 8,32933.50.2
Unionist Charles Hodgkinson (soldier)7,36929.60.9
Majority8353.4+1.3
Turnout 24,86271.81.3
Registered electors 34,612
Liberal hold Swing +0.7
William Pringle William Pringle card.jpg
William Pringle
General election 1922: Penistone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Pringle 8,924 35.8 3.6
Labour William Gillis 8,38233.7N/A
Unionist Charles Hodgkinson (soldier)7,60030.55.7
Majority5422.11.1
Turnout 24,90673.1+14.7
Registered electors 34,071
Liberal hold Swing +1.1
1921 Penistone by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Gillis 8,560 36.2 New
Liberal William Pringle 7,98433.75.7
National Liberal James Peace Hinchcliffe7,12330.1−6.1
Majority5762.5N/A
Turnout 23,66771.7+13.3
Registered electors 32,988
Labour gain from Liberal Swing

Elections in the 1910s

Sydney Arnold Sydney Arnold.jpg
Sydney Arnold
General election 1918: Penistone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sydney Arnold 7,338 39.4
C Unionist Phillip Gatty Smith6,74436.2
Independent Labour Frederick William Southern4,55624.4
Majority5943.2
Turnout 18,63858.4
Registered electors 31,928
Liberal win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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