Rawmarsh and Conisbrough | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | South Yorkshire |
Major settlements | Rawmarsh, Conisbrough, Swinton, Wath upon Dearne |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | John Healey (Labour) |
Seats | One |
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Rawmarsh and Conisbrough is a constituency [n 1] in South Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. [1] It is currently represented by John Healey of the Labour Party, [n 2] who currently serves as Secretary of State for Defence in the government of Keir Starmer. Healey was previously MP for the predecessor seats of Wentworth (1997-2010) and Wentworth and Dearne (2010-2024).
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, this seat was first contested at the 2024 general election. [2]
The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It comprises:
Electoral Calculus categorises the seat as a "Somewhere" demographic, indicating socially conservative, economically soft left views and strong support for Brexit. [5]
Wentworth & Dearne prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | John Healey | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Healey | 16,612 | 49.0 | +8.9 | |
Reform UK | Adam Wood | 9,704 | 28.6 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | Oliver Harvey | 4,496 | 13.3 | −23.7 | |
Green | Tom Hill | 1,687 | 5.0 | +4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Horton | 1,137 | 3.4 | −0.3 | |
Workers Party | Robert Watson | 268 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,908 | 20.4 | +17.3 | ||
Turnout | 33,904 | 49.0 | –8.7 | ||
Registered electors | 69,132 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.8 |
2019 notional result [8] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 16,249 | 40.1 | |
Conservative | 14,992 | 37.0 | |
Brexit Party | 6,535 | 16.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1,500 | 3.7 | |
Others | 1,074 | 2.7 | |
Green | 194 | 0.5 | |
Turnout | 40,544 | 57.7 | |
Electorate | 70,272 |
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