Rawmarsh and Conisbrough | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Rawmarsh and Conisbrough in Yorkshire and the Humber | |
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 comprises 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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