Rother Valley | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | South Yorkshire |
Electorate | 74,050 (December 2019) [1] |
Major settlements | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of Parliament | Jake Richards (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Doncaster and Rotherham |
Rother Valley is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Jake Richards, a member of the Labour Party. [n 2]
This constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918. Unusually in the light of the events of the Labour Party's early 20th-century years, the seat had been represented by a member of that party continuously since the seat was formed. The size of the majorities historically have not been particularly marginal in the elections, until the 2017 general election in which the majority was less than 4,000 votes. Nonetheless, this was still considered a safe seat for the party, until the 2019 general election in which the Conservatives won the seat for the first time. Labour regained the seat at the 2024 general election.
1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Handsworth; and Swinton; and the Rural Districts of Kiveton Park; and part of Rotherham.
1950–1983: The Urban Districts of Maltby; and Rawmarsh; and the Rural Districts of Kiveton Park; and Rotherham. [2]
1983–2010: The Borough of Rotherham wards of: Anston and Woodsetts, Aston, Orgreave and Ulley, Brinsworth, Catcliffe and Treeton, Kiveton Park, Maltby, St. John’s and Thurcroft and Whiston. [3]
2010–2024: The Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham wards of: Anston and Woodsetts; Dinnington; Hellaby; Holderness; Maltby; Rother Vale; Sitwell; and Wales [4]
Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which slightly altered this constituency for the 2010 general election.
Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which slightly altered this constituency for the 2024 general election since which it has electoral wards:
As per description in the review: Minor changes to reflect modification of local authority ward boundaries.
Rother Valley constituency covers an area in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham south of Rotherham itself. It is bordered by the constituencies of Bassetlaw, Bolsover, Derbyshire North East, Don Valley, Rotherham, Sheffield South East, and Wentworth and Dearne.
The constituency consists of Census Output Areas of one local government district: a working population whose income is on average slightly below the national average and close to average reliance upon social housing. [6] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 4.0% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, compared to the regional average of 4.7%. This was considerably lower than the rate in the Rotherham constituency of 7% and 9.6% male unemployment. [7]
The borough contributing to the seat has a relatively high 26.6% of its population without a car compared to 20.1% in Bassetlaw and 30.3% in Sheffield. In terms of extremes of education 29.8% of the population in 2011 were without qualifications contrasted with 17.4% with level 4 qualifications or above.
In terms of tenure 65.2% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage as at the 2011 census across the borough. [8] In the 10 years to the April 2011 Census the social rented sector saw a 4.9% reduction and the private rented sector a 5.3% increase; outright ownership saw a 3.8% increase. [8]
Election | Member [9] | Party | |
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1918 | Thomas Walter Grundy | Labour | |
1935 | Edward Dunn | Labour | |
1945 | David Griffiths | Labour | |
1970 | Peter Hardy | Labour | |
1983 | Sir Kevin Barron | Labour | |
2019 | Alexander Stafford | Conservative | |
2024 | Jake Richards | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jake Richards | 16,023 | 38.5 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Alexander Stafford | 15,025 | 36.1 | –10.0 | |
Reform UK | Tony Harrison | 7,679 | 18.5 | +6.8 | |
Green | Paul Martin | 1,706 | 4.1 | +1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Colin Taylor | 1,175 | 2.8 | –2.0 | |
Majority | 998 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,608 | 59.9 | – 4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 69,460 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.0 |
2019 notional result [12] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 20,975 | 46.1 | |
Labour | 14,840 | 32.6 | |
Brexit Party | 5,314 | 11.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2,195 | 4.8 | |
Green | 1,124 | 2.5 | |
Others | 1,040 | 2.3 | |
Turnout | 45,488 | 64.8 | |
Electorate | 70,184 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Stafford | 21,970 | 45.1 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Sophie Wilson | 15,652 | 32.1 | –16.0 | |
Brexit Party | Allen Cowles | 6,264 | 12.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Colin Taylor | 2,553 | 5.2 | +2.9 | |
Green | Emily West | 1,219 | 2.5 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Nigel Short | 1,040 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,318 | 13.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,698 | 65.1 | –0.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +10.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Barron | 23,821 | 48.1 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Bethan Eddy | 19,939 | 40.3 | +17.0 | |
UKIP | Lee Hunter | 3,704 | 7.5 | –20.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Katie Pruszynski | 1,155 | 2.3 | –1.9 | |
Green | Paul Martin | 869 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,882 | 7.8 | –7.7 | ||
Turnout | 49,595 | 65.8 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Barron | 20,501 | 43.6 | +2.7 | |
UKIP | Allen Cowles | 13,204 | 28.1 | +22.5 | |
Conservative | Gareth Streeter | 10,945 | 23.3 | −5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Teal | 1,992 | 4.2 | −13.1 | |
English Democrat | Sharon Pilling | 377 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,297 | 15.5 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 47,019 | 63.3 | −0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Barron | 19,147 | 40.9 | −10.6 | |
Conservative | Lynda Donaldson | 13,281 | 28.4 | +5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Wesley Paxton [20] | 8,111 | 17.3 | +1.2 | |
BNP | William Blair | 3,616 | 7.7 | +2.8 | |
UKIP | Tina Dowdall | 2,613 | 5.6 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 5,866 | 12.5 | −23.5 | ||
Turnout | 46,768 | 64.2 | +6.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Barron | 21,871 | 55.4 | −6.7 | |
Conservative | Colin Phillips | 7,647 | 19.4 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Phil Bristow | 6,272 | 15.9 | +3.4 | |
BNP | Nick Cass | 2,020 | 5.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Gordon Brown | 1,685 | 4.3 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 14,224 | 36.0 | −4.4 | ||
Turnout | 39,495 | 58.1 | +4.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Barron | 22,851 | 62.1 | −5.5 | |
Conservative | James Duddridge | 7,969 | 21.7 | +5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Win Knight | 4,603 | 12.5 | +0.9 | |
UKIP | David Cutts | 1,380 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,882 | 40.4 | −10.5 | ||
Turnout | 36,803 | 53.2 | −14.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Barron | 31,184 | 67.6 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Steven Stanbury | 7,699 | 16.7 | −10.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stan Burgess | 5,342 | 11.6 | −1.1 | |
Referendum | Stephen Cook | 1,932 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 23,485 | 50.9 | +17.3 | ||
Turnout | 46,157 | 67.3 | −7.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Barron | 30,977 | 60.5 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | G. Toby A.W. Horton | 13,755 | 26.9 | +2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin A. Smith | 6,483 | 12.7 | −5.7 | |
Majority | 17,222 | 33.6 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 51,215 | 75.0 | −0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Barron | 28,292 | 56.4 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Paul Rayner | 12,502 | 24.9 | −3.2 | |
SDP | John Boddy | 9,240 | 18.4 | −7.0 | |
Workers Revolutionary | Michael Driver | 145 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,790 | 31.5 | +13.1 | ||
Turnout | 50,179 | 75.6 | +3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Barron | 21,781 | 46.5 | ||
Conservative | John Derrick | 13,156 | 28.1 | ||
SDP | John Boddy | 11,903 | 25.4 | ||
Majority | 8,625 | 18.4 | |||
Turnout | 46,840 | 71.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Hardy | 45,986 | 62.2 | −5.1 | |
Conservative | R. Barber | 19,984 | 27.0 | +9.1 | |
Liberal | C. Sykes | 7,937 | 10.7 | −4.1 | |
Majority | 26,002 | 35.2 | −14.2 | ||
Turnout | 73,907 | 74.6 | +2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Hardy | 44,670 | 67.3 | −6.1 | |
Conservative | Gary Waller | 11,893 | 17.9 | −8.7 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey Reid | 9,828 | 14.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 32,777 | 49.4 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 66,391 | 72.2 | −6.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Hardy | 52,532 | 73.4 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Gary Waller | 19,058 | 26.6 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 33,474 | 46.8 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 71,590 | 78.6 | +8.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Hardy | 44,322 | 71.8 | −5.0 | |
Conservative | Tony Durant | 17,418 | 28.2 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 26,904 | 43.6 | −10.0 | ||
Turnout | 61,740 | 70.6 | −2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Griffiths | 43,634 | 76.82 | +2.40 | |
Conservative | J Michael Clarke | 13,167 | 23.18 | −2.40 | |
Majority | 30,467 | 53.64 | +4.80 | ||
Turnout | 56,801 | 73.46 | +3.93 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.40 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Griffiths | 43,101 | 74.4 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Raymond Whitley Hadfield | 14,813 | 25.6 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 28,288 | 48.8 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 57,914 | 77.4 | −5.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Griffiths | 43,962 | 74.1 | −1.5 | |
Conservative | William Albert V Hoskins | 15,369 | 25.9 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 28,593 | 48.2 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 59,331 | 82.8 | +4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Griffiths | 39,968 | 75.6 | −0.1 | |
Conservative | William Albert V Hoskins | 12,916 | 24.4 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 27,052 | 51.2 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 52,884 | 78.8 | −7.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Griffiths | 41,990 | 75.7 | −0.9 | |
Conservative | Ronald Hall | 13,470 | 24.3 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 28,520 | 51.4 | −1.8 | ||
Turnout | 55,460 | 86.3 | −1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Griffiths | 42,222 | 76.6 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | William Robert Ackrill Breare | 12,887 | 23.4 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 29,335 | 53.2 | +2.8 | ||
Turnout | 55,109 | 87.4 | +12.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Griffiths | 44,449 | 75.2 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | J. Howard Bull | 14,669 | 24.8 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 29,830 | 50.4 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 59,118 | 75.2 | +1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Dunn | 33,271 | 72.0 | +9.7 | |
Conservative | Alwyne Gervase Olliver | 12,907 | 28.0 | −9.7 | |
Majority | 20,364 | 44.0 | +19.4 | ||
Turnout | 46,178 | 73.8 | −3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Walter Grundy | 26,185 | 62.3 | −14.0 | |
Conservative | Alwyne Gervase Olliver [29] | 15,812 | 37.7 | +14.0 | |
Majority | 10,373 | 24.6 | −28.0 | ||
Turnout | 41,997 | 77.5 | −0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Walter Grundy | 30,405 | 76.3 | +11.0 | |
Unionist | Cecil Pike | 9,460 | 23.7 | −11.0 | |
Majority | 20,945 | 52.6 | +22.0 | ||
Turnout | 39,865 | 77.8 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Walter Grundy | 18,750 | 65.3 | −3.3 | |
Unionist | Frances R. Wade | 9,985 | 34.7 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 8,765 | 30.6 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 28,735 | 75.9 | +11.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Walter Grundy | 15,967 | 68.6 | N/A | |
Unionist | Frances R. Wade | 7,323 | 31.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,644 | 37.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,865 | 64.0 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Walter Grundy | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Walter Grundy | 9,917 | 55.1 | ||
C | National Democratic | Ernest George Bearcroft | 4,894 | 27.2 | |
Liberal | Albert Edward Mann Turner | 3,177 | 17.7 | ||
Majority | 5,023 | 27.9 | |||
Turnout | 17,988 | 56.3 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
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