Barnsley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Barnsley
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County South Yorkshire
1885–1983
SeatsOne
Created from Southern West Riding of Yorkshire
Replaced by Barnsley Central, Barnsley East and Barnsley West & Penistone [1]

Barnsley was a Parliamentary constituency covering the town of Barnsley in England. 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 under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election and abolished in 1983. It was a Liberal seat in its early years, but by the time of its abolition it had become a Labour stronghold.

Boundaries

The area formerly covered by this constituency is now mostly in the Barnsley Central constituency and partly in the Barnsley East constituency.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Courtney Kenny Liberal Party
1889 by-election William Compton Liberal Party
1897 by-election Sir Joseph Walton Liberal Party
1918 Coalition Liberal
1922 John Potts Labour
1931 Richard John Soper Liberal National
1935 John Potts Labour
1938 by-election Frank Collindridge Labour
1951 Sidney Schofield Labour
1953 by-election Roy Mason Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Barnsley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Courtney Kenny 6,705 71.1
Conservative Bruce Vernon-Wentworth 2,72228.9
Majority3,98342.2
Turnout 9,42785.4
Registered electors 11,034
Liberal win (new seat)
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Wentworth
General election 1886: Barnsley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Courtney Kenny 5,425 65.0 −6.1
Conservative Bruce Vernon-Wentworth 2,91735.0+6.1
Majority2,50830.0−12.2
Turnout 8,34275.6−9.8
Registered electors 11,034
Liberal hold Swing −6.1

Kenny resigned, causing a by-election.

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Earl Compton
1889 Barnsley by-election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Compton 6,232 62.2 −2.8
Conservative Bruce Vernon-Wentworth 3,78137.8+2.8
Majority2,45124.4−5.6
Turnout 10,01379.5+3.9
Registered electors 12,593
Liberal hold Swing −2.8

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Barnsley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Compton 6,739 65.8 +0.8
Liberal Unionist Francis Foljambe 3,49834.2−0.8
Majority3,24131.6+1.6
Turnout 10,23775.0−0.6
Registered electors 13,643
Liberal hold Swing +0.8
General election 1895: Barnsley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Compton 6,820 59.4 −6.4
Conservative Ronald Greville 4,65340.6+6.4
Majority2,16718.8−12.8
Turnout 11,47380.9+5.9
Registered electors 14,181
Liberal hold Swing −6.4
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Curran
1897 Barnsley by-election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Walton 6,744 59.7 +0.3
Conservative James Blyth3,45430.6−10.0
Ind. Labour Party Pete Curran 1,0919.7New
Majority3,29029.1+10.3
Turnout 11,28976.3−4.6
Registered electors 14,805
Liberal hold Swing +5.2

Elections in the 1900s

General election January 1900: Barnsley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Walton 7,549 63.4 +4.0
Liberal Unionist Arthur William Groser4,35636.6−4.0
Majority3,19326.8+8.0
Turnout 11,90574.6−6.3
Registered electors 15,948
Liberal hold Swing +4.0
General election January 1906: Barnsley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Walton Unopposed
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Barnsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Walton 12,425 71.1 N/A
Conservative Arthur William Groser5,05328.9New
Majority7,37242.2N/A
Turnout 17,47883.8N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election December 1910: Barnsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Walton Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1918: Barnsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Joseph Walton Unopposed
Liberal hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Barnsley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Potts 14,728 55.1 New
National Liberal Maurice Moore12,01144.9N/A
Majority2,71710.2N/A
Turnout 26,73975.7N/A
Labour gain from National Liberal Swing
General election 1923: Barnsley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Potts 12,674 48.0 −7.1
Unionist William Craven-Ellis 6,88426.0N/A
Liberal John Neal 6,88126.0-18.9
Majority5,79022.0+11.8
Turnout 26,43974.1−1.6
Labour hold Swing
General election 1924: Barnsley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Potts 14,738 51.7 +3.7
Liberal John Neal 13,78548.5+22.5
Majority9533.2-18.8
Turnout 28,52378.2+4.1
Labour hold Swing
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Sutherland
General election 1929: Barnsley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Potts 21,855 53.8 +2.1
Liberal William Sutherland 12,51730.8−17.7
Unionist William Craven-Ellis 6,26515.4New
Majority9,38823.0+19.8
Turnout 40,63782.3+4.1
Labour hold Swing +9.8

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Barnsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Richard John Soper 21,392 50.9 +35.5
Labour John Potts 20,62249.1-4.7
Majority7701.8N/A
Turnout 42,01484.2+1.9
National Liberal gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Barnsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Potts 25,318 58.9 +9.8
National Liberal Richard John Soper 17,68341.1-9.8
Majority7,63517.8N/A
Turnout 43,00182.6-1.6
Labour gain from National Liberal Swing
1938 Barnsley by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Collindridge 23,566 64.4 +5.5
National Liberal Seymour Howard 13,05235.6−5.5
Majority10,51428.8+11.0
Turnout 36,61872.7−9.9
Labour hold Swing +5.5

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Barnsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Collindridge 30,614 72.9 +14.0
National Liberal Richard John Soper 11,38227.1-14.0
Majority19,23245.8+28.0
Turnout 41,99680.4-2.2
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Barnsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Collindridge 42,008 68.6 -4.3
Liberal Geoffrey Howard Walker10,77917.6New
National Liberal Charles Gordon-Spencer8,48013.8-13.3
Majority31,20951.0+5.2
Turnout 61,26788.9+8.5
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Barnsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sidney Schofield 37,523 69.7 +1.1
National Liberal Geoffrey Whittaker9,29617.3+3.5
Liberal Geoffrey Howard Walker7,00213.0−4.6
Majority28,22752.4+1.4
Turnout 53,82177.2−11.7
Labour hold Swing
1953 Barnsley by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Mason 29,283 72.9 +3.2
Conservative Geoffrey Whittaker10,90527.1+9.8
Majority18,37845.8−6.6
Turnout 40,188
Labour hold Swing −3.3
General election 1955: Barnsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Mason 39,485 72.8 +3.1
National Liberal R. Anthony Wilson14,77627.2+9.9
Majority24,70945.6-6.8
Turnout 54,26178.6+1.6
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: Barnsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Mason 42,565 73.7 +0.9
Conservative John Philip Howard Bent15,18926.3-0.9
Majority27,37647.4+1.9
Turnout 57,75482.7+4.1
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Barnsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Mason 37,250 66.8 -6.9
Conservative Joan Hall 9,41716.9-9.4
Liberal John Herbert Dossett9,08916.3New
Majority27,83349.9+2.5
Turnout 55,75680.0-2.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Barnsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Mason 38,744 75.7 +8.9
Conservative Joan Hall 12,45624.3+7.4
Majority26,28851.4+1.5
Turnout 51,20073.4-6.6
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Barnsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Mason 34,956 64.8 -10.9
Conservative Robert Godber10,81120.0-4.3
Liberal John Herbert Dossett8,18615.2New
Majority24,14544.8-6.6
Turnout 53,95371.2-2.2
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Barnsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Mason 40,595 71.8 +7.0
Conservative George England15,96928.2+8.2
Majority24,62643.6-1.2
Turnout 56,56474.6+3.4
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Barnsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Mason 34,212 65.3 -6.5
Conservative George England9,40018.0-10.2
Liberal Peter Tomlinson8,75316.7New
Majority24,81247.3+3.7
Turnout 52,36568.4-6.2
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Barnsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Mason 36,276 64.0 -1.3
Conservative George England13,65424.1+6.1
Liberal Wilfred Whitaker5,75110.2-6.5
Troops Out of IrelandB. Gallagher6381.1New
Workers Revolutionary J. Davis3480.6New
Majority22,62239.9-7.4
Turnout 56,66772.9+4.5
Labour hold Swing

See also

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  3. 1 2 3 4 British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
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