Barnsley East | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | South Yorkshire |
Electorate | 68,448 (December 2019) [1] |
Major settlements | Wombwell |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | Stephanie Peacock (Labour) |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | Barnsley East & Mexborough, Barnsley West & Penistone and Barnsley Central [2] |
1983–1997 | |
Created from | Barnsley and Dearne Valley |
Replaced by | Barnsley East and Mexborough |
Barnsley East is a constituency [n 1] in South Yorkshire, [n 2] represented since 2017 by Stephanie Peacock of the Labour Party.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes. As a consequence, it will be renamed Barnsley South , to be first contested at the next general election. [3]
The seat covers the south-east suburbs of Barnsley and former coal mining areas such as Hoyland, Darfield and Wombwell. Its residents are poorer than the UK average. [4]
The seat was created as Barnsley East in 1983 and later abolished in 1997 to create Barnsley East and Mexborough. It was recreated as Barnsley East at the 2010 general election.
Eight candidates competed for the seat in the 2010 general election; however, the largest two opposition parties failed to gain more than 18.2% each and the winning candidate Michael Dugher managed to obtain 47% of all votes despite the presence of a candidate from the Socialist Labour Party. Although the percentage decline in the Labour vote was the largest in the country (at nearly 24%), they still won the seat safely. In 2017, Stephanie Peacock succeeded Dugher as MP for Barnsley East.
Both between 1983 and 1997, and at the 2010 general election, this constituency has been a safe seat for the Labour Party, as indeed was its temporary replacement, Barnsley East and Mexborough. After the 2019 general election however, this constituency became a marginal seat, with Labour's vote share dropping by 21.9% and their majority cut to just 8.4%.
1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley wards of Brierley, Cudworth, Darfield, Dearne South, Dearne Thurnscoe, Wombwell North, and Wombwell South.
2010–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley wards of Cudworth, Darfield, Hoyland Milton, North East, Rockingham, Stairfoot, Wombwell, and Worsbrough.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in South Yorkshire for the 2010 general election, the Boundary Commission for England divided the existing Barnsley East and Mexborough seat to split off Barnsley East from Mexborough, to create the new Barnsley East constituency.
Election | Member [5] | Party | ||
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1983 | Terry Patchett | Labour | ||
1996 by-election | Jeff Ennis | Labour | ||
1997 | Constituency abolished: see Barnsley East and Mexborough & Barnsley Central |
Election | Member [5] | Party | |
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2010 | Michael Dugher | Labour | |
2017 | Stephanie Peacock | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephanie Peacock | 14,329 | 37.6 | 21.9 | |
Brexit Party | Jim Ferguson | 11,112 | 29.2 | New | |
Conservative | Adam Gregg | 10,377 | 27.3 | 0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sophie Thornton | 1,330 | 3.5 | 1.7 | |
Green | Richard Trotman | 922 | 2.4 | New | |
Majority | 3,217 | 8.4 | 24.1 | ||
Turnout | 38,070 | 54.8 | 3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephanie Peacock | 24,280 | 59.5 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | Andrew Lloyd | 10,997 | 27.0 | +12.4 | |
UKIP | James Dalton | 3,247 | 8.0 | −15.5 | |
Yorkshire | Tony Devoy | 1,215 | 3.0 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicola Turner | 750 | 1.8 | −1.4 | |
English Democrat | Kevin Riddiough | 287 | 0.7 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 13,283 | 32.5 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 40,776 | 58.6 | +2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Dugher | 21,079 | 54.7 | +7.7 | |
UKIP | Robert Swiffen | 9,045 | 23.5 | +19.0 | |
Conservative | Katharine Harborne | 5,622 | 14.6 | −1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ruth Coleman-Taylor | 1,217 | 3.2 | −15.0 | |
Yorkshire First | Tony Devoy | 647 | 1.7 | New | |
English Democrat | Kevin Riddiough | 440 | 1.1 | New | |
TUSC | Ralph Dyson | 364 | 0.9 | New | |
Vapers in Power | Billy Marsden | 103 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 12,034 | 31.2 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 38,517 | 55.7 | −0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Dugher | 18,059 | 47.0 | −23.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Brown | 6,969 | 18.2 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | James Hockney | 6,329 | 16.5 | +3.8 | |
BNP | Colin Porter | 3,301 | 8.6 | New | |
UKIP | Tony Watson | 1,731 | 4.5 | New | |
Independent | Kevin Hogan | 712 | 1.9 | New | |
Independent | Eddie Devoy | 684 | 1.8 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Ken Capstick | 601 | 1.6 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 11,090 | 28.9 | |||
Turnout | 38,396 | 56.1 | +7.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −14.0 | |||
Following the death of Terry Patchett on 11 October 1996, a by-election was held on 12 December 1996. The replacement Labour candidate Jeff Ennis held the seat for the party despite a low voter turnout.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jeff Ennis | 13,683 | 76.4 | −0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Willis | 1,502 | 8.4 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Jane Ellison | 1,299 | 7.3 | −6.9 | |
Socialist Labour | Ken Capstick | 949 | 5.3 | New | |
UKIP | Nikolai Tolstoy | 378 | 2.1 | New | |
Socialist Equality | Julie Hyland | 89 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 12,181 | 68.0 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 17,900 | 33.7 | −39.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Terry Patchett | 30,346 | 77.2 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | John M. Procter | 5,569 | 14.2 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Anginotti | 3,399 | 8.6 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 24,777 | 63.0 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 39,314 | 72.9 | +0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Terry Patchett | 29,948 | 74.5 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | James Clappison | 5,437 | 14.0 | −1.9 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey Griffiths | 4,482 | 11.5 | −7.3 | |
Majority | 23,511 | 60.5 | +12.0 | ||
Turnout | 39,867 | 72.6 | +5.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Terry Patchett | 23,905 | 66.3 | ||
Liberal | Peter Tomlinson | 6,413 | 17.8 | ||
Conservative | George England | 5,749 | 15.9 | ||
Majority | 17,492 | 48.5 | |||
Turnout | 36,067 | 67.3 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
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