Doncaster Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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Doncaster Central
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
DoncasterCentral2007Constituency.svg
Boundary of Doncaster Central in South Yorkshirefor the 2010 general election
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Location of South Yorkshire within England
County South Yorkshire
Electorate 70,446 (December 2019) [1]
Major settlements Doncaster
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of Parliament Rosie Winterton (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Doncaster and Don Valley [2]

Doncaster Central is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Dame Rosie Winterton of the Labour Party. [n 2] Since 2017, Winterton has served as one of three Deputy Speakers of the House; she is the second MP for the constituency to be a Deputy Speaker, after Harold Walker.

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History and profile

Created in 1983, the seat covers most of the Yorkshire city of Doncaster. Although formerly considered a Labour stronghold, since 2019 the seat has become a marginal between Labour and the Conservatives.

Boundaries

Doncaster Central (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

1983–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Armthorpe, Balby, Bessacarr, Central, Intake, Town Field, and Wheatley.

2010–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Armthorpe, Balby, Bessacarr and Cantley, Central, Edenthorpe, Kirk Sandall and Barnby Dun, Town Moor, and Wheatley.

The constituency includes most of the town of Doncaster and neighbours the Doncaster North and Don Valley seats.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

Minor changes to reflect revised ward boundaries, including the gain from Don Valley of Tickhill and Wadworth in the south, and the transfer to Doncaster North of Barnby Dun in the north.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [4] Party
1983 Sir Harold Walker Labour
1997 Rosie Winterton Labour

Elections

General election results since 1983 DoncasterCentralGraph.svg
General election results since 1983

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Doncaster Central [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosie Winterton 16,638 40.0 -17.9
Conservative Roberto Weeden-Sanz14,36034.5+0.1
Brexit Party Surjit Duhre6,84216.5New
Liberal Democrats Paul Horton1,7484.2+1.9
Yorkshire Leon French1,0122.4-0.7
Green Frank Sheridan9812.4New
Majority2,2785.5-18.0
Turnout 41,58158.2-1.8
Labour hold Swing -9.0
General election 2017: Doncaster Central [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosie Winterton 24,915 57.9 +8.8
Conservative Tom Hunt 14,78434.4+13.7
Yorkshire Chris Whitwood 1,3463.1New
Independent Eddie Todd1,0062.3New
Liberal Democrats Alison Brelsford9732.3-1.9
Majority10,13123.5-1.5
Turnout 43,02460.0+3.2
Labour hold Swing -2.4
General election 2015: Doncaster Central [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosie Winterton 19,840 49.1 +9.4
UKIP Chris Hodgson9,74724.1+20.7
Conservative Zoë Metcalfe 8,38620.7−4.1
Liberal Democrats John Brown1,7174.2−16.9
TUSC Mev Akram4211.0New
English Democrat David Burnett3090.8−3.6
Majority10,09325.0+10.1
Turnout 40,42056.8+1.3
Labour hold Swing
General election 2010: Doncaster Central [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosie Winterton 16,569 39.7 −11.3
Conservative Gareth M. Davies 10,34024.8+6.1
Liberal Democrats Patrick Wilson8,79521.1−2.6
English Democrat Lawrence E. Parramore1,8164.4New
BNP John Bettney1,7624.2+0.9
UKIP John Andrews1,4213.40.0
Independent Scott A. Pickles9702.3New
Citizens for Undead Rights and EqualityDerek A. Williams720.2New
Majority6,22914.9−13.6
Turnout 41,74555.5+3.5
Labour hold Swing −8.7

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Doncaster Central [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosie Winterton 17,617 51.3 −7.8
Liberal Democrats Patrick Wilson7,81522.8+9.9
Conservative Stefan Kerner6,48918.9−4.8
BNP John Wilkinson1,2393.6New
UKIP Alan Simmons1,1913.5+0.8
Majority9,80228.5-6.9
Turnout 34,35152.3+0.7
Labour hold Swing −8.8
General election 2001: Doncaster Central [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosie Winterton 20,034 59.1 −3.0
Conservative Gary Meggitt8,03523.7+2.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Southcombe4,39012.9+3.5
UKIP David Gordon9262.7+1.6
Socialist Alliance Janet Terry5171.5New
Majority11,99935.4-5.7
Turnout 33,90251.6−12.3
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Doncaster Central [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosie Winterton 26,961 62.1 +7.8
Conservative David Turtle9,10521.0−12.5
Liberal Democrats Simon Tarry4,0919.4−2.4
Referendum Michael Cliff1,2732.9New
Socialist Labour Michael Kenny8542.0New
ProLife Alliance Jonathan Redden6941.6New
UKIP Peter Davies 4621.1New
Majority17,85641.1+20.3
Turnout 43,44063.9-10.3
Labour hold Swing
General election 1992: Doncaster Central [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Walker 27,795 54.3 +3.1
Conservative George Glossop17,11333.5−1.7
Liberal Democrats Clifford Hampson6,05711.8−1.8
Workers Revolutionary Michael Driver1840.4New
Majority10,68220.8+4.8
Turnout 51,14974.2+0.5
Labour hold Swing +2.5

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Doncaster Central [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Walker 26,266 51.2 +9.2
Conservative Patricia Rawlings 18,07035.2−1.9
SDP James Gore-Browne7,00413.6−7.3
Majority8,19616.0+11.1
Turnout 51,34073.7+2.9
Labour hold Swing +5.6
General election 1983: Doncaster Central [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Walker 21,154 42.0
Conservative John Somers18,64637.1
SDP Trevor Stables10,52420.9
Majority2,5084.9
Turnout 50,32470.8
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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