Barnsley Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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Barnsley Central was a constituency[n 1] in South Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons from 1983 until 2024.[n 2] This constituency covered parts of the town of Barnsley.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was replaced (including moderate boundary changes) by Barnsley North, first contested at the 2024 general election.[1]

Constituency profile

Barnsley Central is generally an urban seat and has a large majority of its population on middle or low incomes, with most of the large former mining town's social housing contained within it.[2] It has been held by the Labour Party since 1983 and was consistently a safe seat, like its main predecessor, until 2019, when Labour's majority was cut to 9.7%.

History

Created in 1983, Barnsley Central covers a similar area to that of the former Barnsley constituency. The seat was held by almost a year from May 2010 by Eric Illsley as an independent MP after he was suspended from the Labour party over the expenses row and he led to its becoming vacant on 8 February 2011.[3]

On 12 January 2011, having admitted the crime of fraud over his expenses, Illsley announced the intention to stand down from Parliament, necessitating a by-election in early 2011.[4] On 8 February 2011 Ilsley resigned his seat[n 3] before he was due to be sentenced for fraudulently claiming parliamentary expenses.[5] The by-election was held on 3 March 2011 and was won by Dan Jarvis for the Labour Party. The Labour majority and share of the vote rose to give an absolute majority, on a turnout 20% lower than in the General Election; meanwhile the Conservative share of the vote fell steeply to just 8.3%, less than UKIP's 12.2% vote-share.[6] In the 2019 general election, Jarvis held onto his seat, but with a sharply reduced majority; it fell from 15,546 to 3,571. The Brexit Party came second with 11,233 votes, which was 30.4% of the vote, compared to Jarvis's 40.1%.

Boundaries

Template:Maplink 1983–1997: The Borough of Barnsley wards of Ardsley, Athersley, Central, Monk Bretton, North West, Royston, and South West.

1997–2010: The Borough of Barnsley wards of Ardsley, Athersley, Central, Cudworth, Monk Bretton, North West, Royston, and South West.

2010–2024: The Borough of Barnsley wards of Central, Darton East, Darton West, Kingstone, Monk Bretton, Old Town, Royston, and St Helens.

Barnsley Central constituency covers most of the town of Barnsley. It is bordered by the constituencies of Wakefield, Hemsworth, Barnsley East, and Penistone and Stocksbridge.

Members of Parliament

The constituency has had three Members of Parliament since its creation in 1983, all of whom have been from the Labour Party.

Election Member[7] Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1983 Roy Mason Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1987 Eric Illsley Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 2010 Independent[3]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 2011 by-election Dan Jarvis Labour
2024 constituency abolished

Election results 1983–2024

File:Barnsley Central Results 1983-2019.png

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Barnsley Central [8][9]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Roy Mason Template:Replace 59.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Howard S. Oldfield 7,674 21.0
Script error: No such module "Political party". Geoffrey Reid 7,011 19.2
Majority 14,173 38.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 36,532 66.3 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1987: Barnsley Central [10][11]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Eric Illsley Template:Replace 66.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Vivien Prais 7,088 18.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Susan Holland 5,928 15.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 19,051 48.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 37,548 70.0 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Barnsley Central [12][13]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Eric Illsley Template:Replace 69.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". David N. Senior 7,687 19.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Stephen R. Cowton 4,321 11.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 19,361 49.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 39,056 70.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +0.5

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General election 1997: Barnsley Central [14][15][16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Eric Illsley Template:Replace 77.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Simon Gutteridge 3,589 9.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Darren Finlay 3,481 9.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". James Walsh 1,325 3.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 24,501 67.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 36,485 59.7 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Barnsley Central [18][19]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Eric Illsley Template:Replace 69.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Alan Hartley 4,051 14.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ian McCord 3,608 13.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Henry Rajch 703 2.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 15,130 54.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 27,543 45.8 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 2005: Barnsley Central [20][21]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Eric Illsley Template:Replace 61.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Miles Crompton 4,746 16.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Peter Morel 3,813 13.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Geoffrey Broadley 1,403 4.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Donald Wood 1,175 4.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 12,732 44.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 28,615 47.2 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 2010s

General election 2010: Barnsley Central [22][23]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Eric Illsley Template:Replace 47.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Christopher Wiggin 6,394 17.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Piers Tempest 6,388 17.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ian Sutton 3,307 8.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". David Silver 1,727 4.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Donald Wood 732 2.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Tony Devoy 610 1.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Terrence Robinson 356 1.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 11,093 30.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 37,001 56.5 Script error: No such module "String".
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2011 Barnsley Central by-election [24]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Dan Jarvis Template:Replace 60.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Jane Collins 2,953 12.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". James Hockney 1,999 8.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Enis Dalton 1,463 6.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Tony Devoy 1,266 5.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Dominic Carman 1,012 4.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Kevin Riddiough 544 2.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Howling Laud Hope 198 0.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Michael Val Davies 60 0.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 11,771 48.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 24,219 36.5 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 2015: Barnsley Central[25][26]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Dan Jarvis Template:Replace 55.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Lee Hunter 7,941 21.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Kay Carter 5,485 15.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Michael Short 938 2.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Ridgway 770 2.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Dave Gibson 573 1.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ian Sutton 477 1.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 12,435 34.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 36,560 56.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −4.3

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General election 2017: Barnsley Central
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Dan Jarvis Template:Replace 63.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Amanda Ford 9,436 24.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Gavin Felton 3,339 8.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Richard Trotman 572 1.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". David Ridgway 549 1.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Stephen Morris 211 0.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 15,546 39.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 39,089 60.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −0.48

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General election 2019: Barnsley Central[27]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Dan Jarvis Template:Replace 40.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Victoria Felton 11,233 30.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Iftikhar Ahmed 7,892 21.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Will Sapwell 1,176 3.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Tom Heyes 900 2.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ryan Williams 710 1.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Donald Wood 188 0.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 3,571 9.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 36,903 56.5 Script error: No such module "String".
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This was the highest Brexit Party vote share at the 2019 general election.[28] It was also the highest vote share for any non Labour candidate in the seat's history.

See also

Notes

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  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.
  3. ↑ By the time-honoured tradition of accepting appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds

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References

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  16. ↑ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.25 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
  17. ↑ The 1997 election result is calculated relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.
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Sources

External links

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