Penistone (UK Parliament constituency)

Penistone was a Parliamentary constituency covering the town of Penistone in Yorkshire and surrounding countryside. 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.

History

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Clayton West, Denby and Cumberworth, Gunthwaite and Ingbirchworth, Hoyland Swaine, Kirkburton, Penistone, Shelley, Shepley, Skelmanthorpe, Stocksbridge, and Thurlstone, and the Rural Districts of Penistone and Wortley.

1950–1955: The Urban Districts of Denby Dale, Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Kirkburton, Penistone, and Stocksbridge, and the Rural Districts of Penistone and Wortley.

1955–1983: The Urban Districts of Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Penistone, and Stocksbridge, and the Rural Districts of Penistone and Wortley.

The area formerly covered by this constituency was then placed mostly in the Barnsley West and Penistone constituency and partly in the Sheffield Hillsborough constituency.

Following a later boundary review, the Penistone and Stocksbridge constituency which came into force at the 2010 general election roughly covered a similar area to the old Penistone constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1918	Sydney Arnold	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1921 by-election	William Gillis	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1922	William Pringle	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1924	Rennie Smith	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1931	Clifford Glossop	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1935	Henry McGhee	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1959 by-election	John Mendelson	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1978 by-election	Allen McKay	Labour
1983		constituency abolished: see Barnsley West and Penistone

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Allen McKay	Template:Replace	49.1
		Ian James Dobkin	18,309	32.1
		David Chadwick	10,772	18.9
Majority			9,701	17.0
Turnout			57,091	78.9
	hold		Swing

1978 Penistone by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Allen McKay	Template:Replace	45.5
		Ian James Dobkin	14,053	32.9
		David Chadwick	9,241	21.6
Majority			5,371	12.6
Turnout			42,718
	hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Mendelson	Template:Replace	54.2
		G. C. W. Harris	12,011	24.0
		David Chadwick	10,900	21.8
Majority			15,135	30.2
Turnout			50,057	74.7
	hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Mendelson	Template:Replace	49.7
		A. D. Wilkinson	14,084	25.2
		David Chadwick	13,140	23.5
	Campaign for Social Democracy	M. Eaden	867	1.6
Majority			13,713	24.5
Turnout			55,888	84.1
	hold		Swing

General election 1970: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Mendelson	Template:Replace	58.7
		Alan Pickup	14,897	27.7
		Derick Mirfin	7,347	13.6
Majority			16,718	31.0
Turnout			53,859	73.9
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Mendelson	Template:Replace	62.3
		Bryan Askew	11,817	23.4
		Ronald Swinden	7,191	14.3
Majority			19,602	38.9
Turnout			50,427	78.9
	hold		Swing

General election 1964: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Mendelson	Template:Replace	58.1
		Bryan Askew	13,095	25.6
		Ronald Swinden	8,372	16.3
Majority			16,689	32.5
Turnout			51,251	81.1
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Mendelson	Template:Replace	61.1
		John Bedford Deby	19,809	38.9
Majority			11,308	22.2
Turnout			50,926	83.0
	hold		Swing

1959 Penistone by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Mendelson	Template:Replace	64.1
		John Bedford Deby	14,196	35.9
Majority			11,119	28.2
Turnout			39,511
	hold		Swing	+1.8

General election 1955: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry McGhee	Template:Replace	62.3
		Laurence B. Fulton	17,796	37.7
Majority			11,636	24.6
Turnout			47,228	80.0
	hold		Swing

General election 1951: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry McGhee	Template:Replace	64.2
		Denton Hinchcliffe	20,145	35.8
Majority			16,024	28.4
Turnout			56,314	85.1
	hold		Swing

General election 1950: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry McGhee	Template:Replace	62.0
		Denton Hinchcliffe	16,128	28.6
		Anthony F Smith	5,316	9.4
Majority			18,851	33.4
Turnout			56,423	87.7
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry McGhee	Template:Replace	65.8
		R. G. Davies	20,869	34.2
Majority			19,311	31.6
Turnout			61,049	75.1
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry McGhee	Template:Replace	53.5
		Clifford Glossop	20,783	46.5
Majority			3,086	7.0
Turnout			44,652	73.3
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

General election 1931: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Clifford Glossop	Template:Replace	47.7
		Rennie Smith	14,584	35.6
		Thomas Neville	6,821	16.7
Majority			4,972	12.1
Turnout			40,961	81.9
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Rennie Smith	Template:Replace	45.2
		Francis George Bibbings	10,640	27.9
		Ashley Mitchell	10,277	26.9
Majority			6,646	17.3
Turnout			38,203	81.6
Registered electors			46,810
	hold		Swing	+6.5

General election 1924: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Rennie Smith	Template:Replace	38.5
		Charles Hodgkinson (soldier)	9,718	33.1
		William Pringle	7,799	27.4
Majority			1,279	4.4
Turnout			28,514	80.6
Registered electors			35,358
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+7.3

General election 1923: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Pringle	Template:Replace	36.9
		Rennie Smith	8,329	33.5
		Charles Hodgkinson (soldier)	7,369	29.6
Majority			835	3.4
Turnout			24,862	71.8
Registered electors			34,612
	hold		Swing	+0.7

File:William Pringle card.jpg

William Pringle

General election 1922: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Pringle	Template:Replace	35.8
		William Gillis	8,382	33.7
		Charles Hodgkinson (soldier)	7,600	30.5
Majority			542	2.1
Turnout			24,906	73.1
Registered electors			34,071
	hold		Swing	+1.1

1921 Penistone by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Gillis	Template:Replace	36.2
		William Pringle	7,984	33.7
		James Peace Hinchcliffe	7,123	30.1
Majority			576	2.5
Turnout			23,667	71.7
Registered electors			32,988
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

File:Sydney Arnold.jpg

Sydney Arnold

Template:Election box candidate with party link coalition 1918Template:Election box end 1918

Sources

• Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources (Election results since 1951)

General election 1918: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Sydney Arnold	Template:Replace	39.4
		Frederick William Southern	4,556	24.4
Majority			594	3.2
Turnout			18,638	58.4
Registered electors			31,928
	win (new seat)