Barnsley Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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Barnsley Central Borough constituency
Barnsley Central shown within South Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Eric Illsley
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	South Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Barnsley Central is a Parliamentary constituency in South Yorkshire. Created in 1983, it covers a similar area to that of the former Barnsley constituency. It is considered a safe Labour seat and has been represented since 1987 by Eric Illsley.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Elections in the 2000s 3.2 Elections in the 1990s 3.3 Elections in the 1980s 4 See also 5 Sources

[edit] Boundaries

Barnsley Central constituency covers most of the town of Barnsley. It borders the constituencies of Barnsley West and Penistone, Barnsley East and Mexborough, and Hemsworth.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified seat of Barnsley Central to be fought at the next UK general election.

The electoral wards used in the formation of the newly drawn seat are:

• Central, Darton East, Darton West, Kingstone, Monk Bretton, Old Town, Royston and St Helens.

[edit] Members of Parliament

The constituency has had two Members of Parliament since its creation in 1983, both of whom were from the Labour Party.

Year	Member	Party
1983	Roy Mason	Labour
1987	Eric Illsley	Labour

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General election of 2005

General Election 2005: Barnsley Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Illsley	17,478	61.1	-8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Miles Crompton	4,746	16.6	+1.9
	Conservative	Peter Morel	3,813	13.3	+0.2
	British National	Geoff Broadley	1,403	4.9	N/A
	Independent	Donald Wood	1,175	4.1	N/A
Majority			12,732	44.5	-10.4
Turnout			28,615	47.2	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.2

General election of 2001

General Election 2001: Barnsley Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Illsley	19,181	69.6	-7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Hartley	4,051	14.7	+5.2
	Conservative	Ian McCord	3,608	13.1	+3.3
	Socialist Alliance	Henry Rajch	703	2.6	N/A
Majority			15,130	54.9	-12.7
Turnout			27,543	45.8	-13.8
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General election of 1997

General Election 1997: Barnsley Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Illsley	28,090	77.0	+7.8
	Conservative	S. Gutteridge	3,589	9.8	-9.9
	Liberal Democrats	D. Finlay	3,481	9.5	-1.6
	Referendum Party	J. Walsh	1,325	3.6	N/A
Majority			24,501	67.2	+17.6
Turnout				59.7	-10.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 1992

General Election 1992: Barnsley Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Illsley	27,048	69.2	+2.4
	Conservative	D. Senior	7,687	19.7	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	S. Cowton	4,321	11.1	-4.0
Majority			19,361	49.6	+0.9
Turnout				70.5	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General election of 1987

General Election 1987: Barnsley Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Illsley	26,139	66.8	+7.0
	Conservative	V. Prais	7,088	18.1	-2.9
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	S.A.M. Holland	4,321	15.1	-4.1
Majority			19,051	48.7	+9.9
Turnout				70.0	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 1983

General Election 1983: Barnsley Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Mason	21,847	59.8	N/A
	Conservative	H. Oldfield	7,674	21.0	N/A
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	S.A.M. Holland	7,011	19.2	N/A
Majority			14,173	38.8	N/A
Turnout				66.3	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

[edit] Sources

• BBC Election 2005
• BBC Vote 2001
• Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
• Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources (1983 and 1987 results)

Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
Labour	Barnsley Central | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Barnsley West and Penistone | Batley and Spen | Bradford North | Bradford South | Bradford West | Brigg and Goole | Calder Valley | City of York | Cleethorpes | Colne Valley | Dewsbury | Don Valley | Doncaster Central | Doncaster North | Elmet | Great Grimsby | Halifax | Hemsworth | Huddersfield | Keighley | Hull East | Hull North | Hull West and Hessle | Leeds Central | Leeds East | Leeds North East | Leeds West | Morley and Rothwell | Normanton | Pontefract and Castleford | Pudsey | Rother Valley | Rotherham | Scunthorpe | Selby | Sheffield Attercliffe | Sheffield Brightside | Sheffield Central | Sheffield Heeley | Sheffield Hillsborough | Wakefield | Wentworth
Conservative	Beverley and Holderness | East Yorkshire | Haltemprice and Howden | Richmond (Yorks) | Ryedale | Scarborough and Whitby | Shipley | Skipton and Ripon | Vale of York
Liberal Democrat	Harrogate and Knaresborough | Leeds North West | Sheffield Hallam
Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Labour (2) | Conservative (2) | Liberal Democrats (1) | UKIP (1)