Rotherham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Rotherham Borough constituency
Rotherham shown within South Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	1885
MP:	Denis MacShane
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	South Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Rotherham is a Parliamentary constituency covering Rotherham. It is considered a safe Labour seat and has been represented by Denis MacShane since the 1994 by-election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 3.1 Elections in the 2000s 3.2 Elections in the 1990s 3.3 Elections in the 1980s 3.4 Elections in the 1970s 3.5 Elections in the 1960s 3.6 Elections in the 1950s 3.7 Elections in the 1940s 3.8 Elections in the 1930s 3.9 Elections in the 1920s 3.10 Elections in the 1910s 3.11 Elections in the 1900s 3.12 Elections in the 1890s 3.13 Elections in the 1880s 4 See also 5 Sources

[edit] Boundaries

Rotherham constituency is one of three borough constituencies in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham. It borders the constituencies of Rother Valley, Sheffield Attercliffe, Sheffield Brightside, Sheffield Hillsborough, and Wentworth.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1885	Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland	Liberal
	1899	William Henry Holland	Liberal
	1910	Joseph Pease	Liberal
	1917	Arthur Richardson	Lib-Lab
	1918	Frederic Arthur Kelley	Conservative
	1923	Fred Linley	Labour
	1931	George Herbert	Conservative
	1933	William Dobbie	Labour
	1950	Jack Jones	Labour
	1963	Brian O'Malley	Labour
	1976	Stanley Crowther	Labour
	1992	James Boyce	Labour
	1994	Denis MacShane	Labour

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis MacShane	15,840	52.8	-11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Gordon	5,159	17.2	+6.6
	Conservative	Lee Rotherham	4,966	16.6	-2.8
	British National	Marlene Guest	1,986	6.6	N/A
	UK Independence	David Cutts	1,122	3.7	+1.2
	Green	Dick Penycate	905	3.0	+1.0
Majority			10,681	35.6
Turnout			29,978	55.1	+4.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.8

General Election 2001: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis MacShane	18,759	63.9	-7.4
	Conservative	Richard Powell	5,682	19.4	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Hall	3,117	10.6	+0.2
	UK Independence	Peter Griffith	730	2.5	-0.5
	Green	Dick Penycate	577	2.0	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Freda Smith	352	1.2	N/A
	John Lilburne Democratic	Geoffrey Bartholomew	137	0.5	N/A
Majority			13,077	44.5
Turnout			29,354	50.7
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis MacShane	26,852	71.3	+7.4
	Conservative	Simon Gordon	5,383	14.3	-9.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Wildgoose	3,919	10.4	-1.9
	UK Independence	R. Hollibone	1,132	3.0	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	A. Neal	364	1.0	N/A
Majority			21,469
Turnout				62.9	-8.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Rotherham by-election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis MacShane	14,912	55.6	-8.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Wildgoose	7,958	29.7	+17.4
	Conservative	Nick Gibb	2,649	9.9	-13.8
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	1,114	4.2	N/A
	Natural Law	Keith Laycock	173	0.6	N/A
Majority			6,954
Turnout				43.7	-28.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Boyce	27,933	63.9	+4.2
	Conservative	Stephen Yorke	10,372	23.7	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Wildgoose	5,375	12.3	-5.9
Majority			17,561
Turnout				71.7	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Crowther	25,422	59.7
	Conservative	J. C. C. Stephens	9,410	22.1
	Liberal	Pete Bowler	7,766	18.2
Majority			16,012	37.6
Turnout				69.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Crowther	22,236	54.3
	Conservative	C. Middleton	10,527	25.7
	Liberal	Pete Bowler	8,192	20.0
Majority			11,709	28.6
Turnout				67.0
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Crowther	26,580	60.6
	Conservative	D. Hinckley	13,145	29.9
	Liberal	I. House	3,686	8.4
	National Front	K. Davies	490	1.1
Majority			13,435	30.6
Turnout				72.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian O'Malley	25,874	64.6
	Conservative	R. A. Hambro	8,840	22.1
	Liberal	V. Bottomley	5,350	13.4
Majority			17,034	42.5
Turnout				65.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian O'Malley	27,088	60.0
	Conservative	D. Lewis	10,354	22.9
	Liberal	J. Hughes	7,726	17.1
Majority			16,734	37.1
Turnout				74.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian O'Malley	25,246	66.4
	Conservative	E. R. Cooke	12,770	33.6
Majority			12,476	32.8
Turnout				62.9
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian O'Malley	27,402	69.7
	Conservative	E. R. Cooke	11,925	30.3
Majority			15,477	39.4
Turnout				68.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian O'Malley	27,585	66.5
	Conservative	J. M. Barrass	13,907	33.5
Majority			13,678	33.0
Turnout				71.6
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Jones	28,298	62.8
	Conservative	R. Hall	16,759	37.2
Majority			11,539	25.6
Turnout				78.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Jones	27,423	63.3
	Conservative	W. G. Blake	15,882	36.7
Majority			11,541	26.7
Turnout				77.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Jones	31,124	65.6
	Conservative	W. G. Blake	16,317	34.4
Majority			14,807	31.2
Turnout				84.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Jones	31,211	64.4
	Conservative	R. B. F. S. Body	14,744	30.5
	Liberal	M. Foster	2,458	5.1
Majority			16,467	33.9
Turnout				87.3
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Dobbie	35,654	74.2
	National Liberal	E. H. Phillips	12,420	25.8
Majority			23,234	48.4
Turnout				76.4
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Dobbie	29,725	67.5
	National Liberal	Thomas Worrall Casey	14,298	32.5
Majority			15,427	35.0
Turnout				76.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Rotherham by-election, 1933
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Dobbie	28,767	69.1
	Conservative	H. M. C. Drummond-Wolff	12,893	30.9
Majority			15,874	38.2
Turnout				73.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1931: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Herbert	23,596	50.8
	Labour	Fred Lindley	22,834	49.2
Majority			762	1.6
Turnout				82.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Lindley	26,937	60.4
	Conservative	H. P. Latham	10,101	22.7
	Liberal	R. Charlesworth	7,534	16.9
Majority			16,836	37.7
Turnout				81.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Lindley	18,860	54.6
	Conservative	H. J. Temple	15,712	45.4
Majority			3,148	9.2
Turnout				81.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Lindley	16,893	53.9
	Conservative	Frederic Arthur Kelley	14,535	46.1
Majority			2,448	7.8
Turnout				75.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1922: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederic Arthur Kelley	17,093	51.0
	Labour	J. Walker	16,449	49.0
Majority			644	2.0
Turnout				81.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederic Arthur Kelley	11,473	44.8
	Labour	J. Walker	9,757	38.1
	Liberal	J. M. Kenworthy	3,805	14.9
	National Democratic	E. S. Bardsley	564	2.2
Majority			1,716	6.7
Turnout				63.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

In the Rotherham by-election, 1917, Arthur Richardson was elected unopposed.

In the Rotherham by-election, 1916, Joseph Pease was elected unopposed.

General Election December 1910: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Pease	9,385	67.5
	Conservative	J. H. Dransfield	4,511	32.5
Majority			4,874	35.0
Turnout				67.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

In the Rotherham by-election of March 1910, Joseph Pease was elected unopposed.

General Election January 1910: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wiliam Henry Holland	12,225	72.4
	Conservative	J. H. Dransfield	4,667	27.6
Majority			7,558	44.8
Turnout				82.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1900s

In the 1906 UK general election, William Henry Holland was elected unopposed.

General Election 1900: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wiliam Henry Holland	6,926	58.0
	Conservative	R. H. V. Wragge	5,021	42.0
Majority			1,905	16.0
Turnout				78.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1890s

Rotherham by-election, 1899
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wiliam Henry Holland	6,671	58.6
	Conservative	R. H. V. Wragge	4,714	41.4
Majority			1,957	17.2
Turnout				77.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

In the Rotherham by-election, 1892 and the 1895 UK general election, Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland was elected unopposed.

General Election 1892: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland	6,567	69.8
	Liberal Unionist	G. S. Foljambe	2,839	30.2
Majority			3,728	39.6
Turnout				69.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland	5,155	71.3
	Liberal Unionist	F. J. S. Foljambe	2,070	28.7
Majority			3,085	42.6
Turnout				67.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1885: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland	6,301	73.6
	Conservative	W. W. Hoole	2,258	26.4
Majority			4,043	47.2
Turnout				79.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

[edit] Sources

• BBC News, Election 2005
• BBC News, Vote 2001
• Guardian Unlimited Politics
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)
• F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949
• F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 - 1970

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