Barnsley West and Penistone (UK Parliament constituency)

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Barnsley West and Penistone County constituency
Barnsley West and Penistone shown within South Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Michael Clapham
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	South Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Barnsley West and Penistone is a Parliamentary constituency in South Yorkshire. It is considered a safe Labour seat and has been represented by Michael Clapham since 1992.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 2.1 Boundary review 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 4.1 Elections in the 2000s 4.2 Elections in the 1990s 4.3 Elections in the 1980s 5 See also 6 Sources

[edit] Boundaries

Barnsley West and Penistone constituency covers the western part of the Borough of Barnsley and includes the town of Penistone. It borders the constituencies of Sheffield Hillsborough, Wentworth, Barnsley East and Mexborough, Barnsley Central, Hemsworth, Wakefield, Colne Valley, and High Peak. Penistone itself provides the highest Tory vote in the Borough of Barnsley (although not always a majority), but the other small towns and villages, mostly former mining areas, are safely Labour.

[edit] History

The seat was created in 1983 when the former Barnsley constituency was split into three divisions. It also covers parts of the former Penistone constituency, which was abolished in the same boundary review.

[edit] Boundary review

Following the Boundary Commission for England's report on South Yorkshire's Parliamentary constituencies in 2004 and the subsequent inquiry in 2005 it was announced that the constituency of Barnsley West and Penistone will be abolished for future elections. The revisions split the constituency in two: the easternmost wards will become part of a revised Barnsley Central constituency, while the western most wards, around Penistone, will be combined with the northern wards from the Sheffield Hillsborough constituency. This new constituency will be named Penistone and Stocksbridge, and will cover a similar area to the historic Penistone constituency.

The electoral wards used in the creation of Penistone and Stocksbridge are;

• From Sheffield - East Ecclesfield, Stocksbridge and Upper Don and West Ecclesfield.
• From Barnsley - Dodworth, Penistone East and Penistone West

[edit] Members of Parliament

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

Year		Member	Party
	1983	Allen McKay	Labour
	1992	Michael Clapham	Labour

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General election of 2005

General Election 2005: Barnsley West & Penistone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Clapham	20,372	55.3	-3.3
	Conservative	Clive Watkinson	9,058	24.6	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Brelsford	7,422	20.1	+1.5
Majority			11,314	30.7
Turnout			36,842	55.0	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.5

General election of 2001

General Election 2001: Barnsley West & Penistone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Clapham	20,244	58.6	-0.7
	Conservative	William Rowe	7,892	22.8	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Miles Crompton	6,428	18.6	+0.6
Majority			12,352	35.8
Turnout			34,564	52.9	-12.1
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General election of 1997

General Election 1997: Barnsley West & Penistone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Clapham	25,017	59.3
	Conservative	Paul Watkins	7,750	18.4
	Liberal Democrats	Winifred Knight	7,613	18.0
	Referendum Party	J. Miles	1,828	4.3
Majority			17,267	40.9
Turnout				65.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 1992

General Election 1992: Barnsley West & Penistone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Clapham	27,965	58.3
	Conservative	Graham Sawyer	13,461	28.0
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Nicolson	5,610	11.7
	Green	D. Jones	970	2.0
Majority			14,504	30.2
Turnout				75.8
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General election of 1987

General Election 1987: Barnsley West & Penistone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allen McKay	26,498	57.4
	Conservative	G. Sawyer	12,307	26.6
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	R. Hall	7,409	16.0
Majority			14,191	30.7
Turnout				75.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 1983

The first general election in this constituency was won by Allen McKay, who had been the MP for the abolished Penistone constituency since 1978.

General Election 1983: Barnsley West & Penistone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allen McKay	22,560	50.8
	Conservative	G. Sawyer	12,218	27.5
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	J. Evans	9,624	21.7
Majority			10,342	23.3
Turnout				73.2
	New creation: Labour gain.		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)