Doncaster North (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Doncaster North County constituency |
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| Doncaster North shown within South Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Ed Miliband |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | South Yorkshire |
| EP constituency: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Doncaster North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1983 and has been a Labour Party stronghold since.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the northern and eastern parts of the Borough of Doncaster, including Adwick-le-Street and Thorne.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1983)
- 1983 – 1992: Michael Welsh, Labour
- 1992 – 2005: Kevin Hughes, Labour
- 2005 – present: Ed Miliband, Labour
[edit] Election results
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Doncaster North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ed Miliband | 17,531 | 55.5 | -7.6 | |
| Conservative | Martin Drake | 4,875 | 15.4 | +0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Doug Pickett | 3,800 | 12.0 | +1.4 | |
| Community Group | Martin Williams | 2,365 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
| British National | Lee Hagan | 1,506 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
| UK Independence | Robert Nixon | 940 | 3.0 | +0.7 | |
| English Democrats | Michael Cassidy | 561 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 12,656 | 40.1 | |||
| Turnout | 31,578 | 51.1 | 0.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.2 | |||
| General Election 2001: Doncaster North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Kevin Hughes | 19,788 | 63.1 | -6.7 | |
| Conservative | Anita Kapoor | 4,601 | 14.7 | -0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Ross | 3,323 | 10.6 | +2.1 | |
| Independent | Martin Williams | 2,926 | 9.3 | +6.4 | |
| UK Independence | John Wallis | 725 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 15,187 | 48.4 | |||
| Turnout | 31,363 | 50.5 | -12.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Doncaster North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Kevin Hughes | 27,843 | 69.8 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Kennerley | 5,906 | 14.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Cook | 3,369 | 8.4 | ||
| Referendum Party | R. Thornton | 1,589 | 4.0 | ||
| Anti-Sleaze Labour | M. Swan | 1,181 | 3.0 | ||
| Majority | 21,937 | ||||
| Turnout | 63.3 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1992: Doncaster North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Kevin Hughes | 34,135 | 61.8 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Light | 14,322 | 25.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Steven Whiting | 6,787 | 12.3 | ||
| Majority | 19,813 | ||||
| Turnout | 73.9 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1980s
| General Election 1987: Doncaster North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Michael Welsh | 32,950 | 61.8 | ||
| Conservative | R. J. Shepherd | 13,015 | 24.4 | ||
| Social Democrat | P. Norwood | 7,394 | 13.9 | ||
| Majority | 19,935 | 37.4 | |||
| Turnout | 73.1 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1983: Doncaster North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Michael Welsh | 26,626 | 52.8 | ||
| Conservative | B. M. L. Stephen | 13,915 | 27.6 | ||
| Social Democrat | D. Orford | 9,916 | 19.7 | ||
| Majority | 12,711 | 25.2 | |||
| Turnout | 69.9 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] External links
- Ed Miliband, MP for Doncaster North The website of Ed Miliband
[edit] Sources
- Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
- http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page (Complete list of MPs)
