Rother Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Rother Valley
County constituency

Rother Valley shown within South Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire shown within England
Created: 1918
MP: Kevin Barron
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: South Yorkshire
EP constituency: Yorkshire and the Humber

Rother Valley is a Parliamentary constituency in South Yorkshire named after the River Rother. It returns 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.

It is considered a safe Labour seat and has been represented by Kevin Barron since the 1983 general election.

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[edit] Boundaries

Rother Valley constituency covers an area in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham south of Rotherham itself. It is neighboured by the constituencies of Bassetlaw, Bolsover, Don Valley, North East Derbyshire, Rotherham, Sheffield Attercliffe and Wentworth.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor alterations to the existing Rother Valley constituency.

The electoral wards used in the creation of the altered seat are:

  • Anston and Woodsetts, Dinnington, Hellaby, Holderness, Maltby, Rother Vale, Sitwell, and Wales, all from the borough of Rotherham

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1918 Thomas Walter Grundy Labour
1935 Edward Dunn Labour
1945 David Griffiths Labour
1970 Peter Hardy Labour
1983 Kevin Barron Labour

[edit] Elections

Rother Valley general election results
Rother Valley general election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Barron 21,871 55.4 -6.7
Conservative Colin Phillips 7,647 19.4 -2.3
Liberal Democrats Phil Bristow 6,272 15.9 +3.4
British National Nick Cass 2,020 5.1 N/A
UKIP Gordon Brown 1,685 4.3 +0.6
Majority 14,224 36.0
Turnout 39,495 58.1 +4.9
Labour hold Swing -2.2
General Election 2001: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Barron 22,851 62.1 -5.5
Conservative James Duddridge 7,969 21.7 +5.0
Liberal Democrats Win Knight 4,603 12.5 +0.9
UKIP David Cutts 1,380 3.7 N/A
Majority 14,882 40.4
Turnout 36,803 53.2
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Barron 31,184 67.6
Conservative Steven Stanbury 7,699 16.7
Liberal Democrats Stan Burgess 5,342 11.6
Referendum Party S. Cook 1,932 4.2
Majority 23,485
Turnout 67.3
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1992: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Barron 30,977 60.5
Conservative Toby Horton 13,755 26.9
Liberal Democrats K. Smith 6,483 12.7
Majority 17,222
Turnout 75.0
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Barron 28,292 56.4
Conservative P. R. Rayner 12,502 24.9
Social Democrat J. R. Boddy 9,240 18.4
Workers' Revolutionary M. R. Driver 145 0.3
Majority 15,790 31.5
Turnout 75.6
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1983: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Barron 21,781 46.5
Conservative J. Derrick 13,156 28.1
Social Democrat J. R. Boddy 11,903 25.4
Majority 8,625 18.4
Turnout 71.9
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Hardy 45,986 62.2
Conservative R. Barber 19,984 27.0
Liberal C. Sykes 7,937 10.7
Majority 26,002 35.2
Turnout 74.6
Labour hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Hardy 44,670 67.3
Conservative G. P. A. Waller 11,893 17.9
Liberal G. Reid 9,828 14.8
Majority 32,777 49.4
Turnout 72.2
Labour hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Hardy 52,532 73.4
Conservative G. P. A. Waller 19,058 26.6
Majority 33,474 46.7
Turnout 78.6
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1970: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Hardy 44,322 71.8
Conservative R. A. B. Durrant 17,418 28.2
Majority 26,904 43.6
Turnout 70.6
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Griffiths 43,634 76.8
Conservative E. R. Cooke 11,925 30.3
Majority 30,467 53.6
Turnout 68.7
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1964: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Griffiths 43,101 74.4
Conservative R. W. Hadfield 14,813 25.6
Majority 28,288 48.8
Turnout 77.4
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Griffiths 43,962 74.1
Conservative W. A. V. Hoskins 15,369 25.9
Majority 28,593 48.2
Turnout 82.8
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1955: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Griffiths 39,968 75.6
Conservative W. A. V. Hoskins 12,916 24.4
Majority 27,052 51.2
Turnout 78.8
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1951: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Griffiths 41,990 75.7
Conservative R. Hall 13,470 24.3
Majority 28,520 51.4
Turnout 86.3
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1950: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Griffiths 42,222 76.6
Conservative W. R. A. Breare 12,887 23.4
Majority 29,335 53.2
Turnout 87.4
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Griffiths 44,449 75.2
Conservative J. H. Bull 14,669 24.8
Majority 29,830 50.4
Turnout 75.2
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Dunn 33,271 72.0
Conservative A. G. Olliver 12,907 28.0
Majority 20,364 44.0
Turnout 73.8
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1931: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Dunn 26,185 62.3
Conservative A. G. Olliver 15,812 37.7
Majority 10,373 24.6
Turnout 77.5
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Walter Grundy 30,405 76.3
Conservative Cecil Frederick Pike 9,460 23.7
Majority 20,945 52.6
Turnout 77.8
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1924: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Walter Grundy 18,750 65.3
Conservative F. R. Wade 9,985 34.7
Majority 8,765 30.6
Turnout 75.9
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1923: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Walter Grundy 15,967 68.6
Conservative F. R. Wade 7,323 31.4
Majority 8,644 37.2
Turnout 64.0
Labour hold Swing

In the 1922 UK general election, Thomas Walter Grundy was elected unopposed.

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Rother Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Walter Grundy 9,917 55.1
National Democratic E. G. Bearcroft 4,894 27.2
Liberal A. E. M. Turner 3,177 17.7
Majority 5,023 27.9
Turnout 56.3
Labour hold Swing

[edit] See also

[edit] Sources

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)
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