Wentworth (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wentworth County constituency
Wentworth shown within South Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	1918, 1983
MP:	John Healey
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	South Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Wentworth is a parliamentary constituency in South Yorkshire. Originally created in 1918, it was abolished in 1950 but the name was revived when the current constituency was created in 1983. It is considered a safe Labour seat and was held by the incumbent MP John Healey at the 2005 general election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 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 1940s 3.5 Elections in the 1930s 3.6 Elections in the 1920s 3.7 Elections in the 1910s 4 Sources 5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Wentworth constituency consists of the northern Borough of Rotherham and part of the Borough of Barnsley. It borders the constituencies of Barnsley East and Mexborough, Barnsley West and Penistone, Don Valley, Rotherham, Rother Valley and Sheffield Hillsborough.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England has created an extended Wentworth constituency to include electoral wards from Barnsley. This new Wentworth and Dearne will be fought for the first time at the 2009 or 2010 election.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1918	George Henry Hirst	Labour
1933	Wilfred Paling	Labour
Abolished, 1950; revived, 1983
1983	Peter Hardy	Labour
1997	John Healey	Labour

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Healey	21,225	59.63	-7.87
	Conservative	Mark Hughes	6,169	17.33	-1.47
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Orrell	4,800	13.48	+2.67
	British National	Jonathan Pygott	1,798	5.05	N/A
	UKIP	John Wilkinson	1,604	4.51	+1.61
Majority			15,056
Turnout			35,596	56.00
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.2

General Election 2001: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Healey	22,798	67.5	-4.8
	Conservative	Mike Roberts	6,349	18.8	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Wildgoose	3,652	10.8	+1.6
	UKIP	John Wilkinson	979	2.9
Majority			16,449	48.7
Turnout			33,778	52.8

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Healey	30,225	72.3
	Conservative	Karl Hamer	6,266	15.0
	Liberal Democrats	James Charters	3,867	9.3
	Referendum Party	A. Battley	1,423	3.4
Majority			23,959
Turnout				65.3

General Election 1992: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Hardy	32,939	68.5
	Conservative	Michael Brennan	10,490	21.8
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Roderick	4,629	9.6
Majority			22,449
Turnout				74.0

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Hardy	30,205	65.2
	Conservative	William Hague	10,113	21.8
	Social Democrat	D. M. Elgin	6,031	13.0
Majority			20,092	43.4
Turnout				72.6

General Election 1983: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Hardy	27,498	47.7
	Conservative	R. Norton	9,603	22.2
	Social Democrat	M. Tildsley	8,082	18.7
Majority			15,935	36.9
Turnout				69.7

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilfred Paling	44,080	83.6
	Conservative	A. L. G. Dower	8,670	16.4
Majority			35,410	67.2
Turnout				78.3

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilfred Paling	37,471	82.1
	Conservative	A. G. Hargreaves	8,167	17.9
Majority			29,304	64.2
Turnout

In the Wentworth by-election, 1933, Wilfred Paling was elected unopposed.

General Election 1931: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Henry Hirst	31,861	68.8
	National Liberal	C. I. Hilyer	14,462	31.2
Majority			17,399	37.6
Turnout				77.1

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Henry Hirst	35,276	75.1
	Liberal	P. B. Nicholson	7,955	17.0
	Conservative	B. H. Oates	3,684	7.9
Majority			27,321	58.1
Turnout				80.3

In the 1922 UK general election, 1923 UK general election and 1924 UK general election, George Henry Hirst was elected unopposed.

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Henry Hirst	13,029	59.8
	Conservative	T. W. H. Mitchell	5,315	24.4
	Liberal	F. H. Booth	3,453	15.8
Majority			7,714	35.4
Turnout				60.5

[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)

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

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)