Barnsley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Barnsley County constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1983
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Barnsley was a Parliamentary constituency covering the town of Barnsley in England. It returned 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.

The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election and abolished in 1983.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also
5 Sources

[edit] Boundaries

The area formerly covered by this constituency is now mostly in the Barnsley Central constituency and partly in the Barnsley East and Mexborough and Barnsley West and Penistone constituencies.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Courtney Stanhope Kenny	Liberal Party
	1889	Earl Compton	Liberal Party
	1897	Joseph Walton	Liberal Party
	1922	John Samuel Potts	Labour
	1931	Richard John Soper	Liberal National
	1935	John Samuel Potts	Labour
	1938 (b)	Frank Collindridge	Labour
	1951	Sidney Schofield	Labour
	1953	Roy Mason	Labour
1983		constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Mason	36,276	64.0
	Conservative	G. England	13,654	24.1
	Liberal	W. Whitaker	5,751	10.2
	Troops Out of Ireland	B. Gallagher	638	1.1
	Workers' Revolutionary	J. Davis	348	0.6
Majority			22,622	39.9
Turnout				72.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Mason	34,212	65.3
	Conservative	G. England	9,400	18.0
	Liberal	P. Tomlinson	8,753	16.7
Majority			24,812	47.4
Turnout				68.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Mason	40,595	71.8
	Conservative	G. England	15,969	28.2
Majority			24,626	43.5
Turnout				74.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Mason	34,956	64.8
	Conservative	R. Godber	10,811	20.0
	Liberal	J. H. Dossett	8,186	15.2
Majority			24,145	44.8
Turnout				71.2
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Mason	38,744	75.7
	Conservative	J. V. Hall	12,456	24.3
Majority			26,288	51.3
Turnout				73.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Mason	37,250	66.8
	Conservative	J. V. Hall	9,417	16.9
	Liberal	J. H. Dossett	9,089	16.3
Majority			27,833	49.9
Turnout				80.0
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Mason	42,565	73.7
	Conservative	J. P. H. Bent	15,189	26.3
Majority			27,376	47.4
Turnout				82.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Mason	39,485	72.8
	Conservative	R. A. Wilson	14,776	27.2
Majority			24,709	45.5
Turnout				78.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Barnsley by-election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Mason	29,283	72.9	+3.2
	Conservative	G. Whittaker	10,905	27.1	+9.8
Majority			18,378	45.7	−6.6
Turnout			40,188
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.3

General Election 1951: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sidney Schofield	37,523	69.7	+1.1
	Conservative	G. Whittaker	9,296	17.3	+3.5
	Liberal	G. H. Walker	7,002	13.0	−4.6
Majority			28,227	52.5	+1.5
Turnout			53,821	77.2	−11.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Collindridge	42,008	68.6
	Liberal	G. H. Walker	10,779	17.6
	Conservative	C. Gorlon-Spencer	8,480	13.8
Majority			31,209	51.0
Turnout			61,267	88.9
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Collindridge	30,614	72.9
	National Liberal	Richard John Soper	11,382	27.1
Majority			19,232	45.8
Turnout				80.4
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

Barnsley by-election, 1938
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Collindridge	23,566	64.4	+5.5
	National Liberal	H. W. S. Howard	13,052	35.6	−5.5
Majority			10,514	28.8	+11.0
Turnout			36,618	72.7	−9.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.5

General Election 1935: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Samuel Potts	25,318	58.9
	National Liberal	Richard John Soper	17,683	41.1
Majority			7,635	17.8
Turnout				82.6
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing

General Election 1931: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Richard John Soper	21,392	50.9
	Labour	John Samuel Potts	20,622	49.1
Majority			770	1.8
Turnout				84.2
	National Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Samuel Potts	21,855	53.8
	Liberal	W. Sutherland	12,517	30.8
	Conservative	W. Craven-Ellis	6,265	15.4
Majority			9,388	23.0
Turnout				82.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Samuel Potts	14,738	51.7
	Liberal	J. Neal	13,785	48.5
Majority			953	3.4
Turnout				78.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Samuel Potts	12,674	48.0
	Conservative	W. Craven-Ellis	6,884	26.0
	Liberal	J. Neal	6,881	26.0
Majority			5,790	22.0
Turnout				74.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1922: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Samuel Potts	14,728	55.1
	National Liberal	M. Moore	12,011	44.9
Majority			2,717	10.2
Turnout				75.7
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

In the 1910 UK general election and the 1918 UK general election, Joseph Walton was elected unopposed.

General Election January 1910: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Walton	12,425	71.1
	Conservative	A. W. Groser	5,053	28.9
Majority			7,372	42.2
Turnout				83.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1900s

In the 1906 UK general election, Joseph Walton was elected unopposed.

General Election January 1900: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Walton	7,549	63.4
	Liberal Unionist	A. W. Groser	4,356	36.6
Majority			3,193	26.8
Turnout				74.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1890s

Barnsley by-election, 1897
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Walton	6,744	59.7
	Conservative	J. Blyth	3,454	30.6
	Ind. Labour Party	P. F. Curran	1,091	9.7
Majority			3,290	29.1
Turnout				76.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1895: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Earl Compton	6,820	59.4
	Conservative	R. H. F. Greville	4,653	40.6
Majority			2,167	18.8
Turnout				80.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1892: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Earl Compton	6,739	65.8
	Liberal Unionist	F. J. S. Foljambe	3,498	34.2
Majority			3,241	31.6
Turnout				75.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1880s

Barnsley by-election, 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Earl Compton	6,232	62.2
	Conservative	Bruce Canning Vernon-Wentworth	3,781	37.8
Majority			2,451	24.4
Turnout				75.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1886: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Courtney Stanhope Kenny	5,425	65.0
	Conservative	Bruce Canning Vernon-Wentworth	2,917	35.0
Majority			2,508	30.0
Turnout				75.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1885: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Courtney Stanhope Kenny	6,705	71.1
	Conservative	Bruce Canning Vernon-Wentworth	2,722	28.9
Majority			3,983	42.2
Turnout				85.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

[edit] See also

[edit] Sources

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources (Election results since 1951)

Categories: Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (historic) | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885 | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1983 | Politics of Barnsley