Barnsley East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Barnsley East County constituency
Image:BarnsleyEastConstituency.svg
Barnsley East shown within South Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	1983, abolished 1997 to create Barnsley East and Mexborough, recreated for next General Election
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Type:	House of Commons
County:	South Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Barnsley East was and will be a Parliamentary constituency in South Yorkshire. The seat was created as Barnsley East in 1983, and abolished to create Barnsley East and Mexborough in 1997. It will be recreated as Barnsley East at the next UK general election.

Contents 1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 3.1 Elections in the 1990s 3.2 Elections in the 1980s 4 Sources 5 See also

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England has divided the existing Barnsley East and Mexborough to split off Barnsley East from Mexborough, to create the new Barnsley East constituency.

This means the 2005 election was the last for the current Barnsley East and Mexborough constituency. The electoral wards used in the formation of the new East division are:

• Cudworth, Darfield, Hoyland Milton, North East, Rockingham, Stairfoot, Wombwell and Worsbrough.

[edit] Members of Parliament

The constituency had two Members of Parliament from its creation in 1983 to its abolition in 1997, both of whom were from the Labour Party.

Year	Member	Party
1983	Terry Patchett	Labour
1996	Jeff Ennis	Labour

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

By-election of 1996

Following the death of Terry Patchett on 11 October 1996, a by-election was held on 12 December 1996. The replacement Labour candidate Jeff Ennis held the seat for the party despite a low voter turnout.

By-Election 1996: Barnsley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeff Ennis	13,683	76.4	−0.8
	Liberal Democrat	David Willis	1,502	8.4	−0.2
	Conservative	Jane Ellison	1,299	7.3	−6.9
	Socialist Labour	Ken Capstick	949	5.3	N/A
	UK Independence	Count Nikolai Tolstoy	378	2.1	N/A
	Socialist Equality	Julie Hyland	89	0.5	N/A
Majority			12,181	68.0	+5.0
Turnout				33.7	-39.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 1992

General Election 1992: Barnsley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Patchett	30,346	77.2	+2.7
	Conservative	John Proctor	5,569	14.2	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Sylvia Anginotti	3,399	8.6	−2.9
Majority			24,777	63.0	+2.5
Turnout				72.7	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General election of 1987

General Election 1987: Barnsley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Patchett	29,948	74.5	+8.2
	Conservative	James Clappison	5,437	14.0	−1.9
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	G.J. Griffiths	4,482	11.5	−7.3
Majority			23,511	60.5	+12.0
Turnout				72.6	+5.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 1983

General Election 1983: Barnsley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Patchett	23,905	66.3	N/A
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	P. Tomlinson	6,413	17.8	N/A
	Conservative	G. England	5,749	15.9	N/A
Majority			17,492	48.5	N/A
Turnout				67.3	N/A
	New creation: Labour gain.		Swing	N/A

[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)

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

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