Barnsley Central (UK Parliament constituency)

See also: Barnsley Central by-election, 2011
Barnsley Central
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Barnsley Central in South Yorkshire.

Location of South Yorkshire within England.
County South Yorkshire
Electorate 64,732 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements Barnsley, Royston
Current constituency
Created 1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament Dan Jarvis[2] (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from Barnsley, Wakefield
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency Yorkshire and the Humber

Barnsley Central is a borough Parliamentary constituency in South Yorkshire. 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.

Created in 1983, Barnsley Central covers a similar area to that of the former Barnsley constituency. It is considered a safe Labour seat and had been represented since 1987 by Eric Illsley. The seat was held by Illsley as an independent MP after he was suspended from the Labour party over the expenses row, but became vacant on 8 February 2011.[3]

On 12 January 2011, having admitted fraud over his expenses, Illsley announced the intention to stand down from Parliament, necessitating a by-election in early 2011.[4] On 8 February 2011 Ilsley resigned his seat, by accepting appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, before he was due to be sentenced for dishonestly claiming parliamentary expenses.[5] The by-election was held on 3 March 2011 and was won by Dan Jarvis for the Labour Party, increasing the Labour majority and share of the vote.[2]

Contents

Boundaries

Barnsley Central constituency covers most of the town of Barnsley. It is bordered by the constituencies of Wakefield, Hemsworth, Barnsley East, and Penistone and Stocksbridge.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England created a modified Barnsley Central constituency, first fought at the 2010 general election.

The newly drawn constituency is made up of eight electoral wards from Barnsley Borough Council:

Members of Parliament

The constituency has had three Members of Parliament since its creation in 1983, all of whom have been from the Labour Party.

Election Member[6] Party
1983 Roy Mason Labour
1987 Eric Illsley Labour
2010[3] Independent
2011 by-election Dan Jarvis Labour

Elections

Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
Barnsley Central by-election, 2011 [7]
Turnout: 24,219 (36.5%) -19.6		 Labour hold
Majority: 11,771 (48.6%) +18.6		 Dan Jarvis Labour 14,724 60.8 +13.5
Jane Collins UKIP 2,953 12.2 +7.5
James Hockney Conservative 1,999 8.3 -9.0
Enis Dalton BNP 1,463 6.0 -2.9
Tony Devoy Independent 1,266 5.2 +4.6
Dominic Carman Liberal Democrat 1,012 4.2 -13.1
Kevin Riddiough English Democrats 544 2.2 N/A
Howling Laud Hope Monster Raving Loony 198 0.8 N/A
Michael Val Davies Independent 60 0.2 N/A
General Election 2010 [8][9]
Turnout: 37,001 (56.5%) +8.8		 Labour hold
Majority: 11,093 (30.0%) −14.5
Swing: 5.5% from Lab to Lib Dem		 Eric Illsley Labour 17,487 47.3 −10.4
Christopher Wiggin Liberal Democrat 6,394 17.3 +0.7
Piers Tempest Conservative 6,388 17.3 +2.5
Ian Sutton BNP 3,307 8.9 +4.4
David Silver UKIP 1,727 4.7 N/A
Donald Wood Independent 732 2.0 -2.1
Tony Devoy Independent 610 1.6 N/A
Terence Robinson Socialist Labour 356 1.0 N/A
General Election 2005 [10]
Turnout: 28,615 (47.2%) +1.4		 Labour hold
Majority: 12,732 (44.5%) −10.4
Swing: 5.2% from Lab to Lib Dem		 Eric Illsley Labour 17,478 61.1 −8.5
Miles Crompton Liberal Democrat 4,746 16.6 +1.9
Peter Morel Conservative 3,813 13.3 +0.2
Geoffrey Broadley BNP 1,403 4.9 N/A
Donald Wood Independent 1,175 4.1 N/A
General Election 2001 [11]
Turnout: 27,543 (45.8%) −13.8		 Labour hold
Majority: 15,130 (54.9%) −12.7
Swing: 6.3% from Lab to Con		 Eric Illsley Labour 19,181 69.6 −7.4
Alan Hartley Liberal Democrat 4,051 14.7 +5.2
Ian McCord Conservative 3,608 13.1 +3.3
Henry Rajch Socialist Alliance 703 2.6 N/A
General Election 1997 [12][13][14]
Turnout: 36,485 (59.7%) −10.8		 Labour hold
Majority: 24,501 (67.2%) +17.6
Swing: 7.5% from Con to Lab		 Eric Illsley Labour 28,090 77.0 +6.2
Simon Gutteridge Conservative 3,589 9.8 −8.7
Darren Finlay Liberal Democrat 3,481 9.5 −1.2
James Walsh Referendum Party 1,325 3.6 N/A
General Election 1992 [15]
Turnout: 39,056 (70.5%) +0.5		 Labour hold
Majority: 19,361 (49.6%) +0.9
Swing: 0.5% from Con to Lab		 Eric Illsley Labour 27,048 69.3 +2.5
David Senior Conservative 7,687 19.7 +1.6
Stephen Cowton Liberal Democrat 4,321 11.1 −4.1
General Election 1987 [16]
Turnout: 37,548 (70.0%) +3.7		 Labour hold
Majority: 19,051 (48.7%) +9.9		 Eric Illsley Labour 26,139 66.8 +7.0
Vivien Prais Conservative 7,088 18.1 −2.9
Susan Holland SDP–Liberal Alliance 4,321 15.1 −4.1
General Election 1983 [17]
Turnout: 36,532 (66.3%) N/A		 Labour hold
Majority: 14,173 (38.8%) N/A		 Roy Mason Labour 21,847 59.8 N/A
Howard Oldfield Conservative 7,674 21.0 N/A
Geoffrey Reid SDP–Liberal Alliance 7,011 19.2 N/A

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Labour win Barnsley Central by-election". BBC News (BBC). 3 March 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12643639. Retrieved 2011-03-03. 
  3. ^ a b "Labour MP charged over expenses". BBC News (BBC). 19 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/571048.stm. Retrieved 2011-01-12. 
  4. ^ BBC News Website, 12 January 2011
  5. ^ "Expenses fraud Barnsley Central MP Eric Illsley resigns" (Press release). BBC. 8 February 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-12400076. Retrieved 8 February 2011. 
  6. ^ *Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
  7. ^ "By election result for Barnsley Central". BBC. 4 March 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12643639. Retrieved 4 March 2011. 
  8. ^ Barnsley Central UKPolling
  9. ^ "UK general election 2010: Results for Barnsley Central". Electoral Commission. http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/elections/results/general_elections/uk-general-election-2010/barnsley-central?. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 
  10. ^ BBC Election 2005 "Vote 2005". Vote 2005. BBC News. 5 May 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/26.stm BBC Election 2005. Retrieved 2011-01-13. 
  11. ^ BBC Election 2001 "Vote 2001". Vote 2001. BBC News. 7 June 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/026.stm BBC Election 2001. Retrieved 2011-01-13. 
  12. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/078.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-07. 
  13. ^ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.25 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
  14. ^ The 1997 election result is calculated relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.
  15. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 
  16. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1987. Politics Resources. 11 June 1987. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i01.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-13. 
  17. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i01.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-13. 

Sources

Labour (31)
Conservative (19)
Liberal Democrats (3)
Independent (1)