Doncaster North (UK Parliament constituency)

Doncaster North
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Doncaster North in South Yorkshire.
Location of South Yorkshire within England.
County	South Yorkshire
Electorate	72,855 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Mexborough, Stainforth[2]
Current constituency
Created	1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament	Ed Miliband (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Don Valley and Goole
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Doncaster North is a county constituency in South Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was first contested in 1983.

Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Constituency profile 4 Members of Parliament 5 Elections 6 See also 7 Notes and references 8 Sources

History

The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the seats of Don Valley and Goole, and has been a Labour stronghold ever since its creation. It is currently represented by Ed Miliband, the Leader of the Opposition.

Boundaries

Following boundary changes in 2010, the constituency consists of seven electoral wards of the Borough of Doncaster:

• Adwick; Askern Spa; Bentley; Great North Road; Mexborough; Sprotbrough; Stainforth and Moorends.

Constituency profile

The constituency covers largely rural areas north of Doncaster, stretching to Mexborough in the west. Bentley lies on the northern banks of the River Don and Adwick is farther north. This staunchly working-class seat has yet to recover fully from the decline of the coal mining industry but large numbers of constituents work in construction and manufacturing. The seat routinely polls above 50 per cent for Labour.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [3]	Party
	1983	Michael Welsh	Labour
	1992	Kevin Hughes	Labour
	2005	Ed Miliband	Labour

Elections

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
General Election 2010 [4] Turnout: 41,483 (57.3%) +4.7		Labour hold Majority: 10,909 (26.3%) −12.7 Swing: 2.8% from Lab to Con		Ed Miliband	Labour	19,637	47.3	−8.8
				Sophie Brodie	Conservative	8,728	21.0	+6.8
				Ed Sanderson	Liberal Democrat	6,174	14.9	−0.8
				Pamela Chambers	BNP	2,818	6.8	+2.8
				Wayne Crawshaw	English Democrats	2,148	5.2	+3.7
				Liz Andrews	UKIP	1,797	4.3	+2.1
				Bill Rawcliffe	Trade Unionist & Socialist	181	0.4	+0.4
General Election 2005 [5] Turnout: 31,578 (51.1%) +0.6		Labour hold Majority: 12,656 (40.1%) −8.3 Swing: 4.2% from Lab to Con		Ed Miliband	Labour	17,531	55.5	−7.6
				Martin Drake	Conservative	4,875	15.4	+0.7
				Doug Pickett	Liberal Democrat	3,800	12.0	+1.4
				Martin Williams	Community Group	2,365	7.5	+7.5
				Lee Hagan	BNP	1,506	4.8	+4.8
				Robert Nixon	UKIP	940	3.0	+0.7
				Michael Cassidy	English Democrats	561	1.8	+1.8
General Election 2001 [6] Turnout: 31,363 (50.5%) −12.8		Labour hold Majority: 15,187 (48.4%) −6.6 Swing: 3.3% from Lab to Con		Kevin Hughes	Labour	19,788	63.1	−6.7
				Anita Kapoor	Conservative	4,601	14.7	−0.1
				Colin Ross	Liberal Democrat	3,323	10.6	+2.1
				Martin Williams	Independent	2,926	9.3	+6.4
				John Wallis	UKIP	725	2.3	N/A
General Election 1997 [7][8][9][10] Turnout: 39,888 (63.3%)		Labour hold Majority: 21,937 (55.0%) +12.9 Swing: 6.6% from Con to Lab		Kevin Hughes	Labour	27,843	69.8	+5.4
				Peter Kennerley	Conservative	5,906	14.8	−7.5
				Michael Cook	Liberal Democrat	3,369	8.4	−4.5
				Ron Thornton	Referendum Party	1,589	4.0	N/A
				Neil Swan	Anti Sleaze Labour [11]	1,181	3.0	N/A
General Election 1992 [12] Turnout: 55,244 (73.9%) +0.8		Labour hold Majority: 19,813 (35.9%) −1.5 Swing: 0.7% from Lab to Con		Kevin Hughes	Labour	34,135	61.8	+0.0
				Robert C. Light	Conservative	14,322	25.9	+1.5
				Steve Whiting	Liberal Democrat	6,787	12.3	−1.6
General Election 1987 Turnout: 53,359 (73.1%) +3.4		Labour hold Majority: 19,935 (37.4%) +12.2 Swing: 6.1% from Con to Lab		Michael Welsh	Labour	32,950	61.8	+9.0
				R. J. Shepherd	Conservative	13,015	24.4	−3.2
				P. Norwood	Social Democrat	7,394	13.9	−5.8
General Election 1983 Turnout: 69.9%		Labour hold Majority: 12,711 (25.2%)		Michael Welsh	Labour	26,626	52.8
				Michael Stephen	Conservative	13,915	27.6
				D. Orford	Social Democrat	9,916	19.7

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

Notes and references

Sources

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
• Guardian Unlimited Politics Election results from 1992 to the present
• Politics Resources Election results from 1945 to the present
• Ed Miliband, MP for Doncaster North The website of Ed Miliband

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Camberwell and Peckham	Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition 2010–present	Incumbent

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