Doncaster North (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°34′37″N 1°03′18″W / 53.577°N 1.055°W

Doncaster North
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map

Boundary of Doncaster North in South Yorkshire.

Outline map

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

Doncaster North is a constituency[n 1] in South Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Ed Miliband, leader of the Labour Party.[n 2]

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, currently represented by Ed Miliband, the Leader of the Opposition.

Boundaries

1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Adwick, Askern, Bentley Central, Bentley North Road, Hatfield, Stainforth, and Thorne.

1997–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Adwick, Askern, Bentley Central, Bentley North Road, Stainforth, and Thorne.

2010–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of 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 partly suburban Mexborough in the west, Bentley that lies on the northern banks of the River Don and Adwick which is farther north. The seat is an area with moderate typical incomes which has yet to recover fully from the almost total end locally in the coal mining industry[n 3] but large numbers of constituents work in construction and manufacturing.[3][4][5][6]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[4] Party
1983 Michael Collins Welsh Labour
1992 Kevin Hughes Labour
2005 Ed Miliband Labour

Elections

General election results since 1983
General Election 2015: Doncaster North[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
English Democrats David Stewart Allen[8]
Liberal Democrat Penny Baker[9]
Monster Raving Loony Nick the flying Brick
Conservative Mark Peter Fletcher
TUSC Mary Jackson
Green Pete Kennedy[10]
Labour Ed Miliband
UKIP Kim Parkinson
Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
General Election 2010 [11]
Turnout: 41,483 (57.3%) +4.7		Labour hold
Majority: 10,909 (26.3%) −12.7
Swing: 2.8% from Lab to Con 		Ed MilibandLabour19,63747.3−8.8
Sophie Brodie Conservative8,72821.0+6.8
Ed Sanderson Liberal Democrat6,17414.9−0.8
Pamela Chambers BNP2,8186.8+2.8
Wayne Crawshaw English Democrats2,1485.2+3.7
Liz Andrews UKIP1,7974.3+2.1
Bill Rawcliffe TUSC1810.4+0.4
General Election 2005 [12]
Turnout: 31,578 (51.1%) +0.6		Labour hold
Majority: 12,656 (40.1%) −8.3
Swing: 4.2% from Lab to Con 		Ed MilibandLabour17,53155.5−7.6
Martin Drake Conservative4,87515.4+0.7
Doug Pickett Liberal Democrat3,80012.0+1.4
Martin Williams Community Group2,3657.5+7.5
Lee Hagan BNP1,5064.8+4.8
Robert Nixon UKIP9403.0+0.7
Michael Cassidy English Democrats5611.8+1.8
General Election 2001 [13]
Turnout: 31,363 (50.5%) −12.8		Labour hold
Majority: 15,187 (48.4%) −6.6
Swing: 3.3% from Lab to Con 		Kevin HughesLabour19,78863.1−6.7
Anita Kapoor Conservative4,60114.7−0.1
Colin Ross Liberal Democrat3,32310.6+2.1
Martin Williams Independent2,9269.3+6.4
John Wallis UKIP7252.3N/A
General Election 1997 [14][15][16][17]
Turnout: 39,888 (63.3%)		Labour hold
Majority: 21,937 (55.0%) +12.9
Swing: 6.6% from Con to Lab 		Kevin HughesLabour27,84369.8+5.4
Peter Kennerley Conservative5,90614.8−7.5
Michael Cook Liberal Democrat3,3698.4−4.5
Ron Thornton Referendum Party1,5894.0N/A
Neil Swan Anti Sleaze Labour[18]1,1813.0N/A
General Election 1992 [19]
Turnout: 55,244 (73.9%) +0.8		Labour hold
Majority: 19,813 (35.9%) −1.5
Swing: 0.7% from Lab to Con 		Kevin HughesLabour34,13561.8+0.0
Robert C. Light Conservative14,32225.9+1.5
Steve Whiting Liberal Democrat6,78712.3−1.6
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 Collins WelshLabour32,95061.8+9.0
Richard James Shepherd Conservative13,01524.4−3.2
Peter Richard Norwood Social Democratic7,39413.9−5.8
General Election 1983
New constituency
Turnout: 69.9%		Labour win
Majority: 12,711 (25.2%) 		Michael Collins WelshLabour26,62652.8N/A
Michael Stephen Conservative13,91527.6N/A
D. Orford Social Democratic9,91619.7N/A

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  3. ↑ See British Coal
References
  1. ↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007. The National Archives. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Check Browser Settings". statistics.gov.uk.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
  5. ↑ Guardian Unlimited Politics Election results from 1992 to the present
  6. ↑ Politics Resources Election results from 1945 to present
  7. ↑ "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "Candidates". English Democrats. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "List of selected candidates". Liberal Democrats. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  10. ↑ http://yorkshireandhumber.greenparty.org.uk/candidates/doncaster-north-peter-kennedy.html
  11. ↑ "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Doncaster North". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  12. ↑ "Doncaster North: Constituency > Politics > guardian.co.uk". Election 2010. The Guardian. 5 May 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  13. ↑ "BBC NEWS > VOTE 2001 > RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES > Doncaster North". Vote 2001. BBC News. 7 June 2001. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  14. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  15. ↑ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.67 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
  16. ↑ The 1997 election result is calculated relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.
  17. ↑ "BBC NEWS>VOTE 2001>Results and Constituencies>Doncaster North". Vote 2001. BBC News. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  18. ↑ "Doncaster North constituency". The Guardian politics. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  19. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

Sources

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