Barnsley (UK Parliament constituency)
Barnsley | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | South Yorkshire |
1885–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Barnsley Central, Barnsley East and Barnsley West & Penistone[1] |
Created from | Southern West Riding of Yorkshire |
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.
History
The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election and abolished in 1983. It was a Liberal seat in its early years, but by the time of its abolition it had become a Labour stronghold.
Boundaries
The area formerly covered by this constituency is now mostly in the Barnsley Central constituency and partly in the Barnsley East constituency.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Courtney Stanhope Kenny | Liberal Party | |
1889 by-election | Earl Compton | Liberal Party | |
1897 by-election | Sir Joseph Walton | Liberal Party | |
1922 | John Potts | Labour | |
1931 | Richard John Soper | Liberal National | |
1935 | John Potts | Labour | |
1938 by-election | Frank Collindridge | Labour | |
1951 | Sidney Schofield | Labour | |
1953 by-election | Roy Mason | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Courtney Stanhope Kenny | 6,705 | 71.1 | n/a | |
Conservative | Bruce Canning Vernon-Wentworth | 2,722 | 28.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,983 | 42.2 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 85.4 | n/a | |||
Liberal win | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Courtney Stanhope Kenny | 5,425 | 65.0 | -6.1 | |
Conservative | Bruce Canning Vernon-Wentworth | 2,917 | 35.0 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 2,508 | 30.0 | -12.2 | ||
Turnout | 75.6 | -9.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Earl Compton | 6,232 | 62.2 | -2.8 | |
Conservative | Bruce Canning Vernon-Wentworth | 3,781 | 37.8 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 2,451 | 24.4 | -5.6 | ||
Turnout | 79.5 | -3.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.8 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Earl Compton | 6,739 | 65.8 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Unionist | Francis John Savile Foljambe | 3,498 | 34.2 | -3.6 | |
Majority | 3,241 | 31.6 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 75.0 | -4.5 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | 3.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Earl Compton | 6,820 | 59.4 | -6.4 | |
Conservative | Hon. Ronald Henry Fulke Greville | 4,653 | 40.6 | +6.4 | |
Majority | 2,167 | 18.8 | -12.8 | ||
Turnout | 80.9 | +5.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Walton | 6,744 | 59.7 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | James Blyth | 3,454 | 30.6 | -10.0 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Peter Francis Curran | 1,091 | 9.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,290 | 29.1 | +10.3 | ||
Turnout | 76.3 | -4.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.2 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Walton | 7,549 | 63.4 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Unionist | Arthur William Groser | 4,356 | 36.6 | -3.7 | |
Majority | 3,193 | 26.8 | +7.4 | ||
Turnout | 74.6 | -1.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.7 | |||
In the 1906 UK general election, Joseph Walton was elected unopposed.
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Walton | 12,425 | 71.1 | n/a | |
Conservative | Arthur William Groser | 5,053 | 28.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 7,372 | 42.2 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 83.8 | n/a | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a | |||
In the December 1910 UK general election and the 1918 UK general election, Joseph Walton was elected unopposed.
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Samuel Potts | 14,728 | 55.1 | ||
National Liberal | Maurice Moore | 12,011 | 44.9 | ||
Majority | 2,717 | 10.2 | |||
Turnout | 75.7 | ||||
Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Samuel Potts | 12,674 | 48.0 | -7.1 | |
Unionist | William Craven-Ellis | 6,884 | 26.0 | n/a | |
Liberal | John Neal | 6,881 | 26.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 5,790 | 22.0 | +11.8 | ||
Turnout | 74.1 | -1.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Samuel Potts | 14,738 | 51.7 | ||
Liberal | John Neal | 13,785 | 48.5 | ||
Majority | 953 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 78.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Samuel Potts | 21,855 | 53.8 | +2.1 | |
Liberal | Rt Hon. Sir William Sutherland | 12,517 | 30.8 | -17.7 | |
Unionist | William Craven-Ellis | 6,265 | 15.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 9,388 | 23.0 | +19.6 | ||
Turnout | 82.3 | +4.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.8 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Richard John Soper | 21,392 | 50.9 | ||
Labour | John Samuel Potts | 20,622 | 49.1 | ||
Majority | 770 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 84.2 | ||||
Liberal National gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Samuel Potts | 25,318 | 58.9 | ||
Liberal National | Richard John Soper | 17,683 | 41.1 | ||
Majority | 7,635 | 17.8 | |||
Turnout | 82.6 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal National | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Collindridge | 23,566 | 64.4 | +5.5 | |
Liberal National | Harold Walter Seymour 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 | |||
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Collindridge | 30,614 | 72.9 | ||
Liberal National | Richard John Soper | 11,382 | 27.1 | ||
Majority | 19,232 | 45.8 | |||
Turnout | 80.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Collindridge | 42,008 | 68.6 | ||
Liberal | Geoffrey Howard Walker | 10,779 | 17.6 | ||
National Liberal | Charles Gordon-Spencer | 8,480 | 13.8 | ||
Majority | 31,209 | 51.0 | |||
Turnout | 61,267 | 88.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sidney Schofield | 37,523 | 69.7 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Whittaker | 9,296 | 17.3 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey Howard Walker | 7,002 | 13.0 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 28,227 | 52.5 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 53,821 | 77.2 | −11.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Mason | 29,283 | 72.9 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Whittaker | 10,905 | 27.1 | +9.8 | |
Majority | 18,378 | 45.7 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 40,188 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Mason | 39,485 | 72.8 | ||
Conservative | R. Anthony Wilson | 14,776 | 27.2 | ||
Majority | 24,709 | 45.5 | |||
Turnout | 78.6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Mason | 42,565 | 73.7 | ||
Conservative | John Philip Howard Bent | 15,189 | 26.3 | ||
Majority | 27,376 | 47.4 | |||
Turnout | 82.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Mason | 37,250 | 66.8 | ||
Conservative | Joan Valerie Hall | 9,417 | 16.9 | ||
Liberal | John Herbert Dossett | 9,089 | 16.3 | ||
Majority | 27,833 | 49.9 | |||
Turnout | 80.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Mason | 38,744 | 75.7 | ||
Conservative | Joan Valerie Hall | 12,456 | 24.3 | ||
Majority | 26,288 | 51.3 | |||
Turnout | 73.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Mason | 34,956 | 64.8 | ||
Conservative | Robert Godber | 10,811 | 20.0 | ||
Liberal | John Herbert Dossett | 8,186 | 15.2 | ||
Majority | 24,145 | 44.8 | |||
Turnout | 71.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Mason | 40,595 | 71.8 | ||
Conservative | George England | 15,969 | 28.2 | ||
Majority | 24,626 | 43.5 | |||
Turnout | 74.6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Mason | 34,212 | 65.3 | ||
Conservative | George England | 9,400 | 18.0 | ||
Liberal | P. Tomlinson | 8,753 | 16.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 24,812 | 47.4 | |||
Turnout | 68.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Mason | 36,276 | 64.0 | ||
Conservative | George England | 13,654 | 24.1 | ||
Liberal | Wilfred 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 | ||||
See also
References
- ↑ "'Barnsley', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
- Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources (Election results since 1951)