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The ceremonial county of South Yorkshire is divided into 14 parliamentary constituencies – 7 borough constituencies and 7 county constituencies.

Sheffield Hallam was the only non-Labour South Yorkshire seat for many years, and was held by Nick Clegg for 12 years, until Labour gained the seat in 2017. For a 22-year period spanning 1997–2019, the Conservatives had no seats in South Yorkshire, until the 2019 election, when they gained three. In the 1980s, the region's socialist activity (particularly in local government) led to it being referred to as the "People's Republic of South Yorkshire", it being dominated by Labour, a party with a strong socialist tradition. However, it was not until 2017 that every seat in South Yorkshire was won by Labour, a feat which was not repeated at the subsequent 2019 election.[1] At the 2024 general election Labour regained all South Yorkshire constituencies.

Constituencies[edit]

Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat   # Reform UK   ¥ Green

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest Opposition Electoral wards[2] Map
Barnsley North CC 76,552 7,811   Dan Jarvis‡   Robert Lomas# Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Central, Cudworth, Darton East, Darton West, Monk Bretton, North East, Old Town, Royston, St. Helens.
Barnsley South CC 75,635 4,748   Stephanie Peacock‡   David White# Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Darfield, Dearne North, Dearne South, Hoyland Milton, Kingstone, Rockingham, Stairfoot, Wombwell, Worsbrough.
Doncaster Central CC 71,389 9,551   Sally Jameson‡   Nick Allen† City of Doncaster Council: Armthorpe, Balby South, Bessacarr, Edenthorpe and Kirk Sandall, Hexthorpe and Balby North, Tickhill and Wadworth, Town, Wheatley Hills and Intake.
Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme CC 70,133 2,311   Lee Pitcher‡   Nick Fletcher† City of Doncaster Council: Finningley, Hatfield, Rossington and Bawtry, Thorne and Moorends. North Lincolnshire Council: Axholme Central, Axholme North, Axholme South.
Doncaster North CC 72,362 9,216   Ed Miliband‡   Glenn Bluff† City of Doncaster Council: Adwick le Street and Carcroft, Bentley, Mexborough, Norton and Askern, Roman Ridge, Sprotbrough, Stainforth and Barnby Dun
Penistone and Stocksbridge CC 70,925 8,739   Marie Tidball‡   Miriam Cates† Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Dodworth, Penistone East, Penistone West. Sheffield City Council: East Ecclesfield, Stocksbridge and Upper Don, West Ecclesfield.
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough CC 6,908   John Healey‡   Adam Wood# City of Doncaster Council: Conisbrough, Edlington and Warmsworth. Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council: Bramley and Ravenfield, Hoober, Kilnhurst and Swinton East, Rawmarsh East, Rawmarsh West, Swinton Rockingham, Wath.
Rother Valley CC 74,050 998   Jake Richards‡   Alexander Stafford† Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council: Anston and Woodsetts, Aston and Todwick, Aughton and Swallownest, Dinnington, Hellaby and Maltby West, Maltby East, Sitwell, Thurcroft and Wickersley South, Wales.
Rotherham BC 5,490   Sarah Champion‡   John Cronly# Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council: Boston Castle, Brinsworth, Dalton and Thrybergh, Greasbrough, Keppel, Rother Vale, Rotherham East, Rotherham West, Wickersley North.
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough BC 69,333 11,600   Gill Furniss‡   Christine Kubo¥ Sheffield City Council: Burngreave, Firth Park, Hillsborough, Shiregreen and Brightside, Southey.
Sheffield Central 8,286   Abtisam Mohamed‡   Angela Argenzio¥ Sheffield City Council: Broomhill and Sharrow Vale, City, Nether Edge and Sharrow, Walkley.
Sheffield Hallam CC 72,763 8,189 Olivia Blake‡   Shaffaq Mohammed¤ Sheffield City Council: Crookes and Crosspool, Dore and Totley, Ecclesall, Fulwood, Stannington.
Sheffield Heeley BC 15,304   Louise Haigh‡   Alexi Diamond¥ Sheffield City Council: Beauchief and Greenhill, Gleadless Valley, Graves Park, Manor Castle, Park and Arbourthorne, Richmond (polling districts UB, UC and UE).
Sheffield South East 12,458   Clive Betts‡   Caroline Kampila† Sheffield City Council: Beighton, Birley, Darnall, Mosborough, Richmond (polling districts UA, UD, UF, UG and UH), Woodhouse.

2010 boundary changes[edit]

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to reduce the number of seats in South Yorkshire from 15 to 14, leading to significant changes. Barnsley East and Mexborough, Barnsley West and Penistone, Sheffield, Brightside, and Sheffield, Hillsborough were abolished and replaced by Barnsley East, Penistone and Stocksbridge, and Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough. Sheffield, Attercliffe was renamed Sheffield South East, and Wentworth was renamed Wentworth and Dearne.

Former name Boundaries 1997-2010 Current name Boundaries 2010–present
  1. Barnsley Central BC
  2. Barnsley East and Mexborough CC
  3. Barnsley West and Penistone CC
  4. Doncaster Central BC
  5. Doncaster North CC
  6. Don Valley CC
  7. Rother Valley CC
  8. Rotherham BC
  9. Sheffield, Attercliffe BC
  10. Sheffield, Brightside BC
  11. Sheffield Central BC
  12. Sheffield, Hallam CC
  13. Sheffield, Heeley BC
  14. Sheffield, Hillsborough CC
  15. Wentworth CC
Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire
Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire
  1. Barnsley Central BC
  2. Barnsley East CC
  3. Don Valley CC
  4. Doncaster Central BC
  5. Doncaster North CC
  6. Penistone and Stocksbridge CC
  7. Rother Valley CC
  8. Rotherham BC
  9. Sheffield Central BC
  10. Sheffield South East BC
  11. Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough BC
  12. Sheffield, Hallam CC
  13. Sheffield, Heeley BC
  14. Wentworth and Dearne CC
Proposed revised constituencies in South Yorkshire
Proposed revised constituencies in South Yorkshire

Proposed boundary changes[edit]

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed that South Yorkshire be combined with Humberside as a sub-region of the Yorkshire and the Humber Region, resulting in the creation of a new cross-county boundary constituency named Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme, largely replacing Don Valley. Barnsley Central and Barnsley East would be realigned to form Barnsley North and Barnsley South. Changes to Wentworth and Dearne would result in it being renamed Rawmarsh and Conisbrough.[4][5]

The following constituencies are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Barnsley

Containing electoral wards from Doncaster

Containing electoral wards from Rotherham

Containing electoral wards from Sheffield

Results history[edit]

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]

2019[edit]

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising South Yorkshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Labour 257,978 42.3% Decrease14.6% 11 Decrease3
Conservative 196,969 32.3% Increase2.5% 3 Increase3
Brexit 82,838 13.6% new 0 0
Liberal Democrats 47,831 7.8% Increase1.9% 0 0
Greens 14,084 2.3% Increase1.1% 0 0
Others 10,506 1.7% Decrease4.5% 0 0
Total 610,206 100.0 14

Percentage votes[edit]

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 28.0 24.9 27.0 16.7 18.8 18.0 20.6 17.4 29.8 32.3
Labour 48.8 56.0 57.9 62.3 59.0 52.7 42.0 49.5 56.9 42.3
Liberal Democrat1 23.0 18.9 14.5 16.6 18.0 21.4 23.7 8.2 5.9 7.8
Green Party - * * * * * 0.6 2.7 1.2 2.3
UKIP - - - * * * 4.4 20.8 4.7 *
Brexit Party - - - - - - - - - 13.6
Other 0.2 0.2 0.6 4.4 4.1 8.0 8.7 1.6 1.5 1.7

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats[edit]

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Conservative 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Labour 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 14 11 14
Liberal Democrat1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Total 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps[edit]

  • 1983
    1983
  • 1987
    1987
  • 1992
    1992
  • 1997
    1997
  • 2001
    2001
  • 2005
    2005
  • 2010
    2010
  • 2015
    2015
  • 2017
    2017
  • 2019
    2019

Historical representation by party[edit]

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1983 to 2010[edit]

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 94 96 1997 2001 2005
Barnsley West and Penistone McKay Clapham
Don Valley Redmond Flint
Rother Valley Barron
Barnsley Central Mason Illsley
Barnsley E / Barnsley E & Mexborough ('97) Patchett Ennis
Doncaster Central Walker Winterton
Doncaster North Welsh Hughes Miliband
Rotherham Crowther Boyce MacShane
Sheffield Attercliffe Duffy Betts
Sheffield Brightside Maynard Blunkett
Sheffield Central Caborn
Sheffield Hallam Osborn Patnick Allan Clegg
Sheffield Heeley Michie Munn
Wentworth Hardy Healey
Sheffield Hillsborough Flannery Jackson Smith

2010 to present[edit]

  Change UK   Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 2010 10 11 12 12 2015 16 2017 18 19 19 2019 2024
Barnsley Central / Barnsley North (2024) Illsley → Jarvis
Barnsley East / Barnsley South (2024) Dugher Peacock
Don Valley / Doncaster E & the Isle of Axholme ('24)1 Flint Fletcher Pitcher
Doncaster Central Winterton Jameson
Doncaster North Miliband
Penistone & Stocksbridge Smith → → Cates Tidball
Rother Valley Barron Stafford Richards
Rotherham MacShane → → Champion
Sheffield South East Betts
Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough Blunkett Harpham Furniss
Sheffield Central Blomfield Mohamed
Sheffield Hallam Clegg O'Mara → Blake
Sheffield Heeley Munn Haigh
Wentworth & Dearne / Rawmarsh & Conisbrough ('24) Healey

1also includes some areas of Humberside

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Linda McDowell (2011). Redundant Masculinities? Employment Change and White Working Class Youth. ISBN 978-1444355598. ... local politics in Sheffield were dominated by a particular form of radical municipal socialism, gaining the city a brief but prestigious reputation as the Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire.
  2. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/1230, retrieved 15 July 2024
  3. ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  4. ^ The new Yorkshire borders that could create 18 new constituencies by next General Election YorkshireLive
  5. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1394-1418. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  6. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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