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
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
Member of parliament	Ed Miliband (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Don Valley and Goole[3]
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 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 always been a Labour stronghold. Its most high-profile MP has been Ed Miliband, who was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2010 to 2015.

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, and 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.^[4][5][6][7]

Since Doncaster North constituency was formed in 1983, it has only elected Labour MPs.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[5]	Party
	1983	Michael Welsh	Labour
	1992	Kevin Hughes	Labour
	2005	Ed Miliband	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election results since 1983

General Election 2015: Doncaster North[8][9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ed Miliband	20,708	52.4	+5.1
	UKIP	Kim Parkinson	8,928	22.6	+18.3
	Conservative	Mark Fletcher	7,235	18.3	−2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Penny Baker	1,005	2.5	−12.3
	Green	Pete Kennedy	757	1.9	+1.9
	English Democrats	David Allen	448	1.1	−4.0
	TUSC	Mary Jackson	258	0.7	+0.2
	Monster Raving Loony	Nick the Flying Brick	162	0.4	+0.4
Majority			11,780	29.8	+3.5
Turnout			39,501	55.7	−1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.1

General Election 2010: Doncaster North[10][11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ed Miliband	19,637	47.3	-8.8
	Conservative	Sophie Brodie	8,728	21.0	+6.8
	Liberal Democrat	Ed Sanderson	6,174	14.9	−0.8
	BNP	Pamela Chambers	2,818	6.8	+2.8
	English Democrats	Wayne Crawshaw	2,148	5.2	+3.7
	UKIP	Liz Andrews	1,797	4.3	+2.1
	TUSC	Bill Rawcliffe	181	0.4	N/A
Majority			10,909	26.3	-12.7
Turnout			41,483	57.3	+4.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.8

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Doncaster North[12][13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ed Miliband	17,531	55.5	-7.6
	Conservative	Martin Drake	4,875	15.4	+0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Doug Pickett	3,800	12.0	+1.4
	Community Group	Martin Williams	2,365	7.5	N/A
	BNP	Lee Hagan	1,506	4.8	N/A
	UKIP	Robert Nixon	940	3.0	+0.7
	English Democrats	Michael Cassidy	561	1.8	N/A
Majority			12,656	40.1	-8.3
Turnout			31,578	51.1	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.2

General Election 2001: Doncaster North[14][15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Michael Hughes	19,788	63.1	-6.7
	Conservative	Anita Kapoor	4,601	14.7	-0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Ross	3,323	10.6	+2.1
	Independent	Martin Williams	2,926	9.3	N/A
	UKIP	John Wallis	725	2.3	N/A
Majority			15,187	48.4	-6.6
Turnout			31,363	50.5	-12.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.3

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Doncaster North[16][17][18][19][20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Michael Hughes	27,843	69.8	+8.0
	Conservative	Peter Kennerley	5,906	14.8	-7.5
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Cook	3,369	8.4	-4.5
	Referendum	Ron Thornton	1,589	4.0	N/A
	Anti Sleaze Labour	Neil Swan	1,181	3.0	N/A
Majority			21,937	55.0	+12.9
Turnout			39,888	63.3	-10.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.6

General Election 1992: Doncaster North[21][22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Michael Hughes	34,135	61.8	+0.0
	Conservative	Robert C Light	14,322	25.9	+1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Whiting	6,787	12.3	N/A
Majority			19,813	35.9	-1.5
Turnout			55,244	73.9	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.7

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Doncaster North[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Collins Welsh	32,950	61.8	+9.0
	Conservative	Richard James Shepherd	13,015	24.4	-3.2
	Social Democratic	Peter Richard Norwood	7,394	13.9	-5.8
Majority			19,935	37.4	+12.2
Turnout			53,359	73.1	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.1

General Election 1983: Doncaster North[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Collins Welsh	26,626	52.8	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Stephen	13,915	27.6	N/A
	Social Democratic	D Orford	9,916	19.7	N/A
Majority			12,711	25.2	N/A
Turnout			50,457	69.9	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

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. "'Doncaster North', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
4. "Check Browser Settings". statistics.gov.uk.
5. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
6. Guardian Unlimited Politics Election results from 1992 to the present
7. Politics Resources Election results from 1945 to present
8. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
9. "Doncaster North". BBC News. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
10. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
11. "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Doncaster North". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
12. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
13. "Doncaster North: Constituency > Politics > guardian.co.uk". Election 2010. The Guardian. 5 May 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
14. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
15. "BBC NEWS > VOTE 2001 > RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES > Doncaster North". Vote 2001. BBC News. 7 June 2001. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
16. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
17. "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
18. C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.67 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
19. The 1997 election result is calculated relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.
20. "BBC NEWS>VOTE 2001>Results and Constituencies>Doncaster North". Vote 2001. BBC News. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
21. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
22. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
23. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
24. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Sources

• Ed Miliband, MP for Doncaster North The website of Ed Miliband