Rotherham (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°25′48″N 1°21′25″W / 53.430°N 1.357°W / 53.430; -1.357

Rotherham
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Rotherham in South Yorkshire.
Location of South Yorkshire within England.
County	South Yorkshire
Electorate	63,131 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Rotherham
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Sarah Champion (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Southern West Riding of Yorkshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Rotherham is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2012 by Sarah Champion, a member of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

History

This constituency was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.

Rotherham has returned Labour MPs since 1933 following the earlier period before 1923 dominated by the Liberal and Conservative parties. In every example the majority has been relatively large in this period, meaning that since that date the result has been a safe seat.

Boundaries

Rotherham constituency is one of three borough constituencies in the borough. The current boundary configuration was confirmed in 2005.^[2] It is formed with the Rotherham borough electoral wards:

Boston Castle, Brinsworth and Catcliffe, Keppel, Rotherham East, Rotherham West, Valley, and Wingfield in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham^[3]

It borders Rother Valley, Sheffield South East, Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, Penistone and Stocksbridge, and Wentworth and Dearne.

Constituency profile

The constituency consists of Census Output Areas of one local government district: a working population whose income is on average slightly below the national average and close to average reliance upon social housing.^[4] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood at 7% and 9.6% male unemployment of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, compared to the regional average of 4.7%. This was considerably higher also than the constituencies that share the borough.^[5]

The borough contributing to the seat has a relatively high 26.6% of its population without a car compared to 20.1% in Bassetlaw and 30.3% in Sheffield. In terms of extremes of education 29.8% of the population in 2011 were without qualifications, contrasted with 17.4% with level 4 qualifications or above.

In terms of tenure 65.2% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage as at the 2011 census across the borough.^[6] In the 10 years to the April 2011 Census the social rented sector saw a 4.9% reduction and the private rented sector a 5.3% increase; outright ownership saw a 3.8% increase.^[6]

Members of Parliament

	Member^[7]	Party
1885	Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland	Liberal
1899 by-election	William Henry Holland	Liberal
1910 by-election	Joseph Pease	Liberal
1917 by-election	Arthur Richardson	Lib-Lab
1918	Frederic Arthur Kelley	Conservative
1923	Fred William Lindley	Labour
1931	George Herbert	Conservative
1933 by-election	William Dobbie	Labour
1950	Jack Jones	Labour
1963 by-election	Brian O'Malley	Labour
1976 by-election	Stan Crowther	Labour
1992	Jimmy Boyce	Labour
1994 by-election	Denis MacShane	Labour
2010^[8]^[9]		Independent Labour
2012		Labour
2012 by-election	Sarah Champion	Labour

Elections

Rotherham election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Rotherham^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Champion	19,860	52.5	+7.9
	UKIP	Jane Collins	11,414	30.2	+24.3
	Conservative	Sebastian Lowe	4,656	12.3	-4.4
	Liberal Democrat	Janice Middleton	1,093	2.9	-13.1
	TUSC	Pat McLaughlin	409	1.1	N/A
	BNP	Adam Walker	225	0.6	-9.8
	English Democrats	Dean Walker	166	0.4	N/A
Majority			8,446	22.3	-5.6
Turnout			37,823	59.4	+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.2

Rotherham by-election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Champion	9,966	46.3	+1.7
	UKIP	Jane Collins	4,648	21.8	+15.9
	BNP	Marlene Guest	1,804	8.5	-1.9
	Respect	Yvonne Ridley	1,778	8.3	N/A
	Conservative	Simon Wilson	1,157	5.4	-11.3
	English Democrats	David Wildgoose	703	3.3	N/A
	Independent	Simon Copley	582	2.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Beckett	451	2.1	-13.9
	TUSC	Ralph Dyson	261	1.2	N/A
	Independent	Paul Dickson	51	0.2	N/A
	no description	Clint Bristow	29	0.1	N/A
Majority			5,318	24.5	-3.4
Turnout			21,430	33.63	-25.37
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.1

General Election 2010: Rotherham^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis MacShane	16,741	44.6	−13.1
	Conservative	Jackie Whiteley	6,279	16.7	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat	Rebecca Taylor	5,994	16.0	−0.4
	BNP	Marlene Guest	3,906	10.4	+4.5
	Independent	Peter Thirlwall	2,366	6.3	N/A
	UKIP	Caven Vines	2,220	5.9	+2.0
Majority			10,462	27.9	-7.7
Turnout			37,506	59.0	+4.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis MacShane	15,840	52.8	-11.1
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Gordon	5,159	17.2	+6.6
	Conservative	Lee Rotherham	4,966	16.6	-2.8
	BNP	Marlene Guest	1,986	6.6	N/A
	UKIP	David Cutts	1,122	3.7	+1.2
	Green	Dick Penycate	905	3.0	+1.0
Majority			10,681	35.6	-8.9
Turnout			29,978	55.1	+4.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.8

General Election 2001: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis MacShane	18,759	63.9	-7.4
	Conservative	Richard Powell	5,682	19.4	+5.1
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Hall	3,117	10.6	+0.2
	UKIP	Peter Griffith	730	2.5	N/A
	Green	Dick Penycate	577	2.0	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Freda Smith	352	1.2	N/A
	John Lilburne Democratic Party	Geoffrey Bartholomew	137	0.5	N/A
Majority			13,077	44.5	-12.5
Turnout			29,354	50.7	-11.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.25

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis MacShane	26,852	71.3	+7.4
	Conservative	Simon Gordon	5,383	14.3	−9.4
	Liberal Democrat	David B. Wildgoose	3,919	10.4	−1.9
	Referendum	Ray T. Hollebone	1,132	3.0	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Andrew Neal	364	1.0	N/A
Majority			21,469	57.0
Turnout			37,650	62.9	-8.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Rotherham by-election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis MacShane	14,912	55.6	−8.3
	Liberal Democrat	David B. Wildgoose	7,958	29.7	+17.4
	Conservative	Nick Gibb	2,649	9.9	−13.8
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	1,114	4.2	N/A
	Natural Law	Keith Laycock	173	0.6	N/A
Majority			6,954	25.9
Turnout			26,806	43.7	−28.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Rotherham^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jimmy Boyce	27,933	63.9	+4.3
	Conservative	Stephen J.D. Yorke	10,372	23.7	+1.7
	Liberal Democrat	David B. Wildgoose	5,375	12.3	−5.9
Majority			17,561	40.2	+2.6
Turnout			43,680	71.7	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.3

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Crowther	25,422	59.7
	Conservative	J. C. C. Stephens	9,410	22.1
	Liberal	Pete Bowler	7,766	18.2
Majority			16,012	37.6
Turnout				69.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Crowther	22,236	54.3
	Conservative	Chris Middleton	10,527	25.7
	Liberal	Pete Bowler	8,192	20.0
Majority			11,709	28.6
Turnout				67.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Crowther	26,580	60.6
	Conservative	D. Hinckley	13,145	29.9
	Liberal	I. House	3,686	8.4
	National Front	K. Davies	490	1.1
Majority			13,435	30.6
Turnout				72.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Rotherham by-election, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Crowther	14,351	50.69	-13.89
	Conservative	Douglas Hinckley	9,824	34.70	+12.64
	Liberal	Beth Graham	2,214	7.82	-5.53
	National Front	George Wright	1,696	5.99	N/A
	World Grid Sunshine Room Party	Peter Bishop	129	0.46	N/A
	English National	Robin Atkinson	99	0.35	N/A
Majority			4,527
Turnout			28,313
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Kevin O'Malley	25,874	64.6
	Conservative	Richard Hambro	8,840	22.1
	Liberal	V. Bottomley	5,350	13.4
Majority			17,034	42.5
Turnout				65.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Kevin O'Malley	27,088	60.0
	Conservative	D. Lewis	10,354	22.9
	Liberal	J. Hughes	7,726	17.1
Majority			16,734	37.1
Turnout				74.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Kevin O'Malley	25,246	66.4
	Conservative	Eric R. Cooke	12,770	33.6
Majority			12,476	32.8
Turnout				62.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Kevin O'Malley	27,402	69.7
	Conservative	Eric R. Cooke	11,925	30.3
Majority			15,477	39.4
Turnout				68.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Kevin O'Malley	27,585	66.5
	Conservative	John Michael Barrass	13,907	33.5
Majority			13,678	33.0
Turnout				71.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Rotherham by-election, 1963^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Kevin O'Malley	22,411	69.2
	Conservative	John Michael Barrass	9,209	28.5
	Independent	Russell Ernest Eckley	742	2.3
Majority			13,202
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Henry Jones	28,298	62.8
	Conservative	Ronald Hall	16,759	37.2
Majority			11,539	25.6
Turnout				78.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Henry Jones	27,423	63.3
	Conservative	William G. Blake	15,882	36.7
Majority			11,541	26.7
Turnout				77.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Henry Jones	31,124	65.6
	Conservative	William G. Blake	16,317	34.4
Majority			14,807	31.2
Turnout				84.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Henry Jones	31,211	64.4
	Conservative	Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body	14,744	30.5
	Liberal	Mrs. M. Foster	2,458	5.1
Majority			16,467	33.9
Turnout				87.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Dobbie	35,654	74.2
	Liberal National	E. H. Phillips	12,420	25.8
Majority			23,234	48.4
Turnout				76.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

Thomas Casey

General Election 1935: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Dobbie	29,725	67.5
	Liberal National	Thomas Worrall Casey	14,298	32.5
Majority			15,427	35.0
Turnout				76.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Rotherham by-election, 1933
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Dobbie	28,767	69.1
	Conservative	Henry Maxence Cavendish Drummond Wolff	12,893	30.9
Majority			15,874	38.2
Turnout				73.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1931: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Herbert	23,596	50.8
	Labour	Fred William Lindley	22,834	49.2
Majority			762	1.6
Turnout				82.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred William Lindley	26,937	60.4	+5.8
	Unionist	Herbert Paul Latham	10,101	22.7	-26.7
	Liberal	Reeves Charlesworth	7,534	16.9	n/a
Majority			16,836	37.7	+28.5
Turnout				81.4	-0.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred William Lindley	18,860	54.6
	Unionist	Henry J Temple	15,712	45.4
Majority			3,148	9.2
Turnout				81.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred William Lindley	16,893	53.9	+4.9
	Unionist	Frederic Arthur Kelley	14,535	46.1	-4.9
Majority			2,448	7.8	9.8
Turnout				75.3	-6.3
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+4.9

General Election 1922: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Frederic Arthur Kelley	17,093	51.0
	Labour	James Walker	16,449	49.0
Majority			644	2.0
Turnout				81.6
	Unionist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

JM Kenworthy

General Election 1918: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Frederic Arthur Kelley	11,473	44.8
	Labour	James Walker	9,757	38.1
	Liberal	Joseph Montague Kenworthy	3,805	14.9
	National Democratic	Edmund Smith Bardsley	564	2.2
Majority			1,716	6.7
Turnout				63.2
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

Richardson

Rotherham by-election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Richardson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Jack Pease

Rotherham by-election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Albert Pease	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General Election December 1910: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Albert Pease	9,385	67.5
	Conservative	J. H. Dransfield	4,511	32.5
Majority			4,874	35.0
Turnout				67.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

Rotherham by-election, 1910
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Albert Pease	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General Election January 1910: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Henry Holland	12,225	72.4
	Conservative	James Harrop Dransfield	4,667	27.6
Majority			7,558	44.8
Turnout				82.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Henry Holland	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1900: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Henry Holland	6,926	58.0
	Conservative	R. H. V. Wragge	5,021	42.0
Majority			1,905	16.0
Turnout				78.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

William Holland

Rotherham by-election, 1899
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Henry Holland	6,671	58.6
	Conservative	R. H. V. Wragge	4,714	41.4
Majority			1,957	17.2
Turnout				77.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1895: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Acland

Rotherham by-election, 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1892: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland	6,567	69.8
	Liberal Unionist	G. S. Foljambe	2,839	30.2
Majority			3,728	39.6
Turnout				69.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland	5,155	71.3
	Liberal Unionist	Francis John Savile Foljambe	2,070	28.7
Majority			3,085	42.6
Turnout				67.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1885: Rotherham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland	6,301	73.6
	Conservative	W. W. Hoole	2,258	26.4
Majority			4,043	47.2
Turnout				79.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ 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.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Proposals - Rotherham Boundary Commission for England
↑ 2010 post-revision map Greater London and metropolitan areas of England
↑ 2001 Census
↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
1 2 2011 census interactive maps
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
↑ Robert Winnett (14 October 2010). "Denis MacShane reported to police over expenses claims". Daily Telegraph (London). Retrieved 14 October 2010.
↑ Expenses probe into MP by Scotland Yard | News
↑ "Rotherham". BBC News. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
↑ Statement of Persons Nominated
↑ "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Rotherham". Election 2010 (BBC). 7 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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Sources

BBC News, Election 2005
BBC News, Vote 2001
Guardian Unlimited Politics
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)
F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949
F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 - 1970

Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (54)

Labour (33)	Barnsley Central Barnsley East Batley and Spen Bradford East Bradford South Bradford West Dewsbury Don Valley Doncaster Central Doncaster North Great Grimsby Halifax Hemsworth Huddersfield Hull East Hull North Hull West and Hessle Leeds Central Leeds East Leeds North East Leeds West Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Penistone and Stocksbridge Rother Valley Rotherham Scunthorpe Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Sheffield Central Sheffield Heeley Sheffield South East Wakefield Wentworth and Dearne York Central

Conservative (19)	Beverley and Holderness Brigg and Goole Calder Valley Cleethorpes Colne Valley East Yorkshire Elmet and Rothwell Haltemprice and Howden Harrogate and Knaresborough Keighley Morley and Outwood Pudsey Richmond (Yorks) Scarborough and Whitby Selby and Ainsty Shipley Skipton and Ripon Thirsk and Malton York Outer

Liberal Democrats (2)	Leeds North West Sheffield Hallam

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