Wentworth (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 53°28′30″N 1°22′30″W / 53.475°N 1.375°W
Wentworth | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Wentworth in South Yorkshire for the 2005 general election. | |
Location of South Yorkshire within England. | |
County | South Yorkshire |
Major settlements | Wath-upon-Dearne, Swinton, Rawmarsh, Bramley, Wickersley |
1983–2010 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Wentworth and Dearne |
Created from | Dearne Valley, Rother Valley |
1918–1950 | |
Replaced by | Dearne Valley |
Created from | Barnsley, Doncaster, Hallamshire, Holmfirth |
Wentworth was a parliamentary constituency in South Yorkshire. Originally created in 1918 and was abolished in 1950, the name was revived when a new constituency was created from 1983 to 2010. Throughout its history, Wentworth was a safe seat for the Labour Party.
Boundaries
At its abolition in 2010, Wentworth constituency consisted of the northern part of the Borough of Rotherham and part of the Borough of Barnsley, and was bordered by the constituencies of Barnsley East and Mexborough, Barnsley West and Penistone, Don Valley, Rotherham, Rother Valley, and Sheffield Hillsborough.
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in South Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England created an extended Wentworth constituency to include electoral wards from the Borough of Barnsley. This new Wentworth and Dearne constituency was fought for the first time at the 2010 general election.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1918-1950
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1918 | George Henry Hirst | Labour | |
1933 by-election | Wilfred Paling | Labour | |
1950 | Constituency abolished | ||
MPs 1983-2010
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1983 | Peter Hardy | Labour | |
1997 | John Healey | Labour | |
2010 | Constituency abolished: see Wentworth and Dearne |
Elections

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2005: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Healey | 21,225 | 59.63 | -7.87 | |
Conservative | Mark Hughes | 6,169 | 17.33 | -1.47 | |
Liberal Democrat | Keith Orrell | 4,800 | 13.48 | +2.67 | |
BNP | Jonathan Pygott | 1,798 | 5.05 | N/A | |
UKIP | John Wilkinson | 1,604 | 4.51 | +1.61 | |
Majority | 15,056 | ||||
Turnout | 35,596 | 56.00 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.2 | |||
General Election 2001: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Healey | 22,798 | 67.5 | -4.8 | |
Conservative | Mike Roberts | 6,349 | 18.8 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Wildgoose | 3,652 | 10.8 | +1.6 | |
UKIP | John Wilkinson | 979 | 2.9 | ||
Majority | 16,449 | 48.7 | |||
Turnout | 33,778 | 52.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1997: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Healey | 30,225 | 72.3 | ||
Conservative | Karl Hamer | 6,266 | 15.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat | James Charters | 3,867 | 9.3 | ||
Referendum | Andrew Battley | 1,423 | 3.4 | ||
Majority | 23,959 | ||||
Turnout | 65.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1992: Wentworth[2] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Peter Hardy | 32,939 | 68.5 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Michael J. Brennan | 10,490 | 21.8 | +0.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ms. Christine Roderick | 4,629 | 9.6 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 22,449 | 46.7 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 48,058 | 74.0 | +1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
General Election 1987: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Peter Hardy | 30,205 | 65.2 | ||
Conservative | William Hague | 10,113 | 21.8 | ||
Social Democratic | D. M. Elgin | 6,031 | 13.0 | ||
Majority | 20,092 | 43.4 | |||
Turnout | 72.6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1983: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Peter Hardy | 27,498 | 59.1 | ||
Conservative | Hon. Richard Norton | 9,603 | 22.2 | ||
Social Democratic | M. Tildsley | 8,082 | 18.7 | ||
Majority | 15,935 | 36.9 | |||
Turnout | 69.7 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1945: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Wilfred Paling | 44,080 | 83.6 | ||
Conservative | Aymée Lavender Gandar Dower | 8,670 | 16.4 | ||
Majority | 35,410 | 67.2 | |||
Turnout | 78.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1935: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Wilfred Paling | 37,471 | 82.1 | ||
Conservative | Arthur Gerard Hargreaves | 8,167 | 17.9 | ||
Majority | 29,304 | 64.2 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Wentworth by-election, 1933 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Robert James McMordie | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
General Election 1931: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | George Henry Hirst | 31,861 | 68.8 | ||
Liberal National | Charlotte Isabel Hilyer | 14,462 | 31.2 | ||
Majority | 17,399 | 37.6 | |||
Turnout | 77.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
General Election 1929: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | George Henry Hirst | 35,276 | 75.1 | n/a | |
Liberal | Philip Brady Nicholson | 7,955 | 17.0 | n/a | |
Unionist | Benjamin Hubert Oates | 3,684 | 7.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 27,321 | 58.1 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 80.3 | n/a | |||
Labour hold | Swing | n/a | |||
General Election 1924: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | George Henry Hirst | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
General Election 1923: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | George Henry Hirst | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Labour hold | Swing | n/a | |||
General Election 1922: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | George Henry Hirst | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1918: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | George Henry Hirst | 13,029 | 59.8 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Wilfred Howe Mitchell | 5,315 | 24.4 | ||
Liberal | Frederick Handel Booth | 3,453 | 15.8 | ||
Majority | 7,714 | 35.4 | |||
Turnout | 60.5 | ||||
See also
Notes and references
- 1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
Sources
- Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
- http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)