Barnsley South (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards

  • Barnsley
  • Wombwell
  • Worsbrough
  • Hoyland
  • Dearne Valley
  • Darfield
Current constituencyCreated2024Member of ParliamentStephanie Peacock (Labour)SeatsOneCreated from
  • Barnsley East
  • Wentworth and Dearne
  • Barnsley Central

Barnsley South is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency comprises the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley (as they existed on 1 December 2020):[3]

  • Darfield, Hoyland Milton, Rockingham, Stairfoot, Wombwell, and Worsbrough from Barnsley East
  • Kingstone from Barnsley Central
  • Dearne North, and Dearne South from Wentworth and Dearne[4]

Members of Parliament

Barnsley East prior to 2024

Election Member Party
2024 Stephanie Peacock Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Barnsley South [5] [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephanie Peacock 16,399 46.7 +4.9
Reform UK David White 11,651 33.2 +4.0
Conservative Suzanne Pearson 3,247 9.3 −13.4
Green Trevor Mayne 1,521 4.3 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Simon Clement-Jones 1,172 3.3 −0.2
Yorkshire Simon Biltcliffe 716 2.0 +1.3
Socialist Labour Terry Robinson 227 0.6 N/A
English Democrat Maxine Spencer 149 0.4 N/A
Majority 4,748 13.5 +0.9
Turnout 35,082 46.3 –3.1
Registered electors 75,850
Labour hold Swing +0.5

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[7]
Party Vote %
Labour 15,684 41.8
Brexit Party 10,964 29.2
Conservative 8,497 22.7
Liberal Democrats 1,311 3.5
Green 773 2.1
Others 279 0.7
Turnout 37,508 49.4
Electorate 75,896

See also

References

  1. ^ "New Seat Details - Barnsley South". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  2. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Yorkshire and the Humber | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  3. ^ "New Seat Details - Barnsley South". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  4. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
  5. ^ "Barnsley South results". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  6. ^ "UK Parliamentary general election – 4 July 2024". Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  • Barnsley South UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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