List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

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.

Constituencies
Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat   # Brexit Party

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate[1] Majority[2][nb 2] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest Opposition[2] Electoral wards[3][4] Map
Barnsley Central 65,277 3,571   Dan Jarvis‡   Victoria Felton# Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Central, Darton East, Darton West, Kingstone, Monk Bretton, Old Town, Royston, St Helens.
Barnsley East 69,504 3,217   Stephanie Peacock‡   Jim Ferguson# Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Cudworth, Darfield, Hoyland Milton, North East, Rockingham, Stairfoot, Wombwell, Worsbrough.
Don Valley 75,356 3,630   Nick Fletcher†   Caroline Flint‡ Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council: Conisbrough and Denaby, Edlington and Warmsworth, Finningley, Hatfield, Rossington, Thorne, Torne Valley.
Doncaster Central 71,389 2,278   Rosie Winterton‡   Roberto Weeden-Sanz† Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council: Armthorpe, Balby, Bessacarr and Cantley, Central, Edenthorpe, Kirk Sandall and Barnby Dun, Town Moor, Wheatley.
Doncaster North 72,362 2,370   Ed Miliband‡   Katrina Sale† Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council: Adwick, Askern Spa, Bentley, Great North Road, Mexborough, Sprotbrough, Stainforth and Moorends.
Penistone and Stocksbridge 70,925 7,210   Miriam Cates†   Francyne Johnson‡ Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Dodworth, Penistone East, Penistone West. Sheffield City Council: East Ecclesfield, Stocksbridge and Upper Don, West Ecclesfield.
Rother Valley 74,804 6,318   Alexander Stafford†   Sophie Wilson‡ Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council: Anston and Woodsetts, Dinnington, Hellaby, Holderness, Maltby, Rother Vale, Sitwell, Wales.
Rotherham 61,688 3,121   Sarah Champion‡   Gerri Hickton† Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council: Boston Castle, Brinsworth and Catcliffe, Keppel, Rotherham East, Rotherham West, Valley, Wingfield.
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough 69,333 12,274   Gill Furniss‡   Hannah Westropp† Sheffield City Council: Burngreave, Firth Park, Hillsborough, Shiregreen and Brightside, Southey.
Sheffield Central 89,949 27,273   Paul Blomfield‡   Janice Silvester-Hal† Sheffield City Council: Broomhill, Central, Manor Castle, Nether Edge. Walkley.
Sheffield Hallam 72,763 712 Olivia Blake‡   Laura Gordon¤ Sheffield City Council: Crookes, Dore and Totley, Ecclesall, Fulwood, Stannington.
Sheffield Heeley 66,940 8,480   Louise Haigh‡   Gordon Gregory† Sheffield City Council: Arbourthorne, Beauchief and Greenhill, Gleadless Valley, Graves Park, Richmond.
Sheffield South East 67,832 4,289   Clive Betts‡   Marc Bayliss† Sheffield City Council: Beighton, Birley, Darnall, Mosborough, Woodhouse.
Wentworth and Dearne 74,536 2,165   John Healey‡   Emily Barley† Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Dearne North, Dearne South. Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council: Hoober, Rawmarsh, Silverwood, Swinton, Wath, Wickersley.

Constituencies 1997–2010
Constituencies used in South Yorkshire from 1997–2010
  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

Proposed boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.

Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.

On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries.[5] Subsequently, the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020[6] was passed into law on 14 December 2020. This formally removed the duty to implement the 2018 review and set out the framework for future boundary reviews. The Act provided that the number of constituencies should remain at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.

The Act specified that the next review should be completed no later than 1 July 2023 and the Boundary Commission formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[7] See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[8]

2019

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% 14.6% 11 3
Conservative 196,969 32.3% 2.5% 3 3
Brexit 82,838 13.6% new 0 0
Liberal Democrats 47,831 7.8% 1.9% 0 0
Greens 14,084 2.3% 1.1% 0 0
Others 10,506 1.7% 4.5% 0 0
Total 610,206 100.0 14

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

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

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

Historical representation by party

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.

  Change UK   Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 94 96 1997 2001 2005 2010 10 11 12 12 2015 16 2017 18 19 19 2019
Barnsley West and Penistone / P & Stocksbridge (2010) McKay Clapham Smith → → Cates
Don Valley Redmond Flint Fletcher
Rother Valley Barron Stafford
Barnsley Central Mason Illsley → Jarvis
Barnsley East (1983–1997, 2010–) / & Mexborough (1997–2010) Patchett Ennis Dugher Peacock
Doncaster Central Walker Winterton
Doncaster North Welsh Hughes Miliband
Rotherham Crowther Boyce MacShane → → Champion
Sheffield Attercliffe / Sheffield SE (2010) Duffy Betts
Sheffield Brightside / & Hillsborough (2010) Maynard Blunkett Harpham Furniss
Sheffield Central Caborn Blomfield
Sheffield Hallam Osborn Patnick Allan Clegg O'Mara → Blake
Sheffield Heeley Michie Munn Haigh
Wentworth / Wentworth and Dearne (2010) Hardy Healey
Sheffield Hillsborough Flannery Jackson Smith

See also

Notes
  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
  1. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007, page 4". Office of Public Sector Information. Crown copyright. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  4. Boundary Commission for England pp. 1004–1007
  5. "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  6. "Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020".
  7. "2023 Review launched | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  8. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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