Wentworth (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

This article is about the British parliamentary constituency. For Australian electoral district, see Division of Wentworth. For Canadian electoral district, see Wentworth (electoral district).

Wentworth
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, Don Valley and Hemsworth
Created from	Barnsley, Doncaster, Hallamshire, Holmfirth

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Bolton-upon-Dearne, Darfield, Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Thurnscoe, Wath-upon-Dearne, Wombwell, and Worsborough; and parts of the Rural Districts of Barnsley, and Rotherham.[1]

1983–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham wards of Bramley, Ravenfield and Wickersley; Brampton, Melton and Wentworth; Dalton; Hooton Roberts and Thrybergh; Rawmarsh East; Rawmarsh West; Swinton; and Wath.

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[2]	Party
	1918	George Harry Hirst	Labour
	1933 by-election	Wilfred Paling	Labour
	1950	Constituency abolished

MPs 1983–2010

Election		Member[2]	Party
	1983	Peter Hardy	Labour
	1997	John Healey	Labour
	2010	Constituency abolished: see Wentworth and Dearne

Elections

Election results for Wentworth, 1918–1950 & 1983–2005.

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Wentworth[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Healey	21,225	59.63	-7.87
	Conservative	Mark Hughes	6,169	17.33	-1.47
	Liberal Democrats	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	42.3
Turnout			35,596	56.00
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.2

General election 2001: Wentworth[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Healey	22,798	67.5	-4.8
	Conservative	Mike Roberts	6,349	18.8	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	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[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Healey	30,225	72.3
	Conservative	Karl Hamer	6,266	15.0
	Liberal Democrats	James Charters	3,867	9.3
	Referendum	Andrew Battley	1,423	3.4
Majority			23,959	57.3
Turnout				65.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1992: Wentworth[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Peter Hardy	32,939	68.5	+3.4
	Conservative	Michael J. Brennan	10,490	21.8	+0.0
	Liberal Democrats	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[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Peter Hardy	30,205	65.2
	Conservative	William Hague	10,113	21.8
	SDP	David Elgin	6,031	13.0
Majority			20,092	43.4
Turnout				72.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1983: Wentworth[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Peter Hardy	27,498	59.1
	Conservative	Richard Norton	9,603	22.2
	SDP	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

1933 Wentworth by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Wilfred Paling	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1931: Wentworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George 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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George 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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Hirst	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1923: Wentworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Hirst	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

General election 1922: Wentworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Hirst	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Wentworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Hirst	13,029	59.8
C	Unionist	Thomas Wilfred Howe Mitchell	5,315	24.4
	Liberal	Frederick Booth	3,453	15.8
Majority			7,714	35.4
Turnout				60.5
	Labour win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

Notes and references

1. Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)
3. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
4. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
5. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
6. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
7. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
8. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
9. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Sources

• Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
• http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)