Barnsley North 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 and represented by Dan Jarvis of the Labour Party.
| Barnsley North | |
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| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundaries since 2024 | |
 Boundary of Barnsley North in Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| County | South Yorkshire |
| Electorate | 76,552 (June 2024)[1] |
| Borough | Barnsley |
| Major settlements | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Dan Jarvis (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | |
Boundaries
editThe constituency comprises the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley (as they existed on 1 December 2020):[3]
- Central, Darton East, Darton West, Monk Bretton, Old Town, Royston, and St Helens from Barnsley Central
- Cudworth and North East from Barnsley East[4]
To assess impact of the boundary changes various organisation calculated results of 2019 election if it was conducted under boundaries established by 2023 Periodic review. Below is such assessment from BBC for Barnsley North:
Notional result of 2019 election under new (2023) boundaries
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For more information see Notional results of the 2019 United Kingdom general election by 2024 constituency.
Members of Parliament
editBarnsley Central prior to 2024
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dan Jarvis | Labour | |
Elections
editElections in the 2020s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Dan Jarvis | 18,610 | 50.4 | +11.9 | |
| Reform UK | Robert Lomas[a] | 10,799 | 29.3 | −0.2 | |
| Conservative | Tamas Kovacs | 3,083 | 8.4 | −15.6 | |
| Green | Tom Heyes | 1,805 | 4.9 | +2.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Penny Baker | 1,336 | 3.6 | ±0.0 | |
| Independent | Neil Fisher | 616 | 1.7 | N/A | |
| Yorkshire | Tony Devoy | 603 | 1.6 | ±0.0 | |
| English Democrat | Janus Polenceusz | 42 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,811 | 21.1 | +12.1 | ||
| Turnout | 36,894 | 47.1 | –10.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 78,267 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +6.1 | |||
Elections in the 2010s
edit| 2019 notional result[9] | |||
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| Party | Vote | % | |
| Labour | 17,141 | 38.5 | |
| Brexit Party | 13,139 | 29.5 | |
| Conservative | 10,663 | 24.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,588 | 3.6 | |
| Green | 1,051 | 2.4 | |
| Others | 898 | 2.0 | |
| Turnout | 44,480 | 57.9 | |
| Electorate | 76,794 | ||
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Barnsley North: New Boundaries 2023 Calculation". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "New Seat Details - Barnsley North". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
- ^ "Results spreadsheet (download)". BBC. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "UK Parliamentary general election – 4 July 2024". Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Barnsley North results". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ Morton, Becky (29 June 2024). "Reform UK drops three candidates over offensive comments". BBC News. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "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.
External links
edit- Barnsley North UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK