Wentworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°28′30″N 1°22′30″W / 53.475°N 1.375°W

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
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

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

MPs 1983-2010

Election		Member[1]	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

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	42.3
Turnout			35,596	56.00
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.2

General Election 2001: Wentworth

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

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	57.3
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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Robert James McMordie	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1931: Wentworth

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

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

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

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

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

Notes and references

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)
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)