Dearne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

Dearne Valley
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1950–1983
Created fromDon Valley, Rother Valley and Wentworth
Replaced byBarnsley East, Don Valley and Wentworth[1]

Dearne Valley was a Parliamentary constituency in South Yorkshire. The constituency was created in 1950 and abolished in 1983.

Boundaries[edit]

The Urban Districts of Conisbrough, Darfield, Mexborough, Swinton, Wath upon Dearne, and Wombwell.

Members of Parliament[edit]

Election Member Party
1950 Wilfred Paling Labour
1959 Edwin Wainwright Labour
1983
constituency abolished

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

General election 1979: Dearne Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edwin Wainwright 31,783 68.8 −5.3
Conservative J. R. Pattman 9,048 19.6 +6.1
Liberal P. Hargreaves 5,352 11.6 −0.8
Majority 22,735 49.2 −11.6
Turnout 46,183 72.0 +1.0
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Dearne Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edwin Wainwright 33,315 74.1 +5.3
Conservative Peter Wood 6,046 13.5 −0.3
Liberal P. Hargreaves 5,588 12.4 −3.2
Majority 27,269 60.6 +7.4
Turnout 44,949 71.0 −9.5
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Dearne Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edwin Wainwright 34,727 68.8 −6.3
Liberal P. Hargreaves 7,873 15.6 +5.8
Conservative Peter Wood 6,950 13.8 −1.3
Independent A. E. Wilson 906 1.8 New
Majority 26,854 53.2 −6.8
Turnout 50,456 80.5 +8.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 1970: Dearne Valley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edwin Wainwright 33,966 75.1 −6.5
Conservative Arthur B. Cowl 6,848 15.1 +1.5
Liberal Peter Hargreaves 4,426 9.8 New
Majority 27,118 60.0 −8.0
Turnout 45,240 71.8 −4.9
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s[edit]

General election 1966: Dearne Valley[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edwin Wainwright 36,735 81.6 +0.9
Conservative John W. Roberts 6,121 13.6 −5.6
Independent Peter Hargreaves 2,170 4.8 New
Majority 30,614 68.0 +6.5
Turnout 45,026 76.7 −2.4
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Dearne Valley[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edwin Wainwright 38,101 80.7 +3.0
Conservative Bernard Bligh 9,069 19.2 −3.1
Majority 29,032 61.5 +6.1
Turnout 47,170 79.1 −5.5
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s[edit]

General election 1959: Dearne Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edwin Wainwright 39,088 77.7 −0.2
Conservative David S. W. Blacker 11,205 22.3 +0.2
Majority 27,883 55.4 −0.4
Turnout 50,293 84.6 +4.0
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Dearne Valley[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wilfred Paling 36,718 77.9 −1.7
Conservative Rowland Winn 10,402 22.1 +1.7
Majority 26,316 55.8 −3.4
Turnout 47,120 80.6 −5.3
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Dearne Valley[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wilfred Paling 39,782 79.6 0.0
Conservative Jack Sizer 10,197 20.4 0.0
Majority 29,585 59.2 0.0
Turnout 49,979 85.9 −2.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1950: Dearne Valley[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wilfred Paling 40,420 79.6
National Liberal Aymée Lavender Gandar Dower 10,365 20.4
Majority 30,055 59.2
Turnout 50,785 88.0
Labour hold Swing

References[edit]

  1. ^ "'Dearne Valley', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1970.
  3. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1966.
  4. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1964.
  5. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
  6. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
  7. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.

Sources[edit]

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