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Barnsley North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Barnsley North
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Boundaries since 2024
Map of constituency
Boundary of Barnsley North in Yorkshire and the Humber
CountySouth Yorkshire
Electorate76,552 (June 2024)[1]
BoroughBarnsley
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentDan Jarvis (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from

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.

Boundaries

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The constituency comprises the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley (as they existed on 1 December 2020):[3]

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
Notional results from 2019[5]
Party Vote %
Labour 15,684 42.12
Brexit Party 10,964 29.45
Conservative 8,497 22.82
Liberal Democrat 1,311 3.52
Green Party 773 2.00

For more information see Notional results of the 2019 United Kingdom general election by 2024 constituency.

Members of Parliament

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Barnsley Central prior to 2024

Election Member Party
2024 Dan Jarvis Labour

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Barnsley North [6] [7]
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

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2019 notional result[9]
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

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Notes

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  1. ^ After nominations for the 2024 general election closed, Reform UK withdrew support for Lomas on the 29 June, after reports of alleged racist comments.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Barnsley North: New Boundaries 2023 Calculation". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "New Seat Details - Barnsley North". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  4. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
  5. ^ "Results spreadsheet (download)". BBC. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  6. ^ "UK Parliamentary general election – 4 July 2024". Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Barnsley North results". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  8. ^ Morton, Becky (29 June 2024). "Reform UK drops three candidates over offensive comments". BBC News. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  9. ^ "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.
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