Barnsley (UK Parliament constituency)

Barnsley
Barnsley
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
	File:Barnsley in Yorks.png Barnsley in Yorkshire 1885-1918
County	South Yorkshire
1885–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Southern West Riding of Yorkshire
Replaced by	Barnsley Central, Barnsley East and Barnsley West & Penistone

Barnsley was a Parliamentary constituency covering the town of Barnsley in England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

History

The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election and abolished in 1983. It was a Liberal seat in its early years, but by the time of its abolition it had become a Labour stronghold.

Boundaries

The area formerly covered by this constituency is now mostly in the Barnsley Central constituency and partly in the Barnsley East constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1885	Courtney Kenny	Liberal Party
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1889 by-election	William Compton	Liberal Party
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1897 by-election	Sir Joseph Walton	Liberal Party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1922	John Potts	Labour
style="background-color: Template:National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)/meta/color" \|	1931	Richard John Soper	Liberal National
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1935	John Potts	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1938 by-election	Frank Collindridge	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1951	Sidney Schofield	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1953 by-election	Roy Mason	Labour
	1983	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Courtney Kenny	6,705	71.1	n/a
	Conservative	Bruce Vernon-Wentworth	2,722	28.9	n/a
Majority			3,983	42.2	n/a
Turnout				85.4	n/a
	Liberal win

General Election 1886: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Courtney Kenny	5,425	65.0	−6.1
	Conservative	Bruce Vernon-Wentworth	2,917	35.0	+6.1
Majority			2,508	30.0	−12.2
Turnout				75.6	−9.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.1

Barnsley by-election, 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Compton	6,232	62.2	−2.8
	Conservative	Bruce Vernon-Wentworth	3,781	37.8	+2.8
Majority			2,451	24.4	−5.6
Turnout				79.5	−3.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.8

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Compton	6,739	65.8	+3.6
	Liberal Unionist	Francis Foljambe	3,498	34.2	−3.6
Majority			3,241	31.6	+7.2
Turnout				75.0	−4.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	3.6

General Election 1895: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Compton	6,820	59.4	−6.4
	Conservative	Ronald Greville	4,653	40.6	+6.4
Majority			2,167	18.8	−12.8
Turnout				80.9	+5.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.4

Barnsley by-election, 1897
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Walton	6,744	59.7	+0.3
	Conservative	James Blyth	3,454	30.6	−10.0
	Ind. Labour Party	Pete Curran	1,091	9.7	n/a
Majority			3,290	29.1	+10.3
Turnout				76.3	−4.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.2

Elections in the 1900s

General Election January 1900: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Walton	7,549	63.4	+3.7
	Liberal Unionist	Arthur William Groser	4,356	36.6	−3.7
Majority			3,193	26.8	+7.4
Turnout				74.6	−1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.7

In the 1906 UK general election, Joseph Walton was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Walton	12,425	71.1	n/a
	Conservative	Arthur William Groser	5,053	28.9	n/a
Majority			7,372	42.2	n/a
Turnout				83.8	n/a
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

General Election December 1910: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Walton	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

General Election 1918: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes
C	Liberal	Joseph Walton	Unopposed
	Liberal hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Barnsley^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Potts	14,728	55.1
	National Liberal	Maurice Moore	12,011	44.9
Majority			2,717	10.2
Turnout				75.7
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing

General Election 1923: Barnsley ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Potts	12,674	48.0	−7.1
	Unionist	William Craven-Ellis	6,884	26.0	n/a
	Liberal	John Neal	6,881	26.0	n/a
Majority			5,790	22.0	+11.8
Turnout				74.1	−1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1924: Barnsley ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Potts	14,738	51.7
	Liberal	John Neal	13,785	48.5
Majority			953	3.4
Turnout				78.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1929: Barnsley ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Potts	21,855	53.8	+2.1
	Liberal	William Sutherland	12,517	30.8	−17.7
	Unionist	William Craven-Ellis	6,265	15.4	n/a
Majority			9,388	23.0	+19.6
Turnout				82.3	+4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.8

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Liberal	Richard John Soper	21,392	50.9
	Labour	John Potts	20,622	49.1
Majority			770	1.8
Turnout				84.2
	National Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1935: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Potts	25,318	58.9
	National Liberal	Richard John Soper	17,683	41.1
Majority			7,635	17.8
Turnout				82.6
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing

Barnsley by-election, 1938
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Collindridge	23,566	64.4	+5.5
	National Liberal	Seymour Howard	13,052	35.6	−5.5
Majority			10,514	28.8	+11.0
Turnout			36,618	72.7	−9.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.5

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Collindridge	30,614	72.9
	National Liberal	Richard John Soper	11,382	27.1
Majority			19,232	45.8
Turnout				80.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Barnsley^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Collindridge	42,008	68.6
	Liberal	Geoffrey Howard Walker	10,779	17.6
	National Liberal	Charles Gordon-Spencer	8,480	13.8
Majority			31,209	51.0
Turnout			61,267	88.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Barnsley^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sidney Schofield	37,523	69.7	+1.1
	National Liberal	Geoffrey Whittaker	9,296	17.3	+3.5
	Liberal	Geoffrey Howard Walker	7,002	13.0	−4.6
Majority			28,227	52.5	+1.5
Turnout			53,821	77.2	−11.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Barnsley by-election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Mason	29,283	72.9	+3.2
	Conservative	Geoffrey Whittaker	10,905	27.1	+9.8
Majority			18,378	45.7	−6.6
Turnout			40,188
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.3

General Election 1955: Barnsley^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roy Mason	39,485	72.8
	National Liberal	R. Anthony Wilson	14,776	27.2
Majority			24,709	45.5
Turnout				78.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roy Mason	42,565	73.7
	Conservative	John Philip Howard Bent	15,189	26.3
Majority			27,376	47.4
Turnout				82.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roy Mason	37,250	66.8
	Conservative	Joan Hall	9,417	16.9
	Liberal	John Herbert Dossett	9,089	16.3
Majority			27,833	49.9
Turnout				80.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roy Mason	38,744	75.7
	Conservative	Joan Hall	12,456	24.3
Majority			26,288	51.3
Turnout				73.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roy Mason	34,956	64.8
	Conservative	Robert Godber	10,811	20.0
	Liberal	John Herbert Dossett	8,186	15.2
Majority			24,145	44.8
Turnout				71.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roy Mason	40,595	71.8
	Conservative	George England	15,969	28.2
Majority			24,626	43.5
Turnout				74.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Mason	34,212	65.3
	Conservative	George England	9,400	18.0
	Liberal	P. Tomlinson	8,753	16.7	N/A
Majority			24,812	47.4
Turnout				68.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Barnsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roy Mason	36,276	64.0
	Conservative	George England	13,654	24.1
	Liberal	Wilfred Whitaker	5,751	10.2
	Troops Out of Ireland	B. Gallagher	638	1.1
	Workers Revolutionary	J. Davis	348	0.6
Majority			22,622	39.9
Turnout				72.9
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "'Barnsley', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
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Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources (Election results since 1951)

[ElectionWeb74-1] "'Barnsley', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.

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