Doncaster Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°30′40″N 1°07′19″W / 53.511°N 1.122°W

Doncaster Central
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Doncaster Central in South Yorkshire for the 2010 general election.
Location of South Yorkshire within England.
County	South Yorkshire
Electorate	73,874 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Doncaster
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Rosie Winterton (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Doncaster and Don Valley[2]
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Doncaster Central is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Rosie Winterton of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

History and profile

Created in 1983, the seat covers most of the large Yorkshire town of Doncaster served by an international airport and the UK motorway network in the former Doncaster constituency and since its 1983 inception has been a Labour stronghold.

Boundaries

1983-2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Armthorpe, Balby, Bessacarr, Central, Intake, Town Field, and Wheatley.

2010-present: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Armthorpe, Balby, Bessacarr and Cantley, Central, Edenthorpe, Kirk Sandall and Barnby Dun, Town Moor, and Wheatley.

The constituency includes most of the town of Doncaster and neighbours the Doncaster North and Don Valley seats.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[3]	Party	Notes
	1983	Sir Harold Walker	Labour	Chairman of Ways and Means 1983-1992, knighted 1992
	1997	Rosie Winterton	Labour

Elections

General election results since 1983

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Doncaster Central^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Rosie Winterton	19,840	49.1	+9.4
	UKIP	Chris Hodgson	9,747	24.1	+20.7
	Conservative	Zoe Metcalfe	8,386	20.7	−4.0
	Liberal Democrat	John Brown	1,717	4.2	−16.8
	TUSC	Mev Akram	421	1.0	+1.0
	English Democrat	David Burnett	309	0.8	−3.6
Majority			10,093	25.0	+10.1
Turnout			40,420	56.8	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Doncaster Central^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Rosie Winterton	16,569	39.7	−11.3
	Conservative	Gareth M. Davies	10,340	24.8	+6.1
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick John Wilson	8,795	21.1	−2.6
	English Democrat	Lawrence E. Parramore	1,816	4.4	N/A
	BNP	John Bettney	1,762	4.2	+0.9
	UKIP	John Andrews	1,421	3.4	0
	Independent	Scott A. Pickles	970	2.3	N/A
	Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality	Derek A. Williams	72	0.2	N/A
Majority			6,229	14.9	−13.6
Turnout			41,745	55.5	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Doncaster Central^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Rosie Winterton	17,617	51.3	−7.8
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick John Wilson	7,815	22.8	+9.9
	Conservative	Stefan Nathaniel Kerner	6,489	18.9	−4.8
	BNP	John Christopher Wilkinson	1,239	3.6	+3.6
	UKIP	Alan John Simmons	1,191	3.5	+0.8
Majority			9,802	28.5
Turnout			34,351	52.3	0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.8

General Election 2001: Doncaster Central^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Rosie Winterton	20,034	59.1	−3.0
	Conservative	Gary Meggitt	8,035	23.7	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Michael John Southcombe	4,390	12.9	+3.5
	UKIP	David Alexander Gordon	926	2.7	+1.7
	Socialist Alliance	Janet Anita Terry	517	1.5	N/A
Majority			11,999	35.4
Turnout			33,902	51.6	−12.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Doncaster Central^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Rosie Winterton	26,961	62.1	+7.8
	Conservative	David Christopher Turtle	9,105	21.0	−12.5
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Philip Tarry	4,091	9.4	−2.4
	Referendum	Michael John William Cliff	1,273	2.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Michael Albert Kenny	854	2.0	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Jonathan Francis Redden	694	1.6	N/A
	UKIP	Peter Davies	462	1.1	N/A
Majority			17,856	38.7
Turnout			43,440	63.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Doncaster Central^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harold Walker	27,795	54.3	+3.2
	Conservative	George William Glossop	17,113	33.5	−1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Clifford James Hampson	6,057	11.8	−1.8
	Workers Revolutionary	Michael Robert Driver	184	0.4	N/A
Majority			10,682	20.9	+4.9
Turnout			51,149	74.2	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.5

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Doncaster Central^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harold Walker	26,266	51.2	+9.2
	Conservative	Patricia Elizabeth Rawlings	18,070	35.2	−1.9
	Social Democratic	James Anthony Gore-Browne	7,004	13.6	−7.3
Majority			8,196	16.0
Turnout			51,340	73.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.6

General Election 1983: Doncaster Central^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harold Walker	21,154	42.0	N/A
	Conservative	John Joseph Somers	18,646	37.1	N/A
	Social Democratic	Trevor Leslie Stables	10,524	20.9	N/A
Majority			2,508	5.0	N/A
Turnout			50,324	70.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

Notes and references

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. "'Doncaster Central', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
4. "Doncaster Central". BBC News. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
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6. "Doncaster Central". BBC News: Election 2010. BBC. 2010-05-06. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
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8. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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10. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
11. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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13. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
14. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Sources

• Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
• http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)