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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom}} |
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{{Infobox UK constituency main |
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|name = Hemsworth |
|name = Hemsworth |
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|year = 1918 |
|year = 1918 |
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|abolished = |
|abolished = 2024 |
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|type = County |
|type = County |
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|previous = [[Barnsley (UK Parliament constituency)|Barnsley]], [[Normanton (UK Parliament constituency)|Normanton]] and [[Osgoldcross (UK Parliament constituency)|Osgoldcross]] |
|previous = [[Barnsley (UK Parliament constituency)|Barnsley]], [[Normanton (UK Parliament constituency)|Normanton]] and [[Osgoldcross (UK Parliament constituency)|Osgoldcross]] |
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'''Hemsworth''' is a [[United Kingdom constituencies|constituency]]{{#tag:ref|A [[county constituency]] (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} in [[West Yorkshire]] represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] since 1996 by [[Jon Trickett]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].{{#tag:ref|As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) by the [[first past the post]] system of election at least every five years.|group= n}} |
'''Hemsworth''' is a [[United Kingdom constituencies|constituency]]{{#tag:ref|A [[county constituency]] (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} in [[West Yorkshire]] represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] since 1996 by [[Jon Trickett]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].{{#tag:ref|As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) by the [[first past the post]] system of election at least every five years.|group= n}} |
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Further to the completion of the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]], the seat will be subject to moderate boundary changes, losing the Wakefield South ward and gaining [[Normanton, West Yorkshire|Normanton]]. Accordingly, it will be reformed as '''[[Normanton and Hemsworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Normanton and Hemsworth]]''', to be first contested at the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Yorkshire and the Humber {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/2023-review-volume-one-report/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-one-report-yorkshire-and-the-humber/ |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk}}</ref> |
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==Constituency profile== |
==Constituency profile== |
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== History == |
== History == |
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From the [[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966]] to [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|February 1974 general elections]] (inclusive), Hemsworth was the safest seat for any party in the UK: the Labour vote had peaked in 1966 at 85.39%<ref name="Kimber1966"> |
From the [[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966]] to [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|February 1974 general elections]] (inclusive), Hemsworth was the safest seat for any party in the UK: the Labour vote had peaked in 1966 at 85.39%<ref name="Kimber1966">{{Cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge66/i11.htm |title=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources: UK General Election results March 1966 |access-date=15 February 2007 |archive-date=29 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929115026/http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge66/i11.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> and consistently exceeded 80% from [[1935 United Kingdom general election|1935]] until [[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|October 1974]] when the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] contested the seat for the first time since [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923]]. Successive boundary changes removed certain ex-mining communities to the new [[Barnsley East]] constituency in 1983: this and the addition of the more Conservative-inclined ward of Wakefield South in 1997 slightly reduced Labour's dominance, but Hemsworth remained a [[safe seat]] in the 2017 election. However, in 2019 the majority was cut from over 10,000 to just 1,180 as Labour's vote collapsed in Northern former mining seats, making it marginal for future elections. |
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The [[incumbent]] member at Westminster is [[Jon Trickett]], former Leader of [[City of Leeds]] Council. |
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== Boundaries == |
== Boundaries == |
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'''1918–1950''': The Urban Districts of Cudworth and Royston, the Rural District of Hemsworth, and part of the Rural District of Barnsley. |
'''1918–1950''': The Urban Districts of Cudworth and Royston, the Rural District of Hemsworth, and part of the Rural District of Barnsley. |
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'''1950–1955''': The Urban Districts of Cudworth, Dearne, Hemsworth, and Royston, and the Rural District of Hemsworth.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK |type=act |year=1948 |chapter=65 |act=Representation of the People Act 1948 |schedule=1 |accessdate=23 July 2023 }}</ref> |
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'''1955–1983''': The Urban Districts of Cudworth, Dearne, and Hemsworth, and the Rural District of Hemsworth.<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1956 |title=Statutory Instruments 1955 |series=Part II |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8TDyAAAAMAAJ |chapter=The Parliamentary Constituencies (Wakefield and Hemsworth) Order 1955. SI 1955/175 |location=London |publisher=[[Her Majesty's Stationery Office]] |pages=2177–2178 |isbn=}}</ref> |
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'''1983–1997''': The City of Wakefield wards of Crofton and Ackworth; Featherstone; Hemsworth; South Elmsall; and South Kirkby. |
'''1983–1997''': The City of Wakefield wards of Crofton and Ackworth; Featherstone; Hemsworth; South Elmsall; and South Kirkby. |
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'''1997–2010''': The City of Wakefield wards of Crofton and Ackworth; Featherstone; Hemsworth; South Elmsall; South Kirkby; and Wakefield South. |
'''1997–2010''': The City of Wakefield wards of Crofton and Ackworth; Featherstone; Hemsworth; South Elmsall; South Kirkby; and Wakefield South. |
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'''2010–2024''': The City of Wakefield wards of Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton; Crofton, Ryhill and Walton; Featherstone; Hemsworth; South Elmsall and South Kirkby; and Wakefield South. |
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This constituency |
This constituency covered the towns of [[Hemsworth]], [[Featherstone]], [[South Kirkby & Moorthorpe]] and [[South Elmsall]], plus the southern part of [[Wakefield]] ([[Sandal Magna|Sandal]], [[Agbrigg]], Belle Vue) and the villages of [[Ackworth, West Yorkshire|Ackworth]], [[Crofton, West Yorkshire|Crofton]], [[Fitzwilliam, West Yorkshire|Fitzwilliam]], [[Upton, West Yorkshire|Upton]], [[Sharlston]], [[Streethouse]], [[Walton, Wakefield|Walton]] and [[Notton]] ''in the [[City of Wakefield]] district''. |
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== Members of Parliament == |
== Members of Parliament == |
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| [[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918]] |
| [[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918]] |
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| [[John Guest (politician)|John Guest]] |
| [[John Guest (politician)|John Guest]] |
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| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
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| [[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931]] |
| [[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931]] |
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| [[Gabriel Price]] |
| [[Gabriel Price]] |
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| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
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| [[1934 Hemsworth by-election|1934 by-election]] |
| [[1934 Hemsworth by-election|1934 by-election]] |
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| [[George Griffiths (British politician)|George Griffiths]] |
| [[George Griffiths (British politician)|George Griffiths]] |
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| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
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|style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK) |
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| [[1946 Hemsworth by-election|1946 by-election]] |
| [[1946 Hemsworth by-election|1946 by-election]] |
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| [[Horace Holmes]] |
| [[Horace Holmes]] |
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| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
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| [[1959 United Kingdom general election|1959]] |
| [[1959 United Kingdom general election|1959]] |
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| [[Alan Beaney]] |
| [[Alan Beaney]] |
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| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
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| [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|Feb 1974]] |
| [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|Feb 1974]] |
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| [[Alec Woodall]] |
| [[Alec Woodall]] |
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| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
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| [[1987 United Kingdom general election|1987]] |
| [[1987 United Kingdom general election|1987]] |
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| [[George Buckley (British politician)|George Buckley]] |
| [[George Buckley (British politician)|George Buckley]] |
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| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
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| [[1991 Hemsworth by-election|1991 by-election]] |
| [[1991 Hemsworth by-election|1991 by-election]] |
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| [[Derek Enright]] |
| [[Derek Enright]] |
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| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
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| [[1996 Hemsworth by-election|1996 by-election]] |
| [[1996 Hemsworth by-election|1996 by-election]] |
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| [[Jon Trickett]] |
| [[Jon Trickett]] |
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===Elections in the 2010s=== |
===Elections in the 2010s=== |
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{{Election box begin||title= [[2019 United Kingdom general election|General election 2019]]: Hemsworth <ref name ="Statement of persons nominated">https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/Documents/elections/HEMSWORTH%20Statement%20Of%20Persons%20Nominated%20And%20Notice%20Of%20Poll.pdf</ref><ref>{{cite |
{{Election box begin||title= [[2019 United Kingdom general election|General election 2019]]: Hemsworth <ref name ="Statement of persons nominated">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/Documents/elections/HEMSWORTH%20Statement%20Of%20Persons%20Nominated%20And%20Notice%20Of%20Poll.pdf|title = Error}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hemsworth Parliamentary constituency, 2019|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000740 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=16 December 2019}}</ref> |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |
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|votes = 1,734 |
|votes = 1,734 |
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|percentage = 3.9 |
|percentage = 3.9 |
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|change = + |
|change = +1.9 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link |
{{Election box candidate with party link |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin||title= [[2017 United Kingdom general election|General election 2017]]: Hemsworth<ref>{{Cite |
{{Election box begin||title= [[2017 United Kingdom general election|General election 2017]]: Hemsworth<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000740|title=Hemsworth parliamentary constituency - Election 2017|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|votes = 10,174 |
|votes = 10,174 |
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|percentage = 22.1 |
|percentage = 22.1 |
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|change = −6. |
|change = −6.3 |
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{{Election box turnout |
{{Election box turnout |
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{{Election box begin| |
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|title= [[2015 United Kingdom general election|General election 2015]]: Hemsworth<ref name=electoralcalculus>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="2015 result">{{cite |
|title= [[2015 United Kingdom general election|General election 2015]]: Hemsworth<ref name=electoralcalculus>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="2015 result">{{cite news |
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| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000740 |
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|votes =21,772 |
|votes =21,772 |
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|percentage =51.3 |
|percentage =51.3 |
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|change =+4. |
|change =+4.5 |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Christopher Pearson |
|candidate = Christopher Pearson |
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|votes =9,694 |
|votes =9,694 |
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|percentage =22.9 |
|percentage =22.9 |
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|change =-1. |
|change =-1.4 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link |
{{Election box candidate with party link |
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{{Election box majority |
{{Election box majority |
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|votes =12,078 |
|votes =12,078 |
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|percentage =28. |
|percentage =28.4 |
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|change = + |
|change = +5.9 |
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{{Election box turnout |
{{Election box turnout |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 13,481 |
|votes = 13,481 |
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|percentage = 36. |
|percentage = 36.7 |
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|change = -7. |
|change = -7.7 |
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<section begin="General Election 2001"/> |
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{{Anchor|2001 election}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[2001 United Kingdom general election|General election 2001]]: Hemsworth<ref name=electoralcalculus2001>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> |
|title=[[2001 United Kingdom general election|General election 2001]]: Hemsworth<ref name=electoralcalculus2001>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> |
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|votes = 3,990 |
|votes = 3,990 |
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|percentage = 11.3 |
|percentage = 11.3 |
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|change = +2. |
|change = +2.4 |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|swing = -4.2 |
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=== Elections in the 1990s === |
=== Elections in the 1990s === |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Norman |
|candidate = Norman Hazell |
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|votes = 8,096 |
|votes = 8,096 |
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|percentage = 17.8 |
|percentage = 17.8 |
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|votes = 1,516 |
|votes = 1,516 |
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|percentage = 6.9 |
|percentage = 6.9 |
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|change = -3.6 |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = David Williamson |
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|votes = 7,291 |
|votes = 7,291 |
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|percentage = 19.6 |
|percentage = 19.6 |
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'''General Election |
'''General Election 1939–40''': |
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Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; |
Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; |
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* [[1991 Hemsworth by-election]] |
* [[1991 Hemsworth by-election]] |
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* [[1996 Hemsworth by-election]] |
* [[1996 Hemsworth by-election]] |
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* [[List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire]] |
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==Notes |
==Notes== |
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Hemsworth | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Yorkshire |
Electorate | 74,001 (December 2019)[1] |
Major settlements | South Wakefield, Hemsworth and Featherstone |
1918–2024 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Barnsley, Normanton and Osgoldcross |
Replaced by | Normanton and Hemsworth |
Hemsworth is a constituency[n 1] in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons since 1996 by Jon Trickett of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to moderate boundary changes, losing the Wakefield South ward and gaining Normanton. Accordingly, it will be reformed as Normanton and Hemsworth, to be first contested at the 2024 general election.[2]
Constituency profile
The constituency comprises former coal mining towns and villages that also provided some of the workforce for the manufacturing bases of the town of Barnsley to the south and cities of Wakefield and Leeds to the northwest. Many constituents still commute to these today. Nearby to the east over the border in North Yorkshire is Kellingley Colliery, which closed on 18 December 2015, marking the end of deep-pit coal mining in Britain.[3] It is one of the Labour Party's longest held seats, having elected its first Labour MP in 1918, and been in continuous existence since that date.
History
From the 1966 to February 1974 general elections (inclusive), Hemsworth was the safest seat for any party in the UK: the Labour vote had peaked in 1966 at 85.39%[4] and consistently exceeded 80% from 1935 until October 1974 when the Liberal Party contested the seat for the first time since 1923. Successive boundary changes removed certain ex-mining communities to the new Barnsley East constituency in 1983: this and the addition of the more Conservative-inclined ward of Wakefield South in 1997 slightly reduced Labour's dominance, but Hemsworth remained a safe seat in the 2017 election. However, in 2019 the majority was cut from over 10,000 to just 1,180 as Labour's vote collapsed in Northern former mining seats, making it marginal for future elections.
Boundaries
1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Cudworth and Royston, the Rural District of Hemsworth, and part of the Rural District of Barnsley.
1950–1955: The Urban Districts of Cudworth, Dearne, Hemsworth, and Royston, and the Rural District of Hemsworth.[5]
1955–1983: The Urban Districts of Cudworth, Dearne, and Hemsworth, and the Rural District of Hemsworth.[6]
1983–1997: The City of Wakefield wards of Crofton and Ackworth; Featherstone; Hemsworth; South Elmsall; and South Kirkby.
1997–2010: The City of Wakefield wards of Crofton and Ackworth; Featherstone; Hemsworth; South Elmsall; South Kirkby; and Wakefield South.
2010–2024: The City of Wakefield wards of Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton; Crofton, Ryhill and Walton; Featherstone; Hemsworth; South Elmsall and South Kirkby; and Wakefield South.
This constituency covered the towns of Hemsworth, Featherstone, South Kirkby & Moorthorpe and South Elmsall, plus the southern part of Wakefield (Sandal, Agbrigg, Belle Vue) and the villages of Ackworth, Crofton, Fitzwilliam, Upton, Sharlston, Streethouse, Walton and Notton in the City of Wakefield district.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jon Trickett | 16,460 | 37.5 | -18.5 | |
Conservative | Louise Calland | 15,280 | 34.8 | +0.9 | |
Brexit Party | Waj Ali | 5,930 | 13.5 | New | |
Independent | Ian Womersley | 2,458 | 5.6 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | James Monaghan | 1,734 | 3.9 | +1.9 | |
Yorkshire | Martin Roberts | 964 | 2.2 | -0.3 | |
Green | Lyn Morton | 916 | 2.1 | New | |
Independent | Pete Wilks | 165 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,180 | 2.7 | −19.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,907 | 59.6 | −4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -10.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jon Trickett | 25,740 | 56.0 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Mike Jordan | 15,566 | 33.9 | +11.0 | |
UKIP | David Dews | 2,591 | 5.6 | −14.6 | |
Yorkshire | Martin Roberts | 1,135 | 2.5 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mary MacQueen | 912 | 2.0 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 10,174 | 22.1 | −6.3 | ||
Turnout | 45,944 | 63.9 | +5.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jon Trickett | 21,772 | 51.3 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Christopher Pearson | 9,694 | 22.9 | -1.4 | |
UKIP | Steve Ashton | 8,565 | 20.2 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Mary MacQueen | 1,357 | 3.2 | -9.7 | |
Yorkshire | Martin Roberts | 1,018 | 2.4 | New | |
Majority | 12,078 | 28.4 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 42,406 | 58.3 | -2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jon Trickett | 20,506 | 46.8 | -11.9 | |
Conservative | Ann Myatt | 10,662 | 24.3 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Belmore | 5,667 | 12.9 | -2.8 | |
Independent | Ian Womersley | 3,946 | 9.0 | New | |
BNP | Ian Kitchen | 3,059 | 7.0 | New | |
Majority | 9,844 | 22.5 | -14.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,840 | 60.4 | +6.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.0 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jon Trickett | 21,630 | 58.8 | −6.6 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Mortimer | 8,149 | 22.1 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Hall-Matthews | 5,766 | 15.7 | +4.4 | |
Veritas | John Burdon | 1,247 | 3.4 | New | |
Majority | 13,481 | 36.7 | -7.7 | ||
Turnout | 36,792 | 54.6 | +2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.85 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jon Trickett | 23,036 | 65.4 | −5.2 | |
Conservative | Liz Truss | 7,400 | 21.0 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ed Waller | 3,990 | 11.3 | +2.4 | |
Socialist Labour | Paul Turek | 801 | 2.3 | New | |
Majority | 15,636 | 44.4 | -8.4 | ||
Turnout | 35,227 | 51.8 | −16.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.2 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jon Trickett | 32,088 | 70.6 | +6.8 [19] | |
Conservative | Norman Hazell | 8,096 | 17.8 | -8.0 [20] | |
Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Kirby | 4,033 | 8.9 | -1.5 [21] | |
Referendum | Derek Irvine | 1,260 | 2.8 | New | |
Majority | 23,992 | 52.8 | +14.8 [22] | ||
Turnout | 45,477 | 67.9 | -8.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.4 [23] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jon Trickett | 15,817 | 71.9 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Norman Hazell | 1,942 | 8.8 | -9.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Ridgeway | 1,516 | 6.9 | -3.6 | |
Socialist Labour | Brenda Nixon | 1,193 | 5.4 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | Screaming Lord Sutch | 652 | 3.0 | New | |
UKIP | Peter Davies | 455 | 2.1 | New | |
Green | Peg Alexander | 157 | 0.7 | New | |
Independent | Mark Thomas | 122 | 0.6 | New | |
National Democrats | Michael Cooper | 111 | 0.5 | New | |
Natural Law | Dianne Leighton | 28 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 13,875 | 63.1 | +10.9 | ||
Turnout | 21,993 | 39.5 | -36.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.45 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Enright | 29,942 | 70.8 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | Garnet Harrison | 7,867 | 18.6 | +1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Valerie Megson | 4,459 | 10.5 | −5.3 | |
Majority | 22,075 | 52.2 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 42,268 | 75.9 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Enright | 15,895 | 66.3 | −0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Valerie Megson | 4,808 | 20.1 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Garnet Harrison | 2,512 | 10.5 | −6.7 | |
Independent Labour | Paul Ablett | 648 | 2.7 | New | |
Corrective Party | Timothy Smith | 108 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 11,097 | 46.3 | −3.5 | ||
Turnout | 23,971 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.0 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Buckley | 27,859 | 67.0 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Edward Garnier | 7,159 | 17.2 | −2.4 | |
Liberal | John Wooffindin | 6,568 | 15.8 | −5.4 | |
Majority | 20,700 | 49.8 | +11.7 | ||
Turnout | 41,586 | 75.7 | +7.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alec Woodall | 22,081 | 59.3 | -10.3 | |
Liberal | John Wooffindin | 7,891 | 21.2 | +10.8 | |
Conservative | David Williamson | 7,291 | 19.6 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 14,190 | 38.1 | -10.6 | ||
Turnout | 37,263 | 68.6 | -4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alec Woodall | 36,509 | 69.61 | ||
Conservative | John Whitfield | 10,466 | 19.95 | ||
Liberal | T Fussey | 5,474 | 10.44 | ||
Majority | 26,043 | 49.66 | |||
Turnout | 52,449 | 73.27 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alec Woodall | 37,467 | 76.51 | ||
Conservative | P Carvis | 5,895 | 12.04 | ||
Liberal | R Taylor | 5,607 | 11.45 | New | |
Majority | 31,572 | 64.47 | |||
Turnout | 48,969 | 70.15 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alec Woodall | 44,093 | 82.81 | ||
Conservative | RF Kerr | 9,152 | 17.19 | ||
Majority | 34,941 | 65.62 | |||
Turnout | 53,245 | 77.13 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Beaney | 40,013 | 80.76 | ||
Conservative | Michael C Tucker | 9,534 | 19.24 | ||
Majority | 30,479 | 61.52 | |||
Turnout | 49,547 | 71.89 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Beaney | 41,887 | 85.39 | ||
Conservative | Sir Charles William Richards Pickthorn, 2nd Baronet | 7,165 | 14.61 | ||
Majority | 34,722 | 70.78 | |||
Turnout | 49,052 | 76.02 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Beaney | 42,528 | 83.07 | ||
Conservative | John RM Keatley | 8,667 | 16.93 | ||
Majority | 33,861 | 66.14 | |||
Turnout | 51,195 | 78.81 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Beaney | 45,153 | 82.18 | ||
Conservative | William Henry Leay | 9,788 | 17.82 | ||
Majority | 35,365 | 64.36 | |||
Turnout | 54,941 | 83.62 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Horace Holmes | 42,603 | 83.27 | ||
Conservative | William Henry Leay | 8,561 | 16.73 | ||
Majority | 34,042 | 66.54 | |||
Turnout | 51,164 | 79.87 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Horace Holmes | 47,402 | 82.71 | ||
Conservative | Wilf Proudfoot | 9,911 | 17.29 | ||
Majority | 37,491 | 65.42 | |||
Turnout | 57,313 | 85.07 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Horace Holmes | 47,934 | 82.38 | ||
National Liberal | Jean Patricia Asquith | 10,254 | 17.62 | ||
Majority | 37,680 | 64.76 | |||
Turnout | 58,188 | 88.21 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Horace Holmes | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Griffiths | 33,984 | 81.4 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | Robert William Palliser Dawson | 7,778 | 18.6 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 26,206 | 62.8 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,762 | 80.8 | +8.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 |
General Election 1939–40:
Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Labour: George Griffiths
- Conservative:
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Griffiths | 28,298 | 80.1 | +9.6 | |
Conservative | Francis Howard Collier | 7,032 | 19.9 | −9.6 | |
Majority | 21,266 | 60.2 | +19.2 | ||
Turnout | 35,330 | 72.3 | −0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Griffiths | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gabriel Price | 23,609 | 70.5 | −8.4 | |
Unionist | William Garthwaite | 9,867 | 29.5 | +8.4 | |
Majority | 13,742 | 41.0 | −18.8 | ||
Turnout | 33,476 | 72.9 | −2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.4 |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Guest | 26,075 | 79.9 | +10.6 | |
Unionist | R. A. Broughton | 6,578 | 20.1 | −10.6 | |
Majority | 19,497 | 59.8 | +21.2 | ||
Turnout | 32,653 | 75.8 | +6.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Guest | 15,593 | 69.3 | −0.8 | |
Unionist | H. R. Brown | 6,902 | 30.7 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 8,691 | 38.6 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 22,495 | 69.7 | +6.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Guest | 13,159 | 70.1 | +6.9 | |
Liberal | Huw Conway-Jones | 5,624 | 29.9 | New | |
Majority | 7,535 | 40.2 | +13.8 | ||
Turnout | 18,683 | 61.3 | −15.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Guest | 14,295 | 63.2 | +7.7 | |
National Liberal | Frank William Crossley-Holland | 8,317 | 36.8 | New | |
Majority | 5,978 | 26.4 | +15.4 | ||
Turnout | 22.612 | 76.3 | +18.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Guest | 8,102 | 55.5 | ||
C | Unionist | Joshua Scholefield (barrister) | 6,490 | 44.5 | |
Majority | 1,612 | 11.0 | |||
Turnout | 14,592 | 58.0 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
See also
- 1934 Hemsworth by-election
- 1946 Hemsworth by-election
- 1991 Hemsworth by-election
- 1996 Hemsworth by-election
- List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire
Notes
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ 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
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- ^ Yorkshire Evening Post, 11 December 2015
- ^ "Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources: UK General Election results March 1966". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2007.
- ^ "Representation of the People Act 1948: Schedule 1", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1948 c. 65 (sch. 1), retrieved 23 July 2023
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- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
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- ^ "Hemsworth parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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- ^ "Hemsworth". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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- ^ from 1992 notional result
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- ^ from 1992 notional result
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- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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