Don Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°29′31″N 1°07′59″W / 53.492°N 1.133°W / 53.492; -1.133

Don Valley
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Don Valley in South Yorkshire.
Location of South Yorkshire within England.
County	South Yorkshire
Electorate	73,674 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Hatfield, Thorne, and Conisbrough.
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	Caroline Flint (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Doncaster
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Don Valley is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Caroline Flint of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Constituency profile

Created in 1918, Don Valley is a former coal mining area which has elected only Labour MPs since 1922. The current MP is Caroline Flint, first elected in 1997 who is Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and through the Blair Ministry and Brown Ministry served successively as a Health, Employment/Welfare, Housing and Europe Minister of State, her current shadow secretary of state position follows Ed Davey in his cabinet role.

Boundaries

1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Mexborough and Tickhill, and the Rural Districts of Doncaster and Thorne.

1950-1983: The Urban Districts of Adwick-le-Street, Bentley with Arksey, and Tickhill, and the Rural District of Doncaster.

1983-1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Conisbrough, Edlington and Warmsworth, Mexborough, Richmond, Rossington, South East, and Southern Parks.

1997-2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Conisbrough, Edlington and Warmsworth, Hatfield, Rossington, South East, and Southern Parks.

2010-present: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Conisbrough and Denaby, Edlington and Warmsworth, Finningley, Hatfield, Rossington, Thorne, and Torne Valley.

The current constituency consists of the southern Borough of Doncaster, from Hatfield and the Humberhead Peatlands Nature Reserve in the north and northeast, through Branton, Auckley, and Rossington, to the Torne Valley electoral ward which consists of Wadworth, Tickhill, Braithwell, and in the west Conisbrough.

In boundary changes which took effect at the 2010 election, Sprotbrough was moved to Doncaster North, while in the east the town of Thorne was moved from Doncaster North into Don Valley.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[2]	Party
1918	James Walton	National Democratic
1922	Tom Williams	Labour
1959	Richard Kelley	Labour
1979	Michael Welsh	Labour
1983	Martin Redmond	Labour
1997	Caroline Flint	Labour

Elections

Don Valley general election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Don Valley^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Caroline Flint	19,621	46.2	+8.2
	Conservative	Carl Jackson	10,736	25.3	-4.4
	UKIP	Guy Aston	9,963	23.5	+19.1
	Liberal Democrat	Rene Paterson	1,487	3.5	-13.6
	TUSC	Steve Williams	437	1.0	+1.0
	English Democrat	Louise Dutton	242	0.6	-3.5
Majority			8,885	20.9	+12.6
Turnout			42,486	59.6	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Don Valley^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Caroline Flint	16,472	37.9	-18.6
	Conservative	Matt Stephens	12,877	29.7	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Edwin Simpson	7,422	17.1	+0.6
	BNP	Erwin Toseland	2,112	4.9	N/A
	UKIP	William Shaw	1,904	4.4	N/A
	English Democrat	Bernie Aston	1,756	4.0	N/A
	Independent	Martin Williams	887	2.0	N/A
Majority			3,595	8.3	-15
Turnout			43,430	59.3	+4.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Don Valley^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Caroline Flint	19,418	52.7	-1.9
	Conservative	Adam Duguid	10,820	29.4	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Stewart Arnold	6,626	18.0	+6.8
Majority			8,598	23.3	-2.7
Turnout			36,864	55	-0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.3

General Election 2001: Don Valley^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Caroline Flint	20,009	54.6	-3.6
	Conservative	James Browne	10,489	28.6	+4.0
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Smith	4,089	11.2	+1.4
	Independent	Terry Wilde	800	2.2	N/A
	UKIP	David Cooper	777	2.1	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Nigel Ball	466	1.3	-1.1
Majority			9,520	26.0	-7.7
Turnout			36,630	54.8	-11.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Don Valley^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Caroline Flint	25,376	58.3
	Conservative	Clare H. Gledhill	10,717	24.6
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Johnston	4,238	9.7
	Referendum	Paul R. Davis	1,379	3.2
	Socialist Labour	Nigel Ball	1,024	2.4
	Green	Stephen Platt	493	1.1
	ProLife Alliance	Claire D. Johnson	330	0.8
Majority			14,659	33.7	+10.4
Turnout			43,557	66.4	-9.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Don Valley^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Martin Redmond	32,008	55.0	+1.9
	Conservative	N Paget-Brown	18,474	31.7	−0.5
	Liberal Democrat	M Jevons	6,920	11.9	−2.7
	Green	TS Platt	803	1.4	+1.4
Majority			13,534	23.3	+2.4
Turnout			58,205	76.3	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Don Valley^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Martin Redmond	29,200	53.1
	Conservative	C. H. Gallagher	17,733	32.3
	Liberal	W. K. Whitaker	8,027	11.9
Majority			11,467	20.9
Turnout				73.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Don Valley^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Martin Redmond	23,036	45.1
	Conservative	B. Utting	16,570	32.4
	Liberal	D. Lange	11,482	22.5
Majority			6,466	12.7
Turnout				69.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Welsh	39,603	55.6
	Conservative	Roger Freeman	22,243	31.2
	Liberal	E. Simpson	8,238	11.6
	Workers Party	I. Connelly	720	1.0
	Workers Revolutionary	T. McCabe	398	0.6
Majority			17,360	24.4
Turnout				74.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Kelley	41,187	63.3
	Conservative	P. J. Le Bosquet	13,767	21.1
	Liberal	E. Simpson	10,161	15.6
Majority			27,420	42.1
Turnout				73.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Kelley	48,737	70.1
	Conservative	P. J. Le Bosquet	20,792	29.9
Majority			27,945	40.2
Turnout				79.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Kelley	42,496	69.5
	Conservative	Timothy Walter G Jackson	18,673	30.5
Majority			23,823	39.0
Turnout				73.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Kelley	43,973	74.9
	Conservative	Richard Storey	14,738	25.1
Majority			29,235	49.8
Turnout				78.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Kelley	42,452	71.9
	Conservative	David Philip Jeffcock	16,593	28.1
Majority			25,859	43.8
Turnout				80.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Kelley	40,935	70.9
	Conservative	Geoffrey Hugh Dodsworth	16,787	29.1
Majority			24,148	41.8
Turnout				83.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Thomas Williams	38,433	73.7
	Conservative	Jack Victor Thornton	13,701	26.3
Majority			24,732	47.4
Turnout				81.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Thomas Williams	39,687	74.1
	Conservative	David S B Hopkins	13,862	25.9
Majority			25,825	48.2
Turnout				85.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Thomas Williams	39,789
	Conservative	Douglas Graham	12,982
	Communist	Samuel Taylor	1,007
Majority			26,807	49.9
Turnout				87.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Williams	40,153	71.7
	Conservative	J. J. A. N. Ross	15,832	28.3
Majority			24,321	43.4
Turnout				73.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Williams	33,220	68.9
	Conservative	John Sinclair Wemyss Arbuthnot	14,961	31.1
Majority			18,259	37.8
Turnout				70.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Williams	27,599	58.6
	Conservative	Samuel Hardwick	19,506	41.4
Majority			8,093	17.2
Turnout				71.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Williams	31,466	73.3	+19.4
	Unionist	Walter Sydney Liddall	11,467	26.7	-19.4
Majority			19,999	46.6	+38.6
Turnout				69.7	-3.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+19.4

General Election 1924: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Williams	14,958	53.9
	Unionist	John Wells Reynolds	12,463	46.1
Majority			2,135	7.8
Turnout				72.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Williams	12,898	60.4	+13.4
	Unionist	John Wells Reynolds	8,451	39.6	n/a
Majority			4,447	20.8	+1.4
Turnout				62.2	-3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1922: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Williams	9,903	47.0
	National Liberal	James Walton	5,793	27.6
	Liberal	John Henry Freeborough	5,332	25.4
Majority			4,106	19.4
Turnout				65.4
	Labour gain from National Democratic		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Coalition National Democratic	James Walton	6,095	46.2
	Liberal	Hastings Lees-Smith	3,868	29.3
	Labour	Edward Hough	3,226	24.5
Majority			2,227	16.9
Turnout				45.9
	Coalition National Democratic hold		Swing

Notes and references

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

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Don Valley". BBC News. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Don Valley". BBC News, election 2010. BBC. 2010-05-06. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "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)
F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949
F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 - 1970

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