Barnsley North (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Barnsley North
Parliament:uk
Year:2024
Type:County
Region:England
Electorate:76,552 (June 2024)[1]
Elects Howmany:One

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

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 results from 2019[5]
PartyVote%
Labour15,68442.12
Brexit Party10,96429.45
Conservative8,49722.82
Liberal Democrat1,3113.52
Green Party7732.00
For more information see Notional results of the 2019 United Kingdom general election by 2024 constituency.

Members of Parliament

Barnsley Central prior to 2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[6]
PartyVote%
17,141 38.5
13,139 29.5
10,663 24.0
1,588 3.6
1,051 2.4
Others 898 2.0
Turnout44,48057.9
Electorate76,794

See also

External links

53.58°N -1.45°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barnsley North: New Boundaries 2023 Calculation . Electoral Calculus . en-gb . 7 June 2024.
  2. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Yorkshire and the Humber Boundary Commission for England . 25 July 2023 . boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk.
  3. Web site: New Seat Details - Barnsley North . 30 July 2023 . www.electoralcalculus.co.uk.
  4. Web site: The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 . Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
  5. Web site: Results spreadsheet (download) . 19 January 2024 . BBC.
  6. Web site: Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 . 11 July 2024 . Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News . UK Parliament.