Barnsley South (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Barnsley South
Parliament:	uk
Year:	2024
Type:	County
Region:	England
Electorate:	75,635^[1]
Elects Howmany:	One

Barnsley South 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.

Boundaries

The constituency comprises the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley (as they existed on 1 December 2020):^[3]

• Darfield, Hoyland Milton, Rockingham, Stairfoot, Wombwell, and Worsbrough from Barnsley East
• Kingstone from Barnsley Central
• Dearne North, and Dearne South from Wentworth and Dearne^[4]

Members of Parliament

Barnsley East prior to 2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result^[5]
Party		Vote	%
		15,684	41.8
		10,964	29.2
		8,497	22.7
		1,311	3.5
		773	2.1
	Others	279	0.7
Turnout		37,508	49.4
Electorate		75,896

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in the Yorkshire and the Humber (region)

External links

• Barnsley South UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

Notes and References

1. Web site: New Seat Details - Barnsley South . 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 South . 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: 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.