| Doncaster Central | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1983 |
| Type: | County |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Electorate: | 70,446 (December 2019)[1] |
| Region: | England |
| Party: | Labour |
Doncaster Central is a constituency most recently represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament (from 1997 to 2024) by Dame Rosie Winterton of the Labour Party. From 2017 to the 2024 dissolution, Winterton served as one of three Deputy Speakers of the House; she was the second MP for the constituency to be a Deputy Speaker, after Harold Walker.
Created in 1983, the seat covers most of the Yorkshire city of Doncaster. Although formerly considered a Labour stronghold, since 2019 the seat has become a marginal between Labour and the Conservatives.
See also: Doncaster Parliamentary constituencies.
The constituency includes most of the town of Doncaster and neighbours the Doncaster North, Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme, Rawmarsh and Conisbrough, Rother Valley, and Bassetlaw seats.
1983–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Armthorpe, Balby, Bessacarr, Central, Intake, Town Field, and Wheatley.
2010–2024: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Armthorpe, Balby, Bessacarr and Cantley, Central, Edenthorpe, Kirk Sandall and Barnby Dun, Town Moor, and Wheatley.
2024–present: The City of Doncaster wards of Armthorpe, Balby South, Bessacarr, Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall, Hexthorpe & Balby North, Tickhill & Wadworth, Town, and Wheatley Hills & Intake.[2]
Minor changes to reflect revised ward boundaries, including the gain from Don Valley of Tickhill and Wadworth in the south, and the transfer to Doncaster North of Barnby Dun in the north.
Electoral Calculus categorises the seat as being part of the “Somewheres” demographic, those who have socially conservative views and economically soft left views alongside strong support for Brexit. For reference, support to leave the EU within this constituency was 67% back in 2016. In addition to this, at least 55% of Doncaster Central is deprived, in terms of employment, income and education, according to the site. For general statistics, the average age is 49.5, at least 73% of the local population owns a car, whilst 60% own a home, and the gross household income is £35,959.[3]
Doncaster and Don Valley prior to 1983
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Sir Harold Walker | Labour | ||
| 1997 | Dame Rosie Winterton | Labour | ||
| 2024 | Sally Jameson | Labour | ||
| 2019 notional result[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| 18,124 | 39.4 | ||
| 16,853 | 36.6 | ||
| 7,173 | 15.6 | ||
| 1,038 | 4.1 | ||
| 1,038 | 2.3 | ||
| Others | 971 | 2.1 | |
| Turnout | 46,043 | 61.4 | |
| Electorate | 75,007 | ||