Dearne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

Dearne Valley
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1950 (1950)–1983 (1983)
Number of members	one

Dearne Valley was a Parliamentary constituency in South Yorkshire. The constituency was created in 1950 and abolished in 1983.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

• 1950 - 1959: Wilfred Paling, Labour
• 1959 - 1983: Edwin Wainwright, Labour

Election results

General Election 1979: Dearne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edwin Wainwright	31,783	68.8
	Conservative	J. R. Pattman	9,048	19.6
	Liberal	P. Hargreaves	5,352	11.6
Majority			22,735	49.2
Turnout				72.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Dearne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edwin Wainwright	33,315	74.1
	Conservative	L. D. Irwin	6,046	13.5
	Liberal	P. Hargreaves	5,588	12.4
Majority			27,269	60.7
Turnout				71.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Dearne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edwin Wainwright	34,727	68.8
	Liberal	P. Hargreaves	7,873	15.6
	Conservative	L. D. Irwin	6,950	13.8
	Independent	A. E. Wilson	906	1.8
Majority			26,854	53.2
Turnout				80.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Dearne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edwin Wainwright	33,966	75.1
	Conservative	A. B. Cowl	6,848	15.1
	Liberal	P. Hargreaves	4,426	9.8
Majority			27,118	59.9
Turnout				71.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Dearne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edwin Wainwright	36,735	81.6
	Conservative	J. W. Roberts	6,121	13.6
	Independent	P. Hargreaves	2,170	4.8
Majority			30,614	68.0
Turnout				76.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Dearne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edwin Wainwright	38,101	80.7
	Conservative	B. Bligh	9,069	19.2
Majority			29,032	61.6
Turnout				79.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Dearne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edwin Wainwright	39,088	77.7
	Conservative	D. S. W. Blacker	11,205	22.3
Majority			27,883	55.4
Turnout				84.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Dearne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilfred Paling	36,718	77.9
	Conservative	R. Winn	10,402	22.1
Majority			26,316	55.9
Turnout				80.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Dearne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilfred Paling	39,782	79.6
	Conservative	J. Sizer	10,197	20.4
Majority			29,585	59.2
Turnout				85.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Sources

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
• Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources (Election results since 1951)