Doncaster Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°30′40″N 1°07′19″W / 53.511°N 1.122°W / 53.511; -1.122

Doncaster Central
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Doncaster Central in South Yorkshire for the 2010 general election.
Location of South Yorkshire within England.
County	South Yorkshire
Electorate	73,874 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament	Rosie Winterton (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Doncaster
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Doncaster Central is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created in 1983, it covers a similar area to the former Doncaster constituency. It is a solidly Labour seat.

Boundaries

See also: Doncaster Parliamentary constituencies

It includes most of the town of Doncaster and neighbours the Doncaster North, Don Valley and Barnsley East constituencies.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[2]	Party
	1983	Harold Walker	Labour
	1997	Rosie Winterton	Labour

Elections

General election results since 1983

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Doncaster Central[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosie Winterton	16,569	39.7	-11.3
	Conservative	Gareth Davies	10,340	24.8	+6.1
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Wilson	8,795	21.1	-2.6
	English Democrats	Lawrence Parramore	1,816	4.4	N/A
	BNP	John Bettney	1,762	4.2	+0.9
	UKIP	John Andrews	1,421	3.4	0
	Independent	Scott Pickles	970	2.3	N/A
	Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality	Derek Williams	72	0.2	N/A
Majority			6,229	14.9	-13.6
Turnout			41,745	55.5	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Doncaster Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosie Winterton	17,617	51.3	-7.8
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Wilson	7,815	22.8	+9.9
	Conservative	Stefan Kerner	6,489	18.9	-4.8
	BNP	John Wilkinson	1,239	3.6	+3.6
	UKIP	Alan Simmons	1,191	3.5	+0.8
Majority			9,802	28.5
Turnout			34,351	52.3	0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.8

General Election 2001: Doncaster Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosie Winterton	20,034	59.1	-3.0
	Conservative	Gary Meggitt	8,035	23.7	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Southcombe	4,390	12.9	+3.5
	UKIP	David Gordon	926	2.7	+1.7
	Socialist Alliance	Janet Terry	517	1.5	N/A
Majority			11,999	35.4
Turnout			33,902	51.6	-12.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Doncaster Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosie Winterton	26,961	62.1
	Conservative	David Turtle	9,105	21.0
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Tarry	4,091	9.4
	Referendum Party	M. Cliff	1,273	2.9
	Socialist Labour	M. Kenny	854	2.0
	ProLife Alliance	J. Redden	694	1.6
	UKIP	Peter Davies	462	1.1
Majority			17,856
Turnout				63.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Doncaster Central[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Walker	27,795	54.3	+3.2
	Conservative	GW Glossop	17,113	33.5	−1.7
	Liberal Democrat	CJ Hampson	6,057	11.8	−1.8
	Workers Revolutionary	MR Driver	184	0.4	N/A
Majority			10,682	20.9	+4.9
Turnout			51,149	74.2	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.5

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Doncaster Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Walker	26,266	51.2
	Conservative	P. E. Rawlings	18,070	35.2
	Social Democrat	J. A. Gore-Browne	7,004	13.6
Majority			8,196	16.0
Turnout				73.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Doncaster Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Walker	21,154	42.0
	Conservative	J. Somers	18,646	37.1
	Social Democrat	T. Stables	10,524	20.9
Majority			2,508	5.0
Turnout				70.8
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

Notes and references

1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
3. ^ "Doncaster Central". BBC News: Election 2010. BBC. 2010-05-06. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b40.stm. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
4. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 

Sources

• Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
• http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)