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Barnsley North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Barnsley North
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountySouth Yorkshire
Electorate76,552 (June 2024)[1]
BoroughBarnsley
Major settlementsBarnsley, Royston, Cudworth
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentTBC (TBC)
SeatsOne
Created fromBarnsley Central & Barnsley East

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 will first be contested at the 2024 general election.

Boundaries[edit]

Map
Map of boundaries from 2024

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

Elections[edit]

Elections in the 2020s[edit]

General election 2024: Barnsley North[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Penny Baker
Yorkshire Tony Devoy
Independent Neil Fisher
Green Tom Heyes
Labour Dan Jarvis
Conservative Tamas Kovacs
Reform UK Robert Lomas
English Democrat Janus Polenceusz
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Notional 2019 result[edit]

Notional results from 2019[6]
Party Vote %
Labour 15,684 42.12
Brexit Party 10,964 29.45
Conservative 8,497 22.82
Liberal Democrat 1,311 3.52
Green Party 773 2.00

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Barnsley North: New Boundaries 2023 Calculation". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  2. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Yorkshire and the Humber | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  3. ^ "New Seat Details - Barnsley North". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  4. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
  5. ^ "UK Parliamentary general election - 4 July 2024". Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Results spreadsheet (download)". BBC. Retrieved 19 January 2024.