Don Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–2024
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Don Valley is a former constituency[n 1] in South Yorkshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It elected one Member of Parliament at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post system of voting.
| Don Valley | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
2010–2024 boundary of Don Valley in South Yorkshire | |
 Location of South Yorkshire within England | |
| County | South Yorkshire |
| Electorate | 74,456 (December 2019)[1] |
| 1918–2024 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Doncaster |
| Replaced by |
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Further to the completion of the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was subject to boundary changes which included gain of the Isle of Axholme in the Borough of North Lincolnshire and the loss of Conisbrough to the new constituency of Rawmarsh and Conisbrough. As a consequence, it was renamed Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme, and was first contested at the 2024 general election.[2]
Constituency profile
Created in 1918, Don Valley was a former coal mining area which elected only Labour MPs from 1922 to 2019. The seat recorded a strong Brexit vote (69%) in the 2016 referendum.
Boundaries
Map of boundaries 2010–2024
1918—1950: The Urban Districts of Mexborough and Tickhill, and the Rural Districts of Doncaster and Thorne.
1950—1983: The Urban Districts of Adwick-le-Street, Bentley with Arksey, and Tickhill, and the Rural District of Doncaster.
1983—1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Conisbrough, Edlington and Warmsworth, Mexborough, Richmond, Rossington, South East, and Southern Parks.
1997—2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Conisbrough, Edlington and Warmsworth, Hatfield, Rossington, South East, and Southern Parks.
2010—2024: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Conisbrough and Denaby, Edlington and Warmsworth, Finningley, Hatfield, Rossington, Thorne, and Torne Valley.
The constituency consisted of the southern Borough of Doncaster, from Hatfield and the Humberhead Peatlands Nature Reserve in the north and northeast, through Branton, Auckley, and Rossington, to the Torne Valley electoral ward which consists of Wadworth, Tickhill, Braithwell, and in the west Conisbrough.
In boundary changes which took effect at the 2010 election, Sprotbrough was moved to Doncaster North, while in the east the town of Thorne was moved from Doncaster North into Don Valley.
Members of Parliament
Doncaster prior to 1918
| Election | Member[3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | James Walton | Coalition National Democratic | |
| 1922 | Thomas Williams | Labour | |
| 1959 | Richard Kelley | Labour | |
| 1979 | Michael Welsh | Labour | |
| 1983 | Martin Redmond | Labour | |
| 1997 | Caroline Flint | Labour | |
| 2019 | Nick Fletcher | Conservative | |
| 2024 | Constituency abolished | ||
Election results 1918–2024
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | National Democratic | James Walton | 6,095 | 46.2 | |
| Liberal | Hastings Lees-Smith | 3,868 | 29.3 | ||
| Labour | Edward Hough | 3,226 | 24.5 | ||
| Majority | 2,227 | 16.9 | |||
| Turnout | 13,189 | 45.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 28,724 | ||||
| National Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
Elections in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Williams | 9,903 | 47.0 |  22.5 | |
| National Democratic | James Walton | 5,797 | 27.6 |  18.6 | |
| Liberal | John Henry Freeborough | 5,332 | 25.4 | 3.9 | |
| Majority | 4,106 | 19.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 21,032 | 65.4 | 19.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 32,175 | ||||
| Labour gain from National Democratic | Swing | 20.6 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Williams | 12,898 | 60.4 | 13.4 | |
| Unionist | John Wells Reynolds | 8,451 | 39.6 | New | |
| Majority | 4,447 | 20.8 | 1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 21,349 | 62.2 | 3.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 34,339 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Williams | 14,598 | 53.9 | 6.5 | |
| Unionist | John Wells Reynolds | 12,463 | 46.1 | 6.5 | |
| Majority | 2,135 | 7.8 | 13.0 | ||
| Turnout | 27,421 | 72.8 | 10.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 37,184 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 6.5 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Williams | 31,466 | 73.3 | 19.4 | |
| Unionist | Walter Liddall | 11,467 | 26.7 | 19.4 | |
| Majority | 19,999 | 46.6 | 38.8 | ||
| Turnout | 42,933 | 69.7 | 3.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 61,604 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 19.4 |
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Elections in the 1930s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Williams | 27,599 | 58.6 | 14.7 | |
| Conservative | Samuel Hardwick | 19,506 | 41.4 | 14.7 | |
| Majority | 8,093 | 17.2 | 29.4 | ||
| Turnout | 47,105 | 71.2 | 1.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Williams | 33,220 | 68.9 | 10.3 | |
| Conservative | John Arbuthnot | 14,961 | 31.1 | 10.3 | |
| Majority | 18,259 | 37.8 | 20.6 | ||
| Turnout | 48,181 | 70.0 | 1.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Williams | 40,153 | 71.7 | 2.8 | |
| Conservative | J. J. A. N. Ross | 15,832 | 28.3 | 2.8 | |
| Majority | 24,321 | 43.4 | 5.6 | ||
| Turnout | 55,985 | 73.2 | 3.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Williams | 39,789 | 74.0 | 2.3 | |
| Conservative | Douglas Graham | 12,982 | 24.1 | 4.2 | |
| Communist | Samuel Taylor | 1,007 | 1.9 | New | |
| Majority | 26,807 | 49.9 | 6.5 | ||
| Turnout | 53,778 | 87.7 | 14.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Williams | 39,687 | 74.1 | 0.1 | |
| Conservative | David S B Hopkins | 13,862 | 25.9 | 1.8 | |
| Majority | 25,825 | 48.2 | 1.7 | ||
| Turnout | 53,549 | 85.9 | 1.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Williams | 38,433 | 73.7 | 0.4 | |
| Conservative | Jack Victor Thornton | 13,701 | 26.3 | 0.4 | |
| Majority | 24,732 | 47.4 | 0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 52,134 | 81.2 | 4.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Richard Kelley | 40,935 | 70.9 | 2.8 | |
| Conservative | Geoffrey Dodsworth | 16,787 | 29.1 | 2.8 | |
| Majority | 24,148 | 41.8 | 5.6 | ||
| Turnout | 57,722 | 83.8 | 2.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Richard Kelley | 42,452 | 71.9 | 1.0 | |
| Conservative | David Philip Jeffcock | 16,593 | 28.1 | 1.0 | |
| Majority | 25,859 | 43.8 | 2.0 | ||
| Turnout | 59,045 | 80.8 | 3.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Richard Kelley | 43,973 | 74.9 | 3.0 | |
| Conservative | Richard Storey | 14,738 | 25.1 | 3.0 | |
| Majority | 29,235 | 49.8 | 6.0 | ||
| Turnout | 58,711 | 78.3 | 2.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Richard Kelley | 42,496 | 69.5 | 5.4 | |
| Conservative | Timothy Walter G Jackson | 18,673 | 30.5 | 5.4 | |
| Majority | 23,823 | 39.0 | 10.8 | ||
| Turnout | 61,169 | 73.1 | 5.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Richard Kelley | 48,737 | 70.1 | 0.6 | |
| Conservative | P. J. Le Bosquet | 20,792 | 29.9 | 0.6 | |
| Majority | 27,945 | 40.2 | 1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 69,529 | 79.1 | 6.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Richard Kelley | 41,187 | 63.3 | 6.8 | |
| Conservative | Peter J. Le Bosquet | 13,767 | 21.1 | 8.8 | |
| Liberal | E. Simpson | 10,161 | 15.6 | New | |
| Majority | 27,420 | 42.2 | 2.0 | ||
| Turnout | 65,115 | 73.6 | 5.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Welsh | 39,603 | 55.6 | 7.7 | |
| Conservative | Roger Freeman | 22,243 | 31.2 | 10.1 | |
| Liberal | E. Simpson | 8,238 | 11.6 | 4.0 | |
| Workers Party | I. Connelly | 720 | 1.0 | New | |
| Workers Revolutionary | T. McCabe | 398 | 0.6 | New | |
| Majority | 17,360 | 24.4 | 17.8 | ||
| Turnout | 71,202 | 74.7 | 1.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Martin Redmond | 23,036 | 45.1 | 10.5 | |
| Conservative | Brenda Utting | 16,570 | 32.4 | 1.2 | |
| Liberal | Donald Lange | 11,482 | 22.5 | 10.9 | |
| Majority | 6,466 | 12.7 | 11.7 | ||
| Turnout | 51,088 | 69.9 | 4.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Martin Redmond | 29,200 | 53.1 | 8.0 | |
| Conservative | Charles Gallagher | 17,733 | 32.3 | 0.1 | |
| Liberal | Wilfrid Whitaker | 8,027 | 11.9 | 10.6 | |
| Majority | 11,467 | 20.8 | 8.1 | ||
| Turnout | 54,960 | 73.8 | 3.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Martin Redmond | 32,008 | 55.0 | 1.9 | |
| Conservative | Nicholas Paget-Brown | 18,474 | 31.7 | 0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | M Jevons | 6,920 | 11.9 |  0.0 | |
| Green | TS Platt | 803 | 1.4 | New | |
| Majority | 13,534 | 23.3 | 2.5 | ||
| Turnout | 58,205 | 76.3 | 2.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 1.2 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Caroline Flint | 25,376 | 58.3 | 3.3 | |
| Conservative | Clare H. Gledhill | 10,717 | 24.6 | 7.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Johnston | 4,238 | 9.7 | 2.2 | |
| Referendum | Paul R. Davis | 1,379 | 3.2 | New | |
| Socialist Labour | Nigel Ball | 1,024 | 2.4 | New | |
| Green | Stephen Platt | 493 | 1.1 | 0.3 | |
| ProLife Alliance | Claire D. Johnson | 330 | 0.8 | New | |
| Majority | 14,659 | 33.7 | 10.4 | ||
| Turnout | 43,557 | 66.4 | 9.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Caroline Flint | 20,009 | 54.6 | 3.7 | |
| Conservative | James Browne | 10,489 | 28.6 | 4.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Smith | 4,089 | 11.2 | 1.5 | |
| Independent | Terry Wilde | 800 | 2.2 | New | |
| UKIP | David Cooper | 777 | 2.1 | New | |
| Socialist Labour | Nigel Ball | 466 | 1.3 | 1.1 | |
| Majority | 9,520 | 26.0 | 7.7 | ||
| Turnout | 36,630 | 54.8 | 11.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Caroline Flint | 19,418 | 52.7 | 1.9 | |
| Conservative | Adam Duguid | 10,820 | 29.4 | 0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stewart Arnold | 6,626 | 18.0 | 6.8 | |
| Majority | 8,598 | 23.3 | 2.7 | ||
| Turnout | 36,864 | 55.1 | 0.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 1.3 |
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Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Caroline Flint | 16,472 | 37.9 | 18.6 | |
| Conservative | Matt Stephens | 12,877 | 29.7 | 2.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Edwin Simpson | 7,422 | 17.1 | 0.6 | |
| BNP | Erwin Toseland | 2,112 | 4.9 | New | |
| UKIP | William Shaw | 1,904 | 4.4 | New | |
| English Democrat | Bernie Aston | 1,756 | 4.0 | New | |
| Independent | Martin Williams | 887 | 2.0 | New | |
| Majority | 3,595 | 8.2 | 15.1 | ||
| Turnout | 43,430 | 59.3 | 4.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Caroline Flint | 19,621 | 46.2 | 8.3 | |
| Conservative | Carl Jackson | 10,736 | 25.3 | 4.4 | |
| UKIP | Guy Aston | 9,963 | 23.5 | 19.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rene Paterson | 1,487 | 3.5 | 13.6 | |
| TUSC | Steve Williams | 437 | 1.0 | New | |
| English Democrat | Louise Dutton | 242 | 0.6 | 3.4 | |
| Majority | 8,885 | 20.9 | 12.7 | ||
| Turnout | 42,486 | 59.6 | 0.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Caroline Flint | 24,351 | 53.0 | 6.8 | |
| Conservative | Aaron Bell | 19,182 | 41.7 | 16.4 | |
| Yorkshire | Stevie Manion | 1,599 | 3.5 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Smith | 856 | 1.9 | 1.6 | |
| Majority | 5,169 | 11.3 | 9.6 | ||
| Turnout | 45,988 | 62.2 | 2.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 4.8 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Nick Fletcher | 19,609 | 43.2 | 1.5 | |
| Labour | Caroline Flint | 15,979 | 35.2 | 17.8 | |
| Brexit Party | Paul Whitehurst | 6,247 | 13.7 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Alcock | 1,907 | 4.2 | 2.3 | |
| Green | Kate Needham | 872 | 1.9 | New | |
| Yorkshire | Chris Holmes | 823 | 1.8 | 1.7 | |
| Majority | 3,630 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 45,437 | 60.3 | 1.9 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 8.1 |
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See also
Notes
- A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)