Dearne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Dearne Valley
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1950–1983
Created from	Don Valley, Rother Valley and Wentworth
Replaced by	Barnsley East, Don Valley and Wentworth

Boundaries

The Urban Districts of Conisbrough, Darfield, Mexborough, Swinton, Wath upon Dearne, and Wombwell.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Wilfred Paling	Labour
	1959	Edwin Wainwright	Labour
	1983	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Dearne Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edwin Wainwright	31,783	68.8	−5.3
	Conservative	J. R. Pattman	9,048	19.6	+6.1
	Liberal	P. Hargreaves	5,352	11.6	−0.8
Majority			22,735	49.2	−11.6
Turnout			46,183	72.0	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Dearne Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edwin Wainwright	33,315	74.1	+5.3
	Conservative	Peter Wood	6,046	13.5	−0.3
	Liberal	P. Hargreaves	5,588	12.4	−3.2
Majority			27,269	60.6	+7.4
Turnout			44,949	71.0	−9.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Dearne Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edwin Wainwright	34,727	68.8	−6.3
	Liberal	P. Hargreaves	7,873	15.6	+5.8
	Conservative	Peter Wood	6,950	13.8	−1.3
	Independent	A. E. Wilson	906	1.8	New
Majority			26,854	53.2	−6.8
Turnout			50,456	80.5	+8.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1970: Dearne Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edwin Wainwright	33,966	75.1	−6.5
	Conservative	Arthur B. Cowl	6,848	15.1	+1.5
	Liberal	Peter Hargreaves	4,426	9.8	New
Majority			27,118	60.0	−8.0
Turnout			45,240	71.8	−4.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Dearne Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edwin Wainwright	36,735	81.6	+0.9
	Conservative	John W. Roberts	6,121	13.6	−5.6
	Independent	Peter Hargreaves	2,170	4.8	New
Majority			30,614	68.0	+6.5
Turnout			45,026	76.7	−2.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1964: Dearne Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edwin Wainwright	38,101	80.7	+3.0
	Conservative	Bernard Bligh	9,069	19.2	−3.1
Majority			29,032	61.5	+6.1
Turnout			47,170	79.1	−5.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Dearne Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edwin Wainwright	39,088	77.7	−0.2
	Conservative	David S. W. Blacker	11,205	22.3	+0.2
Majority			27,883	55.4	−0.4
Turnout			50,293	84.6	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1955: Dearne Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilfred Paling	36,718	77.9	−1.7
	Conservative	Rowland Winn	10,402	22.1	+1.7
Majority			26,316	55.8	−3.4
Turnout			47,120	80.6	−5.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1951: Dearne Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilfred Paling	39,782	79.6	0.0
	Conservative	Jack Sizer	10,197	20.4	0.0
Majority			29,585	59.2	0.0
Turnout			49,979	85.9	−2.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1950: Dearne Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilfred Paling	40,420	79.6
	National Liberal	Aymée Lavender Gandar Dower	10,365	20.4
Majority			30,055	59.2
Turnout			50,785	88.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Sources

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
• Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources Archived 15 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine (Election results since 1951)