Rother Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Rother Valley County constituency
Rother Valley shown within South Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	1918
MP:	Kevin Barron
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	South Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Rother Valley is a Parliamentary constituency in South Yorkshire named after the River Rother. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

It is considered a safe Labour seat and has been represented by Kevin Barron since the 1983 general election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 3.1 Elections in the 2000s 3.2 Elections in the 1990s 3.3 Elections in the 1980s 3.4 Elections in the 1970s 3.5 Elections in the 1960s 3.6 Elections in the 1950s 3.7 Elections in the 1940s 3.8 Elections in the 1930s 3.9 Elections in the 1920s 3.10 Elections in the 1910s 4 See also 5 Sources

[edit] Boundaries

Rother Valley constituency covers an area in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham south of Rotherham itself. It is neighboured by the constituencies of Bassetlaw, Bolsover, Don Valley, North East Derbyshire, Rotherham, Sheffield Attercliffe and Wentworth.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor alterations to the existing Rother Valley constituency.

The electoral wards used in the creation of the altered seat are:

• Anston and Woodsetts, Dinnington, Hellaby, Holderness, Maltby, Rother Vale, Sitwell, and Wales, all from the borough of Rotherham

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Thomas Walter Grundy	Labour
	1935	Edward Dunn	Labour
	1945	David Griffiths	Labour
	1970	Peter Hardy	Labour
	1983	Kevin Barron	Labour

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Barron	21,871	55.4	-6.7
	Conservative	Colin Phillips	7,647	19.4	-2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Phil Bristow	6,272	15.9	+3.4
	British National Party	Nick Cass	2,020	5.1	N/A
	UK Independence	Gordon Brown	1,685	4.3	+0.6
Majority			14,224	36.0
Turnout			39,495	58.1	+4.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.2

General Election 2001: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Barron	22,851	62.1	-5.5
	Conservative	James Duddridge	7,969	21.7	+5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Win Knight	4,603	12.5	+0.9
	UK Independence	David Cutts	1,380	3.7	N/A
Majority			14,882	40.4
Turnout			36,803	53.2
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Barron	31,184	67.6
	Conservative	Steven Stanbury	7,699	16.7
	Liberal Democrat	Stan Burgess	5,342	11.6
	Referendum Party	S. Cook	1,932	4.2
Majority			23,485
Turnout				67.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Barron	30,977	60.5
	Conservative	Toby Horton	13,755	26.9
	Liberal Democrat	K. Smith	6,483	12.7
Majority			17,222
Turnout				75.0
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Barron	28,292	56.4
	Conservative	P. R. Rayner	12,502	24.9
	Social Democrat	J. R. Boddy	9,240	18.4
	Workers' Revolutionary	M. R. Driver	145	0.3
Majority			15,790	31.5
Turnout				75.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Barron	21,781	46.5
	Conservative	J. Derrick	13,156	28.1
	Social Democrat	J. R. Boddy	11,903	25.4
Majority			8,625	18.4
Turnout				71.9
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Hardy	45,986	62.2
	Conservative	R. Barber	19,984	27.0
	Liberal	C. Sykes	7,937	10.7
Majority			26,002	35.2
Turnout				74.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Hardy	44,670	67.3
	Conservative	G. P. A. Waller	11,893	17.9
	Liberal	G. Reid	9,828	14.8
Majority			32,777	49.4
Turnout				72.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Hardy	52,532	73.4
	Conservative	G. P. A. Waller	19,058	26.6
Majority			33,474	46.7
Turnout				78.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Hardy	44,322	71.8
	Conservative	R. A. B. Durrant	17,418	28.2
Majority			26,904	43.6
Turnout				70.6
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Griffiths	43,634	76.8
	Conservative	E. R. Cooke	11,925	30.3
Majority			30,467	53.6
Turnout				68.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Griffiths	43,101	74.4
	Conservative	R. W. Hadfield	14,813	25.6
Majority			28,288	48.8
Turnout				77.4
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Griffiths	43,962	74.1
	Conservative	W. A. V. Hoskins	15,369	25.9
Majority			28,593	48.2
Turnout				82.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Griffiths	39,968	75.6
	Conservative	W. A. V. Hoskins	12,916	24.4
Majority			27,052	51.2
Turnout				78.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Griffiths	41,990	75.7
	Conservative	R. Hall	13,470	24.3
Majority			28,520	51.4
Turnout				86.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Griffiths	42,222	76.6
	Conservative	W. R. A. Breare	12,887	23.4
Majority			29,335	53.2
Turnout				87.4
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Griffiths	44,449	75.2
	Conservative	J. H. Bull	14,669	24.8
Majority			29,830	50.4
Turnout				75.2
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Dunn	33,271	72.0
	Conservative	A. G. Olliver	12,907	28.0
Majority			20,364	44.0
Turnout				73.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Dunn	26,185	62.3
	Conservative	A. G. Olliver	15,812	37.7
Majority			10,373	24.6
Turnout				77.5
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Walter Grundy	30,405	76.3
	Conservative	Cecil Frederick Pike	9,460	23.7
Majority			20,945	52.6
Turnout				77.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Walter Grundy	18,750	65.3
	Conservative	F. R. Wade	9,985	34.7
Majority			8,765	30.6
Turnout				75.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Walter Grundy	15,967	68.6
	Conservative	F. R. Wade	7,323	31.4
Majority			8,644	37.2
Turnout				64.0
	Labour hold		Swing

In the 1922 UK general election, Thomas Walter Grundy was elected unopposed.

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Rother Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Walter Grundy	9,917	55.1
	National Democratic	E. G. Bearcroft	4,894	27.2
	Liberal	A. E. M. Turner	3,177	17.7
Majority			5,023	27.9
Turnout				56.3
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

[edit] Sources

• BBC News, Election 2005
• BBC News, Vote 2001
• Guardian Unlimited Politics
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)
• F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949
• F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 - 1970

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