Rother Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Rother Valley
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Rother Valley in South Yorkshire
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Location of South Yorkshire within England
County South Yorkshire
Electorate 74,050 (December 2019) [1]
Major settlements Maltby
Rotherham (part)
Current constituency
Created 1918
Member of Parliament Alexander Stafford (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from Doncaster and Rotherham

Rother Valley is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Alexander Stafford, a member of the Conservative Party. [n 2]

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History

This constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918. Unusually in the light of the events of the Labour Party's early 20th-century years, the seat had been represented by a member of that party continuously since the seat was formed. The size of the majorities historically have not been particularly marginal in the elections, until the 2017 general election in which the majority was less than 4,000 votes. Nonetheless, this was still considered a safe seat for the party, until the 2019 general election in which the Conservatives won the seat for the first time.

Boundaries

Rother Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Handsworth, and Swinton, and the Rural Districts of Kiveton Park, and part of Rotherham.

1950–1983: The Urban Districts of Maltby, and Rawmarsh, and the Rural Districts of Kiveton Park, and Rotherham. [2]

Current

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which slightly altered this constituency for the 2010 general election since which it has electoral wards:

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

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

Minor changes to reflect modification of local authority ward boundaries.

Constituency profile

The constituency consists of Census Output Areas of one local government district: a working population whose income is on average slightly below the national average and close to average reliance upon social housing. [5] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 4.0% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, compared to the regional average of 4.7%. This was considerably lower than the rate in the Rotherham constituency of 7% and 9.6% male unemployment. [6]

The borough contributing to the seat has a relatively high 26.6% of its population without a car compared to 20.1% in Bassetlaw and 30.3% in Sheffield. In terms of extremes of education 29.8% of the population in 2011 were without qualifications contrasted with 17.4% with level 4 qualifications or above.

In terms of tenure 65.2% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage as at the 2011 census across the borough. [7] In the 10 years to the April 2011 Census the social rented sector saw a 4.9% reduction and the private rented sector a 5.3% increase; outright ownership saw a 3.8% increase. [7]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [8] Party
1918 Thomas Walter Grundy Labour
1935 Edward Dunn Labour
1945 David Griffiths Labour
1970 Peter Hardy Labour
1983 Sir Kevin Barron Labour
2019 Alexander Stafford Conservative

Elections

Rother Valley general election results RotherValleyGraph.svg
Rother Valley general election results

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Rother Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Tony Harrison [9]
Labour Jake Richards [10]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Rother Valley [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alexander Stafford 21,970 45.1 Increase2.svg 4.8
Labour Sophie Wilson15,65232.1Decrease2.svg 16.0
Brexit Party Allen Cowles6,26412.9New
Liberal Democrats Colin Taylor2,5535.2Increase2.svg 2.9
Green Emily West1,2192.5Increase2.svg 0.7
Independent Nigel Short1,0402.1New
Majority6,31813.0N/A
Turnout 48,69865.1Decrease2.svg 0.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg 10.4
General election 2017: Rother Valley [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Barron 23,821 48.1 Increase2.svg 4.5
Conservative Bethan Eddy19,93940.3Increase2.svg 17.0
UKIP Lee Hunter3,7047.5Decrease2.svg 20.6
Liberal Democrats Katie Pruszynski1,1552.3Decrease2.svg 1.9
Green Paul Martin8691.8New
Majority3,8827.8Decrease2.svg 7.7
Turnout 49,59565.8Increase2.svg 2.5
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg 6.3
General election 2015: Rother Valley [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Barron 20,501 43.6 +2.7
UKIP Allen Cowles13,20428.1+22.5
Conservative Gareth Streeter10,94523.3-5.1
Liberal Democrats Robert Teal1,9924.2-13.1
English Democrat Sharon Pilling3770.8New
Majority7,29715.5+3.0
Turnout 47,01963.3-0.9
Labour hold Swing -9.9
General election 2010: Rother Valley [15] [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Barron 19,147 40.9 -10.6
Conservative Lynda Donaldson13,28128.4+5.3
Liberal Democrats Wesley Paxton [18] 8,11117.3+1.2
BNP William Blair3,6167.7+2.8
UKIP Tina Dowdall2,6135.6+1.3
Majority5,86612.5-23.5
Turnout 46,76864.2+6.5
Labour hold Swing -8.0

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Rother Valley [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Barron 21,871 55.4 -6.7
Conservative Colin Phillips7,64719.4-2.3
Liberal Democrats Phil Bristow6,27215.9+3.4
BNP Nick Cass2,0205.1New
UKIP Gordon Brown1,6854.3+0.6
Majority14,22436.0-4.4
Turnout 39,49558.1+4.9
Labour hold Swing -2.2
General election 2001: Rother Valley [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Barron 22,851 62.1 −5.5
Conservative James Duddridge 7,96921.7+5.0
Liberal Democrats Win Knight4,60312.5+0.9
UKIP David Cutts1,3803.7New
Majority14,88240.4-10.5
Turnout 36,80353.2-14.1
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Rother Valley [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Barron 31,184 67.6 +6.1
Conservative Steven Stanbury7,69916.7-10.2
Liberal Democrats Stan Burgess5,34211.6-1.1
Referendum Stephen Cook1,9324.2New
Majority23,48550.9+17.3
Turnout 46,15767.3-7.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 1992: Rother Valley [22] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Barron 30,977 60.5 +4.1
Conservative G. Toby A.W. Horton13,75526.9+2.0
Liberal Democrats Kevin A. Smith6,48312.7−5.7
Majority17,22233.6+2.1
Turnout 51,21575.0−0.6
Labour hold Swing +1.1

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Rother Valley [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Barron 28,292 56.4 +9.9
Conservative Paul Rayner12,50224.9-3.2
SDP John Boddy9,24018.4-7.0
Workers Revolutionary Michael Driver1450.3New
Majority15,79031.5+13.1
Turnout 50,17975.6+3.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 1983: Rother Valley [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Barron 21,781 46.5
Conservative John Derrick13,15628.1
SDP John Boddy11,90325.4
Majority8,62518.4
Turnout 46,84071.9
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Rother Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Hardy 45,986 62.2 -5.1
Conservative R. Barber19,98427.0+9.1
Liberal C. Sykes7,93710.7-4.1
Majority26,00235.2-14.2
Turnout 73,90774.6+2.4
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Rother Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Hardy 44,670 67.3 -6.1
Conservative Gary Waller 11,89317.9-8.7
Liberal Geoffrey Reid9,82814.8New
Majority32,77749.4+2.6
Turnout 66,39172.2-6.4
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Rother Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Hardy 52,532 73.4 +1.6
Conservative Gary Waller 19,05826.6-1.6
Majority33,47446.8+3.2
Turnout 71,59078.6+8.0
Labour hold Swing
General election 1970: Rother Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Hardy 44,322 71.8 -5.0
Conservative Tony Durant 17,41828.2+5.0
Majority26,90443.6-10.0
Turnout 61,74070.6-2.9
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Rother Valley [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Griffiths 43,63476.82+2.40
Conservative J Michael Clarke13,16723.18-2.40
Majority30,46753.64+4.80
Turnout 56,80173.46+3.93
Labour hold Swing +2.40
General election 1964: Rother Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Griffiths 43,101 74.4 +0.3
Conservative Raymond Whitley Hadfield14,81325.6-0.3
Majority28,28848.8+0.6
Turnout 57,91477.4-5.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Rother Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Griffiths 43,962 74.1 -1.5
Conservative William Albert V Hoskins15,36925.9+1.5
Majority28,59348.2-3.0
Turnout 59,33182.8+4.0
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Rother Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Griffiths 39,968 75.6 -0.1
Conservative William Albert V Hoskins12,91624.4+0.1
Majority27,05251.2-0.2
Turnout 52,88478.8-7.5
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Rother Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Griffiths 41,990 75.7 -0.9
Conservative Ronald Hall13,47024.3+0.9
Majority28,52051.4-1.8
Turnout 55,46086.3-1.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1950: Rother Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Griffiths 42,222 76.6 +1.4
Conservative William Robert Ackrill Breare12,88723.4-1.4
Majority29,33553.2+2.8
Turnout 55,10987.4+12.2
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Rother Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Griffiths 44,449 75.2 +3.2
Conservative J. Howard Bull14,66924.8-3.2
Majority29,83050.4+6.4
Turnout 59,11875.2+1.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Rother Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Dunn 33,271 72.0 +9.7
Conservative Alwyne Gervase Olliver12,90728.0-9.7
Majority20,36444.0+19.4
Turnout 46,17873.8-3.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 1931: Rother Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Walter Grundy 26,185 62.3 -14.0
Conservative Alwyne Gervase Olliver [27] 15,81237.7+14.0
Majority10,37324.6-28.0
Turnout 41,99777.5-0.3
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Rother Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Walter Grundy 30,405 76.3 +11.0
Unionist Cecil Pike 9,46023.7-11.0
Majority20,94552.6+22.0
Turnout 39,86577.8+1.9
Labour hold Swing +11.0
General election 1924: Rother Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Walter Grundy 18,750 65.3 -3.3
Unionist Frances R. Wade9,98534.7+3.3
Majority8,76530.6-6.6
Turnout 28,73575.9+11.9
Labour hold Swing
General election 1923: Rother Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Walter Grundy 15,967 68.6 N/A
Unionist Frances R. Wade7,32331.4New
Majority8,64437.2N/A
Turnout 39,86564.0N/A
Labour hold Swing
General election 1922: Rother Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Walter Grundy Unopposed N/AN/A
Labour hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Rother Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Walter Grundy 9,917 55.1
C National Democratic Ernest George Bearcroft4,89427.2
Liberal Albert Edward Mann Turner3,17717.7
Majority5,02327.9
Turnout 17,98856.3
Labour win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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