Doncaster Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Doncaster Central Borough constituency

Doncaster Central shown within South Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Rosie Winterton
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	South Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Doncaster Central is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created in 1983, it covers a similar area to the former Doncaster constituency. It is a solidly Labour seat.

[edit] Boundaries

It includes most of the town of Doncaster and neighbours the Doncaster North and Don Valley constituencies.

General election results since 1983

General Election 2005: Doncaster Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosie Winterton	17,617	51.3	-7.8
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Wilson	7,815	22.8	+9.9
	Conservative	Stefan Kerner	6,489	18.9	-4.8
	British National Party	John Wilkinson	1,239	3.6	+3.6
	UK Independence	Alan Simmons	1,191	3.5	+0.8
Majority			9,802	28.5
Turnout			34,351	52.3	0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.8

General Election 2001: Doncaster Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosie Winterton	20,034	59.1	-3.0
	Conservative	Gary Meggitt	8,035	23.7	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Southcombe	4,390	12.9	+3.5
	UK Independence	David Gordon	926	2.7	+1.7
	Socialist Alliance	Janet Terry	517	1.5	N/A
Majority			11,999	35.4
Turnout			33,902	51.6	-12.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Doncaster Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosie Winterton	26,961	62.1
	Conservative	David Turtle	9,105	21.0
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Tarry	4,091	9.4
	Referendum Party	M. Cliff	1,273	2.9
	Socialist Labour	M. Kenny	854	2.0
	ProLife Alliance	J. Redden	694	1.6
	UK Independence	P. Davies	462	1.1
Majority			17,856
Turnout				63.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Doncaster Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Walker	27,792	54.3
	Conservative	George Glossop	17,113	33.5
	Liberal Democrat	Clifford Hampson	6,057	11.8
	Workers' Revolutionary	M. Driver	184	0.4
Majority			10,682
Turnout				74.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Doncaster Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Walker	26,266	51.2
	Conservative	P. E. Rawlings	18,070	35.2
	Social Democrat	J. A. Gore-Browne	7,004	13.6
Majority			8,196	16.0
Turnout				73.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Doncaster Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Walker	21,154	42.0
	Conservative	J. Somers	18,646	37.1
	Social Democrat	T. Stables	10,524	20.9
Majority			2,508	5.0
Turnout				70.8
	Labour hold		Swing

v • d • e Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber

Labour	Barnsley Central • Barnsley East and Mexborough • Barnsley West and Penistone • Batley and Spen • Bradford North • Bradford South • Bradford West • Brigg and Goole • Calder Valley • City of York • Cleethorpes • Colne Valley • Dewsbury • Don Valley • Doncaster Central • Doncaster North • Elmet • Great Grimsby • Halifax • Hemsworth • Huddersfield • Hull East • Hull North • Hull West and Hessle • Keighley • Leeds Central • Leeds East • Leeds North East • Leeds West • Morley and Rothwell • Normanton • Pontefract and Castleford • Pudsey • Rother Valley • Rotherham • Scunthorpe • Selby • Sheffield Attercliffe • Sheffield Brightside • Sheffield Central • Sheffield Heeley • Sheffield Hillsborough • Wakefield • Wentworth

Conservative	Beverley and Holderness • East Yorkshire • Haltemprice and Howden • Richmond (Yorks) • Ryedale • Scarborough and Whitby • Shipley • Skipton and Ripon • Vale of York

Liberal Democrat	Harrogate and Knaresborough • Leeds North West • Sheffield Hallam •

Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Labour (2) • Conservative (2) • Liberal Democrats (1) • UKIP (1)