Doncaster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Doncaster (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1983
For the Australian constituency, see Electoral district of Doncaster.
Doncaster was a Parliamentary constituency covering the town of Doncaster in England. It was created in 1885 and abolished in 1983.
Quick Facts County, 1885–1983 ...
Doncaster | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Riding of Yorkshire, then South Yorkshire |
1885–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Southern West Riding of Yorkshire |
Replaced by | Doncaster Central and Don Valley[1] |
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1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Doncaster, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Lower Strafforth and Tickhill, and Upper Strafforth and Tickhill.
1918–1950: The Municipal Borough of Doncaster, and the Urban Districts of Adwick-le-Street and Bentley-with-Arksey.
1950–1983: The County Borough of Doncaster.
The area formerly covered by this constituency is now mostly in the Doncaster Central and Doncaster North constituencies.
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Elections in the 1970s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harold Walker | 22,184 | 48.9 | -2.4 | |
Conservative | P. Beard | 19,208 | 42.4 | +8.3 | |
Liberal | Gerald Broadhead | 3,646 | 8.0 | -6.7 | |
National Front | M. Day | 300 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 2,976 | 6.5 | -10.7 | ||
Turnout | 45,338 | 75.0 | +2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harold Walker | 22,177 | 51.3 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | J. Wilkinson | 14,747 | 34.1 | -2.4 | |
Liberal | W. J. Davidson | 6,336 | 14.7 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 7,430 | 17.2 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 43,260 | 72.8 | -8.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harold Walker | 23,041 | 47.9 | -2.8 | |
Conservative | K. I. Tunnicliffe | 17,565 | 36.5 | -6.9 | |
Liberal | W. J. Davidson | 7,590 | 15.6 | +9.7 | |
Majority | 5,476 | 11.4 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 48,196 | 81.7 | +6.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harold Walker | 22,658 | 50.7 | -6.0 | |
Conservative | Peter Davies | 19,431 | 43.4 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Tom Blades | 2,648 | 5.9 | New | |
Majority | 3,227 | 7.3 | -6.1 | ||
Turnout | 44,737 | 74.8 | -6.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Elections in the 1960s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harold Walker | 25,777 | 56.7 | +6.8 | |
Conservative | J. M. Whittaker | 19,689 | 43.3 | -4.3 | |
Majority | 6,088 | 13.4 | +11.1 | ||
Turnout | 45,466 | 81.2 | -1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harold Walker | 23,845 | 49.9 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Anthony Barber | 22,732 | 47.6 | -6.0 | |
Independent | Gerald Broadhead | 1,201 | 2.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,113 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,778 | 82.7 | -1.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Elections in the 1950s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Barber | 26,521 | 53.6 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Ted Garrett | 22,935 | 46.4 | -1.9 | |
Majority | 3,586 | 7.3 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 49,456 | 84.5 | +3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Barber | 24,598 | 51.8 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Ray Gunter | 22,938 | 48.3 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 1,660 | 3.5 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 47,536 | 81.8 | -4.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Barber | 25,005 | 50.4 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Ray Gunter | 24,621 | 49.6 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 384 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,626 | 86.2 | +0.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ray Gunter | 24,449 | 50.9 | -19.3 | |
Conservative | Anthony Barber | 23,571 | 49.1 | +19.3 | |
Majority | 878 | 1.8 | -38.6 | ||
Turnout | 48,020 | 85.6 | +11.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Elections in the 1940s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Evelyn Walkden | 40,050 | 70.2 | +12.6 | |
Conservative | Henry Archibald Taylor | 16,999 | 29.8 | -12.6 | |
Majority | 23,051 | 40.4 | +25.2 | ||
Turnout | 57,049 | 74.5 | -3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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In the 1941 Doncaster by-election, Evelyn Walkden was elected unopposed.
Elections in the 1930s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Morgan | 31,735 | 61.3 | +3.7 | |
National Liberal | Alex Monteith | 20,027 | 38.7 | -3.7 | |
Majority | 11,708 | 22.6 | +7.4 | ||
Turnout | 51,762 | 75.4 | -2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alfred Short | 29,963 | 57.6 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | Hugh Molson | 22,011 | 42.4 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 7,952 | 15.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,974 | 77.7 | 0.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hugh Molson | 27,205 | 54.9 | +30.5 | |
Labour | Wilfred Paling | 22,363 | 45.1 | -10.9 | |
Majority | 4,842 | 9.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,068 | 77.7 | -0.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Elections in the 1920s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Wilfred Paling | 25,295 | 56.0 | +3.3 | |
Unionist | Ernest Albert Phillips | 11,016 | 24.4 | −22.9 | |
Liberal | J. T. Clarke | 8,842 | 19.6 | New | |
Majority | 14,279 | 31.6 | +26.2 | ||
Turnout | 45,103 | 77.6 | +0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 58,213 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +13.1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Wilfred Paling | 16,496 | 52.7 | −7.9 | |
Unionist | A. S. Matthews | 14,800 | 47.3 | +7.9 | |
Majority | 1,696 | 5.4 | −15.8 | ||
Turnout | 31,296 | 77.0 | +8.6 | ||
Registered electors | 40,633 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −7.9 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Wilfred Paling | 16,198 | 60.6 | +14.1 | |
Unionist | William St Andrew Warde-Aldam | 10,514 | 39.4 | +10.7 | |
Majority | 5,684 | 21.2 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 26,712 | 68.4 | −9.0 | ||
Registered electors | 39,027 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Wilfred Paling | 13,437 | 46.5 | +21.5 | |
Unionist | Robert Calverley Allington Bewicke-Copley | 8,279 | 28.7 | N/A | |
National Liberal | Reginald Nicholson | 7,161 | 24.8 | −50.2 | |
Majority | 5,158 | 17.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,877 | 77.4 | +18.8 | ||
Registered electors | 37,310 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +35.9 | |||
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Elections in the 1910s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Liberal | Reginald Nicholson | 15,431 | 75.0 | +17.0 |
Labour | Robert Morley | 5,153 | 25.0 | New | |
Majority | 10,278 | 50.0 | +34.0 | ||
Turnout | 20,584 | 58.6 | −15.5 | ||
Registered electors | 35,114 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Nicholson | 9,240 | 58.0 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | Charles Warwick Whitworth | 6,696 | 42.0 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 2,544 | 16.0 | −4.2 | ||
Turnout | 15,936 | 74.1 | −8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 21,511 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Nicholson | 10,654 | 60.1 | −2.2 | |
Conservative | Charles Warwick Whitworth | 7,085 | 39.9 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 3,569 | 20.2 | −4.4 | ||
Turnout | 17,739 | 82.5 | +2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 21,511 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.2 | |||
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Elections in the 1900s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Nicholson | 9,315 | 62.3 | +13.7 | |
Conservative | Frederick Fison | 5,646 | 37.7 | −13.7 | |
Majority | 3,669 | 24.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 14,961 | 80.1 | +2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 18,682 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.7 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Frederick Fison | 6,512 | 51.4 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | A. W. Black | 6,147 | 48.6 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 365 | 2.8 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 12,659 | 77.8 | −6.8 | ||
Registered electors | 16,276 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
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Elections in the 1890s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Frederick Fison | 6,098 | 50.6 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | Joseph Walton | 5,957 | 49.4 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 141 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,055 | 84.6 | +6.2 | ||
Registered electors | 14,247 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.8 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Fleming | 5,831 | 51.2 | −0.2 | |
Liberal Unionist | William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam | 5,552 | 48.8 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 279 | 2.4 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,383 | 78.4 | +3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 14,521 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.2 | |||
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Elections in the 1880s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam | 5,634 | 51.0 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | Joseph Balfour | 5,423 | 49.0 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 211 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,057 | 83.4 | +8.5 | ||
Registered electors | 13,252 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.4 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Walter Shirley | 5,060 | 51.4 | −3.3 | |
Liberal Unionist | William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam | 4,792 | 48.6 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 268 | 2.8 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 9,852 | 74.9 | −4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 13,157 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.3 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Walter Shirley | 5,680 | 54.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Alfred Gathorne-Hardy[3] | 4,700 | 45.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 980 | 9.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,380 | 78.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 13,157 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
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- "'Doncaster', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- "Failures". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 24 March 1885. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 25 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
- Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources Archived 15 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine (Election results since 1951)