Barnsley East

Barnsley East
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Barnsley East in South Yorkshire in 2010.
Location of South Yorkshire within England.
County	South Yorkshire
Electorate	68,243 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Wombwell
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of parliament	Michael Dugher (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Barnsley East & Mexborough, Barnsley West & Penistone and Barnsley Central
1983–1997
Replaced by	Barnsley East and Mexborough
Created from	Barnsley and Dearne Valley
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Barnsley East is a constituency in South Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Michael Dugher of the Labour Party.

The seat was created as Barnsley East in 1983 and abolished to create Barnsley East and Mexborough in 1997. It was recreated as Barnsley East at the 2010 general election.

Eight candidates competed for the seat in the 2010 general election however the largest two opposition parties failed to gain more than 18.2% each and the winning candidate Michael Dugher managed to obtain 47% of all votes despite the presence of a candidate from the Socialist Labour Party, and although the percentage decline in the Labour vote was the largest in the country (at nearly 24%), they still won the seat safely.

Both between 1983 and 1997, and at the 2010 general election, this constituency has been a safe seat for the Labour Party, as indeed was its temporary replacement, Barnsley East and Mexborough.

1983-1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley wards of Brierley, Cudworth, Darfield, Dearne South, Dearne Thurnscoe, Wombwell North, and Wombwell South.

2010–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley wards of Cudworth, Darfield, Hoyland Milton, North East, Rockingham, Stairfoot, Wombwell, and Worsbrough.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South Yorkshire for the 2010 general election, the Boundary Commission for England divided the existing Barnsley East and Mexborough seat to split off Barnsley East from Mexborough, to create the new Barnsley East constituency.