Don Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Don Valley in South Yorkshire.
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Location of South Yorkshire within England.
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| County | South Yorkshire |
| Electorate | 73,674 (December 2010) |
| Major settlements | Hatfield, Thorne, and Conisbrough. |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1918 |
| Member of parliament | Caroline Flint (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Doncaster |
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| European Parliament constituency | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Coordinates: 53°29′31″N 1°07′59″W / 53.492°N 1.133°W
Don Valley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Caroline Flint of the Labour Party.
Created in 1918, Don Valley is a former coal mining area which has elected only Labour MPs since 1922. The current MP is Caroline Flint, first elected in 1997 who is Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and through the Blair Ministry and Brown Ministry served successively as a Health, Employment/Welfare, Housing and Europe Minister of State, her current shadow secretary of state position follows Ed Davey in his cabinet role.
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