Rotherham
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Rotherham in South Yorkshire
Outline map
Location of South Yorkshire within England
CountySouth Yorkshire
Electorate61,119 (December 2019)[1]
Major settlementsRotherham
Current constituency
Created1885
Member of ParliamentSarah Champion (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromSouthern West Riding of Yorkshire

Rotherham is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2012 by Sarah Champion, a member of the Labour Party.[n 2]

History

This constituency was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.

Rotherham has consistently returned Labour MPs since a by-election in 1933, following the earlier period before 1923 dominated by the Liberal and Conservative parties. The numerical Labour majority in every general election from 1935 onwards has been in five figures, with the exceptions of 2015 and 2019.

Boundaries

Map
Map of current boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Rotherham, and the Urban Districts of Greasbrough and Rawmarsh.

1950–1983: The County Borough of Rotherham.[2]

Current

Rotherham constituency is one of three borough constituencies in the borough. The current boundary configuration was confirmed in 2005.[3] It is formed with the Rotherham borough electoral wards:

It borders Rother Valley, Sheffield South East, Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, Penistone and Stocksbridge, 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):

Seat expanded to bring its electorate within the permitted range primarily by adding parts of the, to be abolished, constituency of Wentworth and Dearne, including northern parts of Wickersley and the village of Thrybergh.

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.[6] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood at 7% and 9.6% male unemployment of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, compared to the regional average of 4.7%. This was considerably higher also than the constituencies that share the borough.[7]

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.[8] 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.[8]

Members of Parliament

Election Member[9] Party
1885 Arthur Dyke Acland Liberal
1899 by-election William Holland Liberal
1910 by-election Jack Pease Liberal
1917 by-election Arthur Richardson Lib-Lab
1918 Frederic Kelley Conservative
1923 Fred Lindley Labour
1931 George Herbert Conservative
1933 by-election William Dobbie Labour
1950 Jack Jones Labour
1963 by-election Brian O'Malley Labour
1976 by-election Stan Crowther Labour
1992 Jimmy Boyce Labour
1994 by-election Denis MacShane Labour
2010[10][11] Independent Labour
2012 Labour
2012 by-election Sarah Champion Labour

Elections

Rotherham election results
Rotherham historical election results

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Rotherham[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Champion 14,736 41.3 –15.1
Conservative Gerri Hickton 11,615 32.6 +6.2
Brexit Party Paul Hague 6,125 17.2 New
Liberal Democrats Adam Carter 2,090 5.9 +1.3
Yorkshire Dennis Bannan 1,085 3.0 –0.8
Majority 3,121 8.7 –21.2
Turnout 35,651 57.8 –2.4
Labour hold Swing –10.7
General election 2017: Rotherham[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Champion 21,404 56.4 +3.9
Conservative James Bellis 10,017 26.4 +14.1
UKIP Allen Cowles 3,316 8.7 –21.5
Liberal Democrats Adam Carter 1,754 4.6 +1.7
Yorkshire Mick Bower[14] 1,432 3.8 New
Majority 11,387 29.9 +7.6
Turnout 38,050 60.2 +0.8
Labour hold Swing -5.1
General election 2015: Rotherham[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Champion 19,860 52.5 +7.9
UKIP Jane Collins 11,414 30.2 +24.3
Conservative Sebastian Lowe 4,656 12.3 −4.4
Liberal Democrats Janice Middleton 1,093 2.9 −13.1
TUSC Pat McLaughlin 409 1.1 New
BNP Adam Walker 225 0.6 −9.8
English Democrat Dean Walker 166 0.4 New
Majority 8,446 22.3 −5.6
Turnout 37,823 59.4 +0.4
Labour hold Swing −8.2
2012 Rotherham by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Champion 9,966 46.3 +1.7
UKIP Jane Collins 4,648 21.8 +15.9
BNP Marlene Guest 1,804 8.5 −1.9
Respect Yvonne Ridley 1,778 8.3 New
Conservative Simon Wilson 1,157 5.4 −11.3
English Democrat David Wildgoose 703 3.3 New
Independent Simon Copley 582 2.7 New
Liberal Democrats Michael Beckett 451 2.1 −13.9
TUSC Ralph Dyson 261 1.2 New
Independent Paul Dickson 51 0.2 New
no description Clint Bristow 29 0.1 New
Majority 5,318 24.5 -3.4
Turnout 21,430 33.63 -25.37
Labour hold Swing −7.1
General election 2010: Rotherham[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Denis MacShane 16,741 44.6 −13.1
Conservative Jackie Whiteley 6,279 16.7 +3.4
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Taylor 5,994 16.0 −0.4
BNP Marlene Guest 3,906 10.4 +4.5
Independent Peter Thirlwall 2,366 6.3 New
UKIP Caven Vines 2,220 5.9 +2.0
Majority 10,462 27.9 −7.7
Turnout 37,506 59.0 +4.9
Labour hold Swing −8.3

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Rotherham[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Denis MacShane 15,840 52.8 −11.1
Liberal Democrats Tim Gordon 5,159 17.2 +6.6
Conservative Lee Rotherham 4,966 16.6 −2.8
BNP Marlene Guest 1,986 6.6 New
UKIP David Cutts 1,122 3.7 +1.2
Green Dick Penycate 905 3.0 +1.0
Majority 10,681 35.6 -8.9
Turnout 29,978 55.1 +4.4
Labour hold Swing −8.8
General election 2001: Rotherham[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Denis MacShane 18,759 63.9 −7.4
Conservative Richard Powell 5,682 19.4 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Charles Hall 3,117 10.6 +0.2
UKIP Peter Griffith 730 2.5 New
Green Dick Penycate 577 2.0 New
Socialist Alliance Freda Smith 352 1.2 New
John Lilburne Democratic Party Geoffrey Bartholomew 137 0.5 New
Majority 13,077 44.5 −12.5
Turnout 29,354 50.7 −11.8
Labour hold Swing −6.25

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Rotherham[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Denis MacShane 26,852 71.3 +7.4
Conservative Simon Gordon 5,383 14.3 −9.4
Liberal Democrats David B. Wildgoose 3,919 10.4 −1.9
Referendum Ray T. Hollebone 1,132 3.0 New
ProLife Alliance Andrew Neal 364 1.0 New
Majority 21,469 57.0 +16.8
Turnout 37,650 62.9 -8.8
Labour hold Swing
1994 Rotherham by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Denis MacShane 14,912 55.6 −8.3
Liberal Democrats David B. Wildgoose 7,958 29.7 +17.4
Conservative Nick Gibb 2,649 9.9 −13.8
Monster Raving Loony Screaming Lord Sutch 1,114 4.2 New
Natural Law Keith Laycock 173 0.6 New
Majority 6,954 25.9 -14.3
Turnout 26,806 43.7 −28.0
Labour hold Swing
General election 1992: Rotherham[22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jimmy Boyce 27,933 63.9 +4.2
Conservative Stephen J.D. Yorke 10,372 23.7 +1.6
Liberal Democrats David B. Wildgoose 5,375 12.3 −5.9
Majority 17,561 40.2 +2.6
Turnout 43,680 71.7 +2.5
Labour hold Swing +1.3

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Rotherham[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stanley Crowther 25,422 59.7 +5.4
Conservative John Stephens 9,410 22.1 -3.6
Liberal Peter Bowler 7,766 18.2 -1.8
Majority 16,012 37.6 +9.0
Turnout 42,598 69.2 +2.2
Labour hold Swing
General election 1983: Rotherham[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stanley Crowther 22,236 54.3 -6.3
Conservative Chris Middleton 10,527 25.7 -4.2
Liberal Pete Bowler 8,192 20.0 +11.6
Majority 11,709 28.6 -2.1
Turnout 40,955 67.0 -5.1
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Rotherham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stanley Crowther 26,580 60.6 -4.0
Conservative D. Hinckley 13,145 29.9 +7.8
Liberal I. House 3,686 8.4 -5.0
National Front K. Davies 490 1.1 N/A
Majority 13,435 30.7 -11.8
Turnout 43,901 72.1 +6.6
Labour hold Swing
Rotherham by-election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stanley Crowther 14,351 50.69 -13.89
Conservative Douglas Hinckley 9,824 34.70 +12.64
Liberal Beth Graham 2,214 7.82 -5.53
National Front George Wright 1,696 5.99 New
World Grid Sunshine Room Party Peter Bishop 129 0.46 New
English National Robin Atkinson 99 0.35 New
Majority 4,527 15.99 -26.51
Turnout 28,313
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Rotherham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian O'Malley 25,874 64.6 +4.6
Conservative Richard Hambro 8,840 22.1 -0.8
Liberal V. Bottomley 5,350 13.4 -3.7
Majority 17,034 42.5 +5.4
Turnout 40,064 65.5 -8.8
Labour hold Swing +2.7
General election February 1974: Rotherham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian O'Malley 27,088 60.0 -6.4
Conservative D. Lewis 10,354 22.9 -10.7
Liberal J. Hughes 7,726 17.1 New
Majority 16,734 37.1 +4.3
Turnout 45,168 74.3 +11.4
Labour hold Swing
General election 1970: Rotherham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian O'Malley 25,246 66.4 -3.3
Conservative Eric R. Cooke 12,770 33.6 +3.3
Majority 12,476 32.8 -5.6
Turnout 38,016 62.9 -5.8
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Rotherham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian O'Malley 27,402 69.7 +3.2
Conservative Eric R. Cooke 11,925 30.3 -3.2
Majority 15,477 39.4 +6.4
Turnout 39,327 68.7 -2.9
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Rotherham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian O'Malley 27,585 66.5 +3.7
Conservative John Michael Barrass 13,907 33.5 -3.7
Majority 13,678 33.0 +4.4
Turnout 41,492 71.6 -7.3
Labour hold Swing
1963 Rotherham by-election[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian O'Malley 22,411 69.2 +6.4
Conservative John Michael Barrass 9,209 28.5 -8.7
Independent Russell Ernest Eckley 742 2.3 New
Majority 13,202 40.7 +15.1
Turnout 32,362
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Rotherham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Jones 28,298 62.8 -0.5
Conservative Ronald Hall 16,759 37.2 +0.5
Majority 11,539 25.6 -1.0
Turnout 45,057 78.9 +1.5
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Rotherham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Jones 27,423 63.3 -2.3
Conservative William G. Blake 15,882 36.7 +2.3
Majority 11,541 26.6 -4.6
Turnout 43,305 77.4 -6.8
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Rotherham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Jones 31,124 65.6 +1.2
Conservative William G. Blake 16,317 34.4 +3.9
Majority 14,807 31.2 -2.7
Turnout 47,441 84.2 -3.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1950: Rotherham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Jones 31,211 64.4 -9.8
Conservative Richard Body 14,744 30.5 +4.7
Liberal M. Foster 2,458 5.1 New
Majority 16,467 33.9 -14.5
Turnout 48,413 87.3 +10.9
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Rotherham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Dobbie 35,654 74.2 +6.7
National Liberal E. H. Phillips 12,420 25.8 -6.7
Majority 23,234 48.4 +13.4
Turnout 48,074 76.4 -0.3
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

Thomas Casey
General election 1935: Rotherham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Dobbie 29,725 67.5 -1.6
National Liberal Thomas Worrall Casey 14,298 32.5 +1.6
Majority 15,427 35.0 -3.2
Turnout 44,023 76.7 +3.2
Labour hold Swing
1933 Rotherham by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Dobbie 28,767 69.1 +19.9
Conservative Henry Drummond Wolff 12,893 30.9 -19.9
Majority 15,874 38.2 +36.6
Turnout 41,660 73.5 -9.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General election 1931: Rotherham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Herbert 23,596 50.8 +28.1
Labour Fred Lindley 22,834 49.2 -11.2
Majority 762 1.6 N/A
Turnout 46,430 82.6 +1.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Rotherham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Lindley 26,937 60.4 +5.8
Unionist Paul Latham 10,101 22.7 -26.7
Liberal Reeves Charlesworth 7,534 16.9 New
Majority 16,836 37.7 +28.5
Turnout 44,572 81.4 -0.4
Labour hold Swing
General election 1924: Rotherham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Lindley 18,860 54.6 +0.7
Unionist Henry J Temple 15,712 45.4 -0.7
Majority 3,148 9.2 +1.4
Turnout 34,572 81.8 +6.5
Labour hold Swing
General election 1923: Rotherham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Lindley 16,983 53.9 +4.9
Unionist Frederic Kelley 14,535 46.1 -4.9
Majority 2,448 7.8 N/A
Turnout 31,518 75.3 -6.3
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +4.9
General election 1922: Rotherham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Frederic Kelley 17,093 51.0 +6.2
Labour James Walker 16,449 49.0 +10.9
Majority 644 2.0 -4.7
Turnout 33,542 81.6 +18.4
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1910s

JM Kenworthy
General election 1918: Rotherham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Frederic Kelley 11,473 44.8 +12.3
Labour James Walker 9,757 38.1 New
Liberal Joseph Kenworthy 3,805 14.9 −52.6
National Democratic Edmund Smith Bardsley 564 2.2 New
Majority 1,716 6.7 N/A
Turnout 25,599 63.2 −4.6
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +32.5
Richardson
1917 Rotherham by-election[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib-Lab Arthur Richardson Unopposed
Lib-Lab hold
Jack Pease
1916 Rotherham by-election[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jack Pease Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election December 1910: Rotherham[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jack Pease 9,385 67.5 −4.9
Conservative James Harrop Dransfield 4,511 32.5 +4.9
Majority 4,874 35.0 −9.8
Turnout 13,896 67.8 −14.7
Registered electors 20,487
Liberal hold Swing −4.9
1910 Rotherham by-election[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jack Pease Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election January 1910: Rotherham[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Holland 12,225 72.4 N/A
Conservative James Dransfield 4,667 27.6 New
Majority 7,558 44.8 N/A
Turnout 16,892 82.5 N/A
Registered electors 20,487
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Rotherham[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Holland Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1900: Rotherham[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Holland 6,926 58.0 N/A
Conservative R. H. V. Wragge 5,021 42.0 N/A
Majority 1,905 16.0 N/A
Turnout 11,947 78.0 N/A
Registered electors 15,325
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1890s

William Holland
1899 Rotherham by-election[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Holland 6,671 58.6 N/A
Conservative Robert Horton Vernon Wragge 4,714 41.4 New
Majority 1,957 17.2 N/A
Turnout 11,385 77.1 N/A
Registered electors 14,763
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1895: Rotherham[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur Dyke Acland Unopposed
Liberal hold
Acland
1892 Rotherham by-election[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur Dyke Acland Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1892: Rotherham[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur Dyke Acland 6,567 69.8 −1.5
Liberal Unionist George Savile Foljambe 2,839 30.2 +1.5
Majority 3,728 39.6 −3.0
Turnout 9,406 69.4 +2.1
Registered electors 13,551
Liberal hold Swing −1.5

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Rotherham[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur Dyke Acland 5,155 71.3 −2.3
Liberal Unionist Francis Foljambe 2,070 28.7 +2.3
Majority 3,085 42.6 −4.6
Turnout 7,225 67.3 −12.5
Registered electors 10,730
Liberal hold Swing −2.3
General election 1885: Rotherham[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur Dyke Acland 6,301 73.6
Conservative William Wright Hoole[28] 2,258 26.4
Majority 4,043 47.2
Turnout 8,559 79.8
Registered electors 10,730
Liberal win (new seat)

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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