Don Valley

Coordinates: 53°29′31″N 1°07′59″W / 53.492°N 1.133°W / 53.492; -1.133

Don Valley County constituency
Don Valley shown within South Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	1918
MP:	Caroline Flint
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	South Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Don Valley is a parliamentary constituency which returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Created in 1918, Don Valley is a former coal mining area which has elected only Labour MPs since 1922.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 3.1 Elections in the 2000s 3.2 Elections in the 1990s 3.3 Elections in the 1980s 3.4 Elections in the 1970s 3.5 Elections in the 1960s 3.6 Elections in the 1950s 3.7 Elections in the 1940s 3.8 Elections in the 1930s 3.9 Elections in the 1920s 3.10 Elections in the 1910s 4 Sources 5 See also

Boundaries

The current constituency consists of the southern Borough of Doncaster, from Hatfield and the Humberhead Peatlands Nature Reserve in the north and northeast, through Branton, Auckley, and Rossington, to the Torne Valley electoral ward which consists of Wadworth, Tickhill, Braithwell, and in the west the towns of Spotbrough, and Conisbrough.

In boundary changes to take place for the United Kingdom general election, 2010, Spotbrough is moved to Doncaster North, while in the east the town of Thorne is moved from Doncaster North into Don Valley.

Members of Parliament

It is currently represented by Caroline Flint of Labour.

Election		Member	Party
	1918	James Walton	National Democratic
	1922	Tom Williams	Labour
	1959	Richard Kelley	Labour
	1979	Michael Welsh	Labour
	1983	Martin Redmond	Labour
	1997	Caroline Flint	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Flint	19,418	52.7	-1.9
	Conservative	Adam Duguid	10,820	29.4	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Stewart Arnold	6,626	18.0	+6.8
Majority			8,598	23.3
Turnout			36,864	55	0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.3

General Election 2001: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Flint	20,009	54.6	-3.6
	Conservative	James Browne	10,489	28.6	+4.0
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Smith	4,089	11.2	+1.4
	Independent	Terry Wilde	800	2.2	N/A
	UKIP	David Cooper	777	2.1	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Nigel Ball	466	1.3	-1.1
Majority			9,520	26.0
Turnout			36,630	54.8	-11.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Flint	25,376	58.3
	Conservative	Clare Gledhill	10,717	24.6
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Johnston	4,238	9.7
	Referendum Party	P. Davis	1,379	3.2
	Socialist Labour	Nigel Ball	1,024	2.4
	Green	S. Platt	493	1.1
	ProLife Alliance	C. Johnson	330	0.8
Majority			14,659
Turnout				66.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Redmond	32,008	55.0
	Conservative	Nicholas Paget-Brown	18,474	31.7
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Jevons	6,920	11.9
	Green	S. Platt	803	1.4
Majority			13,534
Turnout				76.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Redmond	29,200	53.1
	Conservative	C. H. Gallagher	17,733	32.3
	Liberal	W. K. Whitaker	8,027	11.9
Majority			11,467	20.9
Turnout				73.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Redmond	23,036	45.1
	Conservative	B. Utting	16,570	32.4
	Liberal	D. Lange	11,482	22.5
Majority			6,466	24.7
Turnout				69.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Welsh	39,603	55.6
	Conservative	Roger Freeman	22,243	31.2
	Liberal	E. Simpson	8,238	11.6
	Workers Party	I. Connelly	720	1.0
	Workers' Revolutionary	T. McCabe	398	0.6
Majority			17,360	24.4
Turnout				74.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Kelley	41,187	63.3
	Conservative	P. J. Le Bosquet	13,767	21.1
	Liberal	E. Simpson	10,161	15.6
Majority			27,420	42.1
Turnout				73.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Kelley	48,737	70.1
	Conservative	P. J. Le Bosquet	20,792	29.9
Majority			27,945	40.2
Turnout				79.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Kelley	42,496	69.5
	Conservative	T. W. G. Jackson	18,673	30.5
Majority			23,823	39.0
Turnout				73.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Kelley	43,973	74.9
	Conservative	R. Storey	14,738	25.1
Majority			29,235	49.8
Turnout				78.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Kelley	42,452	71.9
	Conservative	D. P. Jeffcock	16,593	28.1
Majority			25,859	43.8
Turnout				80.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Kelley	40,935	70.9
	Conservative	G. H. Dodsworth	16,787	29.1
Majority			24,148	41.8
Turnout				83.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Williams	38,433	73.7
	Conservative	J. V. Thornton	13,701	26.3
Majority			24,732	47.4
Turnout				81.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Williams	39,687	74.1
	Conservative	D. S. B. Hopkins	13,862	25.9
Majority			25,825	48.2
Turnout				85.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Williams	39,789	75.4
	Conservative	D. Graham	12,982	24.6
Majority			26,807	49.9
Turnout				87.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Williams	40,153	71.7
	Conservative	J. J. A. N. Ross	15,832	28.3
Majority			24,321	43.4
Turnout				73.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Williams	33,220	68.9
	Conservative	John Arbuthnot	14,961	31.1
Majority			18,259	37.8
Turnout				70.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Williams	27,599	58.6
	Conservative	S. Hardwick	19,506	41.4
Majority			8,093	17.2
Turnout				71.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Williams	31,466	73.3
	Conservative	W. S. Liddal	11,467	26.7
Majority			19,999	46.6
Turnout				69.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Williams	14,958	53.9
	Conservative	J. W. Reynolds	12,463	46.1
Majority			2,135	7.8
Turnout				72.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Williams	12,898	60.4
	Conservative	J. W. Reynolds	8,451	39.6
Majority			4,447	20.8
Turnout				62.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1922: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Williams	9,903	47.0
	National Liberal	James Walton	5,793	27.6
	Liberal	J. H. Freeborough	5,332	25.4
Majority			4,106	19.4
Turnout				65.4
	Labour gain from National Democratic		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Don Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition National Democratic	James Walton	6,095	46.2
	Liberal	Hastings Lees-Smith	3,868	29.3
	Labour	E. Hough	3,226	24.5
Majority			2,227	16.9
Turnout				45.9
	Coalition National Democratic hold		Swing

Sources

• Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
• http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page (Complete list of MPs)
• F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949
• F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 - 1970

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

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