Wentworth and Dearne (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies recommending the creation of this constituency for the 2010 general election.

;Political history

Most forerunner parts of the seat of Wentworth (which only existed in its second period from 1983 until 2010) matched its record of being a safe seat for the Labour Party. However, at the 2019 general election, the seat became a marginal between Labour and the Conservative Party. Labour's majority over the Conservatives stood at 2,165 in 2019. Labour's vote share declined by 24.7% at the 2019 election, the second-worst decline in vote share it suffered in any of the 630 constituencies that the party contested at that election (only being surpassed by the 24.9% decline in the Labour vote share in Bassetlaw).{{cite book |title=The Times Guide to the House of Commons 2019 |date=2020 |publisher=Times Books |location=Glasgow |isbn=978-0-00-839258-1 |page=55}}

;Prominent frontbencher

John Healey held a continuous period of frontbench positions, withstanding during this time various rotations of the Labour frontbench – the positions were:

• May 2002 – May 2005 – Economic Secretary to the Treasury
• May 2005 – June 2007 – Financial Secretary to the Treasury
• June 2007 – June 2009 – Minister of State for Local Government
• July 2007 – June 2009 – Minister for Flood Recovery
• June 2009 – May 2010 – Minister of State for Housing
• May 2010 – October 2010 – Shadow Minister of State for Housing
• October 2010 – October 2011 – Shadow Secretary of State for Health

In September 2015 he was appointed Shadow Minister for Housing (attending Shadow Cabinet).

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The seat comprises satellite settlements to two large Yorkshire towns, separated by green buffers, in a band north of Rotherham and southeast of Barnsley and as such has the electoral wards:

• Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham: Hoober, Rawmarsh, Silverwood, Swinton, Wath and Wickersley
• Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley: Dearne North and Dearne South[http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm70/7032/7032_iii.pdf 2010 post-revision map Greater London and metropolitan areas of England]

Most of the constituency succeeded Wentworth, however the large settlement of Dearne was instead the largest in Barnsley East and Mexborough. The name of the seat stems from the village that shares its name with the largest private house in the country and listed gardens in the seat, Wentworth Woodhouse, in a similar manner, with a widened use of an otherwise scarcely populated settlement, as Sefton and Tatton.

The South Yorkshire settlements grew in the seat into primarily large town size developments from the large presence of coal leading to extensive mining in this area, coupled with convenient proximity to Sheffield, the canals and rivers network, as well as to Doncaster, York, Wakefield and Leeds. As the mining industry has suffered a decline and agriculture employs few people, niche manufacturing, general processing (such as of food and raw materials) as well as retail and distribution are critical sectors of the economy to local employment. Workless claimants who were registered jobseekers were in November 2012 higher than the national average of 3.8%, at 5.6% of the population, based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/nov/17/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economics Unemployment claimants by constituency] The Guardian

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|title=General election 2010: Wentworth and Dearne{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/election2010/results/constituency/f04.stm|title=Election results: Wentworth & Dearne|date=7 May 2010|work=BBC News|access-date=7 May 2010}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John Healey*

|votes = 21,316

|percentage = 50.6

|change = −11.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Michelle Donelan

|votes = 7,396

|percentage = 17.6

|change = +3.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Nick Love

|votes = 6,787

|percentage = 16.1

|change = −0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = John Wilkinson

|votes = 3,418

|percentage = 8.1

|change = +4.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = British National Party

|candidate = William Baldwin

|votes = 3,189

|percentage = 7.6

|change = +2.9

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 13,920

|percentage = 33.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 42,106

|percentage = 58.0

|change = +3.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −7.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

:* Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament

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|title=General election 2015: Wentworth and Dearne{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}{{cite news| title = Wentworth & Dearne| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001028| publisher = BBC News| access-date = 14 May 2015}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John Healey

|votes = 24,571

|percentage = 56.9

|change = +6.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Mike Hookem

|votes = 10,733

|percentage = 24.9

|change = +16.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael Naughton

|votes = 6,441

|percentage = 14.9

|change = −2.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Edwin Simpson

|votes = 1,135

|percentage = 2.6

|change = −13.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = English Democrats

|candidate = Alan England

|votes = 309

|percentage = 0.7

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13,838

|percentage = 32.0

|change = −1.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 43,189

|percentage = 58.1

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −5.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2017: Wentworth and Dearne"[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001028 Wentworth & Dearne]", BBC News}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John Healey

|votes = 28,547

|percentage = 65.0

|change = +8.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Steven Jackson

|votes = 13,744

|percentage = 31.3

|change = +16.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Janice Middleton

|votes = 1,656

|percentage = 3.8

|change = +1.2

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 14,803

|percentage = 33.7

|change = +1.7

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 43,947

|percentage = 58.7

|change = +0.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −4.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 2019: Wentworth and Dearne {{Cite web|url=https://www.rotherham.gov.uk/downloads/file/584/wentworth-and-dearne-constituency-statement-of-persons-nominated-and-notice-of-poll|title=Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations|date=14 November 2019|website=Rotherham Council|access-date=17 November 2019}}{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001028 | title=Wentworth & Dearne Parliamentary constituency|website=BBC News | access-date=14 December 2019}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=John Healey|votes=16,742|percentage=40.3|change=−24.7}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Emily Barley|votes=14,577|percentage=35.1|change=+3.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Brexit Party|candidate=Stephen Cavell|votes=7,019|percentage=16.9|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Janice Middleton|votes=1,705|percentage=4.1|change=+0.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Yorkshire Party|candidate=Lucy Brown|votes=1,201|percentage=2.9|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)|candidate=David Bettney|votes=313|percentage=0.8|change=New}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 2,165

|percentage = 5.2

|change = −28.5

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 41,557

|percentage = 55.8

|change = −2.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −14.3

}}

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• parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

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• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65588.html Wentworth and Dearne UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK

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