Barnsley South (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards

Barnsley South
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Boundary of Barnsley South in Yorkshire and the Humber
County	South Yorkshire
Electorate	75,635
Borough	Barnsley
Major settlements	Barnsley Wombwell Worsbrough Hoyland Dearne Valley Darfield
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Stephanie Peacock (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Barnsley East Wentworth and Dearne Barnsley Central

Barnsley South is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency comprises the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

Barnsley East prior to 2024

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Stephanie Peacock	Labour

General election 2024: Barnsley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephanie Peacock	16,399	46.7	+4.9
	Reform UK	David White	11,651	33.2	+4.0
	Conservative	Suzanne Pearson	3,247	9.3	−13.4
	Green	Trevor Mayne	1,521	4.3	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Clement-Jones	1,172	3.3	−0.2
	Yorkshire	Simon Biltcliffe	716	2.0	+1.3
	Socialist Labour	Terry Robinson	227	0.6	N/A
	English Democrat	Maxine Spencer	149	0.4	N/A
Majority			4,748	13.5	+0.9
Turnout			35,082	46.3	–3.1
Registered electors			75,850
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.5

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"UK Parliamentary general election – 4 July 2024". Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
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Barnsley South UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

v t e Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (54)
Labour (41)	Barnsley North Barnsley South Bradford South Bradford West Calder Valley Colne Valley Doncaster Central Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme Doncaster North Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes Halifax Huddersfield Kingston upon Hull East Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice Leeds Central and Headingley Leeds North East Leeds North West Leeds South Leeds South West and Morley Leeds West and Pudsey Normanton and Hemsworth Ossett and Denby Dale Penistone and Stocksbridge Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley Rawmarsh and Conisbrough Rother Valley Rotherham Scarborough and Whitby Scunthorpe Selby Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Sheffield Central Sheffield Hallam Sheffield Heeley Sheffield South East Shipley Spen Valley Wakefield and Rothwell York Central York Outer
Conservative (9)	Beverley and Holderness Bridlington and The Wolds Brigg and Immingham Goole and Pocklington Keighley and Ilkley Richmond and Northallerton Skipton and Ripon Thirsk and Malton Wetherby and Easingwold
Independent (3)	Bradford East Dewsbury and Batley Leeds East
Liberal Democrats (1)	Harrogate and Knaresborough

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