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	== Election results ==		== Election results ==
	===2000s===		===2000s===
	{{~~Template:~~Election box begin \|		{{Election box begin \|
	\|title=]: Hemsworth		\|title=]: Hemsworth
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Labour Party (UK)		\|party = Labour Party (UK)
	\|candidate = Jon Trickett		\|candidate = Jon Trickett
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	\|change = −6.6		\|change = −6.6
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Conservative Party (UK)		\|party = Conservative Party (UK)
	\|candidate = Jonathan Mortimer		\|candidate = Jonathan Mortimer
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	\|change = +1.1		\|change = +1.1
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)		\|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
	\|candidate = David Hall-Matthews		\|candidate = David Hall-Matthews
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	\|change = +4.4		\|change = +4.4
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Veritas (political party)		\|party = Veritas (political party)
	\|candidate = John Burdon		\|candidate = John Burdon
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	\|change = ''N/A''		\|change = ''N/A''
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box majority\|		{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes = 13,481		\|votes = 13,481
	\|percentage = 36.6		\|percentage = 36.6
	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box turnout\|		{{Election box turnout\|
	\|votes = 36,792		\|votes = 36,792
	\|percentage = 54.6		\|percentage = 54.6
	\|change = +2.8		\|change = +2.8
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box hold with party link\|		{{Election box hold with party link\|
	\|winner = Labour Party (UK)		\|winner = Labour Party (UK)
	\|swing =		\|swing =
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}

	{{~~Template:~~Election box begin \|		{{Election box begin \|
	\|title=]: Hemsworth		\|title=]: Hemsworth
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Labour Party (UK)		\|party = Labour Party (UK)
	\|candidate = Jon Trickett		\|candidate = Jon Trickett
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	\|change = −5.2		\|change = −5.2
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Conservative Party (UK)		\|party = Conservative Party (UK)
	\|candidate = Elizabeth Truss		\|candidate = Elizabeth Truss
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	\|change = +3.2		\|change = +3.2
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)		\|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
	\|candidate = Ed Waller		\|candidate = Ed Waller
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	\|change = +2.5		\|change = +2.5
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)		\|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
	\|candidate = Paul Turek		\|candidate = Paul Turek
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	\|change = ''N/A''		\|change = ''N/A''
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box majority\|		{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes = 15,636		\|votes = 15,636
	\|percentage = 44.4		\|percentage = 44.4
	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box turnout\|		{{Election box turnout\|
	\|votes = 35,227		\|votes = 35,227
	\|percentage = 51.8		\|percentage = 51.8
	\|change = −16.1		\|change = −16.1
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box hold with party link\|		{{Election box hold with party link\|
	\|winner = Labour Party (UK)		\|winner = Labour Party (UK)
	\|swing =		\|swing =
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}

	===1990s===		===1990s===
	{{~~Template:~~Election box begin \|		{{Election box begin \|
	\|title=]		\|title=]
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Labour Party (UK)		\|party = Labour Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
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	\|change = +1.1		\|change = +1.1
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Conservative Party (UK)		\|party = Conservative Party (UK)
	\|candidate = N. Hazell		\|candidate = N. Hazell
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	\|change = -9.8		\|change = -9.8
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)		\|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
	\|candidate = J. Ridgeway		\|candidate = J. Ridgeway
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	\|change = -3.7		\|change = -3.7
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)		\|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
	\|candidate = B. Nixon		\|candidate = B. Nixon
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	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party		\|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
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	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = United Kingdom Independence Party		\|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
	\|candidate = P. Davis		\|candidate = P. Davis
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	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Green Party of England and Wales		\|party = Green Party of England and Wales
	\|candidate = P. Alexander		\|candidate = P. Alexander
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	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Independent (politician)		\|party = Independent (politician)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
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	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = National Democrats (UK)		\|party = National Democrats (UK)
	\|candidate = M. Cooper		\|candidate = M. Cooper
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	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Natural Law Party		\|party = Natural Law Party
	\|candidate = D. Leighton		\|candidate = D. Leighton
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	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box majority\|		{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes = 13,875		\|votes = 13,875
	\|percentage = 63.1		\|percentage = 63.1
	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box turnout\|		{{Election box turnout\|
	\|votes =		\|votes =
	\|percentage = 39.5		\|percentage = 39.5
	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box hold with party link\|		{{Election box hold with party link\|
	\|winner = Labour Party (UK)		\|winner = Labour Party (UK)
	\|swing = -5.43		\|swing = -5.43
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}

	{{~~Template:~~Election box begin \|		{{Election box begin \|
	\|title=]		\|title=]
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Labour Party (UK)		\|party = Labour Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
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	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)		\|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
	\|candidate = V. Megson		\|candidate = V. Megson
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	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Conservative Party (UK)		\|party = Conservative Party (UK)
	\|candidate = G. Harrison		\|candidate = G. Harrison
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	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate\|		{{Election box candidate\|
	\|party = Independent Labour		\|party = Independent Labour
	\|candidate = P. Ablett		\|candidate = P. Ablett
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	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box candidate\|		{{Election box candidate\|
	\|party = Corrective Party		\|party = Corrective Party
	\|candidate = T. Smith		\|candidate = T. Smith
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	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box majority\|		{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes = 11,097		\|votes = 11,097
	\|percentage = 46.3		\|percentage = 46.3
	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box turnout\|		{{Election box turnout\|
	\|votes = 23,971		\|votes = 23,971
	\|percentage =		\|percentage =
	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box hold with party link\|		{{Election box hold with party link\|
	\|winner = Labour Party (UK)		\|winner = Labour Party (UK)
	\|swing =		\|swing =
	}}		}}
	{{~~Template:~~Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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Revision as of 15:34, 19 January 2007

Template:UK constituency infobox Hemsworth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The seat has consistently elected Labour MPs with large majorities, and in the February 1974 general election was the safest seat for any party, anywhere in the UK.

Boundaries

This constituency covers the town of Hemsworth in West Yorkshire.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1918	John Guest	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1931	Gabriel Price	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1934	George Griffiths	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1946	Horace Holmes	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1959	Alan Beaney	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1974	Alec Woodall	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1987	George Buckley	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1991	Derek Enright	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1996	Jon Trickett	Labour

Election results

2000s

General Election 2005: Hemsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon Trickett	21,630	58.8	−6.6
	Conservative	Jonathan Mortimer	8,149	22.1	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Hall-Matthews	5,766	15.7	+4.4
	Veritas	John Burdon	1,247	3.4	N/A
Majority			13,481	36.6
Turnout			36,792	54.6	+2.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Hemsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon Trickett	23,036	65.4	−5.2
	Conservative	Elizabeth Truss	7,400	21.0	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Waller	3,990	11.3	+2.5
	Socialist Labour	Paul Turek	801	2.3	N/A
Majority			15,636	44.4
Turnout			35,227	51.8	−16.1
	Labour hold		Swing

1990s

Hemsworth by-election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon Trickett	15,817	71.9	+1.1
	Conservative	N. Hazell	1,942	8.8	−9.8
	Liberal Democrats	J. Ridgeway	1,516	6.9	−3.7
	Socialist Labour	B. Nixon	1,193	5.4
	Monster Raving Loony	David Sutch	652	3.0
	UKIP	P. Davis	455	2.1
	Green	P. Alexander	157	0.7
	Independent	Mark Thomas	122	0.6
	National Democrats	M. Cooper	111	0.5
	Natural Law	D. Leighton	28	0.1
Majority			13,875	63.1
Turnout				39.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.43

Hemsworth by-election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Derek Enright	15,895	66.3
	Liberal Democrats	V. Megson	4,808	20.1
	Conservative	G. Harrison	2,512	10.5
	Independent Labour	P. Ablett	648	2.7
	Corrective Party	T. Smith	108	0.45
Majority			11,097	46.3
Turnout			23,971
	Labour hold		Swing

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