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53°36′50″N 1°21′14″W / 53.614°N 1.354°W / 53.614; -1.354

Hemsworth
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Hemsworth in West Yorkshire for the 2010 general election
Location of West Yorkshire within England
County	West Yorkshire
Electorate	73,487 (December 2010)
Major settlements	South Wakefield, Hemsworth and Featherstone
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of Parliament	Jon Trickett (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Barnsley and Osgoldcross

Hemsworth is a constituency in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons since 1996 by Jon Trickett of the Labour Party.

Constituency profile

The constituency comprises former coal mining towns and villages that also provided some of the workforce for the manufacturing bases of the town of Barnsley to the south and cities of Wakefield and Leeds to the northwest, and constituents still today in numbers commute to these as a satellite area. Nearby to the east over the border in North Yorkshire is one of six functional coal mines and only three deep mines in major production, Kellingley. It is the longest held seat by the Labour Party, having elected its first Labour MP in 1918, and been in continuous existence since that date.

History

From the 1966 to February 1974 general elections (inclusive), Hemsworth was the safest seat for any party in the UK: the Labour vote had peaked in 1966 at 85.39% and consistently exceeded 80% from 1935 until October 1974 when the Liberal Party contested the seat for the first time since 1923. Successive boundary changes the removed certain ex-mining communities to the new Barnsley East constituency in 1983 and the addition of the highest income part of Wakefield in 1997 slightly reduced Labour's dominance but most recent results show the seat remains a stronghold.

Present member

The incumbent member at Westminster is Jon Trickett, former Leader of City of Leeds Council.

Boundaries

This constituency covers the towns of Hemsworth, Featherstone, South Kirkby & Moorthorpe and South Elmsall plus the southern part of Wakefield (Sandal, Agbrigg, Belle Vue) and the villages of Ackworth, Crofton, Upton, Sharlston, Walton and Notton in the City of Wakefield district.

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 by-election	George Griffiths	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1946 by-election	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" \|	Feb 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 by-election	Derek Enright	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1996 by-election	Jon Trickett	Labour

Elections

1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Hemsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon Trickett	21,772	51.3	+4.6
	Conservative	Christopher Pearson	9,694	22.9	−1.5
	UKIP	Steve Ashton	8,565	20.2	+20.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mary MacQueen	1,357	3.2	−9.7
	Yorkshire First	Martin Roberts	1,018	2.4	+2.4
Majority			12,078	28.5
Turnout			42,406	58.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Hemsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon Trickett	20,506	46.8	−11.9
	Conservative	Ann Elizabeth Myatt	10,662	24.3	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Belmore	5,667	12.9	−2.8
	Independent	Ian Womersley	3,946	9.0	N/A
	BNP	Ian Ashley Kitchen	3,059	7.0	N/A
Majority			9,844	22.5
Turnout			43,840	60.4	+6.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.0

Elections in the 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	-3.85

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

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Hemsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon Trickett	32,088	70.6	−1.6'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000019−QINU`"'
	Conservative	Norman Hazel	8,096	17.8	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Kirby	4,033	8.9	−1.6
	Referendum	Derek Irvine	1,260	2.8	N/A
Majority			23,992	52.8
Turnout			45,477	67.9	−8.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.8

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

General Election 1992: Hemsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Derek Enright	29,942	70.8
	Conservative	Garnet Harrison	7,867	18.6
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Megson	4,459	10.5
Majority			22,075
Turnout				75.9
	Labour hold		Swing

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

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Hemsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Buckley	27,859	66.99
	Conservative	Edward Garnier	7,159	17.21
	Liberal	JD Wooffindin	6,568	15.79
Majority			20,700	49.78
Turnout				75.68
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Hemsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alec Woodall	22,081	59.26
	Liberal	JD Wooffindin	7,891	21.18
	Conservative	D Williamson	7,291	19.57
Majority			14,190	38.08
Turnout				68.60
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Hemsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alec Woodall	36,509	69.61
	Conservative	John Whitfield	10,466	19.95
	Liberal	T Fussey	5,474	10.44
Majority			26,043	49.65
Turnout				73.27
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Hemsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alec Woodall	37,467	76.51
	Conservative	P Carvis	5,895	12.04
	Liberal	R Taylor	5,607	11.45
Majority			31,572	64.47
Turnout				70.15
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Hemsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alec Woodall	44,093	82.81
	Conservative	RF Kerr	9,152	17.19
Majority			34,941	65.62
Turnout				77.13
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Hemsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Beaney	40,013	80.76
	Conservative	MC Tucker	9,534	19.24
Majority			30,479	61.52
Turnout				71.89
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Hemsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Beaney	41,887	85.39
	Conservative	CWR Pickthorn	7,165	14.61
Majority			34,722	70.79
Turnout				76.02
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Hemsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Beaney	42,528	83.07
	Conservative	JRM Keatley	8,667	16.93
Majority			33,861	66.14
Turnout				78.81
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Hemsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Beaney	45,153	82.18
	Conservative	WH Leay	9,788	17.82
Majority			35,365	64.37
Turnout				83.62
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Hemsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Horace Edwin Holmes	42,603	83.27
	Conservative	WL Leay	8,561	16.73
Majority			34,042	66.54
Turnout				79.87
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Hemsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Horace Edwin Holmes	47,402	82.71
	Conservative	GW Proudfoot	9,911	17.29
Majority			37,491	65.41
Turnout				85.07
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Hemsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Horace Edwin Holmes	47,934	82.38
	National Liberal	J Asquith	10,254	17.62
Majority			37,680	64.76
Turnout				88.21
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

Hemsworth by-election, 1946 Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Horace Edwin Holmes	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1945: Hemsworth Electorate 51,485
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Arthur Griffiths	33,984	81.4	+1.3
	Conservative	R. W. P. Dawson	7,778	18.6	−1.3
Majority			26,206	62.8	+2.6
Turnout			41,762	80.8	+8.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.3

General Election 1939/40: Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Labour: George Griffiths
Conservative:
Liberal:

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Hemsworth Electorate 48,863
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Arthur Griffiths	28,298	80.1	+9.6
	Conservative	Francis Howard Collier	7,032	19.9	−9.6
Majority			21,266	60.2	+19.2
Turnout			35,330	72.3	−0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.6

Hemsworth by-election, 1934 Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Arthur Griffiths	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1931: Hemsworth Electorate 45,921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gabriel Price	23,609	70.5	−8.4
	Conservative	William Francis Cuthbert Garthwaite	9,867	29.5	+8.4
Majority			13,742	41.0	−18.8
Turnout			33,476	72.9	−2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.4

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Hemsworth Electorate 43,100
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Guest	26,075	79.9	+10.6
	Conservative	R. A. Broughton	6,578	20.1	−10.6
Majority			19,497	59.8	+21.3
Turnout			32,653	75.8	+6.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.6

General Election 1924: Hemsworth Electorate 32,257
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Guest	15,593	69.3	−0.8
	Conservative	H. R. Brown	6,902	30.7	+0.8
Majority			8,691	38.6	−1.6
Turnout			22,495	69.7	+6.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.8

General Election 1923: Hemsworth Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Guest	13,159	70.1	+6.9
	Liberal	H. Conway-Jones	5,624	29.9	n/a
Majority			7,535	40.2	+13.8
Turnout			18,683	61.3	−15.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1922: Hemsworth Electorate 29,643
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Guest	14,295	63.2	+7.7
	National Liberal	Dr Frank William Crossley-Holland	8,317	36.8	n/a
Majority			5,978	26.4	+15.4
Turnout			22.612	76.3	+18.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Hemsworth Electorate 25,137
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Guest	8,102	55.5
	Coalition Conservative	Joshua Scholefield	6,490	44.5
Majority			1,612	11.0
Turnout			14,592	58.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
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.
Excluding sub-districts of the city centre
Nominally -0.2% swing on boundary changes

References

"Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources: UK General Election results March 1966
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
"Hemsworth". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/ElectoralServices/Elections/generalcandidates.htm
"UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Hemsworth". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

Sources

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) . British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |origdate= (help)

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