Barnsley North

{{Short description|UK Parliament constituency (since 2024)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Use British English|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox UK constituency main |name=Barnsley North |parliament=uk |image={{maplink|frame=yes|frame-align=center|plain=yes|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Barnsley North (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame-height=200|frame-width=250}} |caption=Boundaries since 2024 |image2=215px|alt=Map of constituency |caption2=Boundary of Barnsley North in Yorkshire and the Humber |year=2024 |abolished= |type=County |region=England |county=South Yorkshire |electorate=76,552 (June 2024)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Barnsley%20North |title=Barnsley North: New Boundaries 2023 Calculation |publisher=Electoral Calculus |language=en-gb |access-date=7 June 2024}}</ref> |borough=Barnsley |towns={{ubl|Barnsley|Cudworth|Royston}} |mp= Dan Jarvis |party=Labour |elects_howmany=One |previous={{ubl|Barnsley Central|Barnsley East}} |next= }} '''Barnsley North''' is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Yorkshire and the Humber {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/2023-review-volume-one-report/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-one-report-yorkshire-and-the-humber/ |access-date=25 July 2023 |website=boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk}}</ref> Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. It is represented by Dan Jarvis of the Labour Party, who was MP for the predecessor seat of Barnsley Central from 2011 to 2024.

==Constituency profile== The constituency is located in South Yorkshire and covers the north-eastern part of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley. It contains the central and northern areas of the large market town of Barnsley, as well as villages and rural areas to the north and east. This includes the large villages of Royston, Cudworth and Grimethorpe and the area of connected villages between Kexbrough and Monk Bretton.

The area has a strong industrial heritage in glass and textile production but especially in coal mining;<ref>{{cite book|last1=Douglass|first1=David John|title=Strike, not the end of the story|publisher=National Coal Mining Museum for England|location=Overton, Yorkshire, UK|year=2005|page=45}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Barnsley Life | url=http://www.barnsley.gov.uk/bguk/New_Arrivals/Barnsley%20Accent%20and%20Slang | publisher=Barnsley MBC | access-date=5 July 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803101727/http://www.barnsley.gov.uk/bguk/New_Arrivals/Barnsley%20Accent%20and%20Slang | archive-date=3 August 2009 }}</ref> the headquarters of the National Union of Mineworkers is located in the constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://num.org.uk/|title=Home|website=NUM Info}}</ref> Residents of the constituency have high levels of deprivation and are less likely to have a degree-level education compared to the rest of the country. White people make up 97% of the population.<ref name="ElectoralCalculus">{{cite web|url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Barnsley+North|title=Seat Details - Barnsley North|website=electoralcalcululs.com|accessdate=18 November 2025}}</ref>

At the most recent borough council election in 2024, voters in the constituency elected primarily Labour Party councillors. It is estimated that nearly 70% of voters in Barnsley North supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum,<ref name="ElectoralCalculus"/> one of the highest rates in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/parliament-and-elections/elections-elections/brexit-votes-by-constituency/|title=Brexit: votes by constituency|first=House of Commons|last=Library|date=6 February 2017}}</ref>

==Boundaries== The constituency is composed of the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

* Central, Cudworth, Darton East, Darton West, Monk Bretton, North East, Old Town, Royston, and St Helens<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region}}</ref> It comprises the whole of the abolished Barnsley Central constituency except Kingstone ward, with the addition of the Cudworth and North East wards from Barnsley East (also abolished).<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Seat Details - Barnsley North |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Barnsley%20North |access-date=30 July 2023 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}</ref>

==Members of Parliament==

''Barnsley Central prior to 2024''

{|class="wikitable" !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | 2024 | Dan Jarvis | Labour |}

==Elections== thumb|Barnsley Central (1983−2019) / Barnsley North (2024−) Election Results

===Elections in the 2020s=== Barnsley North was one of three English constituencies where the Reform UK vote decreased in the election, the others being Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven and Hartlepool.<ref>https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/2024-general-election-performance-of-reform-and-the-greens/</ref>

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Barnsley North<ref>{{cite web |title=UK Parliamentary general election – 4 July 2024 |url= https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/services/voting-and-elections/election-results/uk-parliamentary-general-election-results-4-july-2024/ |publisher=Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council |access-date=5 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Barnsley North results |work= BBC News |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001074 |access-date=5 July 2024}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Dan Jarvis|votes=18,610|percentage=50.4|change=+11.9}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Robert Lomas{{efn|After nominations for the 2024 general election closed, Reform UK withdrew support for Lomas on the 29 June, after reports of alleged racist comments.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morton |first1=Becky |title=Reform UK drops three candidates over offensive comments |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c727xz2kkgjo |access-date=29 June 2024 |work=BBC News |date=29 June 2024}}</ref>}}|votes=10,799|percentage=29.3|change=−0.2}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Tamas Kovacs|votes=3,083|percentage=8.4|change=−15.6}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Tom Heyes|votes=1,805|percentage=4.9|change=+2.5}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Penny Baker|votes=1,336|percentage=3.6|change=±0.0}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Neil Fisher|votes=616|percentage=1.7|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Yorkshire Party|candidate=Tony Devoy|votes=603|percentage=1.6|change=±0.0}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=English Democrats|candidate=Janus Polenceusz|votes=42|percentage=0.1|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box majority|votes=7,811|percentage=21.1|change=+12.1}} {{Election box turnout|votes=36,894|percentage=47.1|change=−10.8}} {{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=78,267}} {{Election box hold with party link|winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=+6.1}} {{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 2010s=== To assess impact of the boundary changes various organisation calculated results of 2019 election if it was conducted under boundaries established by 2023 Periodic review. Below is such assessment from BBC for Barnsley North: {|class="wikitable" |- !colspan="4"|2019 notional result<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/5 |title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019|date=|access-date=11 July 2024|work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=UK Parliament}}</ref> |- !bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party !bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote !bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % |- |{{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}} |Labour ||align=right| 17,141 ||align=right| 38.5 |- |{{party color cell|Brexit Party}} |Brexit Party ||align=right| 13,139 ||align=right| 29.5 |- |{{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}} | Conservative ||align=right| 10,663 ||align=right| 24.0 |- |{{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} |Liberal Democrats ||align=right| 1,588 ||align=right| 3.6 |- |{{party color cell|Green Party of England and Wales}} |Green ||align=right| 1,051 ||align=right| 2.4 |- |{{party color cell|Independent politician}} |Others ||align=right| 898 ||align=right| 2.0 |- |colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"| |- |colspan="2"|'''Turnout''' |align=right|44,480 |align=right|57.9 |- |colspan="2"|'''Electorate''' |align=right|76,794 |} For more information see ''Notional results of the 2019 United Kingdom general election by 2024 constituency''.

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==External links== *[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168896.html Barnsley North UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK''

Category:Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2024