Sheffield Hallam was the only non-Labour South Yorkshire seat for many years, and was held by Nick Clegg for 12 years, until Labour gained the seat in 2017. For a 22-year period spanning 1997–2019, the Conservatives had no seats in South Yorkshire, until the 2019 election, when they gained three. In the 1980s, the region's socialist activity (particularly in local government) led to it being referred to as the "People's Republic of South Yorkshire", it being dominated by Labour, a party with a strong socialist tradition. However, it was not until 2017 that every seat in South Yorkshire was won by Labour, a feat which was not repeated at the subsequent 2019 election.[1] At the 2024 general election Labour regained all South Yorkshire constituencies.
City of Doncaster Council: Armthorpe, Balby South, Bessacarr, Edenthorpe and Kirk Sandall, Hexthorpe and Balby North, Tickhill and Wadworth, Town, Wheatley Hills and Intake.
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council: Anston and Woodsetts, Aston and Todwick, Aughton and Swallownest, Dinnington, Hellaby and Maltby West, Maltby East, Sitwell, Thurcroft and Wickersley South, Wales.
Sheffield City Council: Beauchief and Greenhill, Gleadless Valley, Graves Park, Manor Castle, Park and Arbourthorne, Richmond (polling districts UB, UC and UE).
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
The commission has proposed that South Yorkshire be combined with Humberside as a sub-region of the Yorkshire and the Humber Region, resulting in the creation of a new cross-county boundary constituency named Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme, largely replacing Don Valley. Barnsley Central and Barnsley East would be realigned to form Barnsley North and Barnsley South. Changes to Wentworth and Dearne would result in it being renamed Rawmarsh and Conisbrough.[4][5]
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]
2024
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising South Yorkshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:
^BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
^The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
References
^Linda McDowell (2011). Redundant Masculinities? Employment Change and White Working Class Youth. ISBN978-1444355598. ... local politics in Sheffield were dominated by a particular form of radical municipal socialism, gaining the city a brief but prestigious reputation as the Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire.