barnsley central Constituency Details


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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYLabour
ELECTORATE68,530 voters
AREA18 sq. miles


Barnsley Central is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Dan Jarvis of the Labour party.

The Barnsley Central constituency has a total population of 86,555, of which 68,530 are eligible (18+) to vote (79.2%).

Barnsley Central ranks 417th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 493th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Dan Jarvis

Dan Jarvis

Daniel Owen Woolgar Jarvis MBE (born 30 November 1972) is a British Labour Party politician and former British Army officer. After a career in the Parachute Regiment, he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley Central in a by-election in 2011.

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Jarvis

MP DETAILS
AddressDan Jarvis MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyLabour
Email Addressinfo@danjarvis2015.com
ConstituencyBarnsley Central
GenderMale
Date of Birth30/11/1972
WebsiteWebsite
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
15.0%
55.7%
2.1%
2.6 %
21.7%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Barnsley Central constituency in 2015 was 56.70%, lower than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Dan JarvisLabourMale30 November 1972 (52)-http://www.danjarvis2015.com/
Dave GibsonTrade Unionist and Socialist CoalitionMale---
David RidgwayLiberal DemocratMale---
Ian SuttonEnglish DemocratsMale---
Kay CarterConservativeFemale---
Lee HunterUK Independence PartyMale---
Michael ShortGreenMale03 June 1990 (34)--

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
17.26%
47.26%
17.28%
%
%
%
8.94%
4.67%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Labour
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
 BNP3,3078.9%
 Conservative6,38817.3%
 Ind17322%
 Ind26101.6%
 Labour17,48747.3%
 Liberal-Democrat6,39417.3%
 SocLab3561%
 UK-Independence-Party1,7274.7%
TOTALS
Electorate65,543
Votes37,001
Turnout56.5%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeTempest, Piers
LabourIllsley, Eric
Liberal DemocratWiggin, Christopher
BNPSutton, Ian
UKIPSilver, David
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Barnsley Central constituency in 2010 was 56.5%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

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