Doncaster North (UK Parliament constituency)

Doncaster North County constituency

Doncaster North shown within South Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Ed Miliband
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	South Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Doncaster North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1983.

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the northern and eastern parts of the Borough of Doncaster, including Adwick-le-Street and Thorne.

General election results since 1983

General Election 2005: Doncaster North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ed Miliband	17,531	55.5	-7.6
	Conservative	Martin Drake	4,875	15.4	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Doug Pickett	3,800	12.0	+1.4
	Community Group	Martin Williams	2,365	7.5	+7.5
	British National	Lee Hagan	1,506	4.8	+4.8
	UK Independence	Robert Nixon	940	3.0	+0.7
	English Democrats	Michael Cassidy	561	1.8	+1.8
Majority			12,656	40.1
Turnout			31,578	51.1	0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.2

General Election 2001: Doncaster North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Hughes	19,788	63.1	-6.7
	Conservative	Anita Kapoor	4,601	14.7	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Ross	3,323	10.6	+2.1
	Independent	Martin Williams	2,926	9.3	+6.4
	UK Independence	John Wallis	725	2.3	N/A
Majority			15,187	48.4
Turnout			31,363	50.5	-12.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Doncaster North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Hughes	27,843	69.8
	Conservative	Peter Kennerley	5,906	14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Cook	3,369	8.4
	Referendum Party	R. Thornton	1,589	4.0
	Anti-Sleaze Labour	M. Swan	1,181	3.0
Majority			21,937
Turnout				63.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Doncaster North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Hughes	34,135	61.8
	Conservative	Robert Light	14,322	25.9
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Whiting	6,787	12.3
Majority			19,813
Turnout				73.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Doncaster North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Welsh	32,950	61.8
	Conservative	R. J. Shepherd	13,015	24.4
	Social Democrat	P. Norwood	7,394	13.9
Majority			19,935	37.4
Turnout				73.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Doncaster North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Welsh	26,626	52.8
	Conservative	B. M. L. Stephen	13,915	27.6
	Social Democrat	D. Orford	9,916	19.7
Majority			12,711	25.2
Turnout				69.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
Labour	Barnsley Central \| Barnsley East and Mexborough \| Barnsley West and Penistone \| Batley and Spen \| Bradford North \| Bradford South \| Bradford West \| Brigg and Goole \| Calder Valley \| City of York \| Cleethorpes \| Colne Valley \| Dewsbury \| Don Valley \| Doncaster Central \| Doncaster North \| Elmet \| Great Grimsby \| Halifax \| Hemsworth \| Huddersfield \| Keighley \| Hull East \| Hull North \| Hull West and Hessle \| Leeds Central \| Leeds East \| Leeds North East \| Leeds West \| Morley and Rothwell \| Normanton \| Pontefract and Castleford \| Pudsey \| Rother Valley \| Rotherham \| Scunthorpe \| Selby \| Sheffield, Attercliffe \| Sheffield, Brightside \| Sheffield Central \| Sheffield, Heeley \| Sheffield, Hillsborough \| Wakefield \| Wentworth
Conservative	Beverley and Holderness \| East Yorkshire \| Haltemprice and Howden \| Richmond (Yorks) \| Ryedale \| Scarborough and Whitby \| Shipley \| Skipton and Ripon \| Vale of York
Liberal Democrat	Harrogate and Knaresborough \| Leeds North West \| Sheffield Hallam
Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Labour (2) \| Conservative (2) \| Liberal Democrats (1) \| UKIP (1)