Rotherham is a
constituency
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represented in the
House of Commons
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of the
UK Parliament
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since 2012 by
Sarah Champion
Sarah Deborah Champion (born 10 July 1969) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rotherham since 2012.
Champion studied Psychology at Sheffield University. Before entering Parliament, she ran ...
, a member of the
Labour Party.
History
This constituency was created in the
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
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.
Rotherham has consistently returned
Labour
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MPs since a by-election in
1933, following the earlier period before 1923 dominated by the
Liberal
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* Liberalism (international relations)
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and
Conservative
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parties. The numerical Labour majority in every general election from
1935 onwards has been in five figures, with the exceptions of
2015
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and
2019.
Boundaries
1918–1949: The County Borough of Rotherham, and the Urban Districts of Greasbrough and Rawmarsh.
1950–1983: The County Borough of Rotherham.
Rotherham constituency is one of three
borough constituencies
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in the borough. The current boundary configuration was confirmed in 2005. It is formed with the Rotherham borough electoral wards:
*Boston Castle,
Brinsworth
Brinsworth is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, in South Yorkshire, England. It is situated close to the River Rother between Rotherham (to the north-east) and Sheffield (to the south-west). At the time of ...
and
Catcliffe
Catcliffe is a village and civil parish on the north-west bank of the River Rother in South Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,108. It is in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, approximately sout ...
, Keppel, Rotherham East, Rotherham West, Valley, and
Wingfield ''in the
Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
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''
It borders
Rother Valley,
Sheffield South East,
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
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,
Penistone and Stocksbridge
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, and
Wentworth and Dearne.
Constituency profile
The constituency consists of Census Output Areas of one local government district: a working population whose income is on average slightly below the national average and close to average reliance upon
social housing
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. At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood at 7% and 9.6%
male unemployment
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of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, compared to the regional average of 4.7%. This was considerably higher also than the constituencies that share the borough.
Unemployment claimants by constituency
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The borough contributing to the seat has a relatively high 26.6% of its population without a car compared to 20.1% in Bassetlaw and 30.3% in Sheffield. In terms of extremes of education 29.8% of the population in 2011 were without qualifications, contrasted with 17.4% with level 4 qualifications or above.
In terms of tenure 65.2% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage as at the 2011 census across the borough. In the 10 years to the April 2011 Census the social rented sector saw a 4.9% reduction and the private rented sector
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Other classifica ...
a 5.3% increase; outright ownership saw a 3.8% increase.[
]
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1890s
* Caused by Acland's resignation.
* Caused by Acland's appointment as Vice President of the Committee of the Council on Education
Elections in the 1880s
See also
* List of parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire
Notes
References
Sources
BBC News, Election 2005
BBC News, Vote 2001
*http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)
*F. W. S. Craig
Frederick Walter Scott Craig (10 December 1929 – 23 March 1989) was a Scottish psephologist and compiler of the standard reference books covering United Kingdom Parliamentary election results. He originally worked in public relations, compilin ...
, ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 – 1949''
*F. W. S. Craig
Frederick Walter Scott Craig (10 December 1929 – 23 March 1989) was a Scottish psephologist and compiler of the standard reference books covering United Kingdom Parliamentary election results. He originally worked in public relations, compilin ...
, ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 – 1970''
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Politics of Rotherham
Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885