Don Valley was a
constituency
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in
South Yorkshire
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, represented in the
House of Commons
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of the
UK Parliament
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from
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
until its abolition by
Nick Fletcher of the
Conservative Party.
Further to the completion of the
2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies
The 2023 review of Westminster constituencies was the most recent cycle of the process to redraw the Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency map for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The new constituency b ...
, the seat was subject to boundary changes which included gain of the
Isle of Axholme
The Isle of Axholme is an area of Lincolnshire, England, adjoining South Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is located between Scunthorpe and Gainsborough, both of which are in the traditional West Riding of Lindsey, and Doncast ...
in the
Borough of North Lincolnshire and the loss of
Conisbrough to the new constituency of
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough. As a consequence, it was renamed
Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme, and was first contested at the
2024 general election.
Constituency profile
Created in
1918
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, Don Valley is a former
coal mining
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area which elected only
Labour MPs from
1922 to
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
. The seat recorded a strong Brexit vote (69%) in the
2016 referendum.
Boundaries
1918—1950: The Urban Districts of Mexborough and Tickhill, and the Rural Districts of Doncaster and Thorne.
1950—1983: The Urban Districts of Adwick-le-Street, Bentley with Arksey, and Tickhill, and the Rural District of Doncaster.
1983—1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Conisbrough, Edlington and Warmsworth, Mexborough, Richmond, Rossington, South East, and Southern Parks.
1997—2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Conisbrough, Edlington and Warmsworth, Hatfield, Rossington, South East, and Southern Parks.
2010—2024: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Conisbrough and Denaby, Edlington and Warmsworth, Finningley, Hatfield, Rossington, Thorne, and Torne Valley.
The current constituency consists of the southern
Borough of Doncaster, from
Hatfield and the Humberhead Peatlands Nature Reserve in the north and northeast, through
Branton, Auckley, and Rossington, to the Torne Valley electoral ward which consists of Wadworth, Tickhill, Braithwell, and in the west
Conisbrough.
In boundary changes which took effect at the
2010 election, Sprotbrough was moved to
Doncaster North, while in the east the town of
Thorne was moved from Doncaster North into Don Valley.
Members of Parliament
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Doncaster
Doncaster ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, Yorkshire, River Don, it is the administrative centre of the City of Doncaster metropolitan borough, and is the second largest se ...
prior to 1918''
Election results 1918–2024
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 2010s
See also
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire
Notes
References
Sources
Guardian Unlimited Politics(Election results from 1992 to the present)
Politicsresources.net – Official Web Site ✔ (Election results from 1951 to the present)
*
F. W. S. Craig, ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 – 1949''
*
F. W. S. Craig, ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 – 1970''
External links
Don Valley UK Parliament constituency(boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at ''MapIt UK''
(boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK''
{{Authority control
Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2024
Politics of Doncaster