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Parliamentary Constituencies In South Yorkshire
The ceremonial county of South Yorkshire is divided into 14 United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituencies – 5 Borough constituency, borough constituencies and 9 County constituency, county constituencies, one of which is partly in the North Lincolnshire, District of North Lincolnshire. Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency), 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 United Kingdom general election, 2017. For a 22-year period spanning 1997–2019, the Conservatives had no seats in South Yorkshire, until the 2019 United Kingdom general election, 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 ever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ceremonial County
Ceremonial counties, formally known as ''counties for the purposes of the lieutenancies'', are areas of England to which lord-lieutenant, lord-lieutenants are appointed. A lord-lieutenant is the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, monarch's representative in an area. Shrieval counties have the same boundaries and serve a similar purpose, being the areas to which High sheriff#England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, high sheriffs are appointed. High sheriffs are the monarch's judicial representative in an area. The ceremonial counties are defined in the Lieutenancies Act 1997, and the shrieval counties in the Sheriffs Act 1887. Both are defined as groups of Local government in England, counties used for local government. History The historic counties of England were originally used as areas for administering justice and organising the militia, overseen by a High sheriff, sheriff. From Tudor period, Tudor times onwards a lord-lieutenant was appointed to oversee the militia, taki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Barnsley North (UK Parliament Constituency)
Barnsley North is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. It is represented by Dan Jarvis of the Labour Party, who was MP for the predecessor seat of Barnsley Central from 2011 to 2024. Boundaries The constituency is composed of the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley (as they existed on 1 December 2020): * Central, Cudworth, Darton East, Darton West, Monk Bretton, North East, Old Town, Royston, and St Helens It comprises the whole of the abolished Barnsley Central constituency except Kingstone ward, with the addition of the Cudworth and North East wards from Barnsley East (also abolished). Members of Parliament ''Barnsley Central prior to 2024'' Elections Elections in the 2020s Barnsley North was one of three English constituencies where the Reform UK vote decreased in the election, the others being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nick Fletcher (politician)
Nicholas Anthony Fletcher (born 15 July 1972) is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Don Valley from the 2019 general election until 2024. He was the only Conservative to ever be elected for the seat. Early life and career Fletcher grew up in Armthorpe, Doncaster, and attended Armthorpe Comprehensive before gaining a HNC in electronic engineering in 1992. In 1994, after being made redundant, he took a business course and established Analogue Electrics in Doncaster. Fletcher also owns a property portfolio consisting of ten residential properties. Before being elected to Parliament, Fletcher served as the director of Doncaster Chamber of Commerce (Doncaster Chamber) from 19 December 2018 to 13 December 2019. He also served as the chairman of the Doncaster Conservative Federation. Fletcher is a landlord, and he owns six houses and four flats in South Yorkshire. At the time he was an MP this was the highest number of resident ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lee Pitcher
Lee Michael Pitcher (born 18 July 1977) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme since 2024. Early life and education Lee Michael Pitcher was born on 18 July 1977. Pitcher was homeless for a period as a child, and was also a victim of bullying at school which he has said was due to the length of his trousers. He later earned a Master's degree. Career Pitcher previously worked three jobs simultaneously. He is also the Chair of Governors for Travis St Lawrence Church of England School in Hatfield, and was also a voluntary Chairman of an Arts and Culture school. Pitcher worked for Jacobs Solutions, a technical services company, in water management. A post on the company website says that "Lee has spent 22 years with water utilities, starting on the front line in public health as a sewer baiter to control the rodent population." Political Pitcher was the chair and Mayor of Hatfield Town Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Doncaster East And The Isle Of Axholme (UK Parliament Constituency)
Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, since when it has been represented by Lee Pitcher of the Labour Party. The seat covers eastern areas of Doncaster in South Yorkshire and the Isle of Axholme in Lincolnshire. Boundaries The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020): * The City of Doncaster wards of: Finningley; Hatfield; Rossington & Bawtry; Thorne & Moorends. * The District of North Lincolnshire wards of Axholme Central; Axholme North; Axholme South. It comprises the following: In the City of Doncaster: * Finningley, Hatfield, Rossington, Bawtry and Thorne from Don Valley (abolished) * Moorends from Doncaster North In North Lincolnshire: * The Isle of Axholme from Brigg and Goole (abolished) Members of Parliament '' Brigg & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Doncaster Central Constituency 2023
Doncaster ( ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the City of Doncaster metropolitan borough, and is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Noted for its racing and railway history, it is situated in the Don Valley on the western edge of the Humberhead Levels and east of the Pennines. It had a population of 87,455 at the 2021 census, whilst its built-up area had a population of 160,220, and the wider metropolitan borough had a population of 308,100. Adjacent to Doncaster to its east is the Isle of Axholme in Lincolnshire, which contains the towns of Haxey, Epworth and Crowle, and directly south is Harworth Bircotes in Nottinghamshire. Also, within the city's vicinity are Barnsley, Wakefield, Pontefract, Selby, Goole, Scunthorpe, Gainsborough, Retford, Worksop and Rotherham, to which Doncaster is linked by road and rail. As part of the Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours, Doncaster receive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
City Of Doncaster Council
City of Doncaster Council is the local authority of the City of Doncaster, a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire, England. Prior to being awarded city status in 2022 the council was called Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council. The council is based at the Civic Office in Waterdale, central Doncaster. It is one of four local authorities in South Yorkshire and provides the majority of local government services in Doncaster. The council is a member of the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority. The council is led by a directly elected mayor. Since 2013 the post has been held by Ros Jones of the Labour Party. History The town of Doncaster was an ancient borough, with its first known charter dating from 1194. The borough was reformed to become a municipal borough in 1836 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, which standardised how most boroughs operated across the country. By 1927 the borough was considered large enough to run its own county-level s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sally Jameson
Sally Anne Jameson is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster Central since 2024. Early life and career Sally Jameson was born and raised in Doncaster. She was a prison officer at a local prison and was a branch chair of the Prison Officers' Association union. Politics She campaigned for Labour for 12 years before being elected, and was an agent for the previous MP Rosie Winterton. She was selected to stand in the 2024 general election for Doncaster Central, in July 2022. She was endorsed by Unison, ASLEF, Co-operative Party and USDAW The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) is a trade union in the United Kingdom, consisting of over 360,000 members. Usdaw members work in a variety of occupations and industries including: shopworkers, factory and warehouse wor .... She won the seat with a majority of 9,551. References External links Living people UK MPs 2024–present Female members of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Doncaster Central (UK Parliament Constituency)
Doncaster Central is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Sally Jameson of the Labour Party. History Created in 1983, the seat covers most of the Yorkshire city of Doncaster. It is considered a Labour stronghold, although the 2019 result was more marginal, with Labour defeating the Conservatives by a majority of 5.5%. Dame Rosie Winterton represented the seat from 1997 to 2024, serving as a Deputy Speaker in the House of Commons from 2017 to 2024. Boundaries The constituency includes most of the town of Doncaster and neighbours the Doncaster North, Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme, Rawmarsh and Conisbrough, Rother Valley, and Bassetlaw seats. 1983–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Armthorpe, Balby, Bessacarr, Central, Intake, Town Field, and Wheatley. 2010–2024: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Armthorpe, Balby, Bessacarr and Cantley, Central, Edenthorpe, Kirk Sandall and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Barnsley South Constituency 2023
Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It is the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. The town's population was 71,422 in 2021, while the wider borough had a population of 244,600 in the 2021 census. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Barnsley is located on the M1 corridor between the cities of Sheffield to the south and Wakefield to the north. Doncaster is to the east, Huddersfield to the north-west, and Manchester lies west across the Peak District to which it is connected to via the A628 road. Barnsley's former industries include linen, coal mining, glass making and textiles. Barnsley's culture is rooted in its industrial heritage and it has a tradition of brass bands, originally created as social clubs by its mining communities. History Following the Norman invasion of 1066, many abbeys and priories were built in Yorkshire. Norman landowners increased their revenues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Stephanie Peacock
Stephanie Louise Peacock (born 1986) is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley South, previously Barnsley East, since 2017. She has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth since July 2024. Early life and education Stephanie Peacock was born in 1986 in Birmingham. She obtained a degree in history from Queen Mary University of London, and a master's degree from the Institute of Education, University College London. Early career After graduating Peacock worked as a teacher, before going on to work on adult education in Yorkshire for the shop workers' union USDAW. Between 2007 and 2011, she served as the Youth Representative on the Labour Party National Executive Committee. In 2007 she introduced Gordon Brown at the launch of his unopposed campaign to become Labour Leader. Between 2013 and 2017, she worked as a Political Officer for the GMB trade union. Parliamentary career At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Barnsley South (UK Parliament Constituency)
Barnsley South is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. It is represented by Stephanie Peacock of the Labour Party, who was MP for the predecessor seat of Barnsley East from 2017 to 2024. Boundaries The constituency is composed of the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley (as they existed on 1 December 2020): * Darfield, Dearne North, Dearne South, Hoyland Milton, Kingstone, Rockingham, Stairfoot, Wombwell, and Worsbrough from Barnsley East. It comprises the bulk of Barnsley East (excluding the Cudworth and North East wards), with addition of the two Dearne wards from Wentworth and Dearne and the Kingstone ward from Barnsley Central. (All three predecessor constituencies were abolished under the 2023 review). Members of Parliament ''Barnsley East Barnsley East was a List of United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
