|
|
|
Barnsley Central
|
|
gain
from Labour
|
|
Eric Illsley
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
3,589 ( 9.8%)
|
|
28,090 (77.0%)
|
|
3,481 ( 9.5%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
1,325 ( 3.6%)
|
|
|
|
61,133
|
|
36,485 (59.7%)
|
|
Eric Illsley
|
|
Barnsley Central
|
|
23,504 (52.2%)
|
|
8,340 (18.5%)
|
|
31,844 (70.8%)
|
|
4,823 (10.7%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
|
Labour
|
|
64,092
|
|
45,007 (70.2%)
|
|
|
-8.7%
|
|
+6.2%
|
|
-1.2%
|
|
+0.0%
|
|
+3.6%
|
|
-4.6%
|
|
-10.5%
|
|
|
|
The archetypal Yorkshire mining town of Barnsley could be expected to be nothing other than the safe Labour fiefdom that it indeed is. The coalmining may have gone, but traditions live long in Yorkshire, and the area remains troubled by welfare and economic problems.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
751
|
2.17
|
9.03
|
24
|
|
|
1,230
|
3.55
|
11.17
|
32
|
|
|
2,794
|
8.06
|
11.25
|
72
|
|
|
5,887
|
16.98
|
14.70
|
116
|
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
10.45
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
2.81
|
0
|
|
|
2,545
|
7.34
|
8.01
|
92
|
|
|
11,022
|
31.80
|
15.25
|
209
|
|
|
7,800
|
22.50
|
7.13
|
316
|
|
|
2,422
|
6.99
|
10.17
|
69
|
|
|
