Election 97

Barnsley East and Mexborough


Result 97 gain
from Labour
Current MP 97 Terry Patchett
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 4,936 (11.4%)
Labour 97 31,699 (73.1%)
LibDem 97 4,489 (10.4%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 2,211 ( 5.1%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 67,840
Turnout 97 43,335 (63.9%)



1992 MP Terry Patchett
Old constituency name Barnsley East
Majority 92 27,721 (55.6%)
Conservative 92 8,654 (17.3%)
Labour 92 36,375 (72.9%)
LibDem 92 4,864 ( 9.7%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Elected party 92 Labour
Electorate 92 69,088
Turnout 92 49,893 (72.2%)
Barnsley East and Mexborough



Tory change -6.0%
Labour change +0.2%
Lib Dem change +0.6%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +5.1%
Electorate change -1.8%
Turnout Change -8.3%
Robert Waller wrote

Barnsley East and Mexborough continues the long Labour tradition at the heart of the former Yorkshire coalfield. Old-fashioned, working-class and with a broad Yorkshire dialect, nowt's going to shift this area's loyalty away from Labour, old or new.


Super Profiles

257 0.67 9.03 7
932 2.44 11.17 22
3,217 8.43 11.25 75
7,677 20.11 14.70 137
207 0.54 10.45 5
684 1.79 2.81 64
1,338 3.51 8.01 44
11,793 30.90 15.25 203
7,679 20.12 7.13 282
4,266 11.18 10.17 110