Barnsley Central (UK Parliament constituency)
Elections

Barnsley Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Section Title: Elections
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Election	Political result	Candidate	Party	Votes	%	±%

Barnsley Central by-election, 2011 Turnout: 24,219 (36.5%) -19.6	Labour hold Majority: 11,771 (48.6%) +18.6	Dan Jarvis	Labour	14,724	60.8	+13.5

Jane Collins	UKIP	2,953	12.2	+7.5

James Hockney	Conservative	1,999	8.3	9.0

Enis Dalton	BNP	1,463	6.0	2.9

Tony Devoy	Independent	1,266	5.2	+3.6

Dominic Carman	Liberal Democrat	1,012	4.2	13.1

Kevin Riddiough	English Democrat	544	2.2	N/A

Howling Laud Hope	Monster Raving Loony	198	0.8	N/A

Michael Val Davies	Independent	60	0.2	N/A

General Election 2010 Turnout: 37,001 (56.5%) +8.8	Labour hold Majority: 11,093 (30.0%) −14.5 Swing: 5.5% from Lab to Lib Dem	Eric Illsley	Labour	17,487	47.3	−10.4

Christopher Wiggin	Liberal Democrat	6,394	17.3	+0.7

Piers Tempest	Conservative	6,388	17.3	+2.5

Ian Sutton	BNP	3,307	8.9	+4.4

David Silver	UKIP	1,727	4.7	N/A

Donald Wood	Independent	732	2.0	2.1

Tony Devoy	Independent	610	1.6	N/A

Terence Robinson	Socialist Labour	356	1.0	N/A

General Election 2005 Turnout: 28,615 (47.2%) +1.4	Labour hold Majority: 12,732 (44.5%) −10.4 Swing: 5.2% from Lab to Lib Dem	Eric Illsley	Labour	17,478	61.1	−8.5

Miles Crompton	Liberal Democrat	4,746	16.6	+1.9

Peter Morel	Conservative	3,813	13.3	+0.2

Geoffrey Broadley	BNP	1,403	4.9	N/A

Donald Wood	Independent	1,175	4.1	N/A

General Election 2001 Turnout: 27,543 (45.8%) −13.8	Labour hold Majority: 15,130 (54.9%) −12.7 Swing: 6.3% from Lab to Con	Eric Illsley	Labour	19,181	69.6	−7.4

Alan Hartley	Liberal Democrat	4,051	14.7	+5.2

Ian McCord	Conservative	3,608	13.1	+3.3

Henry Rajch	Socialist Alliance	703	2.6	N/A

General Election 1997 Turnout: 36,485 (59.7%) −10.8	Labour hold Majority: 24,501 (67.2%) +17.6 Swing: 7.5% from Con to Lab	Eric Illsley	Labour	28,090	77.0	+6.2

Simon Gutteridge	Conservative	3,589	9.8	−8.7

Darren Finlay	Liberal Democrat	3,481	9.5	−1.2

James Walsh	Referendum	1,325	3.6	N/A

General Election 1992 Turnout: 39,056 (70.5%) +0.5	Labour hold Majority: 19,361 (49.6%) +0.9 Swing: 0.5% from Con to Lab	Eric Illsley	Labour	27,048	69.3	+2.5

David N. Senior	Conservative	7,687	19.7	+1.6

Stephen R. Cowton	Liberal Democrat	4,321	11.1	−4.1

General Election 1987 Turnout: 37,548 (70.0%) +3.7	Labour hold Majority: 19,051 (48.7%) +9.9	Eric Illsley	Labour	26,139	66.8	+7.0

Vivien Prais	Conservative	7,088	18.1	−2.9

Susan Holland	Liberal	4,321	15.1	−4.1

General Election 1983 New constituency Turnout: 36,532 (66.3%) N/A	Labour win Majority: 14,173 (38.8%) N/A	Roy Mason	Labour	21,847	59.8	N/A

Howard S. Oldfield	Conservative	7,674	21.0	N/A

Geoffrey C. Reid	Liberal	7,011	19.2	N/A

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