# Barnsley East and Mexborough (UK Parliament constituency)

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Barnsley East and Mexborough was a Parliamentary constituency in South Yorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created in 1997, partially replacing Barnsley East, and was a safe seat for the Labour Party. At the 2010 general election, it was largely replaced by a re-established Barnsley East constituency.

## Boundaries

The Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley wards of Brierley, Darfield, Dearne South, Dearne Thurnscoe, Wombwell North, and Wombwell South, and the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Mexborough and Richmond.
Barnsley East and Mexborough constituency covered the eastern part of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and included the town of Mexborough (in the borough of Doncaster). It bordered the constituencies of Barnsley Central, Barnsley West and Penistone, Wentworth, Don Valley, Doncaster Central, Doncaster North, Selby, and Hemsworth.

### Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England has split the existing Barnsley East seat from Mexborough, to create a smaller modified Barnsley East constituency.
This means the 2005 election was the last for the Barnsley East and Mexborough constituency. The electoral wards used in the formation of the new East division are:
* Cudworth, Darfield, Hoyland Milton, North East, Rockingham, Stairfoot, Wombwell and Worsbrough.
The new Wentworth and Dearne seat includes the wards of Dearne North and Dearne South. This area includes Bolton-on-Dearne, Goldthorpe and Thurnscoe.

## Members of Parliament

The constituency had one Member of Parliament since its creation in 1997, from the Labour Party.
| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1997 | Jeff Ennis | Labour |
| | 2010 | constituency abolished: see Barnsley East and Don Valley | constituency abolished: see Barnsley East and Don Valley |

## Elections
### Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Barnsley East and Mexborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jeff Ennis | 20,779 | 62.9 | −4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sharron Brook | 6,654 | 20.1 | +4.2 |
| | Conservative | Carolyn Abbott | 4,853 | 14.7 | +2.3 |
| | Socialist Labour | Terry Robinson | 740 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,125 | 42.8 | −8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,026 | 49.3 | −0.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −4.4 | |
General election 2001: Barnsley East and Mexborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jeff Ennis | 21,945 | 67.5 | −5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sharron Brook | 5,156 | 15.9 | +5.5 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Offord | 4,024 | 12.4 | +1.0 |
| | Socialist Labour | Terry Robinson | 722 | 2.2 | −0.6 |
| | UKIP | George C. Savage | 662 | 2.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,789 | 51.6 | −10.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,509 | 49.5 | −14.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −5.1 | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Barnsley East and Mexborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jeff Ennis | 31,699 | 73.1 | −3.3 |
| | Conservative | Jane Ellison | 4,936 | 11.4 | +4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David G. Willis | 4,489 | 10.4 | +2.0 |
| | Socialist Labour | Ken Capstick | 1,213 | 2.8 | −2.5 |
| | Referendum | Arthur J. Miles | 797 | 1.8 | New |
| | Independent | Julie E. Hyland | 201 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26,763 | 61.7 | −1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,335 | 63.6 | −9.1 |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |