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Rotherham (UK Parliament constituency)

{{UK constituency infobox|
Name = RotherhamMap1 = RotherhamType = BoroughMap2 = SouthYorkshireEntity = South YorkshireCounty = South YorkshireYear = 1885MP = Denis MacShaneParty = LabourEP = Yorkshire and the HumberRotherham is a Parliamentary constituency covering Rotherham. It is considered a safe Labour seat and has been represented by Denis MacShane since the 1994 by-election.

Boundaries

Rotherham constituency is one of three borough constituencies in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham. It borders the constituencies of Rother Valley, Sheffield Attercliffe, Sheffield Brightside, Sheffield Hillsborough, and Wentworth.

Members of Parliament

YearMember! Party
1885Arthur Herbert Dyke AclandLiberal
1899William Henry HollandLiberal
1910Joseph PeaseLiberal
1917Arthur RichardsonLib-Lab
1918Frederic Arthur KelleyConservative
1923Fred LinleyLabour
1931George HerbertConservative
1933William DobbieLabour
1950Jack JonesLabour
1963Brian O'MalleyLabour
1976Stanley CrowtherLabour
1992James BoyceLabour
1994Denis MacShaneLabour

Elections

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Rotherham election results

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1910s

In the Rotherham by-election, 1917, Arthur Richardson was elected unopposed.

In the Rotherham by-election, 1916, Joseph Pease was elected unopposed.

In the Rotherham by-election of March 1910, Joseph Pease was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1900s

In the 1906 UK general election, William Henry Holland was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1890s

In the Rotherham by-election, 1892 and the 1895 UK general election, Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1880s

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

Sources

*BBC News, Election 2005
*BBC News, Vote 2001
*Guardian Unlimited Politics
*Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
*http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)
*F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949
*F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 - 1970



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