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Doncaster (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1983

Summary

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1983

Field	Value
name	Doncaster
type	County
image
caption	Doncaster in Yorkshire 1885-1918
year	1885
abolished	1983
elects_howmany	One
previous	Southern West Riding of Yorkshire
next	Doncaster Central and Don Valley
region	England
county	West Riding of Yorkshire, then South Yorkshire

Doncaster was a Parliamentary constituency covering the town of Doncaster in England. It was created in 1885 and abolished in 1983.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Borough of Doncaster, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Lower Strafforth and Tickhill, and Upper Strafforth and Tickhill.

1918–1950: The Borough of Doncaster, and the Urban Districts of Adwick-le-Street and Bentley-with-Arksey.

1950–1983: The County Borough of Doncaster.

The area formerly covered by this constituency is now mostly in the Doncaster Central and Doncaster North constituencies.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1885	Walter Shirley Shirley
Liberal Unionist Party (UK)}}"		1888 by-election	Hon. Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1892	Charles James Fleming
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1895	Frederick Fison
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1906	Charles Norris Nicholson
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1918	Reginald Nicholson
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1922	Wilfred Paling
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1931	Hugh Molson
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1935	Alfred Short
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1938 by-election	John Morgan
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1941 by-election	Evelyn Walkden
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1950	Ray Gunter
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1951	Anthony Barber
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1964	Harold Walker
1983	constituency abolished: see Doncaster Central & Doncaster North

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1940s

In the 1941 Doncaster by-election, Evelyn Walkden was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1920s

|reg. electors = 58,213 |reg. electors = 40,633 |reg. electors = 39,027

|reg. electors = 37,310

Elections in the 1910s

|reg. electors = 35,114

|reg. electors = 21,511

Elections in the 1900s

|reg. electors = 18,682

|reg. electors = 16,276

Elections in the 1890s

|reg. electors = 14,247

|reg. electors = 14,521

Elections in the 1880s

|reg. electors = 13,252

|reg. electors = 13,157

References

Sources

Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources (Election results since 1951)

References

"'Doncaster', Feb 1974 - May 1983". Cognitive Computing Limited.
(1974). "British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918". Macmillan Press.
(24 Mar 1885). "Failures". [[Leeds Intelligencer.

Wikipedia Source

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