Don Valley is a former constituency in South Yorkshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It elected one Member of Parliament at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post system of voting.
Further to the completion of the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was subject to boundary changes which included gain of the Isle of Axholme in the Borough of North Lincolnshire and the loss of Conisbrough to the new constituency of Rawmarsh and Conisbrough. As a consequence, it was renamed Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme, and was first contested at the 2024 general election.
Constituency profile Created in 1918, Don Valley was a former coal mining area which elected only Labour MPs from 1922 to 2019. The seat recorded a strong Brexit vote (69%) in the 2016 referendum.
Boundaries
1918—1950: The Urban Districts of Mexborough and Tickhill, and the Rural Districts of Doncaster and Thorne.
1950—1983: The Urban Districts of Adwick-le-Street, Bentley with Arksey, and Tickhill, and the Rural District of Doncaster.
1983—1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Conisbrough, Edlington and Warmsworth, Mexborough, Richmond, Rossington, South East, and Southern Parks.
1997—2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Conisbrough, Edlington and Warmsworth, Hatfield, Rossington, South East, and Southern Parks.
2010—2024: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Conisbrough and Denaby, Edlington and Warmsworth, Finningley, Hatfield, Rossington, Thorne, and Torne Valley.
The constituency consisted of the southern Borough of Doncaster, from Hatfield and the Humberhead Peatlands Nature Reserve in the north and northeast, through Branton, Auckley, and Rossington, to the Torne Valley electoral ward which consists of Wadworth, Tickhill, Braithwell, and in the west Conisbrough.
In boundary changes which took effect at the 2010 election, Sprotbrough was moved to Doncaster North, while in the east the town of Thorne was moved from Doncaster North into Don Valley.
Members of Parliament
Doncaster prior to 1918
ElectionMemberParty 1918 James Walton Coalition National Democratic 1922 Thomas Williams Labour 1959 Richard Kelley Labour 1979 Michael Welsh Labour 1983 Martin Redmond Labour 1997 Caroline Flint Labour 2019 Nick Fletcher Conservative 2024 Constituency abolished
Election results 1918–2024
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 2010s
See also List of parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire
Notes
References
Sources Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present) Politicsresources.net – Official Web Site ✔ (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
External links Don Valley UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK Don Valley UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK