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    Dearne Valley, UK Parliamentary general election

    At the most recent election (3 May 1979), Edwin Wainwright (The Labour Party) won Dearne Valley, with a majority of 22,735 votes.

    Area type
    constituency
    Within
    UK Parliamentary general election
    Elections recorded
    10
    Recorded results
    26
    Dearne Valley: UK General Election 03 May 1979
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Edwin WainwrightThe Labour Party31,78368.8%Yes
    Jacqucline Roberta PattmanConservative Party9,04819.6%No
    Peter HargreavesLiberal Democrats5,35211.6%No
    Dearne Valley: UK General Election 10 Oct 1974Turnout 71.1%, electorate 63,249
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Edwin WainwrightThe Labour Party33,31574.1%Yes
    Lord IrwinConservative Party6,04613.5%No
    Peter HargreavesLiberal Democrats5,58812.4%No
    Dearne Valley: UK General Election 28 Feb 1974
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Edwin WainwrightThe Labour Party34,72768.8%Yes
    Peter HargreavesLiberal Democrats7,87315.6%No
    Lord IrwinConservative Party6,95013.8%No
    Arthur Ernest WilsonIndependent9061.8%No
    Dearne Valley: UK General Election 18 Jun 1970
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Edwin WainwrightThe Labour Party33,96675.1%Yes
    Arthur Basil CowlConservative Party6,84815.1%No
    Peter HargreavesLiberal Democrats4,4269.8%No
    Dearne Valley: UK General Election 31 Mar 1966
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Edwin WainwrightThe Labour Party36,73581.6%Yes
    John William RobertsConservative Party6,12113.6%No
    Peter HargreavesIndependent2,1704.8%No
    Dearne Valley: UK General Election 15 Oct 1964
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Edwin WainwrightThe Labour Party38,10180.8%Yes
    Bernard BlighConservative Party9,06919.2%No
    Dearne Valley: UK General Election 08 Oct 1959
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Edwin WainwrightThe Labour Party39,08877.7%Yes
    David SW BlackerConservative Party11,20522.3%No
    Dearne Valley: UK General Election 26 May 1955
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Wilfred PalingThe Labour Party36,71877.9%Yes
    Rowland WinnConservative Party10,40222.1%No
    Dearne Valley: UK General Election 25 Oct 1951
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Wilfred PalingThe Labour Party39,78279.6%Yes
    Jack SizerConservative Party10,19720.4%No
    Dearne Valley: UK General Election 23 Feb 1950
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Wilfred PalingThe Labour Party40,42079.6%Yes
    Aymée Lavender Gandar DowerConservative and National Liberal10,36520.4%No

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