Penistone
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	West Riding of Yorkshire
1918–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Hallamshire and Holmfirth
Replaced by	Barnsley West & Penistone and Sheffield Hillsborough

Penistone was a Parliamentary constituency covering the town of Penistone in Yorkshire and surrounding countryside. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

History

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Clayton West, Denby and Cumberworth, Gunthwaite and Ingbirchworth, Hoyland Swaine, Kirkburton, Penistone, Shelley, Shepley, Skelmanthorpe, Stocksbridge, and Thurlstone, and the Rural Districts of Penistone and Wortley.

1950–1955: The Urban Districts of Denby Dale, Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Kirkburton, Penistone, and Stocksbridge, and the Rural Districts of Penistone and Wortley.

1955–1983: The Urban Districts of Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Penistone, and Stocksbridge, and the Rural Districts of Penistone and Wortley.

The area formerly covered by this constituency was then placed mostly in the Barnsley West and Penistone constituency and partly in the Sheffield Hillsborough constituency.

Following a later boundary review, the Penistone and Stocksbridge constituency which came into force at the 2010 general election roughly covered a similar area to the old Penistone constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Sydney Arnold	Liberal
	1921 by-election	William Gillis	Labour
	1922	William Pringle	Liberal
	1924	Rennie Smith	Labour
	1931	Clifford Glossop	Conservative
	1935	Henry McGhee	Labour
	1959 by-election	John Mendelson	Labour
	1978 by-election	Allen McKay	Labour
1983		constituency abolished: see Barnsley West and Penistone

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allen McKay	28,010	49.1	-5.1
	Conservative	Ian James Dobkin	18,309	32.1	+8.1
	Liberal	David Chadwick	10,772	18.9	-2.9
Majority			9,701	17.0	-13.2
Turnout			57,091	78.9	+4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

1978 Penistone by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allen McKay	19,424	45.5	-8.7
	Conservative	Ian James Dobkin	14,053	32.9	+8.9
	Liberal	David Chadwick	9,241	21.6	-0.2
Majority			5,371	12.6	-17.6
Turnout			42,718
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mendelson	27,146	54.2	+4.5
	Conservative	G. C. W. Harris	12,011	24.0	-1.2
	Liberal	David Chadwick	10,900	21.8	-1.7
Majority			15,135	30.2	+5.7
Turnout			50,057	74.7	-9.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mendelson	27,797	49.7	-9.0
	Conservative	A. D. Wilkinson	14,084	25.2	-2.5
	Liberal	David Chadwick	13,140	23.5	+9.9
	Campaign for Social Democracy	M. Eaden	867	1.6	New
Majority			13,713	24.5	-6.5
Turnout			55,888	84.1	+10.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1970: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mendelson	31,615	58.7	-3.6
	Conservative	Alan Pickup	14,897	27.7	+4.3
	Liberal	Derick Mirfin	7,347	13.6	-0.7
Majority			16,718	31.0	-7.9
Turnout			53,859	73.9	-5.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Penistone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mendelson	31,419	62.3	+4.2
	Conservative	Bryan Askew	11,817	23.4	-2.2
	Liberal	Ronald Swinden	7,191	14.3	-2.0
Majority			19,602	38.9	+6.4
Turnout			50,427	78.9	-2.2
	Labour hold		Swing

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