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Home General Elections 5 May 2005 Barnsley East and Mexborough |
UK Polling History: Election of 5 May 2005 – Barnsley East and Mexborough
Result summary
| Parties | ||||
| Labour | Liberal Democrat |
Conservative | Other | |
| Votes | 20,779 | 6,654 | 4,853 | 740 |
| Votes gained | -1,166 | +1,498 | +829 | -644 |
| Share of votes | 62.9% | 20.1% | 14.7% | 2.2% |
| Share of eligible voters | 31.0% | 9.9% | 7.2% | 1.1% |
| Gain in share of votes | -4.6% | +4.3% | +2.3% | -2.0% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | -2.4% | +2.1% | +1.1% | -1.0% |
| Total votes: | 33,026 | |
| Electorate: | 66,967 | |
| Turnout: | 49.3% | |
| Outcome: | Labour hold | |
| Swing: | 4.4% | Liberal Democrat from Labour |
Polling history
List of contests
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Constituency formed from Barnsley East 1 May 1997 |
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Constituency succeeded by Don Valley 6 May 2010 |
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| Date | Type | Parties | |||
| Labour | Liberal Democrat |
Conservative | Other | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | |||
| Labour | Liberal Democrat |
Conservative | Other | ||
| 5 May 2005 | General Election | 20,779 | 6,654 | 4,853 | 740 |
| 7 June 2001 | General Election | 21,945 | 5,156 | 4,024 | 1,384 |
| 1 May 1997 | General Election | 31,699 | 4,489 | 4,936 | 2,211 |