Barnsley Central (UK Parliament Constituency)
Coordinates: 53°33′14″N 1°28′48″W / 53.554°N 1.480°W / 53.554; -1.480
| Barnsley Central | |
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| Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Barnsley Central in South Yorkshire. |
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Location of South Yorkshire within England. |
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| County | South Yorkshire |
| Electorate | 64,732 (December 2010) |
| Major settlements | Barnsley, Royston |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 (1983) |
| Member of Parliament | Dan Jarvis (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Barnsley, Wakefield |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Barnsley Central is a borough Parliamentary constituency in South Yorkshire. It returns 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.
Created in 1983, Barnsley Central covers a similar area to that of the former Barnsley constituency. It is considered a safe Labour seat and had been represented since 1987 by Eric Illsley. The seat was held by Illsley as an independent MP after he was suspended from the Labour party over the expenses row, but became vacant on 8 February 2011.
On 12 January 2011, having admitted fraud over his expenses, Illsley announced the intention to stand down from Parliament, necessitating a by-election in early 2011. On 8 February 2011 Ilsley resigned his seat, by accepting appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, before he was due to be sentenced for dishonestly claiming parliamentary expenses. The by-election was held on 3 March 2011 and was won by Dan Jarvis for the Labour Party, increasing the Labour majority and share of the vote.
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