Don Valley (UK Parliament Constituency)
Coordinates: 53°29′31″N 1°07′59″W / 53.492°N 1.133°W / 53.492; -1.133
| Don Valley | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Don Valley in South Yorkshire. |
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Location of South Yorkshire within England. |
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| County | South Yorkshire |
| Electorate | 73,674 (December 2010) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1918 (1918) |
| Member of Parliament | Caroline Flint (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Doncaster |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Don Valley is a parliamentary constituency which returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Created in 1918, Don Valley is a former coal mining area which has elected only Labour MPs since 1922. The current MP is Caroline Flint, first elected in 1997.
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