UK general elections2017 › Barnsley Central

Barnsley Central — 2017

Dan Jarvis (Labour Party) was elected with 24,982 votes63.9% of 39,087 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 63.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +13.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,087

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes.Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Dan Jarvis Labour Party 24,98263.9%+13.9 ptsElected
2Amanda Ford Conservative Party 9,43624.1%
3Gavin Felton UK Independence Party 3,3398.5%
4Richard Trotman Green Party 5701.5%
5David Ridgway Liberal Democrats 5491.4%
6Stephen Morris English Democrats 2110.5%

Electorate 64,204 · Turnout 60.9% · Majority 15,546 · Back to 2017 overview

Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.