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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		13,189/28,724	45.92
James Walton	National Democratic Party - Coalition	6,095	46.21
Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith	Liberal Party	3,868	29.33
Edward Hough	Labour Party	3,226	24.46
Majority		2,227	16.89

Hastings Lees-Smith contested the election as an "Independent Radical" but he was a member of the Liberal Party.

15 November 1922		21,032/32,175	65.37
Thomas Williams	Labour Party	9,903	47.09
James Walton	National Democratic Party	5,797	27.56
John Henry Freeborough	Liberal Party	5,332	25.35
Majority		4,106	19.52

James Walton was quoted in the 10 November 1922 issue of the Doncaster Gazette as "many people wonder what party I belong to. Well, I will tell them I am simply Jim Walton of Don Valley Division." He added that he was not opposed to the Labour Party, merely to the Labour Party at present constituted. There is no evidence that he had left the NDP prior to the 1922 Dissolution and he is classed as NDP despite the fact he sought election as a "Consitutional Labour" candidate.

6 December 1923		21,349/34,339	62.17
Thomas Williams	Labour Party	12,898	60.42
John Wells Reynolds	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,451	39.58
Majority		4,447	20.83

29 October 1924		27,061/37,184	72.78
Thomas Williams	Labour Party	14,598	53.94
John Wells Reynolds	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,463	46.06
Majority		2,135	7.89

30 May 1929		42,933/61,604	69.69
Thomas Williams	Labour Party	31,466	73.29
Walter Sydney Liddall	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,467	26.71
Majority		19,999	46.58

27 October 1931		47,105/66,197	71.16
Thomas Williams	Labour Party	27,599	58.59
Samuel Hardwick	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,506	41.41
Majority		8,093	17.18

14 November 1935		48,181/68,816	70.01
Thomas Williams	Labour Party	33,220	68.95
John Sinclair Wemyss Arbuthnot	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,961	31.05
Majority		18,259	37.90

5 July 1945		55,985/76,487	73.20
Rt Hon Thomas Williams	Labour Party	40,153	71.72
James Joseph Alexander Nesbit Ross	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,832	28.28
Majority		24,321	43.44

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		53,778/61,312	87.71
Rt Hon Thomas Williams	Labour Party	39,789	73.99
Douglas Graham	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,982	24.14
Samuel Taylor	Communist Party	1,007	1.87
Majority		26,807	49.85

Minor Boundary Change
25 October 1951		53,549/62,345	85.89
Rt Hon Thomas Williams	Labour Party	39,687	74.11
David Sime Borrough Hopkins	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,862	25.89
Majority		25,825	48.23

26 May 1955		52,134/64,210	81.19
Rt Hon Thomas Williams	Labour Party	38,433	73.72
Jack Victor Thornton	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,701	26.28
Majority		24,732	47.44

8 October 1959		57,722/68,876	83.81
Richard Kelley	Labour Party	40,935	70.92
Geoffrey Hugh Dodsworth	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,787	29.08
Majority		24,148	41.84

15 October 1964		59,045/73,120	80.75
Richard Kelley	Labour Party	42,452	71.90
David Jeffcock	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,593	28.10
Majority		25,859	43.80

31 March 1966		58,711/74,946	78.34
Richard Kelley	Labour Party	43,973	74.90
Richard Storey	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,738	25.10
Majority		29,235	49.79

18 June 1970		61,169/83,618	73.15
Richard Kelley	Labour Party	42,496	69.47
Tim Walter Gaines Jackson	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,673	30.53
Majority		23,823	38.95

28 February 1974		69,529/87,941	79.06
Richard Kelley	Labour Party	48,737	70.10
Peter John le Bosquet	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,792	29.90
Majority		27,945	40.19

10 October 1974		65,115/88,753	73.37
Richard Kelley	Labour Party	41,187	63.25
Peter John le Bosquet	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,767	21.14
Edwin Herbert Simpson	Liberal Party	10,161	15.60
Majority		27,420	42.11

3 May 1979		71,202/95,287	74.72
Michael Collins Welsh	Labour Party	39,603	55.62
Roger Norman Freeman	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,243	31.24
Edwin Herbert Simpson	Liberal Party	8,238	11.57
Ian J Connolly	Workers Party	720	1.01
Terence Stanley McCabe	Workers Revolutionary Party	398	0.56
Majority		17,360	24.38

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		51,088/74,136	68.91
Martin Redmond	Labour Party	23,036	45.09
Brenda Utting	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,570	32.43
Donald Lawrence Lange	Liberal Party in Alliance	11,482	22.47
Majority		6,466	12.66

11 June 1987		54,960/75,452	72.84
Martin Redmond	Labour Party	29,200	53.13
Charles Hubert Gallagher	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,733	32.27
Wilfred Kristian Whitaker	Liberal Party in Alliance	8,027	14.61
Majority		11,467	20.86

9 April 1992		58,205/76,327	76.26
Martin Redmond	Labour Party	32,008	54.99
Nicholas Paget-Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,474	31.74
Malcolm Jevons	Liberal Democrats	6,920	11.89
Thomas Stephen Platt	Green Party	803	1.38
Majority		13,534	23.25

20 January 1997 Death of Martin Redmond.

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		43,557/65,643	66.35
Caroline Louise Flint	Labour Party	25,376	58.26
Clare Helen Gledhill	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,717	24.60
Paul Johnston	Liberal Democrats	4,238	9.73
Paul Raymond Davis	Referendum Party	1,379	3.17
Nigel Ball	Socialist Labour	1,024	2.35
Thomas Stephen Platt	Green Party	493	1.13
Claire Denise Johnson	Pro-Life Alliance	330	0.76
Majority		14,659	33.65

7 June 2001		36,630/66,244	55.30
Caroline Louise Flint	Labour Party	20,009	54.62
James William Browne	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,489	28.63
Phillip Ashley Smith	Liberal Democrats	4,089	11.16
Tony Wilde	Independent	800	2.18
David Arthur Cooper	UK Independence Party	777	2.12
Nigel Ball	Socialist Labour	466	1.27
Majority		9,520	25.99

5 May 2005		36,864/66,993	55.03
Caroline Louise Flint	Labour Party	19,418	52.67
Adam Matthew Duguid	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,820	29.35
Stewart David Arnold	Liberal Democrats	6,626	17.97
Majority		8,598	23.32

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		43,430/73,243	59.30
Rt Hon Caroline Louise Flint	Labour Party	16,472	37.93
Matt Stephens	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,877	29.65
Edwin Herbert Simpson	Liberal Democrats	7,422	17.09
Erwin Toseland	British National Party	2,112	4.86
William Brooke Shaw	UK Independence Party	1,904	4.38
Bernie Aston	English Democrats Party	1,756	4.04
Martin Williams	Independent	887	2.04
Majority		3,595	8.28

7 May 2015		42,486/71,299	59.59
Rt Hon Caroline Louise Flint	Labour Party	19,621	46.18
Carl James Jackson	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,736	25.27
Charles Guy Aston	UK Independence Party	9,963	23.45
Rene Paterson	Liberal Democrats	1,487	3.50
Stephen Andrew Williams	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	437	1.03
Louise Ann Uncles	English Democrats Party	242	0.57
Majority		8,885	20.91

8 June 2017		45,988/73,990	62.15
Rt Hon Caroline Louise Flint	Labour Party	24,351	52.95
Aaron Stuart Bell	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,182	41.71
Stevie Shaun Manion	Yorkshire	1,599	3.48
Anthony John Smith	Liberal Democrats	856	1.86
Majority		5,169	11.24

12 December 2019		45,437/75,356	60.30
Nicholas Anthony Fletcher	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,609	43.16
Rt Hon Caroline Louise Flint	Labour Party	15,979	35.17
Paul Alan Whitehurst	Brexit Party	6,247	13.75
Mark Lindsay Alcock	Liberal Democrats	1,907	4.20
Kathleen Needham	Green Party	872	1.92
Chris Holmes	Yorkshire	823	1.81
Majority		3,630	7.99