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Doncaster Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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County
  
South Yorkshire

Major settlements
  
Doncaster

Member of parliament
  
Rosie Winterton

Number of members
  
1

Electorate
  
73,874 (December 2010)

Created
  
1983

Major settlement
  
Doncaster

Replaced by
  
Doncaster, Don Valley

Doncaster Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Created from
  
Doncaster and Don Valley

European Parliament constituency
  
Yorkshire and the Humber

Doncaster Central is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Rosie Winterton of the Labour Party.

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History and profile

Created in 1983, the seat covers most of the large Yorkshire town of Doncaster served by an international airport and the UK motorway network in the former Doncaster constituency and since its 1983 inception has been a Labour stronghold.

Boundaries

1983-2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Armthorpe, Balby, Bessacarr, Central, Intake, Town Field, and Wheatley.

2010-present: The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster wards of Armthorpe, Balby, Bessacarr and Cantley, Central, Edenthorpe, Kirk Sandall and Barnby Dun, Town Moor, and Wheatley.

The constituency includes most of the town of Doncaster and neighbours the Doncaster North and Don Valley seats.

References

Doncaster Central (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia