Who is the MP for Rawmarsh and Conisbrough?

John Healey (Labour) is the MP for Rawmarsh and Conisbrough. They were first elected in May 1997.

Who won Rawmarsh and Conisbrough at the 2024 general election?

The 2024 general election in Rawmarsh and Conisbrough was won by Labour with 49.0% of the vote, ahead of Reform UK on 28.6%.

Who is projected to win the next election in Rawmarsh and Conisbrough?

PollCheck's current projection has Reform UK on 45.9% and Labour on 24.3% if a general election were held today. The projection updates as new polling is added.

What council is Rawmarsh and Conisbrough in?

Rawmarsh and Conisbrough crosses multiple council boundaries: Rotherham (70%), Doncaster (30%). Westminster constituencies and local councils are separate units.

What is the demographic profile of Rawmarsh and Conisbrough?

Rawmarsh and Conisbrough is in Yorkshire and The Humber. The seat is Leave-voting (Leave vote estimated at 68.5% in 2016). Around 21.3% of residents have a degree, a median age of 42, and 62.7% of homes are owner-occupied (Census 2021).

When was the last general election in Rawmarsh and Conisbrough?

The most recent general election was held on 4 July 2024. In Rawmarsh and Conisbrough, Labour won with 49.0% of the vote. The next general election must be held by August 2029.

Which parties have won Rawmarsh and Conisbrough in recent elections?

Recent general election winners in Rawmarsh and Conisbrough: 2010 Labour, 2015 Labour, 2017 Labour, 2019 Labour, 2024 Labour.

Constituency profile

Rawmarsh and Conisbrough

Yorkshire and The Humber · County constituency

Sitting MP

John Healey

Labour

First elected May 1997Cabinet: Secretary of State for Defence

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type

Yorkshire and The Humber

County constituency

Last 5 GE winners

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Labour 5/5

EU referendum 2016

68.5% Leave

UK average 51.9%; +16.6pp above mean

Current outlook

Reform UK +21.6pp

Vulnerability score 9/10 (Labour projected to lose)

NorthernStrong Leave areaWorking-class profile

Who lives in Rawmarsh and Conisbrough? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016

68.5%

UK average ~52%

Degree or above

21.3%

UK average ~34%

No qualifications

24.9%

UK average ~18%

Owner-occupied

62.7%

UK average ~63%

Renting (social + private)

36.4%

UK average ~36%

Median age

42.2

UK median ~40

Age 65+

23.8%

UK average ~19%

Age 18-34

28.3%

UK average ~28%

How did Rawmarsh and Conisbrough vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab hold · majority 6,908 votes (20.4pp) · turnout 49.0%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Rawmarsh and Conisbrough

Switch between ward-level 2024 election winners and a demographic view. Ward winners are Britain Elects' / New Statesman modelled estimates with an average ~4pp margin of error per ward. The demographic view splits the seat into small neighbourhoods (around 1,500 residents each, from the 2021 Census). Hover any area for detail.

Council layer (not Westminster)

Rawmarsh and Conisbrough within Rotherham and Doncaster

Rawmarsh and Conisbrough crosses multiple council boundaries: Rotherham (70%), Doncaster (30%). The figures below come from the council elections held on Thursday 7 May 2026 in each constituent council.

Council overlap

Council	Share of seat
Rotherham 42 LSOAs	70%
Doncaster 18 LSOAs	30%

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward. Where May 2026 elections happened, those are shown; otherwise the most recent year on the ward’s pre-2026 boundary (via DCLEAPIL, 2014-2024). The "Shift since GE2024" column is only computed for May 2026 results - earlier council votes pre-date the GE, so no directional shift is shown.

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Ward	GE2024 winner	Latest council winner	Shift since GE2024	Turnout

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Rawmarsh and Conisbrough at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Rawmarsh and Conisbrough at past general elections?

2024 result is on current boundaries. The 2019 row is the UK Parliament's notional recalculation onto the 2024 boundaries (directly comparable to 2024). The 2010, 2015 and 2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time and aren't directly comparable.

Year	Result	MP	Lab	Con	LD	Right (Ref/UKIP)	Green	Other	Majority	Turnout
2010predecessor	Lab hold	John Healey Wentworth and Dearne MP	50.6%	17.6%	16.1%	8.1% UKIP	-	7.6%	13,920	58.0%
2015predecessor	Lab hold	John Healey Wentworth and Dearne MP	56.9%	14.9%	2.6%	24.9% UKIP	-	0.7%	13,838	58.1%
2017predecessor	Lab hold	John Healey Wentworth and Dearne MP	65.0%	31.3%	3.8%	-	-	-	14,803	58.7%
2019notional	Labour winner	John Healey Wentworth and Dearne MP, pre-review boundary	40.1%	37.0%	3.7%	-	0.5%	18.7%	1,257	57.7%
2024	Lab hold	John Healey	49.0%	13.3%	3.4%	28.6% Ref	5.0%	0.8%	6,908	49.0%

Rawmarsh and Conisbrough was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Wentworth and Dearne (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

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Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Rawmarsh and Conisbrough. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Sources

2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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