Constituency profile

Rawmarsh and Conisbrough

Yorkshire and The Humber · County constituency

John Healey MP
Sitting MP

John Healey

Labour

First elected May 1997Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
Yorkshire and The Humber
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
LLLLL
Labour 5/5
EU referendum 2016
68.5% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +16.6pp above mean
Current outlook
Reform UK +3.2pp
Vulnerability score 9/10 (Labour projected to lose)
NorthernStrong Leave areaWorking-class profile

About the Rawmarsh and Conisbrough constituency

Rawmarsh and Conisbrough is a county constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. The sitting MP is John Healey (Labour), first elected in May 1997. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 49.0% to 28.6% for Reform UK, a majority of 6,908 votes on a 49.0% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 37.9% and Labour on 34.8%, a margin of 3.2 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.

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 GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Rawmarsh and Conisbrough within Rotherham and Doncaster

Rawmarsh and Conisbrough crosses council boundaries: Rotherham (70%), Doncaster (30%). None of the constituent councils were due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
Rotherham
42 LSOAs
70%
Doncaster
18 LSOAs
30%

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Bramley & RavenfieldLabour 44.0%vs Reform 28.2%2024 Conservative 45.8%vs Labour 41.2%-31.0%
ConisbroughLabour 51.9%vs Reform 26.7%2021 Labour 77.4%vs Conservative 15.8%-26.5%
Edlington & WarmsworthLabour 47.7%vs Reform 27.7%2021 Labour 40.6%vs Others 33.6%-25.6%
HooberLabour 51.3%vs Reform 28.2%2024 Labour 69.2%vs Conservative 19.2%-21.0%
Kilnhurst & Swinton EastLabour 49.7%vs Reform 27.7%2024 Labour 74.4%vs Conservative 20.0%-25.0%
Rawmarsh EastLabour 49.0%vs Reform 31.4%2024 Labour 64.5%vs Others 14.4%-20.0%
Rawmarsh WestLabour 48.0%vs Reform 30.6%2024 Labour 64.7%vs Conservative 23.6%-22.0%
Swinton RockinghamLabour 49.4%vs Reform 28.4%2024 Labour 76.7%vs Conservative 18.7%-25.0%
WathLabour 47.9%vs Reform 30.3%2024 Labour 64.6%vs Conservative 14.5%-24.0%

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 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010predecessorLab holdJohn Healey Wentworth and Dearne MP50.6%17.6%16.1%8.1% UKIP-7.6%13,92058.0%
2015predecessorLab holdJohn Healey Wentworth and Dearne MP56.9%14.9%2.6%24.9% UKIP-0.7%13,83858.1%+0.1
2017predecessorLab holdJohn Healey Wentworth and Dearne MP65.0%31.3%3.8%---14,80358.7%+0.6
2019notionalLabour winnerJohn Healey Wentworth and Dearne MP, pre-review boundary40.1%37.0%3.7%-0.5%18.7%1,25757.7%
2024Lab holdJohn Healey49.0%13.3%3.4%28.6% Ref5.0%0.8%6,90849.0%-8.7

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.

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 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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