UK Explained

Barnsley North

Represented in Parliament by Dan Jarvis (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Dan Jarvis, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Barnsley North compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 375 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £732£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 328 areas and lower than 320.

UK 3.9%This area 3.2%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Barnsley North£7323.2%
Bexhill and Battle£7313.2%
Gainsborough£7323.1%
Gosport£7343.3%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Barnsley North

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people104,50359,597,740 in total
Aged under 1618%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over19%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher23%34%11 points lower
Households that own their home63%62%about the same
Households renting from a council or housing association20%17%2 points higher
Households renting privately17%20%3 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Dan Jarvis

Labour

MAJORITY
7,811

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
47%

of people who could vote did

Dan Jarvis won with 50% of the votes, and Robert Lomas (Reform UK) came second with 29%.

Votes for each party

Labour50% · 18,610
Reform UK29% · 10,799
Conservative8% · 3,083
Green Party5% · 1,805
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,336
Independent2% · 616
Everyone else2% · 645
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dan JarvisLabour18,61050.4%
Robert LomasReform UK10,79929.3%
Tamas KovacsConservative3,0838.4%
Tom HeyesGreen Party1,8054.9%
Penny BakerLiberal Democrat1,3363.6%
Neil FisherIndependent6161.7%
Tony DevoyThe Yorkshire Party6031.6%
Janus PolenceuszEnglish Democrats420.1%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£732 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.2%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026