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 | | Constituencies that cross metropolitan borough boundaries Of the four boroughs that comprise South Yorkshire, Barnsley and Doncaster are currently paired for the allocation of constituencies. |
 | | Borough electorates in South Yorkshire 1991 — 2004Electorate199120002004Barnsley174,159170,057172,587Doncaster221,310220,653217,090Rotherham196,639192,288185,613Sheffield415,583380,758369,380South Yorkshire1,007,691963,756944,670 In order to provide for an allocation of fourteen constituencies and to avoid low constituency electorates in Barnsley, the Commision decided that it would be necessary to continue to pair Barnsley with a neighbouring borough. |
 | | Barnsley The Commission propose that the two whole constituencies allocated to the Borough of Barnsley (Barnsley Central BC and Barnsley East BC) should have eight wards each and electorates of 64,117 and 65,237 respectively. |
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