This would spark a by - election in
his Barnsley Central seat.
But Jarvis, who held
his Barnsley Central seat with an increased majority, said while he wanted to be part of the «rebuilding process» he could not take the top job.
Not exact matches
Between 2010 and 2015, under Miliband, Labour increased its vote share in Labour - held
seats at by - elections by 16.4 % (Manchester
Central), 14.6 % (Middlesbrough), 13.5 % (
Barnsley Central), 12.2 % (Leicester South), 11.2 % (Wythenshawe), 10.8 % (Feltham & Heston), and 10.2 % (Oldham East).
Sure, from the position of being in government, these contests are going to be harder to fight, and we musn't be unrealistic about our chances of winning
seats that are always going to be difficult -
Barnsley Central springs to mind, for example.
I can reveal today that Nigel Adams, the Conservative MP for Selby and Ainsty, will be campaign manager for the forthcoming
Barnsley Central by - election, which will occur once sitting MP Eric Illsley formally quits his Commons
seat.
As we enter the last 48 hours of the by - election campaign in
Barnsley Central, it's no surprise with so little to offer the people of
Barnsley that Labour are resorting to the past to hold on to the
seat, as the picture on the right shows.
In the early hours of this morning the result of yesterday's
Barnsley Central by - election came through, with Labour, as widely anticipated, holding the
seat with a comfortable majority.
«Nigel Adams MP: Help make Labour pay for their negative, backward - looking, disingenuous campaign in
Barnsley Central Main Boundary Commission confirms that
seat reductions will be greater in Labour - dominated regions»
Sources close to the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, said they would do whatever they could to «get rid of» Illsley after it emerged that if the MP for
Barnsley Central is sentenced to less than a year next month, then he could continue in his
seat — including collecting his salary — for the period of his sentence.