Ross Barton left Emmerdale in 2018, but who is he, how many kids does he have, where is he now and who plays him?
Emmerdale: Who is Ross Barton?
Ross was in Emmerdale from 2013 until 2018 and was played by actor Mike Parr.
He was the first member of the Bartons’ extended family to be introduced in the soap.
Ross is the middle son of James and Emma Barton.
He has elder brother Pete and younger brother Finn, who sadly died in 2017. He also has half-brother Adam Barton, after James had an affair with his brother’s wife, Moira.
Ross’s family
Ross’s relationship with his family was always complicated. He was the bad boy, the black sheep, and felt his father loved Pete more than him.
What Ross didn’t know was that Emma, in a fit of postnatal depression had tried to smoother him when he was very young, and Pete had seen it happen and told James.
The incident led to James kicking Emma out and they didn’t see her again until 2015 when Finn tracked her down.
Ross discovered the truth about her trying to kill him. However when she explained about her depression, her forgave her and the pair began building a relationship.
As Emma and James reunited, Ross was horrified to discover his dad had cheated on his mum with Moira again, and ended up pushing him down the stairs, breaking his legs.
James was bedbound and when Emma found out the truth about what James and Ross were arguing about, she kept James hostage and slowly lost her mind, resulting in her pushing him off the viadcut and killing him.
Ross was distraught he didn’t get chance to make up with his dad before his death.
Worse was to come, when the truth came out about Emma, Finn paid the price when she accidentally shot and killed him. Ross bundled his mother into his car and drove her to the viaduct, where he yelled at her to kill herself.
He left and returned to find she was indeed dead, and spent months blaming himself.
When it was revealed Moira had killed Emma, Ross initially lashed out in anger, but then decided to forgive her and move on.
Was Ross Barton a criminal?
Whilst Ross didn’t set out to be a bad boy, he did do plenty of bad things.
His introduction to the show saw him carjack Laurel, and then when she tracked him down brandishing a pair of scissors at him and saying she wanted him to feel as scared as she did, he attacked her again.
He got involved with some dodgy drug dealers thanks to Cain and ended up with a gunshot wound in his neck.
His criminal activities continued when he aided Donna Windsor in some robberies.
He wasn’t adverse to a bit of violence either, making a pact with Andy Sugden to kill the other’s brother. Ross shot Robert Sugden, but he survived, and Andy failed to go through with his part of the bargain to kill Pete.
There was also a dabble in growing a selling marijuana after he and Finn found plants growing at Wylie’s Farm where their mother had held their father hostage.
Who was Donna Windsor? Was she Ross’s first love?
Donna Windsor returned to the Dales in 2014 after an absence of five years and it was quickly revealed she was dying of terminal cancer.
Ross took a shine to Donna and enjoyed flirting with her and teasing her. He quickly realised she wasn’t the clean-cut policewoman everyone thought she was and in fact she was dodgy.
What she was actually doing was trying to raise enough money to secure her daughter, April’s future after Donna had gone.
Ross agreed to help her burgle Gary North’s house, a prolific local criminal. The robbery was a success and Ross and Donna became lovers, but Donna didn’t tell him she was dying.
But Gary soon came for revenge and in order to keep his family safe, Ross agreed to do a dodgy job for him.
Donna helped him out, but it all went horribly wrong. Donna ended up handcuffing herself to Gary and throwing them both off a building to their deaths.
Ross has always held onto his memory of Donna as she was his first love.
When did Ross have an affair with Debbie Dingle?
Although he was dating Carly Hope, Ross struggled to fight his feelings for his brother Pete’
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