Sheffield Central (UK Parliament constituency)





















































Sheffield Central

Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map
Boundary of Sheffield Central in South Yorkshire.


Outline map
Location of South Yorkshire within England.

County South Yorkshire
Electorate 69,975 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of parliament
Paul Blomfield (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from
Sheffield Park, Sheffield Hillsborough, Sheffield Hallam and Sheffield Attercliffe[1]

1885–1950
Number of members One
Replaced by
Sheffield Neepsend and Sheffield Hallam
Created from Sheffield
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency Yorkshire and the Humber

Sheffield Central is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Paul Blomfield, a member of the Labour Party.[n 2]




Contents






  • 1 Boundaries


  • 2 History


    • 2.1 1885–1950


    • 2.2 1983–present


    • 2.3 Constituency profile




  • 3 Members of Parliament


  • 4 Elections


    • 4.1 Elections in the 2010s


    • 4.2 Elections in the 2000s


    • 4.3 Elections in the 1990s


    • 4.4 Elections in the 1980s


    • 4.5 Elections in the 1940s


    • 4.6 Elections in the 1930s


    • 4.7 Elections in the 1920s


    • 4.8 Elections in the 1910s


    • 4.9 Elections in the 1900s


    • 4.10 Elections in the 1890s


    • 4.11 Elections in the 1880s




  • 5 See also


  • 6 Notes and references





Boundaries


First creation

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Sheffield wards of St Peter's and St Philip's, and part of St George's ward.


1918-1950: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of St Peter's and St Philip's, and part of Broomhall ward.


1950-1983: See other seats.


Second creation (current)

1983-1997: The City of Sheffield wards of Burngreave, Castle, Manor, Netherthorpe, and Sharrow.


1997-2010: as above plus Nether Edge


2010-2015: The City of Sheffield wards of Broomhill, Central, Manor Castle, Nether Edge, and Walkley.


2015-present: The City of Sheffield wards of Broomhill & Sharrow Vale, City, Manor Castle, Nether Edge & Sharrow, and Walkley; and parts of the wards of Crookes & Crosspool, Ecclesall, Fulwood and Hillsborough.


Present boundaries

The seat covers central Sheffield and extends as far as Nether Edge and the Manor. It covers a similar area to the former Sheffield Park seat. It borders Sheffield Hallam, Sheffield Heeley, Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough and Sheffield South East.



History



1885–1950


Created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the election that year, Sheffield Central was one of five divisions of the former Sheffield constituency. Sheffield Central was abolished in 1950 and the sitting MP, Harry Morris, stood and won in the new seat (now extinct) of Sheffield Neepsend.



1983–present


Revival

In varied form the constituency was brought back into existence for the 1983 general election.


MPs

Labour's Richard Caborn represented Sheffield Central from its recreation in 1983 until he retired in 2010 and was narrowly succeeded at the ballot box by another Labour MP, Paul Blomfield.


Winning margin

The 2015 result made the seat the 32nd-safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[2]


Labour majorities since 1983 in Sheffield Central have been in the top quartile save for 2010 — the Liberal Democrat share of the vote came 0.4% short of winning the seat — a highly marginal result.


Opposition parties

The Green Party took second place in 2015, gaining a +12.1% swing (compared with +2.8% nationwide). This was the main target seat of the party in Yorkshire. Its 2012-2016 Leader Natalie Bennett, chose to settle locally on stepping down from the policy-steering role in 2016 and has chosen to contest Sheffield Central at the 2017 general election. Lib Dem candidates scored variable second places in 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2010 then took fourth place in 2015.


Turnout

Turnout has ranged from 62.5% in 1987 to 49.5% in 2001.



Constituency profile


The constituency consists of Census Output Areas of a local government districts with: a working population whose income is close to the national average and lower than average reliance upon social housing.[3] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 4.0% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, see table.[4]






























Sheffield's seats compared – worklessness[4]

Office for National Statistics November 2012
Jobseeker's Allowance claimant count
Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough 7.6%[n 3]
Sheffield Central 4.0%
Sheffield Hallam 1.5%
Sheffield Heeley 5.7%
Sheffield South East 4.4%

The district contributing to the bulk of the seat has a medium 33% of its population without a car.[n 4] A medium 24.3% of the City's population are without qualifications, a high 15.8% of the population with level 3 qualifications and a medium 25.7% with level 4 qualifications or above. In terms of tenure a relatively low 58.3% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage by occupants as at the 2011 census across the district.[5]



Members of Parliament


































































Year Member[6]
Party Subsequent roles


1885

Howard Vincent
Conservative


1908

James Hope
Conservative
Lord Rankeillour


1929

Philip Hoffman
Labour


1931

William Boulton
Conservative


1945

Harry Morris
Labour
Lord Morris

1950

Constituency abolished

1983

Constituency created


1983

Richard Caborn
Labour


2010

Paul Blomfield
Labour


Elections




Election results for Sheffield Central, 1885–1950 and 1983–2005



Elections in the 2010s

































































































General Election 2017: Sheffield Central[7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Paul Blomfield
33,963
70.9
+15.9


Conservative
Stephanie Roe
6,215
13.0
+1.8


Green

Natalie Bennett
3,848
8.0
-7.8


Liberal Democrat
Shaffaq Mohammed
2,465
5.1
-4.5


UKIP
Dominic Cook
1,060
2.2
-5.2


Yorkshire Party
Jack Carrington
197
0.4

N/A


Pirate
Rob Moran
91
0.2

N/A


SDP
Joe Westnidge
38
0.1

N/A
Majority
27,748
57.9
+15.7

Turnout
47,877
62.0
+4.6


Labour hold

Swing
+7.0

















































































































General Election 2015: Sheffield Central[8][9]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Paul Blomfield
24,308
55.0
+13.7


Green
Jillian Creasy
6,999
15.8
+12.1


Conservative
Stephanie Roe
4,917
11.1
+1.0


Liberal Democrat
Joe Otten
4,278
9.7
-31.2


UKIP
Dominic Cook
3,296
7.5
+5.9


Communist
Steve Andrew
119
0.3
+0.3


Pirate
Andy Halsall
113
0.3
N/A


English Democrat
Elizabeth Breed
68
0.2
+0.2


Above and Beyond Party
Thom Brown
42
0.1
+0.1


Workers Revolutionary
Michael Driver
33
0.1
+0.1
Majority
17,309
39.2
+38.8

Turnout
44,173
57.4
-2.2


Labour hold

Swing
+0.8

























































































General Election 2010: Sheffield Central[10][11]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Paul Blomfield
17,138
41.3
-5.2


Liberal Democrat

Paul Scriven
16,973
40.9
+9.5


Conservative
Andrew Lee
4,206
10.1
+1.0


Green
Jillian Creasy
1,556
3.8
-2.0


BNP
Tracey Smith
903
2.2
+0.6


UKIP
Jeffrey Shaw
652
1.6
-0.1


Independent
Rod Rodgers
40
0.1
+0.1
Majority
165
0.4
-23.1

Turnout
41,468
59.6
+4.6


Labour hold

Swing
-7.4



Elections in the 2000s

























































































General Election 2005: Sheffield Central[12][13]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Richard Caborn
14,950
49.9
-11.5


Liberal Democrat
Ali Qadar
7,895
26.3
+6.6


Conservative
Samantha George
3,094
10.3
-0.6


Green
Bernard Little
1,808
6.0
+2.6


Respect
Maxine Bowler
1,284
4.3

N/A


BNP
Mark Payne
539
1.8

N/A


UKIP
Charlotte Arnott
415
1.4
+0.5
Majority
7,055
23.5
−18.2

Turnout
29,985
50.1
+0.6


Labour hold

Swing
-9.1

































































































General Election 2001: Sheffield Central[14][15]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Richard Caborn
18,477
61.4
-2.2


Liberal Democrat
Ali Qadar
5,933
19.7
+2.5


Conservative
Noelle Brelsford
3,289
10.9
-1.0


Green
Bernard Little
1,008
3.4
+0.7


Socialist Alliance
Nick Riley
754
2.5

N/A


Socialist Labour
David Hadfield
289
1.0

N/A


UKIP
Elizabeth Schofield
257
0.9

N/A


Workers Revolutionary
Robert Driver
62
0.2
-0.0
Majority
12,544
41.7
−4.7

Turnout
30,069
49.5
-3.6


Labour hold

Swing
-2.36



Elections in the 1990s

































































































General Election 1997: Sheffield Central[16][17][18]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Richard Caborn
23,179
63.6
−5.1


Liberal Democrat
Ali Qadar
6,273
17.2
+5.6


Conservative
Martin Hess
4,341
11.9
−4.6


Green
Andy D'Agorne
954
2.6
+0.3


Referendum
Anthony Brownlow
863
2.4

N/A


Socialist Alternative
Ken Douglas
466
1.3

N/A


ProLife Alliance
Maureen Aitken
280
0.8

N/A


Workers Revolutionary
Michael Driver
63
0.2

N/A
Majority
16,906
46.4
−5.8

Turnout
36,419
53.0
−3.1


Labour hold

Swing


















































































General Election 1992: Sheffield Central[19][17][18]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Richard Caborn
22,764
68.7
+1.0


Conservative
Vernon Davies
5,470
16.5
−0.6


Liberal Democrat
Andrew Sangar
3,856
11.6
−2.3


Green
Graham Wroe
750
2.3

N/A

End Unemployment Vote Justice for Jobless
Martin Clarke
212
0.6

N/A


Communist League
Josephine O'Brien
92
0.3

N/A
Majority
17,294
52.2
+1.5

Turnout
33,144
56.1
−5.4


Labour hold

Swing




Elections in the 1980s









































































General Election 1987: Sheffield Central[20][18][21]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Richard Caborn
25,872
67.7
+7.5


Conservative
Brian Oxley
6,530
17.1
−2.1


Social Democratic
Fiona Hornby
5,314
13.9
−5.5


Red Front
C. T. Dingle
278
0.7

N/A


Communist
Keith Petts
203
0.5
−0.2
Majority
19,342
50.7
+9.9

Turnout
38,197
62.5
+0.9


Labour hold

Swing







































































General Election 1983: Sheffield Central[22][18][21]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Richard Caborn
24,759
60.2

N/A


Social Democratic
Patricia Major
7,969
19.4

N/A


Conservative

Patricia Rawlings
7,908
19.2

N/A


Communist
Vi Gill
296
0.7

N/A


Revolutionary Communist
C. Barrett
222
0.5

N/A
Majority
16,790
40.8

N/A

Turnout
41154
61.6

N/A


Labour win (new seat)


Elections in the 1940s

















































General Election 1945: Sheffield Central[18][23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Harry Morris
7,954
59.2
+10.0


Conservative
George Vivian Hunt
5,481
40.8
−10.0
Majority
2,473
18.4
+16.8

Turnout

72.0
-2.2


Labour gain from Conservative

Swing




Elections in the 1930s

















































General Election 1935: Sheffield Central[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

William Boulton
13,821
50.8
−11.2


Labour

Philip Hoffman
13,408
49.2
+11.2
Majority
420
1.6
-22.4

Turnout

74.2
-6.0


Conservative hold

Swing


















































General Election 1931: Sheffield Central[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

William Boulton
21,589
62.0



Labour

Philip Hoffman
13,212
38.0

Majority
8,377
24.0


Turnout

80.2



Conservative gain from Labour

Swing




Elections in the 1920s

















































General Election 1929: Sheffield Central [23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Philip Hoffman
19,183
59.1
+8.5


Unionist
John Ralph Patientins Warde-Aldam
13,284
40.9
-8.5
Majority
5,899
18.2
17.0

Turnout

74.1
-0.4


Labour gain from Unionist

Swing
+8.5

















































General Election 1924: Sheffield Central[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Hope
13,302
50.6



Labour

Tom Snowden
12,995
49.4

Majority
307
1.2


Turnout

74.5



Conservative hold

Swing


























































General Election 1923: Sheffield Central[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

James Hope
9,727
45.7
n/a


Labour

Tom Snowden
8,762
41.1
n/a


Liberal
John Henry Freeborough
2,810
13.2
n/a
Majority
965
4.6
n/a

Turnout

61.3
n/a


Unionist hold

Swing
n/a


In the 1922 general election, James Fitzalan Hope was elected unopposed.[23]



Elections in the 1910s


























































General Election 1918: Sheffield Central[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±

C

Unionist

James Hope
9,361
58.7
+7.3


National Amalgamated Union of Labour
Alfred James Bailey
5,959
37.3
−11.3


British Socialist Party
Robert George Murray
643
4.0

N/A
Majority
3,402
21.4
+18.6

Turnout
15,963
43.1
−34.4


Unionist hold

Swing
+9.3


C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.






















































General Election December 1910: Sheffield Central[24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Hope
3,455
51.4
−1.3


Lib-Lab
Alfred James Bailey
3,271
48.6
+1.3
Majority
184
2.8
−2.6

Turnout
6,726
77.5
−6.2

Registered electors
8,684




Conservative hold

Swing
−1.3























































General Election January 1910: Sheffield Central[24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Hope
3,829
52.7
−3.5


Lib-Lab
Alfred James Bailey
3,440
47.3
+3.5
Majority
389
5.4
−7.0

Turnout
7,269
83.7
+1.6

Registered electors
8,684




Conservative hold

Swing
−3.5



Elections in the 1900s
























By-election, 1908: Sheffield Central[25][26]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Hope

Unopposed


Conservative hold



Howard Vincent























































General Election 1906: Sheffield Central[25]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Howard Vincent
4,217
56.2

N/A


Liberal

Stanley Udale
3,290
43.8

N/A
Majority
927
12.4

N/A

Turnout
7,507
82.1

N/A

Registered electors
9,142




Conservative hold

Swing

N/A
























1900 general election: Sheffield Central[25]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Howard Vincent

Unopposed


Conservative hold


Elections in the 1890s
























General Election 1895: Sheffield Central[24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Howard Vincent

Unopposed


Conservative hold



Robert Cameron























































General Election 1892: Sheffield Central[24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Howard Vincent
4,474
55.3
−2.3


Liberal

Robert Cameron
3,618
44.7
+2.3
Majority
856
10.6
−4.6

Turnout
8,092
83.2
+4.1

Registered electors
9,728




Conservative hold

Swing
−2.3



Elections in the 1880s























































General Election 1886: Sheffield Central[24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Howard Vincent
4,522
57.6
+1.5


Liberal
Joshua Hawkins
3,326
42.4
+0.2
Majority
1,196
15.2
+1.3

Turnout
7,848
79.1
−4.1

Registered electors
9,923




Conservative hold

Swing
+0.7




Samuel Plimsoll




























































General Election 1885: Sheffield Central[24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Howard Vincent
4,633
56.1

N/A


Lib-Lab

Samuel Plimsoll
3,484
42.2

N/A


Independent Liberal
Mervyn Lanark Hawkes[27]
140
1.7

N/A
Majority
1,149
13.9

N/A

Turnout
8,257
83.2

N/A

Registered electors
9,923




Conservative win (new seat)


See also


  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire


Notes and references


Notes




  1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)


  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.


  3. ^ This seat also saw the widest gender disparity with 10.5% of men were claimants, vs. 4.8% of women


  4. ^ This falls within the centrally coloured banding for metropolitan areas



References




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  3. ^ 2001 Census


  4. ^ ab Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian


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  6. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)


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  15. ^ BBC Vote 2001


  16. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  17. ^ ab "Sheffield Central". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2010-04-29.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)


  18. ^ abcde Sheffield General Election Results 1945 - 2001[permanent dead link], Sheffield City Council


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  20. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  21. ^ ab Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources


  22. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  23. ^ abcdefgh Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.


  24. ^ abcdef British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, F. W. S. Craig


  25. ^ abc Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.


  26. ^ Whittaker's Almanack (1910), p.159


  27. ^ "Mr Mervyn Lanark Hawkes and the Sheffield Central Division". Sheffield Telegraph. 25 July 1885. p. 6. Retrieved 10 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).











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