Sheffield Heeley (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 53°22′08″N 1°28′01″W / 53.369°N 1.467°W
Sheffield Heeley | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Sheffield Heeley in South Yorkshire for the 2010 general election | |
![]() Location of South Yorkshire within England | |
County | South Yorkshire |
Electorate | 65,373 (December 2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Louise Haigh (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Sheffield Ecclesall and Sheffield Park |
Sheffield Heeley is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Louise Haigh, a member of the Labour Party.[n 2] It is located in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
History[]
This seat was created in 1950, largely replacing the former Sheffield Ecclesall constituency, its boundaries being significantly altered in 1955 with the abolition of Sheffield Neepsend. At its first five elections, up to but excluding 1966, the seat was won by a Conservative, Peter Roberts; it changed hands three times between 1966 and 1974.
Against the national swing, the 1979 election saw Sheffield Heeley move from being a marginal Labour seat to having a solid Labour majority. Of the subsequent elections, only the 1983 and 2010 results have been fairly marginal; the others have suggested a safe Labour seat. At the 2010 election the Liberal Democrat had more than a quarter of the vote, whereas the Conservatives, on 17.3%, garnered 3% more votes than in 2005.[n 3]
Boundaries[]
1950–1955: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Heeley, Nether Edge, Norton, and Woodseats.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Heeley, Nether Edge, Norton, Sharrow, and Woodseats.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Beauchief, Gleadless, Heeley, and Intake.
1983–2010: The City of Sheffield wards of Beauchief, Heeley, Intake, Norton, and Park.
2010–present: The City of Sheffield wards of Arbourthorne, Beauchief and Greenhill, Gleadless Valley, Graves Park, and Richmond.
Constituency profile[]
This constituency has a moderate Labour majority and contains a mixture of urban areas. In 2010 the BNP, unusually in Britain, achieved more than the 5% share of the vote necessary to recover the election deposit; its 5.5% share was a record in Sheffield.
The constituency consists of Census Output Areas a local government districts with: a working population whose income is marginally below the national average, and that has close to average reliance upon social housing.[2] At the end of 2012, 5.7% of the population was claiming Jobseekers Allowance, compared to the regional average of 4.7%.[3] The district contributing to 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, as of the 2011 census, a relatively low 58.3% of homes were owned outright or on a mortgage by occupants across the district.[4]
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | Peter Roberts | Conservative | |
1966 | Frank Hooley | Labour | |
1970 | John Spence | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | Frank Hooley | Labour | |
1983 | Bill Michie | Labour | |
2001 | Meg Munn | Labour | |
2015 | Louise Haigh | Labour |
Elections[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/HeeleyGraph.svg/216px-HeeleyGraph.svg.png)
Elections in the 2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Louise Haigh | 21,475 | 50.3 | -9.7 | |
Conservative | Gordon Gregory | 12,955 | 30.3 | +1.6 | |
Brexit Party | Tracy Knowles | 3,538 | 8.3 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Clement-Jones | 2,916 | 6.8 | +2.2 | |
Green | Paul Turpin | 1,811 | 4.2 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 8,520 | 20.0 | -11.3 | ||
Turnout | 42,695 | 63.8 | -1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Louise Haigh | 26,524 | 60.0 | +11.8 | |
Conservative | Gordon Gregory | 12,696 | 28.7 | +12.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joe Otten | 2,022 | 4.6 | -6.7 | |
UKIP | Howard Denby | 1,977 | 4.5 | -12.9 | |
Green | Declan Walsh | 943 | 2.1 | -4.0 | |
SDP | Jaspreet Oberoi | 64 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 13,828 | 31.3 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 44,226 | 65.1 | +0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Louise Haigh | 20,269 | 48.2 | +5.6 | |
UKIP | Howard Denby | 7,315 | 17.4 | +13.7 | |
Conservative | Stephen Castens | 6,792 | 16.2 | -1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Clement-Jones | 4,746 | 11.3 | -17.1 | |
Green | Rita Wilcock | 2,566 | 6.1 | +3.7 | |
TUSC | Alan Munro | 238 | 0.6 | New | |
English Democrat | David Haslett | 122 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 12,954 | 30.8 | +16.6 | ||
Turnout | 42,048 | 60.7 | -1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Meg Munn | 17,409 | 42.6 | -11.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Clement-Jones | 11,602 | 28.4 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | Anne Crampton | 7,081 | 17.3 | +3.0 | |
BNP | John Beatson | 2,260 | 5.5 | +2.1 | |
UKIP | Charlotte Arnott | 1,530 | 3.7 | +1.4 | |
Green | Gareth Roberts | 989 | 2.4 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 5,807 | 14.2 | -19.5 | ||
Turnout | 40,871 | 62.0 | +4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.25 |
Elections in the 2000s[]
- General election of 2005
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Meg Munn | 18,405 | 53.98 | -2.99 | |
Liberal Democrats | Colin Ross | 7,035 | 20.63 | -2.06 | |
Conservative | Aster Crawshaw | 4,987 | 14.63 | +0.38 | |
BNP | John Beatson | 1,314 | 3.85 | New | |
Green | Rob Unwin | 1,312 | 3.85 | +1.58 | |
UKIP | Mark Suter | 775 | 2.27 | +0.42 | |
Socialist Alternative | Mark Dunnell | 265 | 0.78 | New | |
Majority | 11,370 | 33.35 | |||
Turnout | 34,093 | 57.06 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
- General election of 2001
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Meg Munn | 19,452 | 57.0 | -3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Willis | 7,748 | 22.7 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Carolyn Abbott | 4,864 | 14.2 | -1.4 | |
Green | Rob Unwin | 774 | 2.3 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Brian Fischer | 667 | 2.0 | New | |
UKIP | David Dunn | 634 | 1.9 | New | |
Majority | 11,704 | 34.3 | -5.1 | ||
Turnout | 34,139 | 55.1 | -9.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s[]
- General election of 1997
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Michie | 26,274 | 60.7 | +5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger Davison | 9,196 | 21.3 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | John Harthman | 6,767 | 15.6 | -10.3 | |
Referendum | David Mawson | 1,029 | 2.4 | New | |
Majority | 17,078 | 39.4 | +9.6 | ||
Turnout | 43,266 | 65.0 | -5.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
- General election of 1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Michie | 28,005 | 55.7 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | David Beck | 13,051 | 25.9 | -0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Moore | 9,247 | 18.4 | -1.9 | |
Majority | 14,954 | 29.8 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 50,303 | 70.9 | -1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Michie | 28,425 | 53.4 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Mearing-Smith | 13,985 | 26.3 | -3.6 | |
Alliance | Peter Moore | 10,811 | 20.3 | -4.0 | |
Majority | 14,440 | 27.1 | +11.2 | ||
Turnout | 53,221 | 72.0 | +1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
- General election of 1983
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Michie | 24,111 | 45.8 | -4.0 | |
Conservative | Sidney Cordle | 15,743 | 29.9 | -10.2 | |
Alliance | John Day | 12,813 | 24.3 | +14.8 | |
Majority | 8,368 | 15.9 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 52,667 | 70.5 | -6.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s[]
- General election of 1979
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Hooley | 24,618 | 49.8 | -1.8 | |
Conservative | Danny George | 19,845 | 40.1 | +8.1 | |
Liberal | Rodney Webb | 4,708 | 9.5 | -5.4 | |
National Front | P. K. Thorpe | 274 | 0.6 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 4,773 | 9.7 | -9.9 | ||
Turnout | 49,445 | 77.3 | +3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
- General election of October 1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Hooley | 24,728 | 51.6 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Alan Page | 15,322 | 32.0 | -3.3 | |
Liberal | Royden Fairfax | 7,151 | 14.9 | -2.1 | |
National Front | Peter Revell | 723 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 9,406 | 19.6 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 47,924 | 73.5 | -8.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
- General election of February 1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Hooley | 25,317 | 47.7 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Robert Ingle | 18,732 | 35.3 | -11.7 | |
Liberal | Anthony Singleton | 9,061 | 17.0 | +9.9 | |
Majority | 6,585 | 12.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53,110 | 82.0 | +8.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
- General election of 1970
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Spence | 27,950 | 47.0 | +1.0 | |
Labour | Frank Hooley | 27,237 | 45.9 | -8.1 | |
Liberal | Anthony Singleton | 4,220 | 7.1 | New | |
Majority | 713 | 1.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 59,407 | 73.4 | -5.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[]
- General election of 1966
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Hooley | 31,996 | 54.0 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | John Spence | 27,267 | 46.0 | -5.5 | |
Majority | 4,729 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 59,263 | 78.7 | +2.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
- General election of 1964
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Roberts | 29,587 | 51.5 | -7.5 | |
Labour | Frank Hooley | 27,883 | 48.5 | +7.5 | |
Majority | 1,704 | 3.0 | -15.0 | ||
Turnout | 57,470 | 76.0 | -1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s[]
- General election of 1959
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Peter Roberts | 33,236 | 59.0 | -1.9 | |
Labour | Joan Mellors | 23,109 | 41.0 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 10,127 | 18.0 | -3.8 | ||
Turnout | 56,345 | 77.6 | +0.6 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
- General election of 1955
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Peter Roberts | 30,798 | 60.9 | -0.1 | |
Labour | John Sewell | 19,747 | 39.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 11,051 | 21.8 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 50,545 | 77.0 | -7.6 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
- General election of 1951
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Peter Roberts | 27,776 | 61.0 | +4.7 | |
Labour | Arnold Jennings | 17,729 | 39.0 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 10,047 | 22.0 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 45,505 | 84.6 | -3.5 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
- General election of 1950
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Peter Roberts | 26,560 | 56.3 | ||
Labour | Arnold Jennings | 17,856 | 37.8 | ||
Liberal | Phillip Beckerlegge | 2,779 | 5.9 | ||
Majority | 8,704 | 18.5 | |||
Turnout | 47,195 | 88.1 | |||
National Liberal win (new seat) |
See also[]
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire
- Districts of Sheffield
Notes[]
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ 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.
- ^ The 8th different candidate, one for each election, since 1979.
- ^ This falls within the centrally coloured banding for metropolitan areas
References[]
- ^ "Constituency data: electorates – House of Commons Library". Parliament UK. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk.
- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ^ "2011 census interactive maps". Archived from the original on January 29, 2016.
- ^ "Sheffield Heeley Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Sheffield Heeley". Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Sheffield Heeley". BBC News. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
External links[]
- BBC Election 2005
- BBC Vote 2001
- Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present) The Guardian
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
- Politicsresources.net - Official Web Site ✔ (Election results from 1951 to the present)
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 - 1970
- Sheffield General Election Results 1945 - 2001[permanent dead link], Sheffield City Council
- Heeley
- Parliamentary constituencies in Sheffield
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950