Sheffield Hillsborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 53°24′29″N 1°29′17″W / 53.408°N 1.488°W
Sheffield Hillsborough | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | South Yorkshire |
1918–2010 | |
Replaced by | Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, Sheffield Hallam, Penistone and Stocksbridge |
Created from | Sheffield Brightside and Sheffield Hallam |
Sheffield Hillsborough was a Parliamentary constituency in the City of Sheffield. It was considered a safe Labour seat and was represented by Helen Jackson from 1992 to 2005. She did not stand again in the 2005 general election and was succeeded by Angela Smith.
The Sheffield Hillsborough constituency was abolished at the 2010 General Election. It was divided up and incorporated into the Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, Sheffield Hallam and Penistone and Stocksbridge constituencies.
Boundaries[]
1918–1950: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Hillsborough, Neepsend, and Walkley.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Crookesmoor, Hillsborough, Owlerton, and Walkley.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Cathedral, Hillsborough, Owlerton, and Walkley.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Hillsborough, Netherthorpe, Owlerton, and Walkley.
1983–2010: The City of Sheffield wards of Chapel Green, Hillsborough, South Wortley, Stocksbridge, and Walkley.
The constituency covered north west Sheffield. It was named for Hillsborough and reached north west to Stocksbridge.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Arthur Neal | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | A. V. Alexander | Labour Co-op | |
1931 | Gurney Braithwaite | Conservative | |
1935 | A. V. Alexander | Labour Co-op | |
1950 | George Darling | Labour Co-op | |
Feb 1974 | Martin Flannery | Labour | |
1992 | Helen Jackson | Labour | |
2005 | Angela Smith | Labour | |
2010 | constituency abolished: see Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, Sheffield Hallam and Penistone and Stocksbridge |
Elections[]
Elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Angela Smith | 23,477 | 51.17 | -5.66 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Commons | 12,234 | 26.66 | +4.09 | |
Conservative | Jackie Doyle-Price | 6,890 | 15.02 | -3.32 | |
BNP | David Wright | 2,010 | 4.38 | New | |
UKIP | Maurice Patterson | 1,273 | 2.77 | +0.51 | |
Majority | 11,243 | 24.51 | |||
Turnout | 45,844 | 60.61 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.87 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Helen Jackson | 24,170 | 56.8 | -0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Commons | 9,601 | 22.6 | -3.2 | |
Conservative | Graham King | 7,801 | 18.3 | +3.8 | |
UKIP | Peter Webb | 964 | 2.3 | New | |
Majority | 14,569 | 34.2 | +3.1 | ||
Turnout | 42,536 | 57.3 | -13.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Helen Jackson | 30,150 | 56.9 | +10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Arthur Dunworth | 13,699 | 25.8 | -8.5 | |
Conservative | David Nuttall | 7,707 | 14.5 | -5.0 | |
Referendum | John Rusling | 1,468 | 2.8 | New | |
Majority | 16,451 | 31.1 | +19.2 | ||
Turnout | 53,024 | 71.0 | -6.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Helen Jackson | 27,568 | 46.2 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Chadwick | 20,500 | 34.3 | -4.2 | |
Conservative | Sid Cordle | 11,640 | 19.5 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 7,068 | 11.9 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 59,708 | 77.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martin Flannery | 26,208 | 44.0 | +6.8 | |
Liberal | David Chadwick | 22,922 | 38.5 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | John Sykes | 10,396 | 17.5 | -10.8 | |
Majority | 3,286 | 5.5 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 59,526 | 78.0 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martin Flannery | 20,901 | 37.2 | ||
Liberal | David Chadwick | 19,355 | 34.5 | ||
Conservative | Christine Smith | 15,881 | 28.3 | ||
Majority | 1,546 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 56,137 | 75.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martin Flannery | 20,556 | 56.8 | -3.9 | |
Conservative | Irvine Patnick | 12,206 | 33.7 | +8.5 | |
Liberal | P. A. Neale | 3,088 | 8.5 | -5.7 | |
National Front | S. Williams | 326 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 8,350 | 23.1 | -12.4 | ||
Turnout | 36,176 | 70.8 | +4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martin Flannery | 21,026 | 60.7 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | Brian Williamson | 8,718 | 25.2 | -2.0 | |
Liberal | Robin Osner | 4,912 | 14.2 | -3.1 | |
Majority | 12,308 | 35.5 | +7.1 | ||
Turnout | 34,656 | 66.6 | -10.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martin Flannery | 22,065 | 55.6 | -6.5 | |
Conservative | Brian Williamson | 10,785 | 27.2 | -10.7 | |
Liberal | Robin Osner | 6,863 | 17.3 | New | |
Majority | 11,280 | 28.4 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 39,713 | 76.8 | +11.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Darling | 18,775 | 62.1 | -5.8 | |
Conservative | Irvine Patnick | 11,445 | 37.9 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 7,330 | 24.2 | -11.4 | ||
Turnout | 30,220 | 65.0 | -10.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Darling | 22,799 | 67.9 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | Michael J Mallett | 10,774 | 32.1 | -5.5 | |
Majority | 12,025 | 35.8 | +10.9 | ||
Turnout | 33,573 | 70.3 | -4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Darling | 22,071 | 62.4 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Robert James Lawther | 13,278 | 37.6 | -4.9 | |
Majority | 8,793 | 24.8 | +11.8 | ||
Turnout | 35,349 | 74.5 | -1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Darling | 21,888 | 56.5 | -2.3 | |
National Liberal | Stanley Kenneth Arnold | 16,845 | 43.5 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 5,043 | 13.0 | -4.6 | ||
Turnout | 38,733 | 75.9 | +2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Darling | 23,438 | 58.8 | -0.2 | |
National Liberal | Stanley Kenneth Arnold | 16,428 | 41.2 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 7,010 | 17.6 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 39,866 | 73.0 | -11.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Darling | 28,274 | 59.0 | +0.3 | |
National Liberal | George Wadsworth | 19,617 | 41.0 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 8,657 | 18.0 | -0.9 | ||
Turnout | 47,891 | 84.9 | -2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Darling | 28,295 | 58.7 | -4.7 | |
National Liberal | Knowles Edge | 19,613 | 39.8 | +3.2 | |
Communist | Mick Bennett[7] | 759 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 9,312 | 18.9 | -7.9 | ||
Turnout | 48,667 | 87.1 | +11.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. V. Alexander | 24,959 | 63.4 | +9.1 | |
National Liberal | Sir Robert Hampden Hobart, 3rd Baronet | 14,403 | 36.6 | -9.1 | |
Majority | 10,556 | 26.8 | +18.2 | ||
Turnout | 39,362 | 76.0 | -0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. V. Alexander | 21,025 | 54.3 | +12.3 | |
Conservative | Gurney Braithwaite | 17,721 | 45.7 | -12.2 | |
Majority | 3,304 | 8.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,746 | 76.8 | -4.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gurney Braithwaite | 23,819 | 57.9 | -15.2 | |
Labour | A. V. Alexander | 17,319 | 42.1 | +29.1 | |
Majority | 6,500 | 15.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,138 | 81.6 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. V. Alexander | 20,941 | 57.3 | +0.4 | |
Unionist | Albert Harland | 10,489 | 28.8 | -14.3 | |
Liberal | Edward Hugh Frederick Morris | 5,053 | 13.9 | New | |
Majority | 10,452 | 28.5 | +14.7 | ||
Turnout | 36,483 | 77.6 | -0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. V. Alexander | 16,573 | 56.9 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Norman Graham Thwaites | 12,554 | 43.1 | +12.2 | |
Majority | 4,019 | 13.8 | -11.0 | ||
Turnout | 29,127 | 77.9 | +4.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. V. Alexander | 15,087 | 55.7 | -0.5 | |
Unionist | Charles Boot | 8,369 | 30.9 | New | |
Liberal | Ernest Woodhead | 3,636 | 13.4 | -30.4 | |
Majority | 6,718 | 24.8 | +12.4 | ||
Turnout | 27,092 | 73.3 | -1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. V. Alexander | 15,130 | 56.2 | New | |
National Liberal | Arthur Neal | 11,812 | 43.8 | -29.6 | |
Majority | 3,318 | 12.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 26,942 | 74.7 | +35.5 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Arthur Neal | 11,171 | 73.4 | |
Co-operative Party | Arthur Lockwood | 4,050 | 26.6 | ||
Majority | 7,121 | 46.8 | |||
Turnout | 15,221 | 42.2 | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ Stevenson, Graham. "Bennett, Mick". Retrieved 29 April 2017.
Sources[]
- BBC Election 2005
- BBC Vote 2001
- Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
- http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (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
- Hillsborough, South Yorkshire
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2010
- Parliamentary constituencies in Sheffield (historic)