Districts of Sheffield

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Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in the north of England. The districts of Sheffield vary widely in size and history. Many of the districts developed from villages or hamlets that have become absorbed into Sheffield as the city has grown. For this reason, whilst the centre of most districts is easy to define, the boundaries of many of the districts are ambiguous. Districts in Sheffield have little administrative role: for the purposes of local elections the city is subdivided into 28 electoral wards, and for the purposes of national elections the electoral wards are grouped into Parliamentary constituencies.

Contents 1 Administrative divisions 1.1 Historical divisions 1.2 Present-day divisions 1.3 Proposed future divisions 2 Districts of Sheffield by ward 2.1 Arbourthorne 2.2 Beauchief and Greenhill 2.3 Beighton 2.4 Birley 2.5 Broomhill 2.6 Burngreave 2.7 Central 2.8 Crookes 2.9 Darnall 2.10 Dore and Totley 2.11 East Ecclesfield 2.12 Ecclesall 2.13 Firth Park 2.14 Fulwood 2.15 Gleadless Valley 2.16 Graves Park 2.17 Hillsborough 2.18 Manor Castle 2.19 Mosborough 2.20 Nether Edge 2.21 Richmond, South Yorkshire 2.22 Shiregreen and Brightside 2.23 Southey 2.24 Stannington 2.25 Stocksbridge and Upper Don 2.26 Walkley 2.27 West Ecclesfield 2.28 Woodhouse 3 Area names that refer to wider areas encompassing many districts 4 Parish and Town Councils 5 References

[edit] Administrative divisions

[edit] Historical divisions

Prior to the break up of the parish of Sheffield in 1848 the parish was divided into six townships: Attercliff-cum-Darnall; Brightside Bierlow; Ecclesall Bierlow; Nether Hallam; Sheffield township; and Upper Hallam. In 1832, with the exception of most of Upper Hallam and parts of Ecclesall Bierlow, these townships formed the basis of the new Borough constituency of Sheffield. Subsequently, in 1843 this Borough constituency formed the basis of the Municipal Borough of Sheffield along with the parts of Upper Hallam and Ecclesall Bierlow omitted from the Borough constituency. Sheffield Municipal Borough was thereby formed from all six townships, and would ultimately become the City of Sheffield in 1893. The Sheffield constituency was broken into five divisions in 1885: Attercliffe; Brightside; Central; Ecclesall; and Hallam. Hillsborough and Park constituencies were added in 1918 after the City extended its boundaries. The Central and Ecclesall constituencies were abolished in 1950 and two new constituencies, Heeley and Neepsend, created. Neepsend was shortlived, being abolished by 1955, and Park was abolished, to be replaced by a revived Central constituency in 1983.

[edit] Present-day divisions

For the purposes of City Council elections Sheffield is divided into 28 electoral wards^[1]. There was a Local Government ward boundary review that came into effect in 2004^[2], evening out the number of voters per ward at 13,000 ± 10%. Parliamentary Constituencies are built out of whole numbers of local government wards within an administrative county. The current Parliamentary Boundary Review reported in 2005, but the proposed changes will not be implemented until the next general election. Consequently, the Parliamentary Constituencies boundaries are currently not coterminous with the ward boundaries.

The borough of Sheffield is currently (2005) covered by six parliamentary constituencies. These are:

• Sheffield Attercliffe, Borough constituency
• Sheffield Brightside, Borough constituency
• Sheffield Central, Borough constituency
• Sheffield Hallam, County constituency
• Sheffield Heeley, Borough constituency
• Sheffield Hillsborough, County constituency

[edit] Proposed future divisions

The Boundary Commission proposals for South Yorkshire^[3] will see Sheffield's representation reduced from 6 to 5.5 seats, with one seat being shared with the borough of Barnsley. An inquiry^[4] was held in March 2005, with the final recommendations published in September 2005:

• Sheffield Central: the existing constituency will lose Burngreave ward and gain Broomhill ward.
• Sheffield, Brightside & Hillsborough: Sheffield Brightside will gain Burngreave and Hillsborough wards, and be renamed.
• Sheffield, Hallam: the existing constituency will lose Broomhill ward and gain Stannington ward.
• Sheffield, Heeley: the existing constituency will be relatively unchanged, gaining those parts of Richmond ward that are not already included in this constituency.
• Sheffield South East: The name of Sheffield Attercliffe is to be changed although the boundary changes to this constituency are minor.
• Penistone & Stocksbridge: Three wards from Sheffield Hillsborough (which is to be abolished) will be combined with three wards from the borough of Barnsley to form this new seat.

[edit] Districts of Sheffield by ward

[edit] Arbourthorne

Arbourthorne, Gleadless, Gleadless Townend, Hollins End, Newfield Green and Norfolk Park.

[edit] Beauchief and Greenhill

Beauchief, Batemoor, Greenhill, Jordanthorpe and Low Edges.

[edit] Beighton

Beighton, Hackenthorpe, Owlthorpe and Sothall.

[edit] Birley

Base Green, Birley, Charnock Hall, Frecheville and parts of Hackenthorpe.

[edit] Broomhill

Broomhill, Crookesmoor, Endcliffe and Tapton.

[edit] Burngreave

Burngreave, Fir Vale, Grimesthorpe, Pitsmoor, Shirecliffe and Woodside.

[edit] Central

Broomhall, Kelham Island, Highfield, Little Sheffield, Sharrow and the city centre

[edit] Crookes

Crookes, Crosspool and Sandygate.

[edit] Darnall

Attercliffe, Carbrook, Darnall, Tinsley and part of Handsworth.

[edit] Dore and Totley

Bradway, Dore, Totley and Whirlow.

[edit] East Ecclesfield

Chapeltown, Colley and Ecclesfield.

[edit] Ecclesall

Bents Green, Ecclesall, Greystones, Millhouses, Parkhead and Ringinglow.

[edit] Firth Park

Firth Park and Longley.

[edit] Fulwood

Fulwood, Lodge Moor and Ranmoor.

[edit] Gleadless Valley

Gleadless Valley, Heeley, Hemsworth, Herdings, Hurlfield, Lowfield and Meersbrook.

[edit] Graves Park

Norton, Norton Lees, Norton Woodseats and Woodseats.

[edit] Hillsborough

Hillsborough, Malin Bridge, Middlewood, Owlerton, Wadsley and Wisewood.

[edit] Manor Castle

Manor, Manor Park, Park Hill and Wybourn.

[edit] Mosborough

Halfway, Holbrook, Mosborough, Waterthorpe and Westfield.

[edit] Nether Edge

Brincliffe, Carter Knowle, Nether Edge and Sharrow Vale.

[edit] Richmond, South Yorkshire

Four Lane Ends, Intake, Normanton Spring, Richmond and Woodthorpe.

[edit] Shiregreen and Brightside

Brightside, Shiregreen and Wincobank.

[edit] Southey

Birley Carr, Foxhill, Parson Cross, Southey and Wadsley Bridge.

[edit] Stannington

Bradfield, Dungworth, Loxley, Stannington, Strines, Woodland View and Worrall.

[edit] Stocksbridge and Upper Don

Bolsterstone, Deepcar, Ewden, Midhopestones, Oughtibridge, Stocksbridge and Wharncliffe Side.

[edit] Walkley

Langsett, Neepsend, Netherthorpe, Philadelphia, Upperthorpe and Walkley.

[edit] West Ecclesfield

Burncross, Grenoside and High Green.

[edit] Woodhouse

Handsworth, Orgreave and Woodhouse.

[edit] Area names that refer to wider areas encompassing many districts

• Abbeydale
• Rivelin
• Lower Don Valley

[edit] Parish and Town Councils

There are three minor authorities within the Sheffield city boundaries: Stocksbridge Town Council, Bradfield Parish Council and Ecclesfield Parish Council.

[edit] References

1. ^ Sheffield's Electoral Ward Boundaries. Sheffield City Council. Accessed in April 2005.
2. ^ Summary of Sheffield 2004 Ward Boundary Review. Accessed on 10 September 2005.
3. ^ Boundary Commission for England: Sheffield review. Accessed on 10 September 2005.
4. ^ Summary of Sheffield 2006 Parliamentary Boundary Review. Accessed on 10 September 2005.

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	Arbourthorne | Beauchief and Greenhill | Beighton | Birley | Broomhill | Burngreave | Central | Crookes | Darnall | Dore and Totley | East Ecclesfield | Ecclesall | Firth Park | Fulwood | Gleadless Valley | Graves Park | Hillsborough | Manor Castle | Mosborough | Nether Edge | Richmond | Shiregreen and Brightside | Southey | Stannington | Stocksbridge and Upper Don | Walkley | West Ecclesfield | Woodhouse