Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency)
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Sheffield Hallam County constituency |
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Sheffield Hallam shown within South Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire shown within England | |
Created: | 1885 |
MP: | Nick Clegg |
Party: | Liberal Democrat |
Type: | House of Commons |
County: | South Yorkshire |
EP constituency: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Sheffield Hallam is a Parliamentary constituency covering the south west portion of the City of Sheffield, England. It is represented in the House of Commons by Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats who won the seat for the first time at the 2005 general election. It is the only seat in South Yorkshire not held by Labour and is the wealthiest UK constituency outside of the south-east.
[edit] Boundaries
Hallam constituency extends from Stannington in the north to Dore in the south and includes small parts of the city centre in the east. It includes the wards of Broomhill, Crookes, Dore and Totley, Ecclesall, and Fulwood.
The large majority of Hallam is rural, spreading in the west in to the Peak District National park. It also contains some of the least deprived wards in the country, has low unemployment and a high rate of owner ocupancy. The University of Sheffield and two campuses of Sheffield Hallam University are within the constituency, which has a large student population.
Hallam borders onto the constituencies of High Peak, North East Derbyshire, Sheffield Central, Sheffield Heeley and Sheffield Hillsborough.
The Boundary Commission's final recommendations for boundary reform (published 14/09/05) propose that Hallam lose Broomhill ward to Sheffield Central and gain Stannington from Sheffield Hillsborough, which is to be abolished. These changes are due to come into force at the next general election
The constituency should not be confused with the former Hallamshire constituency.
[edit] History
Prior to its creation Hallam was a part of the larger Sheffield Borough constituency, which was represented by two Members of Parliament (MPs). In 1885 the Redistribution of Seats Act, which sought to eliminate constituencies with more than one MP and give greater representation to urban areas, led to the break-up of the constituency into five divisions: each represented by a single MP. Hallam was one of these new divisions. Its first MP, the Conservative Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley, had previously been an MP in the Sheffield constituency, elected for the first time in 1880.
Hallam is the wealthiest constituency in the north of England, and was long held by the Conservative Party. At the 1997 general election Richard Allan of the Liberal Democrats took the seat with an 18.5% swing. It is now the sixth safest Liberal Democrat seat in the UK.
[edit] Members of Parliament
The current Member of Parliament is Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats, who was elected in the 2005 general election.
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
- General election of 2005
Richard Allan stood down at the 2005 general election. His replacement as the Liberal Democrat candidate, Nick Clegg held the seat with a slightly reduced majority. Although voter turnout reached a historical low of 62.2% it was, nevertheless, the highest turnout in Sheffield.
General Election 2005: Sheffield, Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Clegg | 20,710 | 51.1 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | Spencer Pitfield | 12,028 | 29.7 | −1.3 | |
Labour | Mahroof Hussain | 5,110 | 12.6 | +0.2 | |
Green | Rob Cole | 1,331 | 3.3 | N/A | |
British National | Ian Senior | 469 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Christian Peoples | Sidney Cordle | 441 | 1.1 | N/A | |
UK Independence | Nigel James | 438 | 1.1 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 8,682 | 21.4 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 40,527 | 62.2 | −2.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
- General election of 2001
At the 2001 general election Richard Allen held the seat for the Liberal Democrats with a slightly increased majority.
General Election 2001: Sheffield, Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Allan | 21,203 | 55.4 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | John Harthman | 11,856 | 31.0 | −2.1 | |
Labour | Gillian Furniss | 4,758 | 12.4 | −1.1 | |
UK Independence | Leslie Arnott | 429 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,347 | 24.4 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 38,246 | 64.8 | −7.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
- General election of 1997
At the 1997 general election the incumbent, Irvine Patnick of the Conservative Party, was unseated by the Liberal Democrat Richard Allan, who took the seat with an 18.2% increase in the Liberal Democrat vote.
General Election 1997: Sheffield, Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Allan | 23,345 | 51.3 | +18.2 | |
Conservative | Irvine Patnick | 15,074 | 33.1 | −12.4 | |
Labour | Stephen Conquest | 6,147 | 13.5 | −6.6 | |
Referendum Party | Ian Davidson | 788 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Philip Booler | 125 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,271 | 18.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,479 | 72.4 | +1.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 15.3 |
- General election of 1992
The 1992 general election was virtually a repeat of the previous election, with very little change in the standings of the three main political parties.
General Election 1992: Sheffield, Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Irvine Patnick | 24,693 | 45.5 | −0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Gold | 17,952 | 33.1 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Veronica Hardstaff | 10,930 | 20.1 | −0.3 | |
Green | Mallen Baker | 473 | 0.9 | +0.1 | |
Natural Law | R Hurtford | 101 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Revolutionary Communist | T Clifford | 99 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,741 | 12.4 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 54,248 | 70.8 | −3.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1980s
- General election of 1987
After 28 years as MP for the seat, John Osborn stood down at the 1987 general election. His replacement as the Conservative Party candidate, local businessman Irvine Patnick, held the seat for the Conservatives, albeit with a slightly reduced majority.
General Election 1987: Sheffield, Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Irvine Patnick | 25,649 | 46.3 | −4.3 | |
SDP-Liberal Alliance | Peter Gold | 18,012 | 32.5 | +4.1 | |
Labour | M.C. Savani | 11,290 | 20.4 | +0.7 | |
Green | L.M. Spencer | 459 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,637 | 13.8 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 55,410 | 74.7 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- General election of 1983
General Election 1983: Sheffield, Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Osborn | 25,851 | 50.6 | −4.3 | |
SDP-Liberal Alliance | M. Johnson | 15,077 | 28.4 | +12.7 | |
Labour | J. McCrindle | 10,463 | 19.7 | −9.1 | |
Independent Conservative | J. Booler | 656 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,774 | 22.2 | −3.9 | ||
Turnout | 52,047 | 72.8 | +0.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1970s
- General election of 1979
General Election 1979: Sheffield, Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Osborn | 31,436 | 54.9 | +5.9 | |
Labour | M. J. Bower | 16,502 | 28.8 | −0.2 | |
Liberal | K. A. Salt | 8,982 | 15.7 | −6.3 | |
National Front | G. F. Smith | 300 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,934 | 26.1 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 57,220 | 72.5 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- General election of October 1974
Clive Betts, the losing Labour candidate at the October 1974 general election, won the Sheffield Attercliffe seat in 1992.
General Election 1974 (October): Sheffield, Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Osborn | 26,083 | 49.0 | +0.1 | |
Labour | Clive Betts | 15,419 | 29.0 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | M. A. Johnson | 11,724 | 22.0 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 10,664 | 20.0 | −1.8 | ||
Turnout | 53226 | 68.8 | −8.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- General election of February 1974
The constituency boundaries were redrawn prior to the February 1974 general election, perhaps accounting for the reduced majority of the incumbent, John Osborn. David Blunkett, the losing Labour candidate, would go on to win the Sheffield Brightside seat in 1987, entering the government of Tony Blair in 1997 and becoming Home Secretary from 2001 to 2004.
General Election 1974 (February): Sheffield, Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Osborn | 29,062 | 48.9 | −12.4 | |
Labour | David Blunkett | 16,149 | 27.2 | −4.2 | |
Liberal | M. A. Johnson | 14,160 | 23.9 | +16.6 | |
Majority | 12,913 | 21.8 | −8.1 | ||
Turnout | 59,371 | 77.2 | +7.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- General election of 1970
General Election 1970: Sheffield, Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Osborn | 25,134 | 61.3 | ||
Labour | A. H. Broadley | 12,884 | 31.4 | ||
Liberal | P. Singh | 2,972 | 7.3 | ||
Majority | 12,250 | 29.9 | |||
Turnout | 40,990 | 69.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1960s
- General election of 1966
General Election 1966: Sheffield, Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Osborn | 21,593 | 51.3 | ||
Labour | P. Hardy | 13,663 | 32.5 | ||
Liberal | D. T. Lloyd | 6,799 | 16.2 | ||
Majority | 7,930 | 18.9 | |||
Turnout | 75.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- General election of 1964
General Election 1964: Sheffield, Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Osborn | 23,719 | 55.0 | ||
Labour | A. G. Kingscott | 11,635 | 27.0 | ||
Liberal | G. H. Manley | 7,807 | 18.1 | ||
Majority | 12,084 | 28.0 | |||
Turnout | 74.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1950s
- General election of 1959
General Election 1959: Sheffield, Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Osborn | 28,747 | 62.8 | ||
Labour | E. S. Sachs | 11,938 | 26.1 | ||
Liberal | B. Roseby | 5,119 | 11.2 | ||
Majority | 16,809 | 36.7 | |||
Turnout | 76.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- General election of 1955
General Election 1955: Sheffield, Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Roland Jennings | 30,069 | 66.2 | ||
Labour | J. Marsden | 15,330 | 33.8 | ||
Majority | 14,739 | 32.5 | |||
Turnout | 74.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- General election of 1951
General Election 1951: Sheffield, Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Roland Jennings | 29,016 | 70.8 | ||
Labour | F. W. Beaton | 11,988 | 29.2 | ||
Majority | 17,028 | 41.5 | |||
Turnout | 82.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- General election of 1950
General Election 1950: Sheffield, Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Roland Jennings | 28,159 | 65.1 | ||
Labour | H. C. Spears | 11,444 | 26.5 | ||
Liberal | A. E. Jones | 3,641 | 8.4 | ||
Majority | 16,715 | 38.6 | |||
Turnout | 86.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1940s
- General election of 1945
General Election 1945: Sheffield, Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Roland Jennings | 15,874 | 47.1 | ||
Labour | J. F. Drabble | 13,009 | 38.5 | ||
Liberal | G. Abrahams | 2,614 | 7.7 | ||
Communist | G. H. Cree | 2,253 | 6.7 | ||
Majority | 2,865 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 75.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1930s
- 1939 by-election
Sheffield Hallam by-election, 1939 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Roland Jennings | 16,033 | 61.7 | ||
Labour | C. S. Darvill | 9,939 | 38.3 | ||
Majority | 6,094 | 23.4 | |||
Turnout | 57.8 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- General election of 1935
General Election 1935: Sheffield, Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Louis William Smith | 21,298 | 67.3 | ||
Labour | G. M. Colman | 10,346 | 32.7 | ||
Majority | 10,952 | 34.6 | |||
Turnout | 71.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- General election of 1931
General Election 1931: Sheffield, Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Louis William Smith | 26,857 | 77.5 | ||
Labour | H. G. McGhee | 7,807 | 22.5 | ||
Majority | 19,050 | 55.0 | |||
Turnout | 80.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1920s
- General election of 1929
General Election 1929: Sheffield Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Louis William Smith | 18,920 | 60.9 | ||
Labour | B. Rawson | 12,133 | 39.1 | ||
Majority | 6,787 | 21.8 | |||
Turnout | 73.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- 1928 by-election
The 1928 by-election followed the resignation of Frederick Hugh Sykes on June 26 to take up an appointment as Governor of Bombay.
Sheffield Hallam by-election, 1928 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Louis William Smith | 9,417 | 53.7 | ||
Labour | C. R. Flynn | 5,393 | 30.8 | ||
Liberal | J. B. Hobman | 2,715 | 15.5 | ||
Majority | 4,024 | 22.9 | |||
Turnout | 54.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- General election of 1924
General Election 1924: Sheffield Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Frederick Hugh Sykes | 15,446 | 63.7 | ||
Labour | E. Snelgrove | 8,807 | 36.3 | ||
Majority | 6,639 | 27.4 | |||
Turnout | 77.8 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- General election of 1923
General Election 1923: Sheffield Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Frederick Hugh Sykes | 12,119 | 57.7 | ||
Labour | A. J. Freeman | 5,506 | 23.9 | ||
Liberal | C. S. Rewcastle | 5,383 | 23.4 | ||
Majority | 6,613 | 28.8 | |||
Turnout | 75.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- General election of 1922
General Election 1922: Sheffield Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Frederick Hugh Sykes | 13,405 | 59.4 | ||
Liberal | C. S. Rewcastle | 9,173 | 40.6 | ||
Majority | 4,232 | 18.8 | |||
Turnout | 73.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1910s
- General election of December 1918
In the 1918 UK general election, Douglas Vickers was elected unopposed.
- 1916 by-election
The 1916 by-election, followed the resignation of Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley on 16 December. Herbert Fisher of the Liberal Party was elected unopposed, becoming the first non-Conservative MP to represent Sheffield Hallam. The Conservatives retook the seat in 1918 and held it continuously until 1997.
- General election of December 1910
General Election December 1910: Sheffield Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley | 5,788 | 50.9 | ||
Liberal | A. Neal | 5,593 | 49.1 | ||
Majority | 195 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 84.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- General election of January 1910
General Election January 1910: Sheffield Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley | 6,181 | 50.9 | ||
Liberal | A. Neal | 5,965 | 49.1 | ||
Majority | 216 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 89.8 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1900s
- General election of 1906
General Election 1906: Sheffield Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley | 5,546 | 50.4 | ||
Liberal | A. Grant | 5,465 | 49.6 | ||
Majority | 81 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 85.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- General election of 1900
In the 1900 UK general election, Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley was elected unopposed.
[edit] Elections in the 1890s
- General election of 1895
In the 1895 UK general election, Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley was elected unopposed.
- General election of 1892
General Election 1892: Sheffield Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley | 4,057 | 54.3 | ||
Liberal | R. Hammond | 3,414 | 45.7 | ||
Majority | 643 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 87.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1880s
- General election of 1886
General Election 1886: Sheffield Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley | 3,581 | 57.8 | ||
Liberal | T. R. Threlfall | 2,612 | 42.2 | ||
Majority | 969 | 15.6 | |||
Turnout | 78.9 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- General election of 1885
General Election 1885: Sheffield Hallam | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley | 3,764 | 54.4 | ||
Liberal | C. Warren | 3,155 | 45.6 | ||
Majority | 609 | 8.8 | |||
Turnout | 88.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
- BBC Vote 2001
- BBC Election 2005
- Guardian Unlimited Politics
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- UK General Elections since 1832
- 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