Sheffield Heeley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Sheffield Heeley Borough constituency
Sheffield Heeley shown within South Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	1950
MP:	Meg Munn
Party:	Labour Co-operative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	South Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Sheffield Heeley is a Parliamentary constituency covering south central Sheffield. 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. Originally held by the Conservative Party, it changed hands three times between 1966 and 1974, since when it has become a safe Labour seat, with the Liberal Democrats now in a distant second place. It has been represented by Meg Munn since 2001.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 3.1 Elections in the 2000s 3.2 Elections in the 1990s 3.3 Elections in the 1980s 3.4 Elections in the 1970s 3.5 Elections in the 1960s 3.6 Elections in the 1950s 4 See also 5 Sources

[edit] Boundaries

Sheffield Heeley constituency is centred on the district of Heeley. It includes the wards of Arbourthorne, Beauchief and Greenhill, Gleadless Valley, Graves Park, and most of Richmond. It neighbours the constituencies of North East Derbyshire, Sheffield Central, Sheffield Attercliffe, Sheffield Hallam and Sheffield Hillsborough.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1950	Peter Roberts	Conservative and Liberal Unionist
	1966	Frank Hooley	Labour
	1970	John Deane Spence	Conservative
	1974	Frank Hooley	Labour
	1983	Bill Michie	Labour
	2001	Meg Munn	Labour Co-operative

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General election of 2005

General Election 2005: Sheffield, Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	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
	British National	John Beatson	1,314	3.85	N/A
	Green	Rob Unwin	1,312	3.85	+1.58
	UK Independence	Mark Suter	775	2.27	+0.42
	Socialist Alternative	Mark Dunnell	265	0.78	N/A
Majority			11,370
Turnout			34,093	57.06
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General election of 2001

General Election 2001: Sheffield, Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	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	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Brian Fischer	667	2.0	N/A
	UK Independence	David Dunn	634	1.9	N/A
Majority			11,704	34.3
Turnout			34,139	55.1	-9.9
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General election of 1997

General Election 1997: Sheffield, Heeley
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 Party	David Mawson	1,029	2.4	N/A
Majority			17,078	39.5	+ 9.8
Turnout			43,266	65.0	- 5.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 1992

General Election 1992: Sheffield, Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Michie	28,005	55.7	+ 2.3
	Conservative	D.R. Beck	13,051	25.9	- 0.4
	Liberal Democrats	P. Moore	9,247	18.4	- 1.9
Majority			14,954	29.7	+ 2.6
Turnout				70.9	- 1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General election of 1987

General Election 1987: Sheffield, Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Michie	28,425	53.4	+ 7.6
	Conservative	N.P. Mearing-Smith	13,985	26.3	- 3.6
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	P. Moore	10,811	20.3	- 4.0
Majority			14,440	27.1	+ 11.2
Turnout				72.0	+ 1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 1983

General Election 1983: Sheffield, Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Michie	24,111	45.8	- 4.0
	Conservative	S. Cordle	15,743	29.9	- 10.2
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	J.M. Day	12,813	24.3	+ 14.8
Majority			8,368	15.9	+ 5.2
Turnout				70.5	- 6.8
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

General election of 1979

General Election 1979: Sheffield, Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Hooley	24,618	49.8
	Conservative	D. George	19,845	40.1
	Liberal	R. Webb	4,708	9.5
	National Front	P.K. Thorpe	274	0.6
Majority			4,773	9.65
Turnout				77.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of October 1974

General Election 1974 (October): Sheffield, Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Hooley	24,728	51.6
	Conservative	A.E. Page	15,322	32.0
	Liberal	R.J. Fairfax	7,151	14.9
	National Front	P. Revell	723	1.5
Majority			9,406	19.6
Turnout				73.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of February 1974

General Election 1974 (February): Sheffield, Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Hooley	25,317	47.7
	Conservative	R.J. Ingle	18,732	35.3
	Liberal	A.J. Singleton	9,061	17.0
Majority			6,585	12.4
Turnout				82.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election of 1970

General Election 1970: Sheffield, Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Deane Spence	27,950	47.0
	Labour	Frank Hooley	27,237	45.9
	Liberal	A.J. Singleton	4,220	7.1
Majority			713	1.2
Turnout				73.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

General election of 1966

General Election 1966: Sheffield, Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Hooley	31,996	54.0
	Conservative	John Deane Spence	27,267	46.0
Majority			4,729	8.0
Turnout				78.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election of 1964

General Election 1964: Sheffield, Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Roberts	29,587	51.5
	Labour	Frank Hooley	27,883	48.5
Majority			1,704	3.0
Turnout				76.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

General election of 1959

General Election 1959: Sheffield, Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Roberts	33,236	59.0
	Labour	J. Mellors	23,109	41.0
Majority			10,127	18.0
Turnout				77.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1955

General Election 1955: Sheffield, Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Roberts	30,798	60.9
	Labour	J. Sewell	19,747	39.1
Majority			11,051	21.8
Turnout				77.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1951

General Election 1951: Sheffield, Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Roberts	27,776	61.0
	Labour	A.H. Jennings	17,729	39.0
Majority			10,047	22.0
Turnout				84.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1950

General Election 1950: Sheffield, Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Roberts	26,560	56.3
	Labour	A.H. Jennings	17,856	37.8
	Liberal	P. Beckerlegge	2,779	5.9
Majority			8,704	18.5
Turnout				88.1
	New creation: Conservative gain.		Swing	N/A

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire
• Districts of Sheffield

[edit] Sources

• BBC Election 2005
• BBC Vote 2001
• Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page (Complete list of MPs)
• 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

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