Sheffield South East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Sheffield South East Borough constituency
Image:SheffieldSoutheastConstituency.svg
Sheffield South East shown within South Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	For Next UK general election
MP:	Clive Betts
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	South Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Sheffield Soutth East is a parliamentary constituency in the City of Sheffield. It is currently represented by the Labour MP Clive Betts. The Boundary Commission recommended that the existing Sheffield Attercliffe be renamed Sheffield South East at the next General election following boundary changes in the South Yorkshire region.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Elections
- 4.1 Elections in the 2000s
5 See also
6 References

[edit] Boundaries

Sheffield Attercliffe currently covers much of east and south east the city including the wards of Beighton, Birley, Darnall, Mosborough, Woodhouse, and parts of Richmond ward.

Following the review into parliamentary representation in South Yorkshire, the new Sheffield South East will consist of the electoral wards of Beighton, Birley, Darnall, Mosborough, and Woodhouse.

[edit] History

Sheffield Attercliffe constituency was created when the Sheffield constituency was split into five in 1885.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This table outlines the members of parliament representing the predecessor seats to the recommended Sheffield South East constituency.

	Member	Party
1885	Bernard John Seymour Coleridge (later Baron Coleridge)	Liberal
1894	J Batty Langley	Liberal
1909	Joseph Pointer	Labour
1914	William Crawford Anderson	Labour
1918	Thomas Worrall Casey	Coalition Liberal
1922	Cecil Henry Wilson	Labour
1931	Cecil Frederick Pike	Conservative
1935	Cecil Henry Wilson	Labour
1944	John Burns Hynd	Labour
1970	Patrick Duffy	Labour
1992	Clive Betts	Labour

[edit] Elections

Sheffield Attercliffe election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

From the next UK general election, Sheffield Attercliffe will be succeeded by Sheffield South East

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UK Independence	Jonathan Arnott
	Labour	Clive Betts

General election of 2005

General Election 2005: Sheffield, Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Betts	22,250	60.10	-7.69
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Moore	6,283	16.97	+2.76
	Conservative	Tracy Critchlow	5,329	14.40	-0.80
	UK Independence	Jonathan Arnott	1,680	4.54	+1.74
	British National Party	Beverley Jones	1,477	3.99	N/A
Majority			15,967
Turnout			37,019	54.59
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.22

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

v • d • e Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber

Labour	Barnsley Central • Barnsley East and Mexborough • Barnsley West and Penistone • Batley and Spen • Bradford North • Bradford South • Bradford West • Brigg and Goole • Calder Valley • City of York • Cleethorpes • Colne Valley • Dewsbury • Don Valley • Doncaster Central • Doncaster North • Elmet • Great Grimsby • Halifax • Hemsworth • Huddersfield • Hull East • Hull North • Hull West and Hessle • Keighley • Leeds Central • Leeds East • Leeds North East • Leeds West • Morley and Rothwell • Normanton • Pontefract and Castleford • Pudsey • Rother Valley • Rotherham • Scunthorpe • Selby • Sheffield Attercliffe • Sheffield Brightside • Sheffield Central • Sheffield Heeley • Sheffield Hillsborough • Wakefield • Wentworth

Conservative	Beverley and Holderness • East Yorkshire • Haltemprice and Howden • Richmond (Yorks) • Ryedale • Scarborough and Whitby • Shipley • Skipton and Ripon • Vale of York

Liberal Democrat	Harrogate and Knaresborough • Leeds North West • Sheffield Hallam •

Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Labour (2) • Conservative (2) • Liberal Democrats (1) • UKIP (1)