Sheffield Attercliffe (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°22′16″N 1°25′41″W / 53.371°N 1.428°W / 53.371; -1.428

Sheffield Attercliffe
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Sheffield Attercliffe in South Yorkshire for the 2005 general election.
Location of South Yorkshire within England.
County	South Yorkshire
1885–2010
Replaced by	Sheffield South East
Created from	Sheffield

Sheffield Attercliffe was a parliamentary constituency in the City of Sheffield. It was created at the 1885 general election and abolished at the 2010 general election, when it was replaced by a new Sheffield South East constituency.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Sheffield wards of Attercliffe and Park, and the civil parish of Heeley.

1918-1950: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Attercliffe and Darnall.

1950-1955: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Attercliffe, Darnall, and Handsworth.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Attercliffe, Darnall, Handsworth, and Tinsley.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Attercliffe, Birley, Darnall, Handsworth, and Mosborough.

1983-2010: The City of Sheffield wards of Birley, Darnall, Handsworth, and Mosborough.

From 1997, Sheffield Attercliffe covered much of the east and south east of the city. It bordered the constituencies of North East Derbyshire, Rotherham, Rother Valley, Sheffield Brightside, Sheffield Central and Sheffield Heeley.

History

Sheffield Attercliffe constituency was created when the two-seat Sheffield constituency was split into five single-member seats in 1885.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Bernard Coleridge (later Baron Coleridge)	Liberal
	1894 by-election	J. Batty Langley	Liberal
	1909 by-election	Joseph Pointer	Labour
	1914 by-election	William Crawford Anderson	Labour
	1918	Thomas Worrall Casey	Coalition Liberal
	1922	Cecil Henry Wilson	Labour
	1931	Cecil Frederick Pike	Conservative
	1935	Cecil Wilson	Labour
	1944 by-election	John Hynd	Labour
	1970	Patrick Duffy	Labour
	1992	Clive Betts	Labour
2010		constituency abolished: see Sheffield South East

Elections

Sheffield Attercliffe election results

Elections in the 2000s

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
	UKIP	Jonathan Arnott	1,680	4.54	+1.74
	BNP	Beverley Jones	1,477	3.99	N/A
Majority			15,967
Turnout			37,019	54.59
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.22

General Election 2001: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Betts	24,287	67.8	+2.5
	Conservative	John Perry	5,443	15.2	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Gail Smith	5,092	14.2	-1.5
	UKIP	Pauline Arnott	1,002	2.8	N/A
Majority			18,844	52.6
Turnout			35,824	52.9	-11.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Betts	28,937	65.3	+7.8
	Conservative	Brendan Doyle	7,119	16.1	−10.2
	Liberal Democrat	Gail Smith	6,973	15.7	+1.0
	Referendum	James Brown	1,289	2.9	N/A
Majority			21,818	49.2
Turnout			44,318	64.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Betts	28,563	57.5
	Conservative	Gordon Millward	13,083	26.3
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Wooley	7,283	14.7
	Green	Gordon Ferguson	751	1.5
Majority			15,480	31.2
Turnout			49,680	71.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Duffy	28,266	57.8
	Conservative	John Perry	11,975	22.7
	Social Democratic	Helen Woolley	9,549	19.5
Majority			17,191	35.2
Turnout				72.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Duffy	23,067	51.5
	Conservative	Gordon Millward	11,455	25.6
	Social Democratic	Irene Addison	10,241	22.9
Majority			11,612	25.9
Turnout				69.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Duffy	29,702	64.9
	Conservative	Douglas French	11,599	25.6
	Liberal	Dennis Boothroyd	4,017	8.8
	National Front	J. Mason	457	1.0
Majority			18,103	39.6
Turnout				72.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Duffy	29,601	69.0
	Conservative	Patricia Santhouse	8,043	18.7
	Liberal	Gerald Broadhead	5,282	12.3
Majority			21,558	50.2
Turnout				67.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Duffy	34,120	71.9
	Conservative	Patricia Santhouse	12,944	27.3
	International Marxist	Tariq Ali	424	0.9
Majority			21,176	44.6
Turnout				74.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Duffy	26,482	69.6
	Conservative	Patricia Santhouse	10,986	28.9
	Independent	Percy Sims	581	1.5
Majority			15,496	40.7
Turnout				63.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Burns Hynd	32,336	77.3
	Conservative	Brian Marsden	9,511	22.7
Majority			22,825	54.5
Turnout				67.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Burns Hynd	30,318	66.8
	Conservative	Herbert Lambert	10,223	22.5
	Liberal	Colin Wood	4,831	10.7
Majority			20,095	44.3
Turnout				72.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Burns Hynd	33,676	68.8
	Conservative	Herbert Lambert	15,304	31.3
Majority			18,372	37.5
Turnout				75.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Burns Hynd	33,071	71.0
	Conservative	Herbert Lambert	13,503	29.0
Majority			19,568	42.0
Turnout				72.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Burns Hynd	29,958	71.1
	Conservative	Herbert Lambert	12,161	28.9
Majority			17,797	42.3
Turnout				82.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Burns Hynd	30,726	71.6
	Conservative	Lionel Farris	12,185	28.4
Majority			18,541	43.2
Turnout				86.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Burns Hynd	23,468	81.4
	Conservative	Brian Paddon	5,376	18.6
Majority			18,092	62.8
Turnout				79.4
	Labour hold		Swing

The 1944 by-election was called following the resignation of Cecil Henry Wilson on 9 February. John Burns Hynd of the Labour Party was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cecil Henry Wilson	18,663	62.8
	Conservative	Cecil Frederick Pike	11,034	37.2
Majority			7,629	25.6
Turnout				73.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1931: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cecil Frederick Pike	15,185	46.0
	Labour	Cecil Henry Wilson	15,020	45.5
	Communist	George Fletcher	2,790	8.5
Majority			165	0.5
Turnout				78.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cecil Henry Wilson	19,152	60.3	-3.3
	Unionist	Wilfred Barnard Faraday	6,190	19.5	-16.9
	Liberal	Thomas Neville	4,652	14.7	n/a
	Communist	George Henry Fletcher	1,731	5.5	n/a
Majority			12,962	40.8	+13.6
Turnout				75.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.8

General Election 1924: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cecil Henry Wilson	16,802	63.6
	Conservative	Wilfred Barnard Faraday	9,629	36.4
Majority			7,173	27.2
Turnout				75.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cecil Henry Wilson	13,581	58.7	-9.5
	Unionist	George Terrell	6,106	26.4	n/a
	Liberal	Harry Anson Briggs	3,438	14.9	n/a
Majority			7,475	32.3	-4.1
Turnout				66.8	-1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1922: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cecil Henry Wilson	16,206	68.2
	National Liberal	Thomas Worrall Casey	7,562	31.8
Majority			8,644	36.4
Turnout				68.6
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

Thomas Casey

General Election 1918 Electorate 35,923
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Liberal	Thomas Worrall Casey	12,308	65.3
	Labour	William Crawford Anderson	6,539	34.7
Majority			5,769	30.6
Turnout				52.5
	Coalition Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election of 1914 was called following the death on 19 November of Joseph Pointer. William Crawford Anderson of the Labour Party was elected unopposed.

General Election December 1910: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Pointer	6,532	55.0
	Conservative	Samuel Walker	5,354	45.0
Majority			1,178	10.0
Turnout				72.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election January 1910: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Pointer	7,755	56.1
	Conservative	Sydney Charles King-Farlow	6,075	43.9
Majority			1,676	12.2
Turnout				83.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

Sheffield Attercliffe by-election, 1909 Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Pointer	3,531	27.5	N/A
	Conservative	Sydney Charles King-Farlow	3,380	26.2	-20.6
	Liberal	Richard Cornthwaite Lambert	3,175	24.6	-28.6
	Independent Conservative	Arnold Muir Wilson	2,803	21.7	N/A
Majority			151	1.3	-5.1
Turnout				77.3	-1.9
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

General Election 1906: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Batty Langley	6,523	53.2	N/A
	Conservative	Arnold Muir Wilson	5,736	46.8	N/A
Majority			787	6.4	N/A
Turnout				79.2	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

In the 1900 general election, J. Batty Langley was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1890s

In the 1895 general election, J. Batty Langley was elected unopposed.

This by-election was called due to the resignation on 26 June of Bernard John Seymour Coleridge following his inheritance of the title of Baron Coleridge.

J. Batty Langley

Sheffield Attercliffe by-election, 1894: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Batty Langley	4,486	48.6
	Conservative	G. H. Smith	3,495	37.1
	Ind. Labour Party	Frank Smith	1,249	13.5
Majority			991	10.7
Turnout				79.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1892: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernard John Seymour Coleridge	5,107	56.3
	Conservative	G. H. Smith	3,963	43.1
Majority			1,144	12.6
Turnout				80.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernard John Seymour Coleridge	4,365	59.6
	Conservative	F. W. Maude	2,958	40.4
Majority			1,407	19.2
Turnout				75.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1885: Sheffield Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernard John Seymour Coleridge	4,891	57.4
	Conservative	E. B. Hoare	3,633	42.6
Majority			1,258	14.8
Turnout				87.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sources

BBC News, Election 2005
BBC News, Vote 2001
Guardian Unlimited Politics
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (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, Sheffield City Council

References

Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (54)

Labour (33)	Barnsley Central Barnsley East Batley and Spen Bradford East Bradford South Bradford West Dewsbury Don Valley Doncaster Central Doncaster North Great Grimsby Halifax Hemsworth Huddersfield Hull East Hull North Hull West and Hessle Leeds Central Leeds East Leeds North East Leeds West Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Penistone and Stocksbridge Rother Valley Rotherham Scunthorpe Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Sheffield Central Sheffield Heeley Sheffield South East Wakefield Wentworth and Dearne York Central

Conservative (19)	Beverley and Holderness Brigg and Goole Calder Valley Cleethorpes Colne Valley East Yorkshire Elmet and Rothwell Haltemprice and Howden Harrogate and Knaresborough Keighley Morley and Outwood Pudsey Richmond (Yorks) Scarborough and Whitby Selby and Ainsty Shipley Skipton and Ripon Thirsk and Malton York Outer

Liberal Democrats (2)	Leeds North West Sheffield Hallam

Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (2) UKIP (2)

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