Sheffield Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Sheffield Central
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Sheffield Central in South Yorkshire.
Location of South Yorkshire within England.
County	South Yorkshire
Electorate	69,975 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Paul Blomfield (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Sheffield Park, Sheffield Hillsborough, Sheffield Hallam and Sheffield Attercliffe^[1]
1885–1950
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Sheffield Neepsend
Created from	Sheffield
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Sheffield Central is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Paul Blomfield, a member of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Sheffield wards of St Peter's and St Philip's, and part of St George's ward.

1918-1950: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of St Peter's and St Philip's, and part of Broomhall ward.

1983-1997: The City of Sheffield wards of Burngreave, Castle, Manor, Netherthorpe, and Sharrow.

1997-2010: The City of Sheffield wards of Burngreave, Castle, Manor, Nether Edge, Netherthorpe, and Sharrow.

2010-present: The City of Sheffield wards of Broomhill, Central, Manor Castle, Nether Edge, and Walkley.

Present boundaries

The seat covers central Sheffield and extends as far as Nether Edge and the Manor. It covers a similar area to the former Sheffield Park seat. It borders the constituencies of Sheffield Hallam, Sheffield Heeley, Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough and Sheffield South East.

History

1885-1950

Created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the election that year, Sheffield Central was one of five divisions of the former Sheffield constituency. Sheffield Central was abolished in 1950 and the sitting MP, Harry Morris, stood and won in the new seat (now extinct) of Sheffield Neepsend.

1983-date

In varied form the constituency was brought back into existence for the 1983 general election.

Labour's Richard Caborn represented Sheffield Central from its recreation in 1983 until he retired in 2010 and was narrowly succeeded at the ballot box by another Labour MP, Paul Blomfield.

Constituency profile

Whereas most of the Labour majorities since 1983 have been substantial meaning the area is potentially one of that party's safe seat's, in 2010 the Liberal Democrat share of the vote came 0.4% below that of the winning Labour candidate, which is highly marginal.

In statistics

The constituency consists of Census Output Areas of a local government districts with: a working population whose income is close to the national average and lower than average reliance upon social housing.^[2] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 4.0% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, see table.^[3]

Sheffield's Seats Compared - worklessness^[3]
Office for National Statistics November 2012	Jobseekers Claimant Count
Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough	7.6%^{[n 3]}
Sheffield Central	4.0%
Sheffield Hallam	1.5%
Sheffield Heeley	5.7%
Sheffield South East	4.4%

The district contributing to the bulk of the seat has a medium 33% of its population without a car.^{[n 4]} A medium 24.3% of the City's population are without qualifications, a high 15.8% of the population with level 3 qualifications and a medium 25.7% with level 4 qualifications or above. In terms of tenure a relatively low 58.3% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage by occupants as at the 2011 census across the district.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[5]	Party	Subsequent Political Roles
	1885	Charles Edward Howard Vincent	Conservative
	1908 by-election	James Fitzalan Hope	Conservative	Lord Rankeillour
	1929	Philip Christopher Hoffman	Labour
	1931	William Whytehead Boulton	Conservative
	1945	Harry Morris	Labour	Lord Morris
1950		Constituency Abolished
1983		Constituency Created
	1983	Richard Caborn	Labour
	2010	Paul Blomfield	Labour

Elections

Election results for Sheffield Central, 1885–1950 & 1983–2005

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Sheffield Central^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Blomfield	24,308	55.0	+13.7
	Green	Jillian Creasy	6,999	15.8	+12.1
	Conservative	Stephanie Roe	4,917	11.1	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Joe Otten	4,278	9.7	-31.2
	UKIP	Dominic Cook	3,296	7.5	+5.9
	Communist	Steve Andrew	119	0.3	+0.3
	Pirate	Andy Halsall	113	0.3	N/A
	English Democrats	Elizabeth Breed	68	0.2	+0.2
	Above and Beyond Party	Thom Brown	42	0.1	+0.1
	Workers Revolutionary	Michael Driver	33	0.1	+0.1
Majority			17,309	39.2	+38.8
Turnout			44,173	57.4	-2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.8

General Election 2010: Sheffield Central^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Blomfield	17,138	41.3	-5.2
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Scriven	16,973	40.9	+9.5
	Conservative	Andrew Lee	4,206	10.1	+1.0
	Green	Jillan Creasy	1,556	3.8	-2.0
	BNP	Tracey Smith	903	2.2	+0.6
	UKIP	Jeffrey Shaw	652	1.6	-0.1
	Independent	Rod Rodgers	40	0.1	+0.1
Majority			165	0.4	-23.1
Turnout			41,468	59.6	+4.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.4

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Sheffield Central^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Caborn	14,950	49.9	-11.5
	Liberal Democrat	Ali Qadar	7,895	26.3	+6.6
	Conservative	Samantha George	3,094	10.3	-0.6
	Green	Bernard Little	1,808	6.0	+2.6
	Respect	Maxine Bowler	1,284	4.3	N/A
	BNP	Mark Payne	539	1.8	N/A
	UKIP	Charlotte Arnott	415	1.4	+0.5
Majority			7,055	23.5	−18.2
Turnout			29,985	50.1	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.1

General Election 2001: Sheffield Central^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Caborn	18,477	61.4	-2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Ali Qadar	5,933	19.7	+2.5
	Conservative	Noelle Brelsford	3,289	10.9	-1.0
	Green	Bernard Little	1,008	3.4	+0.7
	Socialist Alliance	Nick Riley	754	2.5	N/A
	Socialist Labour	David Hadfield	289	1.0	N/A
	UKIP	Elizabeth Schofield	257	0.9	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	Robert Driver	62	0.2	-0.0
Majority			12,544	41.7	−4.7
Turnout			30,069	49.5	-3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.36

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Sheffield Central^[14]^[3]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Caborn	23,179	63.6	−5.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ali Qadar	6,273	17.2	+5.6
	Conservative	Martin Hess	4,341	11.9	−4.6
	Green	Andy D'Agorne	954	2.6	+0.3
	Referendum	Anthony Brownlow	863	2.4	N/A
	Socialist Alternative	Ken Douglas	466	1.3	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Maureen Aitken	280	0.8	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	Michael Driver	63	0.2	N/A
Majority			16,906	46.4	−5.8
Turnout			36,419	53.0	−3.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Sheffield Central^[16]^[3]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Caborn	22,764	68.7	+1.0
	Conservative	Vernon Davies	5,470	16.5	−0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Sangar	3,856	11.6	−2.3
	Green	Graham Wroe	750	2.3	N/A
	End Unemployment Vote Justice for Jobless	M. Clarke	212	0.6	N/A
	Communist League	J. O'Brien	92	0.3	N/A
Majority			17,294	52.2	+1.5
Turnout			33,144	56.1	−5.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Sheffield Central^[17]^[15]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Caborn	25,872	67.7	+7.5
	Conservative	Brian Oxley	6,530	17.1	−2.1
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Fiona Hornby	5,314	13.9	−5.5
	Red Front	C. T. Dingle	278	0.7	N/A
	Communist	Keith Petts	203	0.5	−0.2
Majority			19,342	50.7	+9.9
Turnout			38,197	62.5	+0.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Sheffield Central^[19]^[15]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Caborn	24,759	60.2	N/A
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Patricia Major	7,969	19.4	N/A
	Conservative	Patricia Rawlings	7,908	19.2	N/A
	Communist	Vi Gill	296	0.7	N/A
	Revolutionary Communist	C. Barrett	222	0.5	N/A
Majority			16,790	40.8	N/A
Turnout			41154	61.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Sheffield Central^[15]^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Morris	7,954	59.2	+10.0
	Conservative	G. V. Hunt	5,481	40.8	−10.0
Majority			2,473	18.4	+16.8
Turnout				72.0	-2.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Sheffield Central^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Whytehead Boulton	13,821	50.8	−11.2
	Labour	Philip Hoffman	13,408	49.2	+11.2
Majority			420	1.6	-22.4
Turnout				74.2	-6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Sheffield Central^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Whytehead Boulton	21,589	62.0
	Labour	Philip Hoffman	13,212	38.0
Majority			8,377	24.0
Turnout				80.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Sheffield Central ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Christopher Hoffman	19,183	59.1	+8.5
	Unionist	John Ralph Patientins Warde-Aldam	13,284	40.9	-8.5
Majority			5,899	18.2	17.0
Turnout				74.1	-0.4
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+8.5

General Election 1924: Sheffield Central^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Fitzalan Hope	13,302	50.6
	Labour	Tom Snowden	12,995	49.4
Majority			307	1.2
Turnout				74.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Sheffield Central^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Fitzalan Hope	9,727	45.7	n/a
	Labour	Tom Snowden	8,762	41.1	n/a
	Liberal	John Henry Freeborough	2,810	13.2	n/a
Majority			965	4.6	n/a
Turnout				61.3	n/a
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

In the 1922 general election, James Fitzalan Hope was elected unopposed.^[20]

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Sheffield Central^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Fitzalan Hope	9,361	58.7
	Independent Labour	Alfred James Bailey	5,959	37.3
	British Socialist Party	Robert George Murray	643	4.0
Majority			3,402	21.4
Turnout				43.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election December 1910: Sheffield Central^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Fitzalan Hope	3,455	51.4
	Lib-Lab	Alfred James Bailey	3,271	48.6
Majority			184	2.8
Turnout				77.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election January 1910: Sheffield Central^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Fitzalan Hope	3,829	52.7
	Lib-Lab	Alfred James Bailey	3,440	47.3
Majority			389	5.4
Turnout				83.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

At the Sheffield Central by-election, 1908, James Fitzalan Hope was elected unopposed.^[22]

General Election 1906: Sheffield Central^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Edward Howard Vincent	4,217	56.2
	Liberal	Stanley Udale	3,290	43.8
Majority			927	12.4
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

In the 1900 general election, Charles Edward Howard Vincent was elected unopposed.^[21]

Elections in the 1890s

In the 1895 general election, Charles Edward Howard Vincent was elected unopposed.^[21]

General Election 1892: Sheffield Central^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Edward Howard Vincent	4,474	55.3
	Liberal	Robert Cameron	3,618	44.7
Majority			856	10.6
Turnout				83.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Sheffield Central^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Edward Howard Vincent	4,522	57.6
	Liberal	J. Hawkins	3,326	42.4
Majority			1,196	15.2
Turnout				79.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1885: Sheffield Central^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Edward Howard Vincent	4,633	56.1
	Lib-Lab	Samuel Plimsoll	3,484	42.2
	Independent Liberal	M. L. Hawkes	140	1.7
Majority			1,149	13.9
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
↑ This seat also saw the widest gender disparity with 10.5% of men were claimants, vs. 4.8% of women
↑ This falls within the centrally coloured banding for metropolitan areas

References

↑ "'Sheffield Central', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
↑ 2001 Census
1 2 3 4 Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
↑ 2011 census interactive maps
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Sheffield Central Parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Sheffield Central". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ BBC Election 2005
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ BBC Vote 2001
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 Sheffield General Election Results 1945 - 2001, Sheffield City Council
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
1 2 Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, F. W. S. Craig
↑ Whittaker's Almanack (1910), p.159

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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