Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency)

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Sheffield Hallam
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
Yorkshire and the Humber - Sheffield Hallam constituency.svg
Boundary of Sheffield Hallam in Yorkshire and the Humber
County South Yorkshire
Population84,912 [1]
Electorate 69,323 (December 2019) [2]
Current constituency
Created 1885
Member of Parliament Olivia Blake (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Sheffield

Sheffield Hallam is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Olivia Blake of the Labour Party. [n 2]

Contents

The Hallam seat was previously held by Nick Clegg, the former Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, until he was unseated by Labour in 2017.

Constituency profile

Hallam constituency extends from Stannington and Loxley in the north to Dore in the south and includes small parts of the city centre in the east. It includes the wards of Crookes, Dore and Totley, Ecclesall, Fulwood and Stannington.

The majority of Hallam is rural, spreading in the west into the Peak District National Park. It also contains some of the least deprived wards in the country, has low unemployment (1.5% jobseekers claimants in November 2012), [3] and a high rate of owner occupancy, with few occupants who rent their home. [4] Since the 2010 boundary changes, neither of Sheffield's universities have a campus in the constituency, [5] but it still includes areas where many students live.[ citation needed ]

On income-based 2004 statistics, this is the most affluent constituency one place below the top ten seats of the 650, which were spread across the South East of England (including London), with almost 12% of residents earning over £60,000 a year. [6] This measure placed Sheffield Hallam above Windsor and Twickenham.

Based on 2011–12 income and tax statistics from HMRC, [7] Sheffield Hallam has the 70th highest median income of the 650 parliamentary constituencies, with those above it almost exclusively in London and the South East, and placing it above Tunbridge Wells (76th), The Cotswolds (92nd), Cambridge (97th), Hemel Hempstead (103rd), and David Cameron's former Witney constituency (121st).

The 2001 Census showed Hallam to have the highest number of people classified as professionals of any of the UK constituencies. [8] Furthermore, 60% of working-age residents hold a degree, [9] the 7th highest and exceeding Cambridge. [n 3]

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 for the first time allow approximately equal representation of the people, led to the break-up of the constituency into five divisions: each represented by a single MP, as today. Hallam was one of these new divisions. Its first MP, the Conservative Charles Stuart-Wortley, had previously been an MP in the Sheffield constituency, elected for the first time in 1880.

Hallam was regarded in 2004 as the wealthiest constituency in the north of England [6] and was held by the Conservative Party for all but two years from 1885 to 1997. At the 1997 general election, Richard Allan of the Liberal Democrats took the seat with an 18.5% swing, becoming only the second non-Tory ever to win it. He handed the seat to fellow Lib Dem and future UK Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg in 2005; who held it until his defeat by Labour's Jared O'Mara at the 2017 snap general election. That year saw the constituency record its highest turnout in 66 years, with 77.8% of the electorate going to the polls.

Sheffield Hallam is the only constituency in South Yorkshire that has not been a Labour stronghold, returning a Labour MP for the first time in 2017. In 2004 it had been regarded as the wealthiest constituency in the north of England [6] and, apart from a brief period between 1916 and 1918, when it was taken by the Liberals, it was a safe Conservative seat from 1885 until 1997. This long period of Conservative dominance included the period under Margaret Thatcher's premiership, starkly contrasting with most seats in the county and the neighbouring county of Derbyshire; the constituency was the only Conservative seat in South Yorkshire in the three elections before the 1997.

At the 1997 general election, Richard Allan of the Liberal Democrats took the seat with an 18.5% swing, becoming only the second non-Tory ever to win it. He handed the seat to Nick Clegg in 2005, who was leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2015 and Deputy Prime Minister from 2010 to 2015. Clegg held it until his defeat by Labour's Jared O'Mara at the 2017 snap general election. [10] That year saw the constituency record its highest turnout in 66 years, with 77.8% of the electorate going to the polls. This was the first time in the seat's history that it had returned a Labour MP.

From 25 October 2017 until 3 July 2018, O'Mara had the whip withdrawn as a Labour MP and sat as an independent. It was later restored but he quit the Labour Party shortly afterwards. [11] He then sat as an independent MP until leaving parliament. [12] O'Mara announced he would resign as an MP in September 2019, citing mental health issues, which would have triggered a by-election in the constituency. [13] However, he later postponed his resignation until the 2019 general election. [14]

Olivia Blake won the seat for the Labour Party in the 2019 general election with a small majority of 1.2%. [15] In her maiden speech to Parliament, Blake said that the Sheffield Hallam constituency had a "very long history of social justice", as mythology points to a Yorkshire origin for Robin Hood in Loxley, thereby lending her support to the idea that Loxley was the birthplace of Robin Hood. [16]

Blake retained her seat at the 2024 general election with a much increased majority of 15.9%.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Borough of Sheffield wards of: Nether and Upper Hallam, and parts of the wards of Ecclesall and St George's.

1918–1950: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of: Crookesmoor and Hallam, and part of Broomhill ward.

1950–1955: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of: Broomhill, Ecclesall, and Hallam.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of: Broomhill, Crookesmoor, Ecclesall, and Hallam.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of: Broomhill, Dore, Ecclesall, Hallam, and Nether Edge.

1983–1997: The City of Sheffield wards of: Broomhill, Dore, Ecclesall, Hallam, and Nether Edge.

1997–2010: The City of Sheffield wards of: Broomhill, Dore, Ecclesall, and Hallam.

2010–2024: The City of Sheffield wards of: Crookes; Dore and Totley; Ecclesall; Fulwood; and Stannington (as they existed on 12 April 2005).

2024–present: The City of Sheffield wards of: Crookes & Crosspool, Dore & Totley, Ecclesall, Fulwood, and Stannington (as they existed in 1 December 2020). [17]

Minor changes to align with new ward boundaries.

Hallam [n 4] borders Derbyshire Dales, High Peak, North East Derbyshire, Penistone and Stocksbridge, Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, Sheffield Central and Sheffield Heeley.

Constituency polls during the 2010–2015 Parliament

Due in part to the high profile of the constituency's then-MP Nick Clegg, who served as Deputy Prime Minister during the 2010–15 Parliament, Sheffield Hallam is unusual in having had seven constituency-specific opinion polls conducted between 2010 and 2015. Each of these polls suggested significant changes in the vote share compared to 2010 general election. The first poll, in October 2010, suggested a drop in the Lib Dem lead in the seat to just 2%, from nearly 30% at the general election five months earlier. Five of the six remaining polls, which appeared between May 2014 and May 2015, suggested that Labour was in the lead in the seat by this time, with the Labour lead fluctuating to between 1% and 10%, and one put the Lib Dems in the lead. On average across all seven opinion polls, Labour had a lead over the Lib Dems of 2.5%. The Conservatives came second in one poll, and third in the other six polls. The May 2015 ICM poll scores displayed are those of the constituency voting intention question. The same poll also carried the standard voting intention question, which showed a Labour lead. [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]

Date(s)
conducted		Polling organisation/clientSample size Lab Con LD UKIP Green Others Lead
8 June 2017 General Election 2017 [25] 57,02038.4%23.8%34.7%1.6%1.4%0.1%3.8% over LD
7 May 2015 General Election 2015 55,48135.8%13.6%40.0%6.4%3.2%0.9%4.2% over Lab
1–3 May 2015 ICM/Guardian 50135%12%42%7%3%2%7% over Lab
22–28 Apr 2015 Lord Ashcroft 1,00037%15%36%7%4%1%1% over LD
22–28 Mar 2015 Lord Ashcroft 1,00136%16%34%7%6%1%2% over LD
22–29 Jan 2015 Survation/Unite 1,01133%22%23%9%12%<0.5%10% over LD
20–22 Nov 2014 Survation/Lord Ashcroft 96230%19%27% [26] 13%10%1%3% over LD
29 Apr–4 May 2014 ICM/Lord Oakeshott 50033%24%23%10%8%1%9% over Con
1–4 Oct 2010 Populus/Lord Ashcroft 1,00031%28%33%N/AN/A8%2% over Lab
6 May 2010 General Election Result 51,13516.1%23.5%53.4%2.3%1.8%2.7%29.9% over Con

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Charles Stuart-Wortley Conservative
1916 (by) H. A. L. Fisher Liberal
1918 Douglas Vickers Conservative
1922 Frederick Sykes [n 5] Conservative
1928 (by) Louis Smith Conservative
1939 (by) Roland Jennings Conservative
1959 John Osborn Conservative
1987 Irvine Patnick Conservative
1997 Richard Allan Liberal Democrats
2005 Nick Clegg Liberal Democrats
2017 Jared O'Mara Labour
October 2017 Independent
July 2018 Labour
July 2018 Independent
2019 Olivia Blake Labour

Elections

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Election results for Sheffield Hallam

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Sheffield Hallam [27] [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Olivia Blake 23,875 46.3 +11.3
Liberal Democrats Shaffaq Mohammed 15,68630.4−2.7
Conservative Isaac Howarth6,20512.0−13.7
Green Jason Leman4,4918.7+5.7
SDP Andrew Cowell6541.3N/A
Rejoin EU Sam Chapman4090.8N/A
Workers Party Mo Moui-Tabrizy2810.5N/A
Majority8,18915.9+14.7
Turnout 51,60170.7−7.7
Registered electors 73,033
Labour hold Swing +7.0

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [29]
PartyVote %
Labour 21,00435.0
Liberal Democrats 19,89633.1
Conservative 15,43525.7
Green 1,7993.0
Brexit Party 1,6412.7
Others2910.5
Turnout60,06678.4
Electorate76,637
General election 2019: Sheffield Hallam [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Olivia Blake 19,709 34.6 −3.8
Liberal Democrats Laura Gordon18,99733.4−1.3
Conservative Ian Walker14,69625.8+2.0
Green Natalie Thomas1,6302.9+1.5
Brexit Party Terence McHale1,5622.7N/A
UKIP Michael Virgo1680.3−1.3
Independent Liz Aspden1230.2N/A
Majority7121.2−2.5
Turnout 56,88578.2+0.4
Labour hold Swing -1.2
General election 2017: Sheffield Hallam [31] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jared O'Mara 21,881 38.4 +2.6
Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg 19,75634.7−5.3
Conservative Ian Walker13,56123.8+10.2
UKIP John Thurley9291.6−4.8
Green Logan Robin8231.4−1.8
SDP Steven Winstone700.1N/A
Majority2,1253.7N/A
Turnout 57,02077.8+2.5
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +4.0
General election 2015: Sheffield Hallam [32] [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg 22,215 40.0 −13.4
Labour Oliver Coppard 19,86235.8+19.7
Conservative Ian Walker7,54413.6−9.9
UKIP Joe Jenkins3,5756.4+4.1
Green Peter Garbutt1,7723.2+1.4
Independent Carlton Reeve2490.4N/A
English Democrat Steve Clegg1670.3−0.8
Independent Jim Stop the Fiasco Wild970.2N/A
Majority2,3534.2−25.7
Turnout 55,48175.3+1.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -16.5
General election 2010: Sheffield Hallam [34] [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg 27,324 53.4 +2.2
Conservative Nicola Bates12,04023.5−6.2
Labour Jack Scott8,22816.1+3.5
UKIP Nigel James1,1952.3+1.2
Green Steve Barnard9191.8−1.5
English Democrat David Wildgoose5861.1N/A
Independent Martin Fitzpatrick4290.8N/A
Christian Ray Green2500.5N/A
Monster Raving Loony Mark Adshead1640.3N/A
Majority15,28429.9+8.5
Turnout 51,13573.7+11.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +4.2

In 2010, Sheffield Hallam was one of a number of constituencies that experienced problems on polling day leading to some people being unable to cast their vote. In this case, voters at the Ranmoor polling station were subjected to long queues and some voters were turned away when polls closed at 10 pm, with Liberal Democrat candidate Nick Clegg apologising to those voters affected. Acting Returning Officer John Mothersole said that staff had been "caught out" by a high turnout, and the Electoral Commission instigated a review of procedures in Hallam and other constituencies where similar problems had occurred. [36]

Elections in the 2000s

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Nick Clegg
General election 2005: Sheffield Hallam [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg 20,710 51.2 −4.2
Conservative Spencer Pitfield12,02829.7−1.3
Labour Mahroof Hussain5,11012.6+0.2
Green Rob Cole1,3313.3N/A
CPA Sidney Cordle4411.1N/A
UKIP Nigel James4381.1±0.0
BNP Ian Senior3690.9N/A
Majority8,68221.5−2.9
Turnout 40,52762.2−2.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -2.9
General election 2001: Sheffield Hallam [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Allan 21,203 55.4 +4.1
Conservative John Harthman11,85631.0−2.1
Labour Gill Furniss 4,75812.4−1.1
UKIP Leslie Arnott4291.1N/A
Majority9,34724.4+6.2
Turnout 38,24664.8−7.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +3.1

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: [n 6] Sheffield Hallam [39] [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Allan 23,345 51.3 +18.2
Conservative Irvine Patnick 15,07433.1−12.4
Labour Stephen G. Conquest6,14713.5−6.6
Referendum Ian S. Davidson7881.7N/A
IndependentPhilip Booler1250.3N/A
Majority8,27118.2N/A
Turnout 45,47972.4+1.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +15.3
General election 1992: Sheffield Hallam [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Irvine Patnick 24,693 45.5 −0.8
Liberal Democrats Peter J. Gold17,95233.1+0.6
Labour Veronica Hardstaff 10,93020.1−0.3
Green Mallen Baker 4730.9+0.1
Natural Law Richard E. Hurtford1010.2N/A
Revolutionary Communist Theresa M. Clifford990.2N/A
Majority6,74112.4−1.4
Turnout 54,24870.8−3.9
Conservative hold Swing -0.7

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Sheffield Hallam [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Irvine Patnick [n 7] 25,649 46.3 −4.3
Liberal Peter Gold18,01232.5+4.1
Labour Mukesh Savani11,29020.4+0.7
Green Leela Spencer4590.8N/A
Majority7,63713.8−2.4
Turnout 55,41074.7+1.9
Conservative hold Swing -4.2
General election 1983: Sheffield Hallam [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Osborn 26,851 50.6 −4.3
Liberal Malcolm S. Johnson15,07728.4+12.7
Labour Jean McCrindle 10,46319.7−9.1
Ind. Conservative Philip Booler6561.2N/A
Majority11,77422.2−3.9
Turnout 53,04772.8+0.3
Conservative hold Swing -8.5

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Sheffield Hallam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Osborn 31,436 54.9 +5.9
Labour Mike Bower16,50228.8−0.2
Liberal Kenneth Salt8,98215.7−6.3
National Front G. F. Smith3000.5N/A
Majority14,93426.1+6.1
Turnout 57,22072.5+2.7
Conservative hold Swing +3.0
General election October 1974: Sheffield Hallam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Osborn 26,083 49.0 +0.1
Labour Clive Betts [n 8] 15,41929.0+1.8
Liberal Malcolm Johnson11,72422.0−1.9
Majority10,66420.0−1.7
Turnout 5322668.8−8.4
Conservative hold Swing -0.8
General election February 1974: Sheffield Hallam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Osborn 29,062 48.9 −12.4
Labour David Blunkett [n 8] 16,14927.2−4.2
Liberal Malcolm Johnson14,16023.9+16.6
Majority12,91321.7−8.2'"`UNIQ−−ref−000000A0−QINU`"'
Turnout 59,37177.2+7.4
Conservative hold Swing -4.1
General election 1970: Sheffield Hallam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Osborn 25,134 61.3 +10.0
Labour Alan Broadley12,88431.4−1.1
Liberal Preetam Singh2,9727.3−8.9
Majority12,25029.9+11.1
Turnout 40,99069.8−5.2
Conservative hold Swing +5.5

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Sheffield Hallam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Osborn 21,593 51.3 −3.7
Labour Peter Hardy 13,66332.5+5.5
Liberal Denis Lloyd6,79916.2−1.9
Majority7,93018.8−9.2
Turnout 42,05575.0+0.9
Conservative hold Swing -4.6
General election 1964: Sheffield Hallam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Osborn 23,719 55.0 −7.8
Labour Arthur Kingscott11,63527.0+0.9
Liberal George Manley7,80718.1+6.9
Majority12,08428.0−8.7
Turnout 43,16174.1−2.0
Conservative hold Swing -4.4

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Sheffield Hallam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal John Osborn 28,747 62.8 −3.4
Labour Solomon Sachs 11,93826.1−7.7
Liberal Bernard Roseby5,11911.2N/A
Majority16,80936.7+4.3
Turnout 45,80476.1+2.0
National Liberal hold Swing +2.15
General election 1955: Sheffield Hallam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Roland Jennings 30,069 66.2 −4.6
Labour James Marsden15,33033.8+4.6
Majority14,73932.4−9.2
Turnout 45,39974.1−7.9
National Liberal hold Swing -4.6
General election 1951: Sheffield Hallam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Roland Jennings 29,016 70.8 +5.7
Labour Frederick Beaton11,98829.2+2.7
Majority17,02841.6+3.0
Turnout 41,00482.0−4.4
National Liberal hold Swing +1.5
General election 1950: Sheffield Hallam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Roland Jennings 28,159 65.1 +18.0
Labour H. C. Spears11,44426.5−12.0
Liberal Alfred Edwin Jones3,6418.4+0.7
Majority16,71538.6+30.0
Turnout 43,24486.4+10.7
National Liberal hold Swing +15.0

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Sheffield Hallam [n 9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Roland Jennings 15,874 47.1 −20.2
Labour John Frederick Drabble 13,00938.5+5.8
Liberal Gerald Abrahams 2,6147.7N/A
Communist Gordon Cree2,2536.7N/A
Majority2,8658.6−26.0
Turnout 33,75075.7+4.0
National Liberal hold Swing -13.0

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Sheffield Hallam by-election [n 10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Roland Jennings 16,033 61.7 −5.6
Labour C. S. Darvill9,93938.3+5.6
Majority6,09423.4−11.2
Turnout 25,97257.8−13.9
National Liberal hold Swing +5.6
General election 1935: Sheffield Hallam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Louis Smith 21,298 67.3 −10.2
Labour Grace Colman 10,34632.7+10.2
Majority10,95234.6−20.4
Turnout 31,64471.7−8.6
Conservative hold Swing +10.2
General election 1931: Sheffield Hallam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Louis Smith 26,857 77.5 +16.6
Labour Henry McGhee 7,80722.5−16.6
Majority19,05055.0+23.2
Turnout 34,66480.3+7.1
Conservative hold Swing +16.6

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Sheffield Hallam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Louis Smith 18,920 60.9 −2.8
Labour Basil Rawson12,13339.1+2.8
Majority6,78721.8−5.6
Turnout 31,05373.2−4.6
Unionist hold Swing -2.8
1928 Sheffield Hallam by-election [n 11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Louis Smith 9,417 53.7 −10.0
Labour Charles Flynn 5,39330.8−5.5
Liberal Joseph Burton Hobman 2,71515.5N/A
Majority4,02422.9−4.5
Turnout 17,52554.7−23.1
Unionist hold Swing −2.25
General election 1924: Sheffield Hallam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Frederick Sykes 15,446 63.7 +6.0
Labour Edward Snelgrove8,80736.3+12.4
Majority6,63927.4−1.4
Turnout 24,25377.8+2.8
Unionist hold Swing −3.2
General election 1923: Sheffield Hallam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Frederick Sykes 12,119 57.7 −1.7
Labour Arnold Freeman 5,50623.9N/A
Liberal Cuthbert Snowball Rewcastle 5,38323.4−17.2
Majority6,61328.8+10.0
Turnout 23,00875.0+1.3
Unionist hold
General election 1922: Sheffield Hallam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Frederick Sykes 13,405 59.4 N/A
Liberal Cuthbert Snowball Rewcastle 9,17340.6N/A
Majority4,23218.8N/A
Turnout 22,57873.7N/A
Unionist hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Sheffield Hallam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Douglas Vickers Unopposed
Unionist hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
1916 Sheffield Hallam by-election [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal H. A. L. Fisher Unopposed
Liberal gain from Unionist
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Arthur Neal
General election December 1910: Sheffield Hallam [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Stuart-Wortley 5,788 50.9 ±0.0
Liberal Arthur Neal 5,59349.1±0.0
Majority1951.8±0.0
Turnout 11,38184.1−5.7
Registered electors 13,527
Conservative hold Swing ±0.0
General election January 1910: Sheffield Hallam [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Stuart-Wortley 6,181 50.9 +0.5
Liberal Arthur Neal 5,96549.1−0.5
Majority2161.8+1.0
Turnout 12,14689.8+4.8
Registered electors 13,527
Conservative hold Swing +0.5

Elections in the 1900s

1906 general election: Sheffield Hallam [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Stuart-Wortley 5,546 50.4 N/A
Liberal A. Grant5,46549.6N/A
Majority810.8N/A
Turnout 11,01185.0N/A
Registered electors 12,956
Conservative hold
1900 general election: Sheffield Hallam [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Stuart-Wortley Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

1895 general election: Sheffield Hallam [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Stuart-Wortley Unopposed
Conservative hold
1892 general election: Sheffield Hallam [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Stuart-Wortley 4,057 54.3 −3.5
Liberal Robert Hammond3,41445.7+3.5
Majority6438.6−7.0
Turnout 7,47187.3+8.4
Registered electors 8,561
Conservative hold Swing −3.5

Elections in the 1880s

1886 general election: Sheffield Hallam [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Stuart-Wortley 3,581 57.8 +3.4
Lib-Lab T. R. Threlfall 2,61242.2−3.4
Majority96915.6+6.8
Turnout 6,19378.9−9.3
Registered electors 7,846
Conservative hold Swing +3.4
1885 general election: Sheffield Hallam [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Stuart-Wortley 3,764 54.4
Liberal Charles Warren 3,15545.6
Majority6098.8
Turnout 6,91988.2
Registered electors 7,846
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Also above Cities of London and Westminster and Hammersmith and Fulham.
  4. ↑ The constituency should not be confused with the former Hallamshire constituency.
  5. ↑ Knighted in 1928 and appointed Governor of Bombay
  6. ↑ At the 1997 general election the seat saw an unprecedented 18.2% one-party swing from the other parties, particularly the large Conservative vote, towards the Liberal Democrat winning candidate.
  7. ↑ 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 with a slightly reduced majority.
  8. 1 2 David Blunkett, the losing February 1974 Labour candidate, won the Sheffield Brightside seat in 1987 enabling his later positions in government as Secretary of State (1997–2005).
  9. ↑ "Conservative and Liberal"
  10. ↑ "Conservative and Liberal"
  11. ↑ The 1928 by-election followed the resignation of Frederick Sykes on 26 June to take up an appointment as Governor of Bombay.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sheffield Central (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1950 & 1983 onwards

Sheffield Central is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Abtisam Mohamed, a member of the Labour Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rotherham (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards

Rotherham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. since 2012 by Sarah Champion of the Labour Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Areas of Sheffield</span>

The areas of Sheffield, a city and metropolitan borough in the north of England, vary widely in size and history. Some of the areas developed from villages or hamlets, that were absorbed into Sheffield as the city grew, and thus their centres are well defined, but the boundaries of many areas are ambiguous. The areas of Sheffield do not play a significant administrative role, but the city is divided into 28 electoral wards for local elections and 6 parliamentary constituencies for national elections.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency)</span> UK Parliamentary constituency, 1542–2024

Montgomeryshire was a constituency in Wales represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Burnley (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1868 onwards

Burnley is a constituency centred on the town of Burnley in Lancashire which has been represented since 2024 by Oliver Ryan, of the Labour Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950 onwards

Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2024 general election by Chris Ward of the Labour Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mansfield (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards

Mansfield is a constituency created in 1885 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Steve Yemm of the Labour Party, who gained the seat at the 2024 general election, from the Conservative Party. Between 2017 and 2024 the seat was represented by a Conservative for the first and only time since its creation in 1885.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Birmingham Ladywood (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918 onwards

Birmingham Ladywood is a constituency in the city of Birmingham that was created in 1918. The seat has been represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by Shabana Mahmood of the Labour Party since 2010. Mahmood currently serves as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice under the government of Keir Starmer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hertsmere (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards

Hertsmere is a constituency in Hertfordshire, England, represented in the House of Commons since 2015 by Sir Oliver Dowden of the Conservative Party, who is a former deputy prime minister.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sutton and Cheam (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1945 onwards

Sutton and Cheam is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Luke Taylor, a Liberal Democrat.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greenwich and Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards

Greenwich and Woolwich is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Matthew Pennycook of the Labour Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harrow West (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1945 onwards

Harrow West is a constituency in Greater London created in 1945 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Until 1997, it only returned Conservative MPs; since then, it has elected the Labour Co-operative MP Gareth Thomas on a fluctuating majority. Since 2010, this has been bolstered by the loss of Pinner from the seat and the gain of a favourable ward for Labour from Harrow East.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Penistone and Stocksbridge (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2010 onwards

Penistone and Stocksbridge is a constituency in South Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Marie Tidball, a Labour MP. As with all Westminster constituencies, adults qualifying to vote in the seat elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system at least every five years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paul Scriven</span> British politician (born 1966)

Paul James Scriven, Baron Scriven of Hunters Bar in the City of Sheffield, is a Liberal Democrat politician and life peer. Leader of Sheffield City Council from 2008 to 2011, he was once described as Nick Clegg's "closest ally in local government". Scriven has been a member of the House of Lords since 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sheffield South East (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2010 onwards

Sheffield South East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Clive Betts, a member of the Labour Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shaffaq Mohammed</span> British politician

Shaffaq Mohammed is a British politician who served as a Liberal Democrats Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Yorkshire and the Humber from 2019 to 2020. He stood as the Liberal Democrat candidate for Sheffield Hallam in the House of Commons at the 2024 general election, coming in second to Olivia Blake of Labour.

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