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Sheffield Attercliffe | |
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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 | |
Created from | Sheffield |
Replaced by | Sheffield South East |
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
edit1885–1918: 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 Beighton, Birley, Darnall, Handsworth, Mosborough, Richmond and Woodhouse.
Note: there were council ward boundary changes in 2004, which abolished Handsworth and created Beighton, Mosborough, Richmond and Woodhouse.
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
editSheffield Attercliffe constituency was created when the two-seat Sheffield constituency was split into five single-member seats in 1885.
Members of Parliament
editElection | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Bernard Coleridge (later Baron Coleridge) | Liberal | |
1894 by-election | J. Batty Langley | ||
1909 by-election | Joseph Pointer | Labour | |
1914 by-election | William Anderson | ||
1918 | Thomas Worrall Casey | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | Cecil Wilson | Labour | |
1931 | Cecil Pike | Conservative | |
1935 | Cecil Wilson | Labour | |
1944 by-election | John Hynd | ||
1970 | Patrick Duffy | ||
1992 | Clive Betts | ||
2010 | constituency abolished: see Sheffield South East |
Elections
editElections in the 2000s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clive Betts | 22,250 | 60.10 | −7.69 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | New | |
Majority | 15,967 | 43.13 | |||
Turnout | 37,019 | 54.59 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.22 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clive Betts | 24,287 | 67.8 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | John Perry | 5,443 | 15.2 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gail Smith | 5,092 | 14.2 | −1.5 | |
UKIP | Pauline Arnott | 1,002 | 2.8 | New | |
Majority | 18,844 | 52.6 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 35,824 | 52.9 | −11.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clive Betts | 28,937 | 65.3 | +7.8 | |
Conservative | Brendan Doyle | 7,119 | 16.1 | −10.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gail Smith | 6,973 | 15.7 | +1.0 | |
Referendum | James Brown | 1,289 | 2.9 | New | |
Majority | 21,818 | 49.2 | +18.0 | ||
Turnout | 44,318 | 64.7 | −7.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clive Betts | 28,563 | 57.5 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | Gordon Millward | 13,083 | 26.3 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Wooley | 7,283 | 14.7 | −4.8 | |
Green | Gordon Ferguson | 751 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 15,480 | 31.2 | −3.9 | ||
Turnout | 49,680 | 71.8 | −1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Duffy | 28,266 | 57.8 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | John Perry | 11,975 | 22.7 | −2.9 | |
SDP | Helen Woolley | 9,549 | 19.5 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 17,191 | 35.1 | +9.2 | ||
Turnout | 49,790 | 72.9 | +3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Duffy | 23,067 | 51.5 | ||
Conservative | Gordon Millward | 11,455 | 25.6 | ||
SDP | Irene Addison | 10,241 | 22.9 | ||
Majority | 11,612 | 25.9 | |||
Turnout | 44,763 | 69.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Duffy | 29,702 | 64.9 | −4.1 | |
Conservative | Douglas French | 11,599 | 25.6 | +6.9 | |
Liberal | Dennis Boothroyd | 4,017 | 8.8 | −3.5 | |
National Front | J. Mason | 457 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 18,103 | 39.7 | −10.6 | ||
Turnout | 45,775 | 72.7 | +5.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Duffy | 29,601 | 69.0 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | Patricia Santhouse | 8,043 | 18.7 | −8.6 | |
Liberal | Gerald Broadhead | 5,282 | 12.3 | New | |
Majority | 21,558 | 50.3 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 42,926 | 67.2 | −7.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Duffy | 34,120 | 71.9 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Patricia Santhouse | 12,944 | 27.3 | −1.6 | |
International Marxist | Tariq Ali | 424 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 21,176 | 44.6 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 47,488 | 74.8 | +11.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Duffy | 26,482 | 69.6 | −7.7 | |
Conservative | Patricia Santhouse | 10,986 | 28.9 | +6.2 | |
Independent | Percy Sims | 581 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 15,496 | 40.7 | −13.8 | ||
Turnout | 38,049 | 63.4 | −4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Hynd | 32,336 | 77.3 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Brian Marsden | 9,511 | 22.7 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 22,825 | 54.6 | +10.3 | ||
Turnout | 41,847 | 67.6 | −4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Hynd | 30,318 | 66.8 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | Herbert Lambert | 10,223 | 22.5 | −8.8 | |
Liberal | Colin Wood | 4,831 | 10.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 20,095 | 44.3 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 45,372 | 72.0 | −3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Hynd | 33,676 | 68.8 | −2.2 | |
National Liberal | Herbert Lambert | 15,304 | 31.2 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 18,372 | 37.5 | −4.5 | ||
Turnout | 48,980 | 75.3 | +3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Hynd | 33,071 | 71.0 | −0.1 | |
National Liberal | Herbert Lambert | 13,503 | 29.0 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 19,568 | 42.0 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 46,574 | 72.1 | −10.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Hynd | 29,958 | 71.1 | −0.5 | |
National Liberal | Herbert Lambert | 12,161 | 28.9 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 17,797 | 42.2 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,119 | 82.7 | −3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Hynd | 30,726 | 71.6 | −9.8 | |
National Liberal | Lionel Farris | 12,185 | 28.4 | +9.8 | |
Majority | 18,541 | 43.2 | −19.6 | ||
Turnout | 42,911 | 86.4 | +7.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Hynd | 23,468 | 81.4 | +18.6 | |
Conservative | Brian Paddon | 5,376 | 18.6 | −18.6 | |
Majority | 18,092 | 62.8 | +37.2 | ||
Turnout | 28,844 | 79.4 | +6.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
The 1944 Sheffield Attercliffe 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cecil Wilson | 18,663 | 62.8 | +17.3 | |
Conservative | Cecil Pike | 11,034 | 37.2 | −8.8 | |
Majority | 7,629 | 25.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,697 | 73.0 | −5.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cecil Pike | 15,185 | 46.0 | +26.5 | |
Labour | Cecil Wilson | 15,020 | 45.5 | −14.8 | |
Communist | George Fletcher | 2,790 | 8.5 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 165 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 32,995 | 78.1 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cecil Wilson | 19,152 | 60.3 | −3.3 | |
Unionist | Wilfred Barnard Faraday | 6,190 | 19.5 | −16.9 | |
Liberal | Thomas Neville | 4,652 | 14.7 | New | |
Communist | George Fletcher | 1,731 | 5.5 | New | |
Majority | 12,962 | 40.8 | +13.6 | ||
Turnout | 31,725 | 75.4 | −0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cecil Wilson | 16,802 | 63.6 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Wilfred Barnard Faraday | 9,629 | 36.4 | +10.0 | |
Majority | 7,173 | 27.2 | −5.1 | ||
Turnout | 26,431 | 75.9 | +9.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cecil Wilson | 13,581 | 58.7 | −9.5 | |
Unionist | George Terrell | 6,106 | 26.4 | New | |
Liberal | Harry Briggs | 3,438 | 14.9 | −16.9 | |
Majority | 7,475 | 32.3 | −4.1 | ||
Turnout | 23,125 | 66.8 | −1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cecil Wilson | 16,206 | 68.2 | +33.5 | |
National Liberal | Thomas Worrall Casey | 7,562 | 31.8 | −33.5 | |
Majority | 8,644 | 36.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,768 | 68.6 | +16.1 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Thomas Worrall Casey | 12,308 | 65.3 | New |
Labour | William Anderson | 6,539 | 34.7 | −20.3 | |
Majority | 5,769 | 30.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 18,847 | 52.5 | −19.6 | ||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Anderson | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Pointer | 6,532 | 55.0 | −1.1 | |
Conservative | Samuel Walker | 5,354 | 45.0 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 1,178 | 10.0 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 11,886 | 72.1 | −11.8 | ||
Registered electors | 16,483 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Pointer | 7,755 | 56.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sydney King-Farlow | 6,079 | 43.9 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 1,676 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,834 | 83.9 | +4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 16,483 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1900s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Pointer | 3,531 | 27.5 | New | |
Conservative | Sydney Charles King-Farlow | 3,380 | 26.2 | −20.6 | |
Liberal | Richard Cornthwaite Lambert | 3,175 | 24.6 | −28.6 | |
Ind. Conservative | Arnold Muir Wilson | 2,803 | 21.7 | New | |
Majority | 151 | 1.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,889 | 77.3 | −1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 16,676 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J. Batty Langley | 6,523 | 53.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Arnold Muir Wilson | 5,736 | 46.8 | New | |
Majority | 787 | 6.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,259 | 79.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 15,484 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J. Batty Langley | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1890s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J. Batty Langley | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J. Batty Langley | 4,486 | 48.6 | −7.7 | |
Conservative | George Hill Smith[8] | 3,495 | 37.9 | −5.8 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Frank Smith | 1,249 | 13.5 | New | |
Majority | 991 | 10.7 | −1.9 | ||
Turnout | 9,230 | 79.0 | −1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 11,684 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bernard Coleridge | 5,107 | 56.3 | −3.3 | |
Conservative | George Hill Smith[8] | 3,963 | 43.7 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 1,144 | 12.6 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 9,070 | 80.2 | +5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 11,313 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.3 |
Elections in the 1880s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bernard Coleridge | 4,365 | 59.6 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Unionist | Frederick William Maude[9] | 2,958 | 40.4 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 1,407 | 19.2 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,323 | 75.1 | −12.3 | ||
Registered electors | 9,751 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bernard Coleridge | 4,891 | 57.4 | ||
Conservative | Edward Brodie Hoare[10] | 3,633 | 42.6 | ||
Majority | 1,258 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 8,524 | 87.4 | |||
Registered electors | 9,751 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
See also
editSources
edit- BBC News, Election 2005
- BBC News, Vote 2001
- Guardian Unlimited Politics
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 3)
- Politicsresources.net - Official Web Site ✔ Archived 2009-07-02 at the Wayback Machine (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[permanent dead link], Sheffield City Council
References
edit- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ a b "Election News". York Herald. 19 June 1894. p. 5. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Borough of Sheffield". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 3 July 1886. p. 8. Retrieved 10 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Attercliffe Division". Sheffield Independent. 14 November 1885. pp. 1–8. Retrieved 10 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.