DISTRICTS OF SHEFFIELD

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in the north of England. The 'districts of Sheffield' vary widely in size and history. Many of the districts developed from villages or hamlets that have become absorbed into Sheffield as the city has grown. For this reason, whilst the centre of most districts is easy to define, the boundaries of many of the districts are ambiguous. Districts in Sheffield have little administrative role: for the purposes of local elections the city is subdivided into 28 electoral wards, and for the purposes of national elections the electoral wards are grouped into Parliamentary constituencies.

The wards of Sheffield

Administrative divisions

Historical divisions

Present-day divisions

Proposed future divisions

Districts of Sheffield by ward

Arbourthorne, Gleadless, Gleadless Townend, Hollins End, Newfield Green and Norfolk Park.

Beauchief, Batemoor, Greenhill, Jordanthorpe and Low Edges.

Beighton, Hackenthorpe, Owlthorpe and Sothall.

Base Green, Birley, Charnock Hall, Frecheville and parts of Hackenthorpe.

Broomhill, Crookesmoor, Endcliffe and Tapton.

Burngreave, Fir Vale, Grimesthorpe, Pitsmoor, Shirecliffe and Woodside.

Firth Park and Longley.

Hillsborough, Malin Bridge, Owlerton, Wadsley and Wisewood.

Halfway, Holbrook, Mosborough, Waterthorpe and Westfield.

Brincliffe, Carter Knowle, Nether Edge and Sharrow Vale.

Four Lane Ends, Intake, Normanton Spring, Richmond and Woodthorpe.

Brightside, Shiregreen and Wincobank.

Birley Carr, Foxhill, Parson Cross, Southey and Wadsley Bridge.

Bolsterstone, Deepcar, Ewden, Midhopestones, Oughtibridge, Stocksbridge and Wharncliffe Side.

Langsett, Neepsend, Netherthorpe, Philadelphia, Upperthorpe and Walkley.

Area names that refer to wider areas encompassing many districts

References

Administrative divisions

Historical divisions

Prior to the break up of the parish of Sheffield in 1848 the parish was divided into six townships: Attercliff-cum-Darnall; Brightside Bierlow; Ecclesall Bierlow; Nether Hallam; Sheffield township; and Upper Hallam. In 1832, with the exception of most of Upper Hallam and parts of Ecclesall Bierlow, these townships formed the basis of the new Borough constituency of Sheffield. Subsequently, in 1843 this Borough constituency formed the basis of the Municipal Borough of Sheffield along with the parts of Upper Hallam and Ecclesall Bierlow omitted from the Borough constituency. Sheffield Municipal Borough was thereby formed from all six townships, and
would ultimately become the City of Sheffield in 1893. The Sheffield constituency was broken into five divisions in 1885: Attercliffe; Brightside; Central; Ecclesall; and Hallam. Hillsborough and Park constituencies were added in 1918 after the City extended its boundaries. The Central and Ecclesall constituencies were abolished in 1950 and two new constituencies, Heeley and Neepsend, created. Neepsend was shortlived, being abolished by 1955, and Park was abolished, to be replaced by a revived Central constituency in 1983.

Present-day divisions

For the purposes of City Council elections Sheffield is divided into 28 electoral wards^[1]. There was a Local Government ward boundary review that came into effect in 2004^[2], evening out the number of voters per ward at 13,000 ± 10%. Parliamentary Constituencies are built out of whole numbers of local government wards within an administrative county. The current Parliamentary Boundary Review reported in 2005, but the proposed changes will not be implemented until the next general election. Consequently, the Parliamentary Constituencies boundaries are currently not coterminous with the ward boundaries.
The borough of Sheffield is currently (2005) covered by six parliamentary constituencies. These are:

★ Sheffield Attercliffe, Borough constituency

★ Sheffield Brightside, Borough constituency

★ Sheffield Central, Borough constituency

★ Sheffield Hallam, County constituency

★ Sheffield Heeley, Borough constituency

★ Sheffield Hillsborough, County constituency

Proposed future divisions

The Boundary Commission proposals for South Yorkshire^[3] will see Sheffield's representation reduced from 6 to 5.5 seats, with one seat being shared with the borough of Barnsley. An inquiry^[4] was held in March 2005, with the final recommendations published in September 2005:

★ ''Sheffield Central'': the existing constituency will lose Burngreave ward and gain Broomhill ward.

★ ''Sheffield, Brightside & Hillsborough'': Sheffield Brightside will gain Burngreave and Hillsborough wards, and be renamed.

★ ''Sheffield, Hallam'': the existing constituency will lose Broomhill ward and gain Stannington ward.

★ ''Sheffield, Heeley'': the existing constituency will be relatively unchanged, gaining those parts of Richmond ward that are not already included in this constituency.

★ ''Sheffield South East'': The name of Sheffield Attercliffe is to be changed although the boundary changes to this constituency are minor.

★ ''Penistone & Stocksbridge'': Three wards from Sheffield Hillsborough (which is to be abolished) will be combined with three wards from the borough of Barnsley to form this new seat.