SHEFFIELD CENTRAL (UK PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)

'Sheffield Central' is a borough constituency in the city of Sheffield, in South Yorkshire, England. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
It is considered a safe Labour seat and has been represented by Richard Caborn since its creation in 1983. A previous seat also named Sheffield Central existed from 1885 until 1950.

Contents

Boundaries

History

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1880s

See also

Sources

Boundaries

The seat covers central Sheffield and extends as far as Sharrow and the Manor. It covers a similar area to the former Sheffield Park seat, and includes all or most of the wards of Burngreave, Central, Nether Edge and Manor Castle, and parts of Walkley. It borders the constituencies of Sheffield Attercliffe, Sheffield Brightside, Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency), Sheffield Heeley and Sheffield Hillsborough.
The Boundary Commission has recommended that Sheffield Central lose Burngreave to the renamed Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency, but gain Broomhill ward from Sheffield Hallam and Walkley from Sheffield Hillsborough. This change is due to take place at the general election.

History

Sheffield Central constituency was originally created in 1885 when the Sheffield constituency was split into five divisions. The constituency was abolished in 1950, and the sitting MP, Harry Morris, stood and won in the new seat of Sheffield Neepsend. However, the name was revived in 1983 when the current constituency was created.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1885	Charles Edward Howard Vincent	Conservative
	1908	James Fitzalan Hope (later Baron Rankeillour)	Conservative
	1929	Philip Christopher Hoffman	Labour
	1931	William Whytehead Boulton	Conservative
	1945	Harry Morris	Labour
1950		''Constituency abolished''
1983		''Constituency re-established''
	1983	Richard Caborn	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

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Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1920s

In the 1922 UK general election, James Fitzalan Hope was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1900s

In the 1900 UK general election, Charles Edward Howard Vincent was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1890s

In the 1895 UK general election, Charles Edward Howard Vincent was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1880s

See also

★ List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

Sources

★ BBC Election 2005

★ BBC Vote 2001

★ Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)

★ Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources (1983 and 1987 results)

★ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page (Complete list of MPs)

★ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, , F. W. S., Craig, Parliamentary Research Services, 1983, ISBN 0-900178-06-X

★ F. W. S. Craig, ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 - 1970''