Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–2010
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Sheffield Attercliffe Former borough constituencyfor 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 1885–1918 : 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 Sheffield Attercliffe constituency was created when the two-seat Sheffield constituency was split into five single-member seats in 1885.
Members of Parliament
Elections Sheffield Attercliffe election results
Elections in the 2000s General election 2005 : Sheffield Attercliffe[ 1] Party 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
General election 2001 : Sheffield Attercliffe[ 2] 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 General election 1997 : Sheffield Attercliffe[ 3] Party 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
General election 1992 : Sheffield Attercliffe[ 4] 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 General election 1987 : Sheffield Attercliffe[ 5] Party 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
General election 1983 : Sheffield Attercliffe[ 6] 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 General election 1979 : Sheffield Attercliffe Party 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
General election October 1974 : Sheffield Attercliffe 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
General election 1970 : Sheffield Attercliffe 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 General election 1966 : Sheffield Attercliffe Party 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
General election 1964 : Sheffield Attercliffe 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
Elections in the 1940s General election 1945 : Sheffield Attercliffe Party 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 General election 1935 : Sheffield Attercliffe Party 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
General election 1931 : Sheffield Attercliffe 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 General election 1929 : Sheffield Attercliffe Party 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
General election 1924 : Sheffield Attercliffe 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
General election 1923 : Sheffield Attercliffe 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
General election 1922 : Sheffield Attercliffe 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 Thomas Casey By-election, 1914 : Sheffield Attercliffe[ 7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour William Anderson Unopposed Labour hold
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1890s 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 .
J. Batty Langley
Elections in the 1880s
See also
Sources 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
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