Sheffield Brightside (UK Parliament constituency)

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Sheffield Brightside Borough constituency
shown within South Yorkshire
Used by	UK House of Commons
Created	1885
MP	David Blunkett
Party	Labour
Local authorities	Sheffield (South Yorkshire)
Neighbouring constituencies	Rotherham, Sheffield Central, Sheffield Heeley, Sheffield Hillsborough

Sheffield Brightside is a parliamentary constituency in the City of Sheffield. It one of the safest Labour seats in the UK and has been represented by David Blunkett since 1987.

Contents

1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election Results 4 Politics and history of the constituency 5 See also 6 Sources

Boundaries

Sheffield Brightside covers the north of the city and includes the wards of Firth Park, Shiregreen and Brightside, and Southey, it also includes the northern part of Burngreave ward and small parts of Hillsborough and Walkley wards.

Members of Parliament

• Anthony John Mundella, Liberal (1885–1897)
• Frederick Maddison (1897–1900)
• James Fitzalan Hope, later Baron Rankeillour (1900–1906)
• Sir John Tudor Walters (1906–1922)
• Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby, Labour (1922–1930)
• F Marshall, Labour (1930–1931; 1935–1950)
• Hamer Field Russell, (1931–1935)
• Richard Emanuel Winterbottom, Labour (1950–1968)
• Edward Griffiths, Labour (1968–October 1974)
• Joan Maynard, Labour (October 1974–1987)
• David Blunkett, Labour (1987–present)

Election Results

General Election 2005: Sheffield, Brightside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Blunkett	16,876	68.5	-8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Harston	3,232	13.1	+4.3
	Conservative	Tim Clark	2,205	9.0	-1.2
	BNP	Christopher Hartigan	1,537	6.2	N/A
	UKIP	Judith Clarke	779	3.2	+1.8
Majority			13,644	55.4
Turnout			24,629	36.9	-10.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.4

General Election 2001: Sheffield, Brightside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Blunkett	19,650	76.9	+3.4
	Conservative	Matthew Wilson	2,601	10.2	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Firth	2,238	8.8	-5.8
	Socialist Alliance	Brian Wilson	361	1.4	N/A
	Socialist Labour Party	Robert Morris	354	1.4	N/A
	UKIP	Anthony Suter	348	1.4	N/A
Majority			17,049	66.7
Turnout			25,552	47.2	-10.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Sheffield, Brightside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Blunkett	24,901	73.5	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Butler	4,947	14.6	+2.1
	Conservative	Christopher Buckwell	2,850	8.4	−8.4
	Referendum Party	Brian Farnsworth	624	1.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour Party	Paul Davidson	482	1.4	N/A
	Natural Law	Richard Scott	61	0.2	N/A
Majority			19,954	58.9
Turnout			33,865	57.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Sheffield, Brightside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Blunkett	29,771	70.4
	Conservative	Tim Loughton	7,090	16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Franklin	5,273	12.5
	International Communist Party	D Hyland	150	0.4
Majority			22,681	53.7
Turnout			42,224	66.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Politics and history of the constituency

Sheffield Brightside was created in 1885 when the former Sheffield constituency was split into five constituencies.

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

Sources

• BBC News, Election 2005 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/510.stm)
• BBC News, Vote 2001 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/510.stm)
• Guardian Unlimited Politics (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/history/0,9571,-1278,00.html)
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page (http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/bcommons5.htm)

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