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Sheffield Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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Sheffield Central Borough constituency
shown within South Yorkshire
Used by	UK House of Commons
Created	1983
MP	Richard Caborn
Party	Labour
Local authorities	Sheffield (South Yorkshire)
Neighbouring constituencies	Sheffield Attercliffe, Sheffield Brightside, Sheffield Hallam, Sheffield Heeley, Sheffield Hillsborough

Sheffield Central is a Parliamentary constituency. It is considered a safe Labour seat and has been represented by Richard Caborn since its creation in 1983. A former seat named Sheffield Central existed until 1945.

Contents

1 Boundaries

2 Member of Parliament

2.1 Former constituency
2.2 Present constituency

3 Election results

4 Politics and history of the constituency

5 See also

6 Sources

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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, Sharrow, Manor Castle and Walkley.

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Member of Parliament

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Former constituency

Sir Charles Edward Howard Vincent (1885–1908)
James Fitzalan Hope, later Baron Rankeillour (1908–1929)
Philip Christopher Hoffman (1929–1931)
Sir William Whytehead Boulton (1931–1945)
Harry Morris, later Baron Morris of Kenwood (1945–1950)

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Present constituency

Richard Caborn (1983–present)

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Election results

General Election 2005: Sheffield Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Caborn	14,950	49.9	-11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ali Qadar	7,895	26.3	+6.6
	Conservative	Samantha Graham	3,094	10.3	-0.6
	Green	Bernard Little	1,808	6.0	+2.6
	Respect	Maxine Bowler	1,284	4.3	N/A
	BNP	Mark Payne	539	1.8	N/A
	UKIP	Charlotte Arnott	415	1.4	+0.5
Majority			7,055	23.5
Turnout			29,985	50.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.1

General Election 2001: Sheffield Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Caborn	18,477	61.4	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ali Qadar	5,933	19.7	+2.5
	Conservative	Noelle Brelsford	3,289	10.9	-1.0
	Green	Bernard Little	1,008	3.4	+0.7
	Socialist Alliance	Nick Riley	754	2.5	N/A
	Socialist Labour Party	David Hadfield	289	1.0	N/A
	UKIP	Elizabeth Schofield	257	0.9	N/A
	WRP	Robert Driver	62	0.2	-0.0
Majority			12,544	41.7
Turnout			30,069	49.5	-3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.36

General Election 1997: Sheffield Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Caborn	23,179	63.6	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ali Qadar	6,273	17.2	+5.6
	Conservative	Martin Hess	4,341	11.9	−4.6
	Green	Andy D'Agorne	954	2.6	+0.3
	Referendum Party	Anthony Brownlow	863	2.4	N/A
	Socialist Party	Ken Douglas	466	1.3	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Maureen Aitken	280	0.8	N/A
	WRP	Michael Driver	63	0.2	N/A
Majority			16,906	46.4
Turnout			36,419	53.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Sheffield Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Caborn	22,764	68.7
	Conservative	Vernon Davies	5,470	16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Sangar	3,856	11.6
	Green	Graham Wroe	750	2.3
	End Unemployment Vote Justice for Jobless	M Clarke	212	0.6
	Communist League	J O'Brien	92	0.3
Majority			17,294	52.2
Turnout			33,144	56.1
	Labour hold		Swing

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Politics and history of the constituency

Sheffield Central constituency was originally created in 1885 when the Sheffield constituency was split. The constituency was abolished in 1950 but restored in 1983.

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Sources

BBC Election 2005 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/511.stm)
BBC Vote 2001 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/511.stm)
Guardian Unlimited Politics (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/history/0,9571,-1279,00.html)
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page (http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/scommons3.htm)