Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency)

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Sheffield Hallam County constituency
shown within South Yorkshire
Used by	UK House of Commons
Created	1885
MP	Nick Clegg
Party	Liberal Democrat
Local authorities	Sheffield (South Yorkshire)
Neighbouring constituencies	High Peak, North East Derbyshire, Sheffield Central, Sheffield Heeley, Sheffield Hillsborough

Sheffield Hallam is a Parliamentary constituency covering south west Sheffield.

Contents

1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election Results 4 Politics and history of the constituency 5 See also 6 External Links 7 Sources

Boundaries

Sheffield Hallam is a large constituancy on the west of Sheffield. Its boundaries reach from Stannington in the north to Dore in the south and includes small parts of the city centre in the east. The large majority of Hallam is rural, spreading in the west in to the Peak District National park.

It includes the wards of Broomhill, Crookes, Dore and Totley, Ecclesall, and Fulwood.

Members of Parliament

• Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley, later Baron Stuart of Wortley, (1885–1916)
• Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher, (1916–1918)
• Douglas Vickers, (1918–1922)
• Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes, (1922–1928)
• Sir Louis William Smith, (1928–1939)
• Sir Roland Jennings, Conservative and Liberal Unionist (1939–1959)
• John Osborn, Conservative (1959–1987)
• Sir Irvine Patnick, Conservative (1987–1997)
• Richard Allan, Liberal Democrats (1997–2005)
• Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrats (2005–present)

Election Results

General Election 2005: Sheffield, Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Clegg	20,710	51.1	−4.3
	Conservative	Spencer Pitfield	12,028	29.7	−1.3
	Labour	Mahroof Hussain	5,110	12.6	+0.2
	Green	Rob Cole	1,331	3.3	N/A
	BNP	Ian Senior	469	1.2	N/A
	Christian Peoples Alliance	Sidney Cordle	441	1.1	N/A
	UKIP	Nigel James	438	1.1	0.0
Majority			8,682	21.4
Turnout			40,527	62.2	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Sheffield, Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Allan	21,203	55.4	+4.1
	Conservative	John Harthman	11,856	31.0	−2.1
	Labour	Gillian Furniss	4,758	12.4	−1.1
	UKIP	Leslie Arnott	429	1.1	N/A
Majority			9,347	24.4
Turnout			38,246	64.8	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Sheffield, Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Allan	23,345	51.3	+18.2
	Conservative	Irvine Patnick	15,074	33.1	−12.4
	Labour	Stephen Conquest	6,147	13.5	−6.6
	Referendum Party	Ian Davidson	788	1.7	N/A
	Independent	Philip Booler	125	0.3	N/A
Majority			8,271	18.2
Turnout			45,479	72.4	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	18.5

General Election 1992: Sheffield, Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Irvine Patnick	24,693	45.5	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Gold	17,952	33.1	+0.6
	Labour	Veronica Hardstaff	10,930	20.1	−0.3
	Green	Mallen Baker	473	0.9	+0.1
	Natural Law	R Hurtford	101	0.2
	Revolutionary Communist Party	T Clifford	99	0.2
Majority			6,741	12.4
Turnout			54,248	70.8	−3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Sheffield, Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Irvine Patnick	25,649	46.3
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	Peter Gold	18,012	32.5
	Labour	M.C. Savani	11,290	20.4
	Green	L.M. Spencer	459	0.8
Majority			7,637	13.8
Turnout			55,410	74.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Politics and history of the constituency

Sheffield Hallam was created when the Sheffield constituency was split in 1885. It is the wealthiest constituency in the north of England. It was long held by the Conservative Party but was been taken by Richard Allan of the Liberal Democrats at the 1997 general election. Richard Allen stood down at the 2005 general election and the seat passed to Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats. The seat is the only one in South Yorkshire not held by Labour and is the sixth safest Lib Dem seat in the UK.

The constiuency contains some of the least deprived wards in the country, and has low unemployment and a high rate of owner ocupancy. It also contains Sheffield University and has a large student population.

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

External Links

• UK Constituency Maps (http://www.election-maps.co.uk)

Sources

• BBC Vote 2001 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/512.stm)
• BBC Election 2005 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/512.stm)
• Guardian Unlimited Politics (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/history/0,9571,-1280,00.html)
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page (http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/hcommons1.htm)
• UK General Elections since 1832 (http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm)

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