Sheffield Hillsborough (UK Parliament constituency)

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Sheffield Hillsborough County constituency
shown within South Yorkshire
Used by	UK House of Commons
Created	1918
MP	Angela Smith
Party	Labour
Local authorities	Sheffield (South Yorkshire)
Neighbouring constituencies	Barnsley West and Penistone, High Peak, Rotherham, Sheffield Central, Sheffield Hallam, Wentworth

Sheffield Hillsborough is a Parliamentary constituency in the City of Sheffield. It is considered a safe Labour seat and was represented by Helen Jackson from 1992 to 2005. She did not stand again in the 2005 UK general election and was succeeded by Angela Smith.

Contents

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

Boundaries

Sheffield Hillsborough constituency covers north west Sheffield. It is named for Hillsborough and reaches north west to Stocksbridge.

It includes the wards of East Ecclesfield, West Ecclesfield, Hillsborough, Stannington, Stocksbridge and Upper Don and Walkley.

Members of Parliament

• Arthur Neal (1918–1922)
• A. V. Alexander, Labour (1922–1931; 1935–1950)
• Joseph Gurney Braithwaite (1931–1935)
• George Darling, Labour (1950–1974)
• Martin Flannery, Labour (1974–1992)
• Helen Jackson, Labour (1992–2005)
• Angela Smith, Labour (2005–present)

Election Results

General Election 2005: Sheffield, Hillsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Smith	23,477	51.17	-5.66
	Liberal Democrats	John Commons	12,234	26.66	+4.09
	Conservative	Jackie Doyle-Price	6,890	15.02	-3.32
	BNP	David Wright	2,010	4.38	N/A
	UKIP	Maurice Patterson	1,273	2.77	+0.51
Majority			11,243
Turnout			45,844	60.61
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.87

General Election 2001: Sheffield, Hillsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Jackson	24,170	56.8	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Commons	9,601	22.6	-3.3
	Conservative	Graham King	7,801	18.3	+3.8
	UKIP	Peter Webb	964	2.3	N/A
Majority			14,569	34.2
Turnout			42,536	57.3	-13.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Sheffield, Hillsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Jackson	30,150	56.9
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Dunworth	13,699	25.8
	Conservative	David Nuttall	7,707	14.5
	Referendum Party	John Rusling	1,468	2.8
Majority			16,451	31.0
Turnout			53,024	71.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Politics and history of the constituency

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See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

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