Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency)

Sheffield, Hallam
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Sheffield, Hallam in South Yorkshire.
Location of South Yorkshire within England.
County	South Yorkshire
Population	84,912
Electorate	70,032 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1885 (1885)
Member of Parliament	Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat)
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Sheffield Hallam is a county constituency covering the south west portion of the City of Sheffield, England, including parts of the Peak District.

It is the most affluent constituency outside of the south-east of England, with almost 12% of residents earning over £60,000 a year; the 11th wealthiest of over 600 UK constituencies, and more affluent than much of the south-east, even above the likes of Windsor and Twickenham. The 2001 Census showed Hallam to have the highest number of people classified as professionals of any of the UK constituencies. Furthermore, 60% of working age residents hold a degree, the 7th highest of over 600 constituencies and above the likes of Cambridge, Cities of London and Westminster and Hammersmith and Fulham.

Until the 1997 general election, the constituency was a safe Conservative seat. It has been represented in the House of Commons since May 2005 by Nick Clegg, who has been leader of the Liberal Democrats since December 2007 and Deputy Prime Minister since May 2010. He won his seat in Parliament for the first time at the 2005 general election. It is the only seat in South Yorkshire not held by, and never won by, Labour.

Boundaries

Hallam constituency extends from Stannington in the north to Dore in the south and includes small parts of the city centre in the east. It includes the wards of Crookes, Dore and Totley, Ecclesall, Fulwood and Stannington.

The large majority of Hallam is rural, spreading in the west in to the Peak District National Park. It also contains some of the least deprived wards in the country, has low unemployment and a high rate of owner occupancy. Since the recent boundary changes, neither of Sheffield's universities have a campus in the constituency, but it still includes areas where many students live.

Hallam borders onto the constituencies of High Peak, North East Derbyshire, Sheffield Central, Sheffield Heeley and Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough.

The Boundary Commission's final recommendations for boundary reform (published 14 September 2005) proposed that Hallam lose Broomhill ward to Sheffield Central and gain Stannington from Sheffield Hillsborough, which is to be abolished. These changes came into force for the 2010 general election

The constituency should not be confused with the former Hallamshire constituency.

History

Prior to its creation Hallam was a part of the larger Sheffield Borough constituency, which was represented by two Members of Parliament (MPs). In 1885 the Redistribution of Seats Act, which sought to eliminate constituencies with more than one MP and give greater representation to urban areas, led to the break-up of the constituency into five divisions: each represented by a single MP. Hallam was one of these new divisions. Its first MP, the Conservative Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley, had previously been an MP in the Sheffield constituency, elected for the first time in 1880.

Hallam was regarded in 2004 as the wealthiest constituency in the north of England and was long held by the Conservative Party. At the 1997 general election Richard Allan of the Liberal Democrats took the seat with an 18.5% swing.

Members of Parliament

The current Member of Parliament is Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He won the seat after the outgoing LibDem MP Richard Allan stood down at the 2005 general election. After Sir Menzies Campbell's resignation in October 2007 as leader of the Liberal Democrats, Clegg contested the resulting leadership election, and was elected leader on 18 December 2007.

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley	Conservative
	1916 by-election	H. A. L. Fisher	Liberal
	1918	Douglas Vickers	Conservative
	1922	Frederick Sykes	Conservative
	1928 by-election	Louis William Smith	Conservative
	1939 by-election	Roland Jennings	Conservative
	1959	John Osborn	Conservative
	1987	Irvine Patnick	Conservative
	1997	Richard Allan	Liberal Democrat
	2005	Nick Clegg	Liberal Democrat

Elections

Election results for Sheffield Hallam

Elections in the 2010s

General Election of 2010

The 2010 Election in Sheffield Hallam was marked by insufficient provision in the Ranmoor polling station, leading to long queues and voters being turned away when polls closed at 10 pm.

General Election 2010: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Nick Clegg	27,324	53.4	+7.1
	Conservative	Nicola Bates	12,040	23.5	-6.6
	Labour	Jack Scott	8,228	16.1	-1.7
	UKIP	Nigel James	1,195	2.3	+1.0
	Green	Steve Barnard	919	1.8	-0.8
	English Democrats	David Wildgoose	586	1.1	N/A
	Independent	Martin FitzPatrick	429	0.8	N/A
	Christian	Ray Green	250	0.5	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Mark Adshead	164	0.3	N/A
Majority			15,284	29.9	+8.5
Turnout			51,135	73.7	+11.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+6.9

Elections in the 2000s

General election of 2005

Richard Allan stood down at the 2005 general election. His replacement as the Liberal Democrat candidate, Nick Clegg, held the seat with a slightly reduced majority. Although voter turnout reached a historical low of 62.2%, it was the highest turnout in Sheffield.

General Election 2005: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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
	Christian Peoples	Sidney Cordle	441	1.1	N/A
	UKIP	Nigel James	438	1.1	0.0
	BNP	Ian Senior	369	0.9	N/A
Majority			8,682	21.4	−3.0
Turnout			40,527	62.2	−2.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

General election of 2001

At the 2001 general election Richard Allen held the seat for the Liberal Democrats with a slightly increased majority.

General Election 2001: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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	+6.2
Turnout			38,246	64.8	−7.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election of 1997

At the 1997 general election the incumbent, Irvine Patnick of the Conservative Party, was unseated by the Liberal Democrat Richard Allan, who took the seat with an 18.2% increase in the Liberal Democrat vote.

General Election 1997: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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	N/A
Turnout			45,479	72.4	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	15.3

General election of 1992

The 1992 general election was virtually a repeat of the previous election, with very little change in the standings of the three main political parties.

General Election 1992: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Irvine Patnick	24,693	45.5	−0.8
	Liberal Democrat	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	N/A
	Revolutionary Communist	T. Clifford	99	0.2	N/A
Majority			6,741	12.4	−1.4
Turnout			54,248	70.8	−3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election of 1987

After 28 years as MP for the seat, John Osborn stood down at the 1987 general election. His replacement as the Conservative Party candidate, local businessman Irvine Patnick, held the seat for the Conservatives, albeit with a slightly reduced majority.

General Election 1987: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Irvine Patnick	25,649	46.3	−4.3
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Peter Gold	18,012	32.5	+4.1
	Labour	Mukesh Savani	11,290	20.4	+0.7
	Green	Leela Spencer	459	0.8	N/A
Majority			7,637	13.8	−2.4
Turnout			55,410	74.7	+1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1983

General Election 1983: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Osborn	25,851	50.6	−4.3
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Malcolm Johnson	15,077	28.4	+12.7
	Labour	Jean McCrindle	10,463	19.7	−9.1
	Independent Conservative	Philip Booler	656	1.2	N/A
Majority			11,774	22.2	−3.9
Turnout			52,047	72.8	+0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election of 1979

General Election 1979: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Osborn	31,436	54.9	+5.9
	Labour	Mike Bower	16,502	28.8	−0.2
	Liberal	Kenneth Salt	8,982	15.7	−6.3
	National Front	G. F. Smith	300	0.5	N/A
Majority			14,934	26.1	+6.1
Turnout			57,220	72.5	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of October 1974

Clive Betts, the losing Labour candidate at the October 1974 general election, won the Sheffield Attercliffe seat in 1992.

General Election October 1974: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Osborn	26,083	49.0	+0.1
	Labour	Clive Betts	15,419	29.0	+1.8
	Liberal	Malcolm Johnson	11,724	22.0	−1.9
Majority			10,664	20.0	−1.8
Turnout			53226	68.8	−8.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of February 1974

The constituency boundaries were redrawn prior to the February 1974 general election, perhaps accounting for the reduced majority of the incumbent, John Osborn. David Blunkett, the losing Labour candidate, won the Sheffield Brightside seat in 1987, entering the government of Tony Blair in 1997 and becoming Home Secretary from 2001 to 2004.

General Election February 1974: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Osborn	29,062	48.9	−12.4
	Labour	David Blunkett	16,149	27.2	−4.2
	Liberal	Malcolm Johnson	14,160	23.9	+16.6
Majority			12,913	21.8	−8.1
Turnout			59,371	77.2	+7.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1970

General Election 1970: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Osborn	25,134	61.3
	Labour	Alan Broadley	12,884	31.4
	Liberal	Preetam Singh	2,972	7.3
Majority			12,250	29.9
Turnout			40,990	69.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election of 1966

General Election 1966: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Osborn	21,593	51.3
	Labour	Peter Hardy	13,663	32.5
	Liberal	Denis Lloyd	6,799	16.2
Majority			7,930	18.9
Turnout				75.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1964

General Election 1964: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Osborn	23,719	55.0
	Labour	Arthur Kingscott	11,635	27.0
	Liberal	George Manley	7,807	18.1
Majority			12,084	28.0
Turnout				74.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election of 1959

General Election 1959: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Osborn	28,747	62.8
	Labour	Solomon Sachs	11,938	26.1
	Liberal	Bernard Roseby	5,119	11.2
Majority			16,809	36.7
Turnout				76.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1955

General Election 1955: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roland Jennings	30,069	66.2
	Labour	James Marsden	15,330	33.8
Majority			14,739	32.5
Turnout				74.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1951

General Election 1951: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roland Jennings	29,016	70.8
	Labour	Frederick Beaton	11,988	29.2
Majority			17,028	41.5
Turnout				82.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1950

General Election 1950: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roland Jennings	28,159	65.1
	Labour	H. C. Spears	11,444	26.5
	Liberal	A. E. Jones	3,641	8.4
Majority			16,715	38.6
Turnout				86.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roland Jennings	15,874	47.1
	Labour	John Frederick Drabble	13,009	38.5
	Liberal	G. Abrahams	2,614	7.7
	Communist	Gordon Cree	2,253	6.7
Majority			2,865	8.6
Turnout				75.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

Sheffield Hallam by-election, 1939
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roland Jennings	16,033	61.7
	Labour	C. S. Darvill	9,939	38.3
Majority			6,094	23.4
Turnout				57.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1935: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis William Smith	21,298	67.3
	Labour	Grace Colman	10,346	32.7
Majority			10,952	34.6
Turnout				71.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis William Smith	26,857	77.5
	Labour	Henry George McGhee	7,807	22.5
Majority			19,050	55.0
Turnout				80.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis William Smith	18,920	60.9
	Labour	B. Rawson	12,133	39.1
Majority			6,787	21.8
Turnout				73.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

The 1928 by-election followed the resignation of Frederick Sykes on June 26 to take up an appointment as Governor of Bombay.

Sheffield Hallam by-election, 1928
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis William Smith	9,417	53.7
	Labour	Charles Flynn	5,393	30.8
	Liberal	Joseph Burton Hobman	2,715	15.5
Majority			4,024	22.9
Turnout				54.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1924

General Election 1924: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Sykes	15,446	63.7
	Labour	E. Snelgrove	8,807	36.3
Majority			6,639	27.4
Turnout				77.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1923

General Election 1923: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Sykes	12,119	57.7
	Labour	Arnold Freeman	5,506	23.9
	Liberal	Cuthbert Snowbale Rewcastle	5,383	23.4
Majority			6,613	28.8
Turnout				75.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1922

General Election 1922: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Sykes	13,405	59.4
	Liberal	Cuthbert Snowbale Rewcastle	9,173	40.6
Majority			4,232	18.8
Turnout				73.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General election of December 1918

General Election 1918: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Vickers	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

1916 by-election

The 1916 by-election followed the resignation of Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley on 16 December. Herbert Fisher of the Liberal Party was elected unopposed, becoming the first non-Conservative MP to represent Sheffield Hallam. The Conservatives retook the seat in 1918 and held it continuously until 1997.

Sheffield Hallam by-election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herbert Fisher	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

General election of December 1910

General Election December 1910: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley	5,788	50.9
	Liberal	Arthur Neal	5,593	49.1
Majority			195	1.8
Turnout				84.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of January 1910

General Election January 1910: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley	6,181	50.9
	Liberal	Arthur Neal	5,965	49.1
Majority			216	1.8
Turnout				89.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General election of 1906

General Election 1906: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley	5,546	50.4
	Liberal	A. Grant	5,465	49.6
Majority			81	0.8
Turnout				85.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1900

General Election 1900: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1890s

General election of 1895

General Election 1895: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election of 1892

General Election 1892: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley	4,057	54.3
	Liberal	Robert Hammond	3,414	45.7
Majority			643	8.6
Turnout				87.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

General election of 1886

General Election 1886: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley	3,581	57.8
	Liberal	T. R. Threlfall	2,612	42.2
Majority			969	15.6
Turnout				78.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1885

General Election 1885: Sheffield Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley	3,764	54.4
	Liberal	Charles Warren	3,155	45.6
Majority			609	8.8
Turnout				88.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

External sources

• Vote 2001 - Sheffield Hallam BBC News
• Election 2005 - Sheffield Hallam BBC News
• Election history - Sheffield Hallam The Guardian
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
• Political Science Resources 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, Sheffield City Council
• UK Constituency Maps