Sheffield Heeley (UK Parliament constituency)

Sheffield Heeley Borough constituency
Sheffield Heeley shown within South Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	1950
Electorate:	66,432 (December 2010)
MP:	Meg Munn
Party:	Labour Co-operative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	South Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Sheffield Heeley is a Parliamentary constituency covering south central Sheffield. This seat was created in 1950, largely replacing the former Sheffield Ecclesall constituency, its boundaries being significantly altered in 1955 with the abolition of Sheffield Neepsend. Originally held by the Conservative Party, it changed hands three times between 1966 and 1974, more recently becoming a safe Labour seat. The result of the 2010 General Election saw the Labour majority more than slashed in half from 30%+ to less than 15%. It has been represented by Meg Munn since 2001.

Boundaries

Sheffield Heeley constituency is centred on the district of Heeley. It includes the wards of Arbourthorne, Beauchief and Greenhill, Gleadless Valley, Graves Park, and most of Richmond. It neighbours the constituencies of North East Derbyshire, Sheffield Central, Sheffield Attercliffe, Sheffield Hallam and Sheffield Hillsborough.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Peter Roberts	Conservative
	1966	Frank Hooley	Labour
	1970	John Spence	Conservative
	Feb 1974	Frank Hooley	Labour
	1983	Bill Michie	Labour
	2001	Meg Munn	Labour Co-operative

Elections

Heeley general election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Meg Munn	17,409	42.6	-11.5
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Clement-Jones	11,602	28.4	+7.0
	Conservative	Anne Crampton	7,081	17.3	+3.0
	BNP	John Beatson	2,260	5.5	+2.1
	UKIP	Charlotte Arnott	1,530	3.7	+1.4
	Green	Gareth Roberts	989	2.4	-1.2
Majority			5,807	14.2	-19.5
Turnout			40,871	62.0	+4.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	-9.25

Elections in the 2000s

General election of 2005

General Election 2005: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Meg Munn	18,405	53.98	-2.99
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Ross	7,035	20.63	-2.06
	Conservative	Aster Crawshaw	4,987	14.63	+0.38
	BNP	John Beatson	1,314	3.85	N/A
	Green	Rob Unwin	1,312	3.85	+1.58
	UKIP	Mark Suter	775	2.27	+0.42
	Socialist Alternative	Mark Dunnell	265	0.78	N/A
Majority			11,370	33.35
Turnout			34,093	57.06
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General election of 2001

General Election 2001: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Meg Munn	19,452	57.0	-3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Willis	7,748	22.7	+1.4
	Conservative	Carolyn Abbott	4,864	14.2	-1.4
	Green	Rob Unwin	774	2.3	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Brian Fischer	667	2.0	N/A
	UKIP	David Dunn	634	1.9	N/A
Majority			11,704	34.3
Turnout			34,139	55.1	-9.9
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election of 1997

General Election 1997: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Michie	26,274	60.7	+ 5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Davison	9,196	21.3	+ 2.9
	Conservative	John Harthman	6,767	15.6	- 10.3
	Referendum Party	David Mawson	1,029	2.4	N/A
Majority			17,078	39.5	+ 9.8
Turnout			43,266	65.0	- 5.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 1992

General Election 1992: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Michie	28,005	55.7	+ 2.3
	Conservative	David Beck	13,051	25.9	- 0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Moore	9,247	18.4	- 1.9
Majority			14,954	29.7	+ 2.6
Turnout				70.9	- 1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election of 1987

General Election 1987: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Michie	28,425	53.4	+ 7.6
	Conservative	Nicholas Mearing-Smith	13,985	26.3	- 3.6
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Peter Moore	10,811	20.3	- 4.0
Majority			14,440	27.1	+ 11.2
Turnout				72.0	+ 1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 1983

General Election 1983: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Michie	24,111	45.8	- 4.0
	Conservative	Sidney Cordle	15,743	29.9	- 10.2
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	John Day	12,813	24.3	+ 14.8
Majority			8,368	15.9	+ 5.2
Turnout				70.5	- 6.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election of 1979

General Election 1979: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Hooley	24,618	49.8
	Conservative	Danny George	19,845	40.1
	Liberal	Rodney Webb	4,708	9.5
	National Front	P. K. Thorpe	274	0.6
Majority			4,773	9.65
Turnout				77.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of October 1974

General Election October 1974: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Hooley	24,728	51.6
	Conservative	Alan Page	15,322	32.0
	Liberal	Royden Fairfax	7,151	14.9
	National Front	Peter Revell	723	1.5
Majority			9,406	19.6
Turnout				73.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of February 1974

General Election February 1974: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Hooley	25,317	47.7
	Conservative	Robert Ingle	18,732	35.3
	Liberal	Anthony Singleton	9,061	17.0
Majority			6,585	12.4
Turnout				82.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election of 1970

General Election 1970: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Deane Spence	27,950	47.0
	Labour	Frank Hooley	27,237	45.9
	Liberal	Anthony Singleton	4,220	7.1
Majority			713	1.2
Turnout				73.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election of 1966

General Election 1966: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Hooley	31,996	54.0
	Conservative	John Deane Spence	27,267	46.0
Majority			4,729	8.0
Turnout				78.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election of 1964

General Election 1964: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Roberts	29,587	51.5
	Labour	Frank Hooley	27,883	48.5
Majority			1,704	3.0
Turnout				76.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election of 1959

General Election 1959: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Roberts	33,236	59.0
	Labour	Joan Mellors	23,109	41.0
Majority			10,127	18.0
Turnout				77.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1955

General Election 1955: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Roberts	30,798	60.9
	Labour	John Sewell	19,747	39.1
Majority			11,051	21.8
Turnout				77.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1951

General Election 1951: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Roberts	27,776	61.0
	Labour	Arnold Jennings	17,729	39.0
Majority			10,047	22.0
Turnout				84.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1950

General Election 1950: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Roberts	26,560	56.3
	Labour	Arnold Jennings	17,856	37.8
	Liberal	P. Beckerlegge	2,779	5.9
Majority			8,704	18.5
Turnout				88.1
	New creation: Conservative gain.		Swing	N/A

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire
• Districts of Sheffield

Sources

• BBC Election 2005
• BBC Vote 2001
• Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
• http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (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