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Sheffield Attercliffe was a parliamentary constituency in the City of Sheffield. It was created at the 1885 general election and abolished at the 2010 general election, when it was replaced by a new Sheffield South East constituency.
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Boundaries
1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Sheffield wards of Attercliffe and Park, and the civil parish of Heeley.
1918-1950: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Attercliffe and Darnall.
1950-1955: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Attercliffe, Darnall, and Handsworth.
1955-1974: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Attercliffe, Darnall, Handsworth, and Tinsley.
1974-1983: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Attercliffe, Birley, Darnall, Handsworth, and Mosborough.
1983-2010: The City of Sheffield wards of Birley, Darnall, Handsworth, and Mosborough.
From 1997, Sheffield Attercliffe covered much of the east and south east of the city. It bordered the constituencies of North East Derbyshire, Rotherham, Rother Valley, Sheffield Brightside, Sheffield Central and Sheffield Heeley.
History
Sheffield Attercliffe constituency was created when the two-seat Sheffield constituency was split into five single-member seats in 1885.
Elections in the 1940s
The 1944 by-election was called following the resignation of Cecil Henry Wilson on 9 February. John Burns Hynd of the Labour Party was elected unopposed.
Elections in the 1910s
The by-election of 1914 was called following the death on 19 November of Joseph Pointer. William Crawford Anderson of the Labour Party was elected unopposed.
Elections in the 1900s
In the 1900 general election, J. Batty Langley was elected unopposed.
Elections in the 1890s
In the 1895 general election, J. Batty Langley was elected unopposed.
This by-election was called due to the resignation on 26 June of Bernard John Seymour Coleridge following his inheritance of the title of Baron Coleridge.