County South Yorkshire Member of parliament Paul Blomfield | Electorate 69,975 (December 2010) Number of members 1 | |
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European Parliament constituency Yorkshire and the Humber Replaced by Sheffield, Sheffield Park, Sheffield Hillsborough, Sheffield Hallam, Sheffield Attercliffe, Sheffield Neepsend Created from Sheffield, Sheffield Park, Sheffield Hillsborough, Sheffield Hallam, Sheffield Attercliffe | ||
Sheffield Central is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Paul Blomfield, a member of the Labour Party.
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Boundaries
1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Sheffield wards of St Peter's and St Philip's, and part of St George's ward.
1918-1950: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of St Peter's and St Philip's, and part of Broomhall ward.
1983-1997: The City of Sheffield wards of Burngreave, Castle, Manor, Netherthorpe, and Sharrow.
1997-2010: The City of Sheffield wards of Burngreave, Castle, Manor, Nether Edge, Netherthorpe, and Sharrow.
2010-2015: The City of Sheffield wards of Broomhill, Central, Manor Castle, Nether Edge, and Walkley.
2015-present: The whole of the City of Sheffield wards of Broomhill & Sharrow Vale, City, Manor Castle, Nether Edge & Sharrow, and Walkley; and parts of the wards of Crookes & Crosspool, Ecclesall, Fulwood and Hillsborough.
The seat covers central Sheffield and extends as far as Nether Edge and the Manor. It covers a similar area to the former Sheffield Park seat. It borders the constituencies of Sheffield Hallam, Sheffield Heeley, Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough and Sheffield South East.
1885–1950
Created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the election that year, Sheffield Central was one of five divisions of the former Sheffield constituency. Sheffield Central was abolished in 1950 and the sitting MP, Harry Morris, stood and won in the new seat (now extinct) of Sheffield Neepsend.
1983–present
In varied form the constituency was brought back into existence for the 1983 general election.
Labour's Richard Caborn represented Sheffield Central from its recreation in 1983 until he retired in 2010 and was narrowly succeeded at the ballot box by another Labour MP, Paul Blomfield.
Constituency profile
Whereas most of the Labour majorities since 1983 have been substantial meaning the area is potentially one of that party's safe seats, in 2010 the Liberal Democrat share of the vote came 0.4% below that of the winning Labour candidate, which is highly marginal.
Statistics
The constituency consists of Census Output Areas of a local government districts with: a working population whose income is close to the national average and lower than average reliance upon social housing. At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 4.0% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, see table.
The district contributing to the bulk of the seat has a medium 33% of its population without a car. A medium 24.3% of the City's population are without qualifications, a high 15.8% of the population with level 3 qualifications and a medium 25.7% with level 4 qualifications or above. In terms of tenure a relatively low 58.3% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage by occupants as at the 2011 census across the district.
Elections in the 1920s
In the 1922 general election, James Fitzalan Hope was elected unopposed.
Elections in the 1900s
At the Sheffield Central by-election, 1908, James Fitzalan Hope was elected unopposed.
In the 1900 general election, Charles Edward Howard Vincent was elected unopposed.
Elections in the 1890s
In the 1895 general election, Charles Edward Howard Vincent was elected unopposed.