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Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough (UK Parliament constituency)

Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2010 onwards


Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Gill Furniss, a member of the Labour Party.[n 2]

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History

Following its review of parliamentary representation in South Yorkshire the Boundary Commission for England recommended substantial changes to the constituency boundaries in Sheffield, to add part of the Sheffield Hillsborough to the whole of the Sheffield Brightside constituency (other than a handful of houses in the corner of Walkley). The rest of the Sheffield Hillsborough constituency formed the southern half of the new Penistone and Stocksbridge seat.

The constituency's representative from 2010 to 2015 was David Blunkett, who also represented the predecessor Sheffield Brightside constituency since 1987. Blunkett was a former frontbench senior minister who was a Secretary of State from 1997 until 2005 in the Blair ministry. He served the first four years of government as the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, three years as the Home Secretary and six months as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Blunkett retired from Parliament at the 2015 general election after representing Brightside/Brightside and Hillsborough for 28 years, the longest of any MP for the seat. The constituency representative from 2015 was Harry Harpham until he died on 4 February 2016. He was succeeded by his widow, Gill Furniss, who won a by-election on 5 May.

Boundaries

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The City of Sheffield wards of Burngreave, Firth Park, Hillsborough, Shiregreen and Brightside, and Southey.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be unchanged, other than minor amendments to reflect modifications to ward boundaries.[3]

Constituency profile

The last instance of either of the two predecessor seats being held by an MP from a party other than the Labour Party was the period for both before the 1935 general election. Majorities since World War II have been substantial suggesting a safe seat on historic voting preferences.

In statistics

The constituency consists of Census Output Areas of a local government districts with: a working population whose income is close to and fractionally below the national average and that has higher than average reliance on social housing.[4] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency was the highest of Sheffield's five constituencies at 7.6% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, compared to the regional average of 4.7%.[5] The borough contributing to the bulk of the seat has a reasonably high 33% of its population without a car, has 24.3% of the population without qualifications and 25.7% with level 4 qualifications or above. In terms of tenure a lower than average share, 58.3% of homes, are owned outright or on a mortgage by occupants as at the 2011 census across the district.[6]

Members of Parliament

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Elections

Elections in the 2020s

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Elections in the 2010s

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* Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament

Notes

  1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

  1. "Constituency data: electorates – House of Commons Library". Parliament UK. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. "RESULT: Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough - Sheffield News Room". Sheffieldnewsroom.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
  4. "Neighbourhood Statistics". 11 February 2003. Archived from the original on 11 February 2003.
  5. "2011 census interactive maps". Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.
  6. "Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  7. "Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough". Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  8. "Brightside and Hillsborough by-election result 2016". Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  9. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  10. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  11. "UK > England> Yorkshire & the Humber > Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2010.

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