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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
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of Parliament	Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat)

Sheffield Hallam is a Parliamentary constituency covering the south west portion of the City of Sheffield, England. It is represented in the House of Commons by Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats since December 2007, who won the seat for the first time at the 2005 general election. It is the only seat in South Yorkshire not held by Labour and is the wealthiest UK constituency outside of the south-east.

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 Broomhill, Crookes, Dore and Totley, Ecclesall, and Fulwood.

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 ocupancy. The University of Sheffield and two campuses of Sheffield Hallam University are within the constituency, which has a large student population.

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

The Boundary Commission's final recommendations for boundary reform (published 14/09/05) propose that Hallam lose Broomhill ward to Sheffield Central and gain Stannington from Sheffield Hillsborough, which is to be abolished. These changes are due to come into force at the next 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 is 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. It is now the sixth safest Liberal Democrat seat in the UK.

Members of Parliament

The current Member of Parliament is Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats. 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	Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher	Liberal
	1918	Douglas Vickers	Conservative
	1922	Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes	Conservative
	1928 by-election	Sir Louis William Smith	Conservative
	1939 by-election	Sir Roland Jennings	Conservative
	1959	Sir John Osborn	Conservative
	1987	Sir Irvine Patnick	Conservative
	1997	Richard Allan	Liberal Democrats
	2005	Nick Clegg	Liberal Democrats

Elections

Election results for Sheffield Hallam

Elections in the 2000s

Next United Kingdom general election: Sheffield Hallam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Clegg
	Labour	Jack Scott
	UKIP	Nigel James

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, nevertheless, the highest turnout in Sheffield.

General Election 2005: Sheffield Hallam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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
	BNP	Ian Senior	469	1.2	N/A
	CPA	Sidney Cordle	441	1.1	N/A
	UKIP	Nigel James	438	1.1	0.0
Majority			8,682	21.4	−3.0
Turnout			40,527	62.2	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats	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 Democrats 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 Democrats	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	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 Democrats 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 Democrats	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
	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
	Alliance	Malcolm Johnson	15,077	28.4	+12.7
	Labour	Jean McCrindle	10,463	19.7	−9.1
	Ind. 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 1974 (October): 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, would go on to win the Sheffield Brightside seat in 1987, entering the government of Tony Blair in 1997 and becoming Home Secretary from 2001 to 2004.

General Election 1974 (February): 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 of 1945

General Election 1945: Sheffield, Hallam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roland Jennings	15,874	47.1
	Labour	J. F. 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

1939 by-election

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 of 1935

General Election 1935: Sheffield Hallam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis William Smith	21,298	67.3
	Labour	G. M. Colman	10,346	32.7
Majority			10,952	34.6
Turnout				71.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1931

General Election 1931: Sheffield Hallam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis William Smith	26,857	77.5
	Labour	H. G. McGhee	7,807	22.5
Majority			19,050	55.0
Turnout				80.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election of 1929

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

1928 by-election

The 1928 by-election followed the resignation of Frederick Hugh 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	C. R. Flynn	5,393	30.8
	Liberal	J. B. 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 Hugh 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 Hugh Sykes	12,119	57.7
	Labour	A. J. Freeman	5,506	23.9
	Liberal	C. S. 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 Hugh Sykes	13,405	59.4
	Liberal	C. S. 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

In the 1918 UK general election, Douglas Vickers was elected unopposed.

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.

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

In the 1900 UK general election, Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1890s

General election of 1895

In the 1895 UK general election, Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley was elected unopposed.

General election of 1892

General Election 1892: Sheffield Hallam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley	4,057	54.3
	Liberal	R. 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

Sources

• BBC Vote 2001
• BBC Election 2005
• Guardian Unlimited Politics
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• UK General Elections since 1832
• 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

External links

• UK Constituency Maps