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.
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 Beighton, Birley, Darnall, Handsworth, Mosborough, Richmond and Woodhouse.
Note: there were council ward boundary changes in 2004, which abolished Handsworth and created Beighton, Mosborough, Richmond and Woodhouse.
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.
Members of Parliament
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| 1885
| Bernard Coleridge (later Baron Coleridge)
| rowspan="2" | Liberal
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| 1894 by-election
| J. Batty Langley
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| 1909 by-election
| Joseph Pointer
| rowspan="2" | Labour
|-
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| 1914 by-election
| William Anderson
|-
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| 1918
|rowspan="2" | Thomas Worrall Casey
| Coalition Liberal
|-
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| Jan 1922
| National Liberal
|-
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| Nov 1922
| Cecil Wilson
| Labour
|-
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| 1931
| Cecil Pike
| Conservative
|-
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| 1935
| Cecil Wilson
| rowspan="4" | Labour
|-
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| 1944 by-election
| John Hynd
|-
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| 1970
| Patrick Duffy
|-
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| 1992
| Clive Betts
|-
| colspan="2" align="left" | 2010
| colspan="2" | constituency abolished: see Sheffield South East
|}
Elections
thumb|right|216px|Sheffield Attercliffe election results
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1940s
The 1944 Sheffield Attercliffe 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 1930s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1910s
thumb|right|Thomas Casey
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire
Sources
- BBC News, Election 2005
- BBC News, Vote 2001
- Guardian Unlimited Politics
- Politicsresources.net - Official Web Site ✔ (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
References
External links
- Sheffield, Attercliffe UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK