See also: Sheffield and Sheffield City Region.
| Sheffield | |
| Settlement Type: | City and metropolitan borough |
| Nickname: | Steel City |
| Motto: | Latin: Deo Adjuvante Labor Proficit |translation=With God's help our labour is successful |
| Pushpin Map: | England#UK#Europe |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within England##Location within the United Kingdom##Location in Europe |
| Coordinates: | 53.3824°N -1.4685°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Grid Name: | OS grid reference |
| Subdivision Type: | Sovereign state |
| Subdivision Name: | United Kingdom |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | England |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Subdivision Type3: | City region and ceremonial county |
| Subdivision Name3: | South Yorkshire |
| Subdivision Type4: | Historic counties |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 8th century AD |
| Established Title1: | Town charter |
| Established Date1: | 10 August 1297 |
| Established Title2: | City status |
| Established Date2: | 1893 |
| Named For: | Sheffield |
| Seat Type: | Administrative HQ |
| Seat: | Sheffield Town Hall |
| Government Footnotes: | [2] |
| Government Type: | Metropolitan borough with committee system |
| Governing Body: | Sheffield City Council |
| Leader Title: | Control |
| Leader Title1: | Leader |
| Leader Name1: | Tom Hunt (L) |
| Leader Title2: | Lord Mayor |
| Leader Name2: | Colin Ross |
| Leader Title3: | Chief Executive |
| Leader Name3: | Kate Josephs |
| Leader Title4: | House of Commons |
| Area Rank: | |
| Population Rank: | |
| Population Demonym: | Sheffielder |
| Demographics Type1: | Ethnicity (2021) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Ethnic groups |
| Demographics Type2: | Religion (2021) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Religion |
| Timezone1: | GMT |
| Utc Offset1: | +0 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | BST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +1 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postcode area |
| Postal Code: | S |
| Area Code Type: | Dialling code |
| Area Code: | 0114 |
| Iso Code: | GB-SHF |
| Code1 Name: | GSS code |
| Code1 Info: | E08000019 |
| Code2 Name: | ITL code |
| Code2 Info: | TLE32 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | GVA |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 2021 estimate[3] |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Total |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | £13.7 billion |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Per capita |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | £24,670 |
| Blank Name Sec2: | GDP (nominal) |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 2021 estimate |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Total |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | £15.4 billion |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Per capita |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | £27,805 |
The City of Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Sheffield, the town of Stocksbridge and the larger village of Chapeltown and part of the Peak District.[4] It has a population of, making it technically the third largest city in England by population behind Birmingham and Leeds, since London is not considered a single entity. It is governed by Sheffield City Council.
The current city boundaries were set on 1 April 1974 by the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, as part of a reform of local government in England. The city is a merger of two former local government districts; the unitary City and County Borough of Sheffield combined with the urban district of Stocksbridge and parts of the rural district of Wortley from the West Riding of Yorkshire.[5]
For its first 12 years, the city had a two-tier system of local government; Sheffield City Council shared power with South Yorkshire County Council. Since the Local Government Act 1985 Sheffield City Council has effectively been a unitary authority, serving as the sole executive, deliberative and legislative body responsible for local policy, setting council tax, and allocating budget in the city, and is a member of the Sheffield City Region Partnership. The City of Sheffield is divided into three civil parishes and a single unparished area.
See main article: Geography of Sheffield. The present city boundaries were set in 1974 (with slight modification in 1994), when the former county borough of Sheffield merged with Stocksbridge Urban District and two parishes from the Wortley Rural District.[6] This area includes a significant part of the countryside surrounding the main urban region. Roughly a third of Sheffield lies in the Peak District National Park. No other English city had parts of a national park within its boundary,[7] until the creation in March 2010 of the South Downs National Park, part of which lies within Brighton and Hove.
Sheffield City Council is the local authority for the district. The council is composed of 84 councillors, three for each of the city's 28 wards. It is currently under No Overall Control. The city was under Labour control from its creation until 1999, when the Liberal Democrats took control of the council. The Labour Party regained control of the council in 2002 with power shifting back to the Liberal Democrats in 2008. However, Labour took control once again in 2011. Following the 2021 elections, the council is now in No Overall Control. As a metropolitan county, South Yorkshire does not have a county council, so Sheffield City Council is the primary provider of local government services. The district forms part of the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England.
The area of the former county borough of Sheffield is unparished with no lower tier of government and there are three civil parishes with parish councils, the lowest tier of local government. The civil parishes are:[8] Bradfield, Ecclesfield and Stocksbridge.
The district is represented by five MPs, for the constituencies of Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, Sheffield Central, Sheffield Hallam, Sheffield Heeley, Sheffield South East all currently represented by Labour. The constituency of Penistone and Stocksbridge is partially in the City of Sheffield and is represented by the Conservatives.
See main article: Demographics of Sheffield. The latest population estimate for the City of Sheffield is residents.[9]
See main article: Transport in Sheffield. Parts of the city are covered by the Sheffield Supertram light rail tram network.
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