Sheffield Brightside (UK Parliament constituency) explained

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Sheffield, Brightside
Parliament:uk
Map1:SheffieldBrightside
Map2:EnglandSouthYorkshire
Map Entity:South Yorkshire
Map Year:2005
Year:1885
Abolished:2010
Type:Borough
Region:England
County:South Yorkshire

Sheffield, Brightside was a parliamentary constituency in the City of Sheffield. Created for the 1885 general election, and replaced at the 2010 general election by the new constituency of Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, using the first-past-the-post voting system.

In its first fifty years, Brightside returned a variety of Liberal, Conservative and Labour MPs. However, from 1945 onwards, it became one of the Labour Party's safest seats in the United Kingdom. It was represented by David Blunkett from 1987 until its abolition; he continued to hold the successor seat until he retired in 2015, becoming the seat's longest-serving MP.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Sheffield ward of Brightside.

1918–1950: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Brightside and Burngreave.

1950–1955: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Brightside, Firth Park, and Tinsley.[1]

1955–1983: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Brightside, Firth Park, Nether Shire, and Southey Green.[2]

1983–2010: The City of Sheffield wards of Brightside, Firth Park, Nether Shire, Owlerton, and Southey Green.

Sheffield Brightside covered the north of the city. It bordered the constituencies of Rotherham, Sheffield Central, Sheffield Heeley and Sheffield Hillsborough.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England recommended that Sheffield Brightside should gain all of Burngreave and Hillsborough wards, with Walkley moving to Sheffield Central, and that the constituency be renamed Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough.

History

Sheffield Brightside was created in 1885 when the former Sheffield constituency was split into five constituencies.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
A. J. MundellaLiberal
1897 by-electionFred MaddisonLiberal
1900James HopeConservative
Tudor WaltersLiberal
1922Arthur PonsonbyLabour
1930 by-electionFred MarshallLabour
1931Hamer RussellConservative
1935Fred MarshallLabour
1950Labour
1968 by-electionEdward GriffithsLabour
Oct 1974Joan MaynardLabour
1987David BlunkettLabour
2010constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Mundella was appointed President of the Board of Trade, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1890s

Mundella was appointed President of the Board of Trade, requiring a by-election.

Mundella's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 2000s

See also

Sources

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Notes and References

  1. act . 1948 . 65 . Representation of the People Act 1948 . 1 . 23 July 2023 .
  2. Book: . 1956 . Statutory Instruments 1955 . Part II . The Parliamentary Constituencies (Sheffield) Order 1955. SI 1955/183 . London . . 2164–2165 .