| Sheffield Central | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1983 |
| Type: | Borough |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Previous: | Sheffield Park, Sheffield Hillsborough, Sheffield Hallam and Sheffield Attercliffe[1] |
| Electorate: | 79,414 (December 2019)[2] |
| Region: | England |
| County: | South Yorkshire |
| Year2: | 1885 |
| Abolished2: | 1950 |
| Elects Howmany2: | One |
Sheffield Central is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2024 by Abtisam Mohamed, a member of the Labour Party.
1918–1950: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of St Peter's and St Philip's, and part of Broomhall ward.
1950-1983: See other seats.
1997–2010: as above plus Nether Edge
Sheffield City Council was subject to new ward boundaries from 2004, which removed Castle, Manor, Netherthorpe and Sharrow, whilst adding Central and Manor Castle wards.
2010–2015: The City of Sheffield wards of Broomhill, Central, Manor Castle, Nether Edge, and Walkley.
2015–2024: The City of Sheffield wards of Broomhill & Sharrow Vale, City, Manor Castle, Nether Edge & Sharrow, and Walkley; and parts of the wards of Crookes & Crosspool, Ecclesall, Fulwood and Hillsborough.
2024–present: The City of Sheffield wards of: Broomhill & Sharrow Vale; City; Nether Edge & Sharrow; and Walkley.[3]
Created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the election that year, Sheffield Central was one of five divisions of the former Sheffield constituency. Sheffield Central was abolished in 1950 and the sitting MP, Harry Morris, stood and won in the new seat (now extinct) of Sheffield Neepsend.
Labour majorities since 1983 in Sheffield Central have been in the top quartile save for 2010 - the Liberal Democrat share of the vote came 0.4% short of winning the seat - a highly marginal result.
The constituency has a working population whose income is close to the national average and lower than average reliance upon social housing.[7] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 4.0% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, see table.[8]
There is a large student population and in 2015, the constituency had the youngest median age of voters at 26 years, compared to 39 years for the UK.[9]
| Office for National Statistics November 2012 | Jobseeker's Allowance claimant count | |
|---|---|---|
| Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough | 7.6% | |
| Sheffield Central | 4.0% | |
| Sheffield Hallam | 1.5% | |
| Sheffield Heeley | 5.7% | |
| Sheffield South East | 4.4% |
The district contributing to the bulk of the seat has a medium 33% of its population without a car. A medium 24.3% of the city's population are without qualifications, a high 15.8% of the population with level 3 qualifications and a medium 25.7% with level 4 qualifications or above. In terms of tenure a relatively low 58.3% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage by occupants as at the 2011 census across the district.[10]
| Year | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Howard Vincent | Conservative | ||
| 1908 | James Hope | Conservative | ||
| 1929 | Philip Hoffman | Labour | ||
| 1931 | William Boulton | Conservative | ||
| 1945 | Harry Morris | Labour | ||
| 1950 | Constituency abolished | |||
| Year | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Richard Caborn | Labour | ||
| 2010 | Paul Blomfield | Labour | ||
| 2024 | Abtisam Mohamed | Labour | ||
| 2019 notional result[11] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| 25,495 | 67.0 | ||
| 4,722 | 12.4 | ||
| 4,136 | 10.9 | ||
| 2,070 | 5.4 | ||
| 1,170 | 3.1 | ||
| Others | 474 | 1.3 | |
| Turnout | 38,067 | 54.0 | |
| Electorate | 70,453 | ||
Bailey was sponsored by the National Amalgamated Union of Labour