Sheffield Heeley (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°22′08″N 1°28′01″W / 53.369°N 1.467°W / 53.369; -1.467

Sheffield Heeley
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Sheffield Heeley in South Yorkshire for the 2010 general election.
Location of South Yorkshire within England.
County	South Yorkshire
Electorate	66,432 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of parliament	Louise Haigh (Labour Co-op)
Number of members	One
Created from	Sheffield Ecclesall
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Sheffield Heeley is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Louise Haigh, a member of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

History

This seat was created in 1950, largely replacing the former Sheffield Ecclesall constituency, its boundaries being significantly altered in 1955 with the abolition of Sheffield Neepsend. In the first five elections, up to but excluding 1966, the seat was won by a Conservative, Peter Roberts, it changed hands three times between 1966 and 1974.

Seeing a reverse-swing to that nationally, the 1979 election saw Sheffield Heeley move away from being a marginal Labour seat to a solid majority — in the seven elections since, only the first and the last have been fairly marginal, the others have suggested a safe seat. In the 2010 election the Liberal Democrat had more than a quarter of the vote, whereas the Conservative garnered 3% more votes than in 2005, on 17.3%.^{[n 3]}

Boundaries

1950-1955: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Heeley, Nether Edge, Norton, and Woodseats.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Heeley, Nether Edge, Norton, Sharrow, and Woodseats.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Beauchief, Gleadless, Heeley, and Intake.

1983-2010: The City of Sheffield wards of Beauchief, Heeley, Intake, Norton, and Park.

2010-present: The City of Sheffield wards of Arbourthorne, Beauchief and Greenhill, Gleadless Valley, Graves Park, and Richmond.

Constituency profile

This constituency has a moderate Labour majority and contains a mixture of urban areas, in 2010 the BNP unusually in Britain achieved more than the 5% deposit threshold share of the vote, however only 5.5% of the vote, a record in Sheffield.

The constituency consists of Census Output Areas a local government districts with: a working population whose income is marginally below the national average and that has close to average reliance upon social housing.^[1] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 5.7% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, compared to the regional average of 4.7%.^[2] The district contributing to the seat has a medium 33% of its population without a car.^{[n 4]} 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.^[3]

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1950	Peter Roberts	Conservative
1966	Frank Hooley	Labour
1970	John Spence	Conservative
Feb 1974	Frank Hooley	Labour
1983	Bill Michie	Labour
2001	Meg Munn	Labour
2015	Louise Haigh	Labour

Elections

Heeley general election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Sheffield Heeley^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Louise Haigh	20,269	48.2	+5.6
	UKIP	Howard Denby	7,315	17.4	+13.7
	Conservative	Stephen Castens	6,792	16.2	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Clement-Jones	4,746	11.3	-17.1
	Green	Rita Wilcock	2,566	6.1	+3.7
	TUSC	Alan Munro	238	0.6	+0.6
	English Democrat	David Haslett	122	0.3	+0.3
Majority			12,954	30.8
Turnout			42,048	60.7
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Sheffield Heeley^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Meg Munn	17,409	42.6	-11.5
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Clement-Jones	11,602	28.4	+7.0
	Conservative	Anne Crampton	7,081	17.3	+3.0
	BNP	John Beatson	2,260	5.5	+2.1
	UKIP	Charlotte Arnott	1,530	3.7	+1.4
	Green	Gareth Roberts	989	2.4	-1.2
Majority			5,807	14.2	-19.5
Turnout			40,871	62.0	+4.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	-9.25

Elections in the 2000s

General election of 2005

General Election 2005: Sheffield Heeley^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Meg Munn	18,405	53.98	-2.99
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Ross	7,035	20.63	-2.06
	Conservative	Aster Crawshaw	4,987	14.63	+0.38
	BNP	John Beatson	1,314	3.85	N/A
	Green	Rob Unwin	1,312	3.85	+1.58
	UKIP	Mark Suter	775	2.27	+0.42
	Socialist Alternative	Mark Dunnell	265	0.78	N/A
Majority			11,370	33.35
Turnout			34,093	57.06
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General election of 2001

General Election 2001: Sheffield Heeley^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Meg Munn	19,452	57.0	-3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Willis	7,748	22.7	+1.4
	Conservative	Carolyn Abbott	4,864	14.2	-1.4
	Green	Rob Unwin	774	2.3	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Brian Fischer	667	2.0	N/A
	UKIP	David Dunn	634	1.9	N/A
Majority			11,704	34.3
Turnout			34,139	55.1	-9.9
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election of 1997

General Election 1997: Sheffield Heeley^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bill Michie	26,274	60.7	+ 5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Davison	9,196	21.3	+ 2.9
	Conservative	John Harthman	6,767	15.6	- 10.3
	Referendum	David Mawson	1,029	2.4	N/A
Majority			17,078	39.5	+ 9.8
Turnout			43,266	65.0	- 5.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 1992

General Election 1992: Sheffield Heeley^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bill Michie	28,005	55.7	+ 2.3
	Conservative	David Beck	13,051	25.9	- 0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Moore	9,247	18.4	- 1.9
Majority			14,954	29.7	+ 2.6
Turnout				70.9	- 1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election of 1987

General Election 1987: Sheffield Heeley^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bill Michie	28,425	53.4	+ 7.6
	Conservative	Nicholas Mearing-Smith	13,985	26.3	- 3.6
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Peter Moore	10,811	20.3	- 4.0
Majority			14,440	27.1	+ 11.2
Turnout				72.0	+ 1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 1983

General Election 1983: Sheffield Heeley^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bill Michie	24,111	45.8	- 4.0
	Conservative	Sidney Cordle	15,743	29.9	- 10.2
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	John Day	12,813	24.3	+ 14.8
Majority			8,368	15.9	+ 5.2
Turnout				70.5	- 6.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election of 1979

General Election 1979: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Hooley	24,618	49.8
	Conservative	Danny George	19,845	40.1
	Liberal	Rodney Webb	4,708	9.5
	National Front	P. K. Thorpe	274	0.6
Majority			4,773	9.65
Turnout				77.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of October 1974

General Election October 1974: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Hooley	24,728	51.6
	Conservative	Alan Page	15,322	32.0
	Liberal	Royden Fairfax	7,151	14.9
	National Front	Peter Revell	723	1.5
Majority			9,406	19.6
Turnout				73.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of February 1974

General Election February 1974: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Hooley	25,317	47.7
	Conservative	Robert Ingle	18,732	35.3
	Liberal	Anthony Singleton	9,061	17.0
Majority			6,585	12.4
Turnout				82.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election of 1970

General Election 1970: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Deane Spence	27,950	47.0
	Labour	Frank Hooley	27,237	45.9
	Liberal	Anthony Singleton	4,220	7.1
Majority			713	1.2
Turnout				73.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election of 1966

General Election 1966: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Hooley	31,996	54.0
	Conservative	John Deane Spence	27,267	46.0
Majority			4,729	8.0
Turnout				78.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election of 1964

General Election 1964: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Roberts	29,587	51.5
	Labour	Frank Hooley	27,883	48.5
Majority			1,704	3.0
Turnout				76.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election of 1959

General Election 1959: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Roberts	33,236	59.0
	Labour	Joan Mellors	23,109	41.0
Majority			10,127	18.0
Turnout				77.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1955

General Election 1955: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Roberts	30,798	60.9
	Labour	John Sewell	19,747	39.1
Majority			11,051	21.8
Turnout				77.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1951

General Election 1951: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Roberts	27,776	61.0
	Labour	Arnold Jennings	17,729	39.0
Majority			10,047	22.0
Turnout				84.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1950

General Election 1950: Sheffield Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Roberts	26,560	56.3
	Labour	Arnold Jennings	17,856	37.8
	Liberal	Phillip Beckerlegge	2,779	5.9
Majority			8,704	18.5
Turnout				88.1
	New creation: Conservative gain.		Swing	N/A

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
↑ The 8th different candidate, one for each election, since 1979.
↑ This falls within the centrally coloured banding for metropolitan areas

References

↑ 2001 Census
↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
↑ 2011 census interactive maps
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Sheffield Heeley". BBC News. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links

BBC Election 2005
BBC Vote 2001
Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present) The Guardian
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
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

Sheffield Constituencies

Current	Penistone and Stocksbridge Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Sheffield Central Sheffield Hallam Sheffield Heeley Sheffield South East

Historic	Sheffield (1832–1885) Hallamshire (1885–1918) Sheffield Attercliffe (1885–2010) Sheffield Brightside (1885–2010) Sheffield Ecclesall (1885–1950) Sheffield Park (1918–1950) Sheffield Hillsborough (1918–2010) Sheffield Neepsend (1950–1955)

See also	Yorkshire West Riding of Yorkshire

Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (54)

Labour (33)	Barnsley Central Barnsley East Batley and Spen Bradford East Bradford South Bradford West Dewsbury Don Valley Doncaster Central Doncaster North Great Grimsby Halifax Hemsworth Huddersfield Hull East Hull North Hull West and Hessle Leeds Central Leeds East Leeds North East Leeds West Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Penistone and Stocksbridge Rother Valley Rotherham Scunthorpe Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Sheffield Central Sheffield Heeley Sheffield South East Wakefield Wentworth and Dearne York Central

Conservative (19)	Beverley and Holderness Brigg and Goole Calder Valley Cleethorpes Colne Valley East Yorkshire Elmet and Rothwell Haltemprice and Howden Harrogate and Knaresborough Keighley Morley and Outwood Pudsey Richmond (Yorks) Scarborough and Whitby Selby and Ainsty Shipley Skipton and Ripon Thirsk and Malton York Outer

Liberal Democrats (2)	Leeds North West Sheffield Hallam

Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (2) UKIP (2)

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