Sheffield Central (UK Parliament Constituency)
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Sheffield Central is a
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represented in the
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of the
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since 2010 by
Paul Blomfield Paul Christopher Blomfield (born 25 August 1953) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Central since 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he was a Shadow Minister for Exiting the European Union fr ...
, a member of the Labour Party.


Boundaries

;First creation 1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Sheffield wards of St Peter's and St Philip's, and part of St George's ward. 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. ;Second creation (current) 1983–1997: The City of Sheffield wards of Burngreave, Castle, Manor, Netherthorpe, and Sharrow. 1997–2010: as above plus Nether Edge
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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–present: 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. ;Present boundaries The seat covers central
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and extends as far as
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and the Manor. It covers a similar area to the former Sheffield Park seat. It borders Sheffield Hallam, Sheffield Heeley,
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and Sheffield South East.


History


1885–1950

Created under the
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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.


1983–present

;Revival In varied form the constituency was brought back into existence for the 1983 general election. ;MPs
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's
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represented Sheffield Central from its recreation in 1983 until he retired in 2010 and was narrowly succeeded at the ballot box by another Labour MP,
Paul Blomfield Paul Christopher Blomfield (born 25 August 1953) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Central since 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he was a Shadow Minister for Exiting the European Union fr ...
. ;Winning margin The 2015 result made the seat the 32nd-safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. Labour majorities since 1983 in Sheffield Central have been in the top quartile save for 2010 — the
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share of the vote came 0.4% short of winning the seat — a highly
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result. ;Opposition parties The
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took second place in 2015, gaining a +12.1% swing (compared with +2.8% nationwide). This was the main target seat of the party in Yorkshire. Its 2012-2016 Leader
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, chose to settle locally on stepping down from the policy-steering role in 2016 and had chosen to contest Sheffield Central at the 2017 general election. Lib Dem candidates scored variable second places in 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2010 then took fourth place in 2015. ;Turnout Turnout has ranged from 62.5% in 1987 to 49.5% in 2001. ;Future Blomfield has announced that he will stand down at the next general election. The Labour Party has selected Sheffield city councillor Abtisam Mohamed to fight the seat, beating
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in the selection contest.


Constituency profile

The constituency has a working population whose income is close to the national average and lower than average reliance upon
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. At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 4.0% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, see table. 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. 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.


Members of Parliament


Elections


Elections in the 2010s


Elections in the 2000s


Elections in the 1990s


Elections in the 1980s


Elections in the 1940s


Elections in the 1930s


Elections in the 1920s


Elections in the 1910s

Bailey was sponsored by the
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Elections in the 1900s


Elections in the 1890s


Elections in the 1880s


See also

* List of parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire


Notes


References

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