Sheffield Brightside (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

Sheffield, Brightside
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Sheffield, Brightside in South Yorkshire for the 2005 general election
Location of South Yorkshire within England
CountySouth Yorkshire
1885–2010
Replaced bySheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Created fromSheffield

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.

1950–1983: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Brightside, Firth Park, Nether Shire, and Southey Green.

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
1885 A. J. Mundella Liberal
1897 by-election Fred Maddison Liberal
1900 James Hope Conservative
1906 Tudor Walters Liberal
1922 Arthur Ponsonby Labour
1930 by-election Fred Marshall Labour
1931 Hamer Russell Conservative
1935 Fred Marshall Labour
1950 Richard Winterbottom Labour
1968 by-election Edward Griffiths Labour
Oct 1974 Joan Maynard Labour
1987 David Blunkett Labour
2010 constituency abolished

Elections
% poll by year

Elections in the 1880s
General election 1885: Sheffield Brightside[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal A. J. Mundella 4,616 57.7
Conservative Edmund Fitzalan-Howard 3,382 42.3
Majority 1,234 15.4
Turnout 7,998 86.0
Registered electors 9,298
Liberal win (new seat)

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

By-election, 9 Feb 1886: Sheffield Brightside[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal A. J. Mundella Unopposed
Liberal hold
Lord E. Talbot
General election 1886: Sheffield Brightside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal A. J. Mundella 4,280 55.7 −2.0
Conservative Edmund Fitzalan-Howard 3,398 44.3 +2.0
Majority 882 11.4 −4.0
Turnout 7,678 82.6 −3.4
Registered electors 9,298
Liberal hold Swing −2.0

Elections in the 1890s
A.J. Mundella
General election 1892: Sheffield Brightside[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal A. J. Mundella 4,938 57.4 +1.7
Conservative Bargrave Deane[2] 3,661 42.6 −1.7
Majority 1,277 14.8 +3.4
Turnout 8,599 82.7 +0.1
Registered electors 10,400
Liberal hold Swing +1.7

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

By-election, 23 Aug 1892: Sheffield Brightside[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal A. J. Mundella Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1895: Sheffield Brightside[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal A. J. Mundella Unopposed
Liberal hold

Mundella's death caused a by-election.

F. Maddison
1897 Sheffield Brightside by-election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib-Lab Frederick Maddison 4,289 51.1 N/A
Conservative James Hope 4,106 48.9 New
Majority 183 2.2 N/A
Turnout 8,395 74.3 N/A
Registered electors 11,301
Lib-Lab hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1900s
General election 1900: Sheffield Brightside[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Hope 4,992 55.3 N/A
Lib-Lab Frederick Maddison 4,028 44.7 N/A
Majority 964 10.6 N/A
Turnout 9,020 77.1 N/A
Registered electors 11,700
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A
General election 1906: Sheffield Brightside[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tudor Walters 5,409 55.1 +10.4
Conservative James Hope 4,408 44.9 −10.4
Majority 1,001 10.2 N/A
Turnout 9,817 81.1 +4.0
Registered electors 12,108
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +10.4

Elections in the 1910s
Walters
General election January 1910: Sheffield Brightside[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tudor Walters 6,156 56.6 +1.5
Conservative Douglas Vickers 4,200 38.7 −6.2
Social Democratic Federation Charles Lapworth 510 4.7 New
Majority 1,956 17.9 +7.7
Turnout 10,866 86.5 +5.4
Registered electors 12,564
Liberal hold Swing +3.9
General election December 1910: Sheffield Brightside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tudor Walters 5,766 59.6 +3.0
Conservative Douglas Vickers 3,906 40.4 +1.7
Majority 1,864 19.2 +1.3
Turnout 9,672 77.0 −9.5
Registered electors 12,564
Liberal hold Swing +0.7
General election 1918
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Liberal Tudor Walters 12,164 64.2 +4.6
Labour Richard Edward Jones 6,781 35.8 New
Majority 5,383 28.4 +9.2
Turnout 18,945 52.0 −25.0
Liberal hold Swing N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s
Arthur Ponsonby
General election 1922: Sheffield Brightside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Ponsonby 16,692 60.4 +24.6
National Liberal Tudor Walters 10,949 39.6 -24.6
Majority 5,743 20.8 N/A
Turnout 27,641 75.0 +23.0
Labour gain from National Liberal Swing
General election 1923: Sheffield Brightside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Ponsonby 14,741 53.0 -7.4
Unionist Matthew Sheppard 9,408 33.8 New
Liberal Thomas Illingworth Clough 3,684 13.2 -26.4
Majority 5,333 19.2 -1.6
Turnout 27,833 73.0 -2.0
Labour hold Swing N/A
General election 1924: Sheffield Brightside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Ponsonby 17,053 55.4 +2.4
Unionist Matthew Sheppard 13,708 44.6 +10.8
Majority 3,345 10.8 -8.4
Turnout 30,761 78.9 +5.9
Labour hold Swing
General election 1929: Sheffield Brightside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Ponsonby 20,277 55.2 -0.2
Unionist R.I. Money 9,828 26.8 -17.8
Liberal W.A.Lambert 6,621 18.0 New
Majority 10,449 28.4 +17.6
Turnout 36,726 77.3 -1.6
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s
1930 Sheffield Brightside by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Marshall 11,543 46.3 -8.9
Conservative Hamer Russell 8,612 34.6 +7.8
Liberal W.A. Lambert 3,650 14.7 -3.3
Communist J. T. Murphy 1,084 4.4 New
Majority 2,931 11.7 -16.7
Turnout 24,889
Labour hold Swing
General election 1931: Sheffield, Brightside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hamer Russell 20,270 53.1 +26.3
Labour Fred Marshall 15,528 40.6 -14.6
Communist J. T. Murphy 1,571 4.1 N/A
New Party E. C. Snelgrove 847 2.2 New
Majority 4,742 12.5 N/A
Turnout 38,216 79.6 +2.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Sheffield, Brightside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Marshall 18,985 58.5 +17.9
Conservative Hamer Russell 13,467 41.5 −11.6
Majority 5,518 17.0 N/A
Turnout 32,452 68.7 -10.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1940s
General election 1945: Sheffield, Brightside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Marshall 19,373 61.2 +2.7
Conservative Brian Taylor 8,177 25.8 −15.7
Communist Howard Hill 4,115 13.0 New
Majority 11,196 35.4 +18.4
Turnout 31,665 75.5 +6.8
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s
General election 1950: Sheffield, Brightside[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Winterbottom 32,542 69.6 +8.4
Conservative and National Liberal H. S. V. Smith 13,136 28.1 +2.3
Communist Howard Hill 1,081 2.3 -11.7
Majority 19,406 41.5 +6.1
Turnout 46,759 84.6 +9.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Sheffield, Brightside[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Winterbottom 31,519 69.9 +0.3
Conservative and National Liberal Alfred L Wood 12,433 27.6 −0.5
Communist Howard Hill 1,116 2.5 +0.2
Majority 19,086 42.3 +0.8
Turnout 45,068 81.4 −3.2
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Sheffield, Brightside[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Winterbottom 27,643 66.9 −3.0
Conservative and National Liberal Edward W Flynn 12,239 29.6 +2.0
Communist Howard Hill 1,461 3.5 +1.0
Majority 15,404 37.3 −5.0
Turnout 41,343 71.1 −10.3
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: Sheffield, Brightside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Winterbottom 28,302 67.5 +0.6
Conservative Hugo Clifford Holmes 12,269 29.3 −0.3
Communist Howard Hill 1,373 3.3 −0.2
Majority 16,033 38.2 +0.9
Turnout 41,944 73.5 +2.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s
General election 1964: Sheffield, Brightside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Winterbottom 27,317 70.7 +3.2
Conservative Alexander Leitch 9,963 25.8 −3.5
Communist Howard Hill 1,356 3.5 +0.2
Majority 17,354 44.9 +6.7
Turnout 29,669 70.3 −3.2
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Sheffield, Brightside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Winterbottom 26,653 75.9 +5.2
Conservative Raymond Whitley Hadfield 7,476 21.3 −4.5
Communist Howard Hill 989 2.8 −0.7
Majority 19,177 54.6 +9.7
Turnout 35,118 66.2 −4.1
Labour hold Swing
1968 Sheffield Brightside by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Griffiths 14,179 55.2 -20.7
Conservative Colin Renfrew 8,931 34.8 +13.5
Communist Robert Wilkinson 1,069 4.1 +1.3
Independent Ronald Guest 918 3.6 New
Independent H. L. Lambert 586 2.3 New
Majority 5,248 20.4 -34.2
Turnout 25,683
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s
General election 1970: Sheffield, Brightside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Griffiths 23,941 72.2 −3.7
Conservative Tony Newton 8,572 25.8 +4.5
Communist Gordon Ashberry 665 2.0 −0.8
Majority 15,369 46.4 −8.2
Turnout 33,178 62.0 −4.2
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Sheffield, Brightside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Griffiths 27,363 68.4 −3.8
Conservative John Smith 6,796 17.0 −8.8
Liberal Thomas Blades 5,347 13.4 New
Communist Violet Gill 513 1.3 −0.7
Majority 20,567 51.4 +5.1
Turnout 40,019 74.5 +12.5
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Sheffield, Brightside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Maynard 18,108 49.7 −18.7
Independent Labour Edward Griffiths 10,182 27.9 New
Conservative Roy Walker 4,905 13.5 - 3.5
Liberal Thomas Blades 3,271 9.0 −4.4
Majority 7,926 21.8 −29.6
Turnout 36,466 67.4 −7.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Sheffield, Brightside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Maynard 25,672 68.5 +18.8
Conservative Betty Knightly 7,979 21.2 +7.7
Liberal Malcolm Johnson 3,482 9.3 +0.3
National Front K. T. Brack 354 0.9 New
Majority 17,693 47.3 +25.5
Turnout 37,487 68.8 +1.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s
General election 1983: Sheffield, Brightside[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Maynard 25,531 58.0 −10.5
Liberal Francis Butler 10,322 23.4 +14.1
Conservative David Grayson 7,888 17.9 −3.3
National Front P. A. Spinks 286 0.7 −0.2
Majority 15,209 34.5 −14.8
Turnout 44,037 65.5 −3.3
Labour hold Swing
David Blunkett
General election 1987: Sheffield, Brightside[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Blunkett 31,208 69.9 +11.9
Conservative Mary Glyn 7,017 15.7 −2.2
Liberal John Leeman 6,434 14.4 −9.0
Majority 24,191 54.2 +19.7
Turnout 44,659 68.7 +3.2
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s
Tim Loughton
General election 1992: Sheffield, Brightside[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Blunkett 29,771 70.4 +0.5
Conservative Tim Loughton 7,090 16.8 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Franklin 5,273 12.5 −1.9
International Communist David Hyland 150 0.4 New
Majority 22,681 53.7 −0.5
Turnout 42,224 66.3 −2.4
Labour hold Swing
General election 1997: Sheffield, Brightside[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Blunkett 24,901 73.5 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Francis Butler 4,947 14.6 +2.1
Conservative Christopher Buckwell 2,850 8.4 −8.4
Referendum Brian Farnsworth 624 1.8 New
Socialist Labour Paul Davidson 482 1.4 New
Natural Law Richard Scott 61 0.2 New
Majority 19,954 58.9 +5.2
Turnout 33,865 57.5 -8.8
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s
General election 2001: Sheffield, Brightside[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Blunkett 19,650 76.9 +3.4
Conservative Matthew Wilson 2,601 10.2 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Alison Firth 2,238 8.8 −5.8
Socialist Alliance Brian Wilson 361 1.4 New
Socialist Labour Robert Morris 354 1.4 New
UKIP Anthony Suter 348 1.4 New
Majority 17,049 66.7 +7.8
Turnout 25,552 47.2 −10.3
Labour hold Swing
General election 2005: Sheffield, Brightside[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Blunkett 16,876 68.5 −8.4
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Harston 3,232 13.1 +4.3
Conservative Tim Clark 2,205 9.0 −1.2
BNP Christopher Hartigan 1,537 6.2 New
UKIP Judith Clarke 779 3.2 +1.8
Majority 13,644 55.4 -11.3
Turnout 24,629 48.5 +1.3
Labour hold Swing −6.4

See also

References
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