Sheffield Brightside (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–2010}}

{{Infobox UK constituency main

|name = Sheffield, Brightside

|parliament = uk

|map1 = SheffieldBrightside

|map2 = EnglandSouthYorkshire

|map_entity = South Yorkshire

|map_year = 2005

|year = 1885

|abolished = 2010

|type = Borough

|previous = Sheffield

|next = Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

|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.{{Cite legislation UK |type=act |year=1948 |chapter=65 |act=Representation of the People Act 1948 |schedule=1 |accessdate=23 July 2023 }}

1955–1983: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Brightside, Firth Park, Nether Shire, and Southey Green.{{cite book |author= |date=1956 |title=Statutory Instruments 1955 |series=Part II |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8TDyAAAAMAAJ |chapter=The Parliamentary Constituencies (Sheffield) Order 1955. SI 1955/183 |location=London |publisher=Her Majesty's Stationery Office |pages=2164–2165 |isbn=}}

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

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"\|Election	Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1885 \| A. J. Mundella \| Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1897 by-election \| Fred Maddison \| Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1900 \| James Hope \| Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1906 \| Tudor Walters \| Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1922 \| Arthur Ponsonby \| Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1930 by-election \| Fred Marshall \| Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1931 \| Hamer Russell \| Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1935 \| Fred Marshall \| Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1950 \| Richard Winterbottom \| Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1968 by-election \| Edward Griffiths \| Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| Oct 1974 \| Joan Maynard \| Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1987 \| David Blunkett \| Labour
colspan="2" align="center" \| 2010 \| colspan="2" \| constituency abolished

class="wikitable"

colspan="2"|Election

Member

Party

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 1885

| A. J. Mundella

| Liberal

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 1897 by-election

| Fred Maddison

| Liberal

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1900

| James Hope

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 1906

| Tudor Walters

| Liberal

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 1922

| Arthur Ponsonby

| Labour

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 1930 by-election

| Fred Marshall

| Labour

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1931

| Hamer Russell

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 1935

| Fred Marshall

| Labour

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 1950

| Richard Winterbottom

| Labour

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 1968 by-election

| Edward Griffiths

| Labour

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Oct 1974

| Joan Maynard

| Labour

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 1987

| David Blunkett

| Labour

colspan="2" align="center" | 2010

| colspan="2" | constituency abolished

Elections

Image:BrightsideGraph.png

=Elections in the 1880s=

File:A. J. Mundella 0001.jpg

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1885: Sheffield Brightside}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = A. J. Mundella

|votes = 4,616

|percentage = 57.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edmund Fitzalan-Howard

|votes = 3,382

|percentage = 42.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,234

|percentage = 15.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,998

|percentage = 86.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,298

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

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

{{Election box begin |

|title=By-election, 9 Feb 1886: Sheffield Brightside}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = A. J. Mundella

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

}}

File:Edmund FitzAlan-Howard.jpg

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1886: Sheffield Brightside}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = A. J. Mundella

|votes = 4,280

|percentage = 55.7

|change = −2.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edmund Fitzalan-Howard

|votes = 3,398

|percentage = 44.3

|change = +2.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 882

|percentage = 11.4

|change = −4.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,678

|percentage = 82.6

|change = −3.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,298

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −2.0

}}

=Elections in the 1890s=

File:Anthony_John_Mundella.jpg

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1892: Sheffield Brightside{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = A. J. Mundella

|votes = 4,938

|percentage = 57.4

|change = +1.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Bargrave Deane{{cite news|title=The General Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000266/18920611/051/0007|accessdate=22 November 2017|work=Yorkshire Gazette|date=11 Jun 1892|page=7}}

|votes = 3,661

|percentage = 42.6

|change = −1.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,277

|percentage = 14.8

|change = +3.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,599

|percentage = 82.7

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,400

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +1.7

}}

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

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 23 Aug 1892: Sheffield Brightside

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = A. J. Mundella

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1895: Sheffield Brightside

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = A. J. Mundella

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

}}

Mundella's death caused a by-election.

File:Frederick_Maddison.jpg

{{Election box begin |

|title=1897 Sheffield Brightside by-election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal-Labour (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Maddison

|votes = 4,289

|percentage = 51.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Hope

|votes = 4,106

|percentage = 48.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 183

|percentage = 2.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,395

|percentage = 74.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 11,301

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal-Labour (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

=Elections in the 1900s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1900: Sheffield Brightside{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Hope

|votes = 4,992

|percentage = 55.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal-Labour (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Maddison

|votes = 4,028

|percentage = 44.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 964

|percentage = 10.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 9,020

|percentage = 77.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 11,700

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1906: Sheffield Brightside}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Tudor Walters

|votes = 5,409

|percentage = 55.1

|change = +10.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Hope

|votes = 4,408

|percentage = 44.9

|change = −10.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,001

|percentage = 10.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 9,817

|percentage = 81.1

|change = +4.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 12,108

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +10.4

}}

=Elections in the 1910s=

File:1909_Tudor_Walters.jpg

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election January 1910: Sheffield Brightside{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Tudor Walters

|votes = 6,156

|percentage = 56.6

|change = +1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Douglas Vickers

|votes = 4,200

|percentage = 38.7

|change = −6.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic Federation

|candidate = Charles Lapworth

|votes = 510

|percentage = 4.7

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,956

|percentage = 17.9

|change = +7.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 10,866

|percentage = 86.5

|change = +5.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 12,564

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +3.9

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election December 1910: Sheffield Brightside}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Tudor Walters

|votes = 5,766

|percentage = 59.6

|change = +3.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Douglas Vickers

|votes = 3,902

|percentage = 40.4

|change = +1.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,864

|percentage = 19.2

|change = +1.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 9,672

|percentage = 77.0

|change = −9.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 12,564

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +0.7

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1918: Sheffield Brightside

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Tudor Walters

|votes = 12,164

|percentage = 64.2

|change = +4.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Edward Jones

|votes = 6,781

|percentage = 35.8

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,383

|percentage = 28.4

|change = +9.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 18,945

|percentage = 52.0

|change = −25.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

=Elections in the 1920s=

File:Arthur_Ponsonby.jpg

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1922: Sheffield Brightside}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Arthur Ponsonby

|votes = 16,692

|percentage = 60.4

|change = +24.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)

|candidate = Tudor Walters

|votes = 10,949

|percentage = 39.6

|change = -24.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,743

|percentage = 20.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 27,641

|percentage = 75.0

|change = +23.0

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1923: Sheffield Brightside}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Arthur Ponsonby

|votes = 14,741

|percentage = 53.0

|change = -7.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Matthew Sheppard

|votes = 9,408

|percentage = 33.8

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Illingworth Clough

|votes = 3,684

|percentage = 13.2

|change = -26.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,333

|percentage = 19.2

|change = -1.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 27,833

|percentage = 73.0

|change = -2.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1924: Sheffield Brightside}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Arthur Ponsonby

|votes = 17,053

|percentage = 55.4

|change = +2.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Matthew Sheppard

|votes = 13,708

|percentage = 44.6

|change = +10.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,345

|percentage = 10.8

|change = -8.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 30,761

|percentage = 78.9

|change = +5.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1929: Sheffield Brightside

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Arthur Ponsonby

|votes = 20,277

|percentage = 55.2

|change = -0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = R.I. Money

|votes = 9,828

|percentage = 26.8

|change = -17.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = W.A.Lambert

|votes = 6,612

|percentage = 18.0

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 10,449

|percentage = 28.4

|change = +17.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 36,717

|percentage = 77.3

|change = -1.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

=Elections in the 1930s=

{{Election box begin | |title=1930 Sheffield Brightside by-election}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Fred Marshall

|votes = 11,543

|percentage = 46.3

|change = -8.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Hamer Russell

|votes = 8,612

|percentage = 34.6

|change = +7.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =W.A. Lambert

|votes = 3,650

|percentage = 14.7

|change = -3.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of Great Britain

|candidate = J. T. Murphy

|votes = 1,084

|percentage = 4.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,931

|percentage = 11.7

|change = -16.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 24,889

|percentage = 52.0

|change = -25.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1931: Sheffield, Brightside}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Hamer Russell

|votes = 20,270

|percentage = 53.1

|change = +26.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Fred Marshall

|votes = 15,528

|percentage = 40.6

|change = -14.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of Great Britain

|candidate = J. T. Murphy

|votes = 1,571

|percentage = 4.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = New Party (UK)

|candidate = E. C. Snelgrove

|votes = 847

|percentage = 2.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,742

|percentage = 12.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 38,216

|percentage = 79.6

|change = +2.3

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1935: Sheffield, Brightside

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Fred Marshall

|votes = 18,985

|percentage = 58.5

|change = +17.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Hamer Russell

|votes = 13,467

|percentage = 41.5

|change = −11.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,518

|percentage = 17.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 32,452

|percentage = 68.7

|change = -10.9

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

=Elections in the 1940s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1945: Sheffield, Brightside

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Fred Marshall

|votes = 19,373

|percentage = 61.2

|change = +2.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Brian Taylor

|votes = 8,177

|percentage = 25.8

|change = −15.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of Great Britain

|candidate = Howard Hill

|votes = 4,115

|percentage = 13.0

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 11,196

|percentage = 35.4

|change = +18.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 31,665

|percentage = 75.5

|change = +6.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

=Elections in the 1950s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1950: Sheffield, Brightside

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Winterbottom

|votes = 32,542

|percentage = 69.6

|change = +8.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative and National Liberal

|candidate = H. S. V. Smith

|votes = 13,136

|percentage = 28.1

|change = +2.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of Great Britain

|candidate = Howard Hill

|votes = 1,081

|percentage = 2.3

|change = -11.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 19,406

|percentage = 41.5

|change = +6.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 46,759

|percentage = 84.6

|change = +9.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1951: Sheffield, Brightside

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Winterbottom

|votes = 31,519

|percentage = 69.9

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative and National Liberal

|candidate = Alfred L Wood

|votes = 12,433

|percentage = 27.6

|change = −0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of Great Britain

|candidate = Howard Hill

|votes = 1,116

|percentage = 2.5

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 19,086

|percentage = 42.3

|change = +0.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 45,068

|percentage = 81.4

|change = −3.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1955: Sheffield, Brightside

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Winterbottom

|votes = 27,643

|percentage = 66.9

|change = −3.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative and National Liberal

|candidate = Edward W Flynn

|votes = 12,239

|percentage = 29.6

|change = +2.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of Great Britain

|candidate = Howard Hill

|votes = 1,461

|percentage = 3.5

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 15,404

|percentage = 37.3

|change = −5.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 41,343

|percentage = 71.1

|change = −10.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1959: Sheffield, Brightside

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Winterbottom

|votes = 28,302

|percentage = 67.5

|change = +0.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Hugo Clifford Holmes

|votes = 12,269

|percentage = 29.3

|change = −0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of Great Britain

|candidate = Howard Hill

|votes = 1,373

|percentage = 3.3

|change = −0.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 16,033

|percentage = 38.2

|change = +0.9

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 41,944

|percentage = 73.5

|change = +2.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

=Elections in the 1960s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1964: Sheffield, Brightside

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Winterbottom

|votes = 27,317

|percentage = 70.7

|change = +3.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Alexander Leitch

|votes = 9,963

|percentage = 25.8

|change = −3.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of Great Britain

|candidate = Howard Hill

|votes = 1,356

|percentage = 3.5

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 17,354

|percentage = 44.9

|change = +6.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 29,669

|percentage = 70.3

|change = −3.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1966: Sheffield, Brightside

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Winterbottom

|votes = 26,653

|percentage = 75.9

|change = +5.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Raymond Whitley Hadfield

|votes = 7,476

|percentage = 21.3

|change = −4.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of Great Britain

|candidate = Howard Hill

|votes = 989

|percentage = 2.8

|change = −0.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 19,177

|percentage = 54.6

|change = +9.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 35,118

|percentage = 66.2

|change = −4.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=1968 Sheffield Brightside by-election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Griffiths

|votes = 14,179

|percentage = 55.2

|change = -20.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Colin Renfrew

|votes = 8,931

|percentage = 34.8

|change = +13.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of Great Britain

|candidate = Robert Wilkinson

|votes = 1,069

|percentage = 4.1

|change = +1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Ronald Guest

|votes = 918

|percentage = 3.6

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = H. L. Lambert

|votes = 586

|percentage = 2.3

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,248

|percentage = 20.4

|change = -34.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 25,683

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

=Elections in the 1970s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1970: Sheffield, Brightside

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Griffiths

|votes = 23,941

|percentage = 72.2

|change = −3.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Tony Newton

|votes = 8,572

|percentage = 25.8

|change = +4.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of Great Britain

|candidate = Gordon Ashberry

|votes = 665

|percentage = 2.0

|change = −0.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 15,369

|percentage = 46.4

|change = −8.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 33,178

|percentage = 62.0

|change = −4.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election February 1974: Sheffield, Brightside

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Griffiths

|votes = 27,363

|percentage = 68.4

|change = −3.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Smith

|votes = 6,796

|percentage = 17.0

|change = −8.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Blades

|votes = 5,347

|percentage = 13.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of Great Britain

|candidate = Violet Gill

|votes = 513

|percentage = 1.3

|change = −0.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 20,567

|percentage = 51.4

|change = +5.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 40,019

|percentage = 74.5

|change = +12.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election October 1974: Sheffield, Brightside

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Joan Maynard

|votes = 18,108

|percentage = 49.7

|change = −18.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Labour

|candidate = Edward Griffiths

|votes = 10,182

|percentage = 27.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Roy Walker

|votes = 4,905

|percentage = 13.5

|change = –3.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Blades

|votes = 3,271

|percentage = 9.0

|change = −4.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,926

|percentage = 21.8

|change = −29.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 36,466

|percentage = 67.4

|change = −7.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1979: Sheffield, Brightside

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Joan Maynard

|votes = 25,672

|percentage = 68.5

|change = +18.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Betty Knightly

|votes = 7,979

|percentage = 21.2

|change = +7.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Malcolm Johnson

|votes = 3,482

|percentage = 9.3

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = National Front (UK)

|candidate = K. T. Brack

|votes = 354

|percentage = 0.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 17,693

|percentage = 47.3

|change = +25.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 37,487

|percentage = 68.8

|change = +1.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

=Elections in the 1980s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1983: Sheffield, Brightside{{cite web |title=Election Data 1983 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt |publisher=Electoral Calculus |accessdate=18 October 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt |archivedate=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Joan Maynard

|votes = 25,531

|percentage = 58.0

|change = −10.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Francis Butler

|votes = 10,322

|percentage = 23.4

|change = +14.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Grayson

|votes = 7,888

|percentage = 17.9

|change = −3.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = National Front (UK)

|candidate = P. A. Spinks

|votes = 286

|percentage = 0.7

|change = −0.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 15,209

|percentage = 34.5

|change = −14.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 44,037

|percentage = 65.5

|change = −3.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

File:David Blunkett -8April2010.jpg

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1987: Sheffield, Brightside{{cite web |title=Election Data 1987 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt |publisher=Electoral Calculus |accessdate=18 October 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt |archivedate=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = David Blunkett

|votes = 31,208

|percentage = 69.9

|change = +11.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Mary Glyn

|votes = 7,017

|percentage = 15.7

|change = −2.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Leeman

|votes = 6,434

|percentage = 14.4

|change = −9.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 24,191

|percentage = 54.2

|change = +19.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 44,659

|percentage = 68.7

|change = +3.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

=Elections in the 1990s=

File:Tim Loughton.jpg

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1992: Sheffield, Brightside{{cite web |title=Election Data 1992 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt |publisher=Electoral Calculus |accessdate=18 October 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt |archivedate=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = David Blunkett

|votes = 29,771

|percentage = 70.4

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Tim Loughton

|votes = 7,090

|percentage = 16.8

|change = +1.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Richard Franklin

|votes = 5,273

|percentage = 12.5

|change = −1.9

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = International Communist

|candidate = David Hyland

|votes = 150

|percentage = 0.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 22,681

|percentage = 53.7

|change = −0.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 42,224

|percentage = 66.3

|change = −2.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1997: Sheffield, Brightside{{cite web |title=Election Data 1997 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt |publisher=Electoral Calculus |accessdate=18 October 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt |archivedate=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = David Blunkett

|votes = 24,901

|percentage = 73.5

|change = +3.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Francis Butler

|votes = 4,947

|percentage = 14.6

|change = +2.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Christopher Buckwell

|votes = 2,850

|percentage = 8.4

|change = −8.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Referendum Party

|candidate = Brian Farnsworth

|votes = 624

|percentage = 1.8

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Paul Davidson

|votes = 482

|percentage = 1.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = Richard Scott

|votes = 61

|percentage = 0.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 19,954

|percentage = 58.9

|change = +5.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 33,865

|percentage = 57.5

|change = -8.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

=Elections in the 2000s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2001: Sheffield, Brightside{{cite web |title=Election Data 2001 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt |publisher=Electoral Calculus |accessdate=18 October 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt |archivedate=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = David Blunkett

|votes = 19,650

|percentage = 76.9

|change = +3.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Matthew Wilson

|votes = 2,601

|percentage = 10.2

|change = +1.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Alison Firth

|votes = 2,238

|percentage = 8.8

|change = −5.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Alliance (England)

|candidate = Brian Wilson

|votes = 361

|percentage = 1.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Morris

|votes = 354

|percentage = 1.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Anthony Suter

|votes = 348

|percentage = 1.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 17,049

|percentage = 66.7

|change = +7.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 25,552

|percentage = 47.2

|change = −10.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2005: Sheffield, Brightside{{cite web |title=Election Data 2005 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt |publisher=Electoral Calculus |accessdate=18 October 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt |archivedate=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = David Blunkett

|votes = 16,876

|percentage = 68.5

|change = −8.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Jonathan Harston

|votes = 3,232

|percentage = 13.1

|change = +4.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Tim Clark

|votes = 2,205

|percentage = 9.0

|change = −1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = British National Party

|candidate = Christopher Hartigan

|votes = 1,537

|percentage = 6.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Judith Clarke

|votes = 779

|percentage = 3.2

|change = +1.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13,644

|percentage = 55.4

|change = -11.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 24,629

|percentage = 48.5

|change = +1.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −6.4

}}

References

Sources

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/510.stm Sheffield Brightside] BBC News, Election 2005
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/510.stm Sheffield Brightside] BBC News, Vote 2001
[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/history/0,9571,-1278,00.html Election history – Sheffield Brightside] The Guardian
{{Rayment-hc|b|5|date=March 2012}}
[http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ Political Science Resources] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090702081222/http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ |date=2 July 2009 }} Election results from 1951 to present
F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 – 1949
F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 – 1970
[http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/EasySite/lib/serveDocument.asp?doc=101328&pgid=113083 Sheffield General Election Results 1945 – 2001]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Sheffield City Council

External links

[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13343.html Sheffield, Brightside UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK

Brightside

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2010

Sheffield Brightside (UK Parliament constituency)

Boundaries

History

Members of Parliament

Elections

=Elections in the 1880s=

=Elections in the 1890s=

=Elections in the 1900s=

=Elections in the 1910s=

=Elections in the 1920s=

=Elections in the 1930s=

=Elections in the 1940s=

=Elections in the 1950s=

=Elections in the 1960s=

=Elections in the 1970s=

=Elections in the 1980s=

=Elections in the 1990s=

=Elections in the 2000s=

See also

References

Sources

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