Some interesting info
about Sheffield. Historical divisions - Prior to the break up of
the parish of Sheffield in 1848 the parish was divided into
six townships: Attercliff-cum-Darnall; Brightside Bierlow;
Ecclesall Bierlow; Nether Hallam; Sheffield township; and
Upper Hallam. In 1832, with the exception of most of Upper
Hallam and parts of Ecclesall Bierlow, these townships
formed the basis of the new Borough constituency of
Sheffield. Subsequently, in 1843 this Borough constituency
formed the basis of the Municipal Borough of Sheffield along
with the parts of Upper Hallam and Ecclesall Bierlow omitted
from the Borough constituency. Sheffield Municipal Borough
was thereby formed from all six townships, and would
ultimately become the City of Sheffield in 1893. The
Sheffield constituency was broken into five divisions in
1885: Attercliffe; Brightside; Central; Ecclesall; and
Hallam. Hillsborough and Park constituencies were added in
1918 after the City extended its boundaries. The Central and
Ecclesall constituencies were abolished in 1950 and two new
constituencies, Heeley and Neepsend, created. Neepsend was
short-lived, being abolished by 1955, and Park was
abolished, to be replaced by a revived Central constituency
in 1983.
Present-day divisions - For the purposes of City Council
elections Sheffield is divided into 28 electoral wards.
There was a Local Government ward boundary review that came
into effect in 2004, evening out the number of voters per
ward at 13,000 ± 10%. Parliamentary Constituencies are built
out of whole numbers of local government wards within an
administrative county.
The borough of Sheffield is currently (2010) covered by six
parliamentary constituencies. These are Sheffield Brightside
and Hillsborough, Sheffield Central, Sheffield Hallam,
Sheffield Heeley, Sheffield South East, and Penistone and
Stocksbridge, which also includes parts of the Metropolitan
Borough of Barnsley.
Districts of Sheffield -
Arbourthorne, Beauchief and Greenhill, Beighton, Birley,
Broomhill, Burngreave, Central, Crookes, Darnall, Dore and
Totley, East Ecclesfield, Ecclesall, Firth Park, Fulwood,
Gleadless Valley, Graves Park, Hillsborough, Manor Castle,
Mosborough, Nether Edge, Richmond, Shiregreen and
Brightside, Southey, Stannington, Stocksbridge and Upper
Don, Walkley, West Ecclesfield and Woodhouse
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