Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 23033 (67.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 4746 (13.9%)
Conservative: 3109 (9.1%)
Other: 3231 (9.5%)
Majority: 18286 (53.6%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 2205 (9%)
Labour: 16876 (68.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 3232 (13.1%)
BNP: 1537 (6.2%)
UKIP: 779 (3.2%)
Majority: 13644 (55.4%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 2601 (10.2%)
Labour: 19650 (76.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 2238 (8.8%)
UKIP: 348 (1.4%)
Other: 715 (2.8%)
Majority: 17049 (66.7%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 2850 (8.4%)
Labour: 24901 (73.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 4947 (14.6%)
Referendum: 624 (1.8%)
Other: 543 (1.6%)
Majority: 19954 (58.9%)
Boundary changes
Current MP: David Blunkett (Labour) (more information at They work for you)
2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 102637
Male: 48.7%
Female: 51.3%
Under 18: 25.4%
Over 60: 20.3%
Born outside UK: 7.4%
White: 87.2%
Black: 3%
Asian: 6.9%
Mixed: 2.3%
Other: 0.6%
Christian: 66.3%
Muslim: 7.9%
Full time students: 3.3%
Graduates 16-74: 10.2%
No Qualifications 16-74: 43.2%
Owner-Occupied: 49.2%
Social Housing: 43.8% (Council: 39.3%, Housing Ass.: 4.5%)
Privately Rented: 5.3%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 12.7%
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Shipley
I would make a distinction between Blunkett & Scargill who have done moderately well from a life in politics and Benn (lus Michael Foot, Geoffrey Robinson, Mark Fisher and Giles Radice). These are all silver spoon, public school types who think they know better than the working classes what’s good for those people - but hold very tightly to their wads of family cash, connections and privileges.
I’ve always rather admired Blunkett - not for his views which are hideous - but for his achievement as a blind man in a sighted world. The fact that his blindness is no longer a factor in our judgment of him speaks volumes for the man. So much better than the trendy lefty middle classes.
April 17th, 2008 at 12:29 pmHas anyone more info on Angela Smith and her ‘resignation’.?
April 17th, 2008 at 9:45 pmPete
I have nothing but admiration for Blunkett in the way he has overcome the difficulties he has faced in life. He is clearly a man of great ability and determination and his achiements are remarkable.
However somewhere in his career things have gone wrong. When he started out he would have been (I presume) full of good intentions re helping those who are poor or otherwise disadvantaged but now he has become so far out of touch with his constituents that he makes the wine waiter comment. Blunkett’s liking of fine wine or other aspects of his personal life would be of no concern to me if he was being successful as the MP for Brightside. Instead Brightside has deteriorated to now being possibly the poorest constituency in the whole country. I really think that if the Blunkett of 20 or 30 years ago could see what he has become he would be horrified.
As I said it’s sad, especially for the people of Brightside.
April 17th, 2008 at 10:17 pmAngela Smith has apparently reversed her decision to resign from the government after speaking to Gordon Brown in Washington DC.
April 17th, 2008 at 11:14 pmWell that’s her chance of 15 minutes of fame gone. Perhaps she’ll get an entry in Gordon’s next book on Courage
April 17th, 2008 at 11:20 pmI just wondered if she has a seat for the next Parliament. Will David Blunkett stand here again- can’t imagine he’d be too popular. It appeared that someone might have made offers to switch parties - I presume Brown must have made some promise to her to retain her loyalty.
April 19th, 2008 at 12:38 pmShipley
Angela Smith is defending the new Penistone & Socksbridge seat I think
April 19th, 2008 at 1:39 pm“Angela Smith is defending the new Penistone & Socksbridge seat I think”
yes, she will stand in P&S. Blunkett will stand here and Clapham will retire.
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