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Sheffield Cathedral Sheffield Cathedral (The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul, Sheffield) is the cathedral church for the Church of England diocese of Sheffield, England.
Sheffield Attercliffe Borough constituency Sheffield Attercliffe shown within South Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire shown within England Created: 1885 MP: Clive Betts Party: Labour Type: House of Commons County: South Yorkshire EP constituency: Yorkshire and the Humber Sheffield Attercliffe is a parliamentary constituency in the City of Sheffield.
Sheffield Hillsborough County constituency Sheffield Hillsborough shown within South Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire shown within England Created: 1918 MP: Angela Smith Party: Labour Type: House of Commons County: South Yorkshire EP constituency: Yorkshire and the Humber Sheffield Hillsborough is a Parliamentary constituency in the City of Sheffield.
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 Sheffield Central (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It borders the constituencies of Sheffield Attercliffe, Sheffield Brightside, Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency), Sheffield Heeley and Sheffield Hillsborough.
Sheffield Central constituency was originally created in 1885 when the Sheffield constituency was split into five divisions.
The constituency was abolished in 1950, and the sitting MP, Harry Morris, stood and won in the new seat of Sheffield Neepsend.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Sheffield Attercliffe (UK Parliament constituency)
Sheffield Attercliffe is a parliamentary constituency in the City of Sheffield.
It borders the constituencies of North East Derbyshire, Rotherham, Rother Valley, Sheffield Brightside, Sheffield Central and Sheffield Heeley.
Sheffield Attercliffe constituency was created when the Sheffield constituency was split into five in 1885.
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The constituency is dominated by Luton airport and the Vauxhall car plant, and it came as a major blow to the area when Vauxhall announced that they plan to close their plant by mid 2002 with the loss of 2,000 jobs.
The constituency is part of the Neath and Port Talbot local authority area, which voted Yes in the 1997 referendum by a majority of 18,267, which was 66% of the vote in that area - the biggest single Yes percentage in Wales.
A very middle class constituency, it has the fifth highest proportion of non manual workers in the country (78.9% of its workforce) and over a third of its adult population possess higher educational qualifications, compared with a national average of 13% (according to the 1991 census).
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 Ask Us A Question - Sheffield Hallam is a Parliamentary constituency covering the south west portion of the City of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sheffield Hallam is a Parliamentary constituency covering the south west portion of the City of Sheffield, England.
Hallam constituency extends from Stannington in the north to Dore in the south and includes small parts of the city centre in the east.
The constituency boundaries were redrawn prior to the February 1974 general election, perhaps accounting for the reduced majority of the incumbent, John Osborn.
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 Sheffields Constituancies
Sheffield is represented by in the Houses of Parliament by 6 constituencies each having 1 MP.
Within each constituency there are either 4, 5 or 6 wards, with each ward having 3 representatives on the City Council giving the Council a total of 87 Councillors.
Although it should be noted that Sheffield along with many other Metropolitan Cities has just gone through a ward boundary review which has reduced the number of wards in the city by 1 and the number of councillors on the city council by 3.
www.sheffieldlabourparty.co.uk /constituencies/city_constit_map.htm   (143 words)

  
 GNN - Government News Network
Sheffield Hallam Liberal Democrats and The Broomhill Forum argued that the ties of the Broomhill ward were stronger with Sheffield, Hallam CC than with Sheffield Central BC, and that the Stannington ward should be excluded from Sheffield, Hallam CC.
Penistone and Stocksbridge CC Bradfield Parish Council objected to the inclusion of the Stannington ward in Sheffield, Hallam CC and the Stocksbridge and Upper Don ward in Penistone and Stocksbridge CC.
The recommended constituencies are illustrated in outline on the map which forms part of this document (please note the copyright warning concerning the map).
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 Meg Munn MP | About The Sheffield Heeley Constituency
Heeley is one of the six constituencies in the world renowned steel city of Sheffield.
Many of the areas that make up Heeley constituency have their own distinct character and idenity of which the residents are naturally proud.
Heeley is home to Sheffield largest park Graves and Norfolk Heritage Park which is undergoing major transformation at the present time.
www.megmunnmp.org.uk /constituency.htm   (297 words)

  
 Informat.io on Vale Of York Uk Parliament Constituency
Vale of York is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
This constituency covers the Vale of York and includes the north western suburbs of York and the market towns of Easingwold, Bedale, Boroughbridge and Thirsk.
The reconfiguration of North Yorkshire's constituencies by the Boundary Commission for England has seen the creation of a York Central and a York Outer.
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 Parliament in 1996, Part 1, January to November, National Campaign for Firework Safety
The Secretary of State gave this request the most careful consideration, but was not persuaded that such additional powers, which Parliament has reserved solely for the prevention and detection of serious and violent crime, were wholly appropriate to offences committed under the fireworks legislation.
The previous one was on 1 November 1995, and perhaps it is appropriate that this one takes place after 5 November, because there may be a tendency for views to be heightened and emotional when constituents are expressing concern in the run-up to bonfire night and for the emotion to fade away in the aftermath.
As my constituent said, that may be difficult because we have to consider religious groups that celebrate at different times of the year.
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 Sheffield Did You Mean sheffield?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
After the Norman conquest Sheffield Castle was built in to control the Saxon settlements and a small town developed that is the nucleus of the modern city.
Sheffield is the largest centre of the civil service outside of London with practically all the major departments represented.
Sheffield has been the home of several well known bands and musicians, with an unusually large number of synth pop and other electronic outfits hailing from there.
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 House of Commons Hansard Debates for 26 Jun 2001 (pt 14)
Members who have not visited the constituency of Sheffield, Heeley may not appreciate how green it is and how many of my constituents take a keen interest in rural affairs.
The constituency also boasts a farm, Heeley city farm, which not only has animals, but which offers work training, education and various community enterprises, all of which are seeking to work in an environmentally friendly manner.
It is a particular privilege for me to represent Sheffield, Heeley, as it is the area where I grew up and where I first joined the Labour party.
www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo010626/debtext/10626-14.htm   (2638 words)

  
 The Electoral Commission : Election results
Elections were held for the UK Parliament on 5 May 2005.
The electoral system used for the UK Parliamentary general election is called 'first past the post'.
This means that within each constituency a single vote is cast for one candidate and the candidate who wins the highest number of votes becomes the elected MP.
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 Sheffield Central - Sheffield Liberal Democrats
Sheffield's 28 local government wards are spread across six new Parliamentary Constituencies that will come into effect at the next General Election.
Sheffield Brightside is made up of Firth Park, Shiregreen, Southey, Burngreave and Hillsborough wards.
Sheffield Central is made up of Nether Edge, Castle and Manor, Central, Broomhill and Walkley.
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 Shipley: Information from Answers.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Shipley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
After the 1997 UK general election the young, Labour candidate Christopher Leslie won the seat from Sir Marcus Fox.
In the 2005 UK general election he was narrowly beaten by Conservative candidate Philip Davies by a mere 400 votes.
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 Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is represented in the House of Commons by Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats who won the seat for the first time at the 2005 general election.
Hallam borders onto the constituencies of High Peak, North East Derbyshire, Sheffield Central, Sheffield Heeley and Sheffield Hillsborough.
Prior to its creation Hallam was a part of the larger Sheffield Borough constituency, which was represented by two Members of Parliament (MPs).
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 BBC NEWS | Programmes | BBC Parliament | Prime Minister's Questions
Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East, Labour) pointed out the absence of a BNP candidate in his constituency and called for the electorate to rid the country of racism.
Jim Sheridan (West Renfrewshire) raised the matter of redundancies in the UK in the light of moves abroad for cheap labour.
The prime minister acknowledged the importance of the concern and said the secretary of state for health was attending to it.
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 House of Commons Hansard Debates for 13 Mar 2002 (pt 3)
It is also important that, through the election of women Members of Parliament, the House should reflect women in the country far more than it does already.
He perhaps does not visit his constituency that much, but he may want to recognise that those who have the worst of it will be very angry.
What we need in the meantime are the minimum steps of security and confidence that would allow some of the hatred and bitterness that exists at the moment to ebb and allow space for the process to begin again.
www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo020313/debtext/20313-03.htm   (4508 words)

  
 Women and Equality Unit | About WEU | Ministers for Women
Ruth was elected to Parliament as Member for Bolton West in the 1997 General Election and the following year became Parliamentary Private Secretary to Nick Brown at the Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Meg was elected in June 2001 as the Labour / Co-operative MP for Sheffield Heeley and is Chair of the Co-operative Group of MPs.
Meg was brought up in the constituency she now represents.
www.womenandequalityunit.gov.uk /about/ministers/ministers.htm   (369 words)

  
 Scarborough and Whitby (UK Parliament constituency) information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Scarborough and Whitby is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
However, the constituency is largely rural and rural issues tend to influence voting preferences.
Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
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 Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cleethorpes is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Previously the Cleethorpes constituency was wholly within the Brigg and Cleethorpes constituency.
He works as constituency agent to Edward Leigh MP and was not on the priority list.
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 Ask Us A Question - Beauchief and Greenhill ward—which includes the districts of Batemoor, Beauchief, Chancet ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Beauchief and Greenhill ward—which includes the districts of Batemoor, Beauchief, Chancet Wood, Greenhill, Jordanthorpe, and Lowedges—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England.
The districts of this ward were in the traditional county of Derbyshire, but they were annexed into the county borough of Sheffield in 1934 associated with the West Riding of Yorkshire, and were thus included in the ceremonial county of South Yorkshire in 1974.
It is linked by road to the M1 motorway and to the centre of Sheffield.
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 SSJ Forum Archive: [SSJ: 3888] Some other questions re the elections
In the UK Tony Blair makes a speech about it come election time and then we hear nothing of it again till the next time.
The number of candidates per constituency in Japan seems low for the first past the post part of the system when compared to the UK.
Last election there were 5 candidates in my constituency in the UK (Sheffield, Hillsborough), and this was low compared to others nearby.
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 Christian Peoples Alliance - Sid Cordle
Sid Cordle MBE stood as a CPA Parliamentary candidate in Sheffield Hallam in the 2005 election.
He has lived and worked in the Sheffield area for thirty years, spending six of them as a city councillor for the Ecclesall ward.
I stood as a Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Sheffield Heeley in 1983, and for Sheffield Hillsborough in 1992.
www.cpax.org.uk /cpa/people/SidCordleInterview.php   (841 words)

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