Sheffield Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Sheffield Central
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Sheffield Central in South Yorkshire.
Location of South Yorkshire within England.
County	South Yorkshire
Electorate	69,975 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Paul Blomfield (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Sheffield Park, Sheffield Hillsborough, Sheffield Hallam and Sheffield Attercliffe
1885–1950
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Sheffield Neepsend
Created from	Sheffield
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Sheffield Central is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Paul Blomfield, a member of the Labour Party.

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Sheffield wards of St Peter's and St Philip's, and part of St George's ward.

1918-1950: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of St Peter's and St Philip's, and part of Broomhall ward.

1983-1997: The City of Sheffield wards of Burngreave, Castle, Manor, Netherthorpe, and Sharrow.

1997-2010: The City of Sheffield wards of Burngreave, Castle, Manor, Nether Edge, Netherthorpe, and Sharrow.

2010-2015: The City of Sheffield wards of Broomhill, Central, Manor Castle, Nether Edge, and Walkley.

2015-present: The whole of the City of Sheffield wards of Broomhill & Sharrow Vale, City, Manor Castle, Nether Edge & Sharrow, and Walkley; and parts of the wards of Crookes & Crosspool, Ecclesall, Fulwood and Hillsborough.

The seat covers central Sheffield and extends as far as Nether Edge and the Manor. It covers a similar area to the former Sheffield Park seat. It borders the constituencies of Sheffield Hallam, Sheffield Heeley, Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough and Sheffield South East.

Created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the election that year, Sheffield Central was one of five divisions of the former Sheffield constituency. Sheffield Central was abolished in 1950 and the sitting MP, Harry Morris, stood and won in the new seat (now extinct) of Sheffield Neepsend.