Sheffield Brightside constituency

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Sheffield Brightside constituency was a parliamentary seat in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, known as a safe Labour stronghold and represented for many years by prominent politician David Blunkett.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
UK parliamentary constituency
abolished 2010
abolishedBy boundary changes for the 2010 general election
boundaryReviewEvent Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
category Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (historic)
Politics of Sheffield
containsArea Attercliffe
Brightside
Burngreave
Firth Park NERFINISHED
Shiregreen
Tinsley
Wincobank
country United Kingdom
created 1950
demographicCharacteristic largely working-class electorate
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
electorateCharacteristic strong Labour vote share
elects one Member of Parliament
endElection 2005 United Kingdom general election
knownFor being a safe Labour Party seat
locatedIn England
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
majorityParty Labour Party (UK)
MP David Blunkett
Edward Griffiths
George Darling
Joan Maynard NERFINISHED
Richard Caborn
notableMP David Blunkett
party Labour Party (UK)
partyOfMP Labour Party (UK)
predecessorConstituency Sheffield Attercliffe
Sheffield Central
Sheffield Ecclesall
region Yorkshire and the Humber
representedBy David Blunkett
Edward Griffiths ONNED1
George Darling
Joan Maynard NERFINISHED
Richard Caborn
representedConstituency Sheffield Brightside
representedInBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
safeSeatFor Labour Party (UK)
startElection 1950 United Kingdom general election
successorConstituency Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

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David Blunkett representedInParliament Sheffield Brightside constituency
David Blunkett representedInParliament Sheffield Brightside constituency
this entity surface form: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency