Sheffield Attercliffe was a parliamentary constituency in the City of Sheffield. It was created at the 1885 general election and abolished at the 2010 general election, when it was replaced by a new Sheffield South East constituency. Boundaries 1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Sheffield wards of Attercliffe and Park, and the civil parish of Heeley. 1918–1950: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Attercliffe and Darnall. 1950–1955: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Attercliffe, Darnall, and Handsworth. 1955–1974: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Attercliffe, Darnall, Handsworth, and Tinsley. 1974–1983: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Attercliffe, Birley, Darnall, Handsworth, and Mosborough. 1983–2010: The City of Sheffield wards of Beighton, Birley, Darnall, Handsworth, Mosborough, Richmond and Woodhouse. Note: there were council ward boundary changes in 2004, which abolished Handsworth and created Beighton, Mosborough, Richmond and Woodhouse. From 1997, Sheffield Attercliffe covered much of the east and south-east of the city. It bordered the constituencies of North East Derbyshire, Rotherham, Rother Valley, Sheffield Brightside, Sheffield Central and Sheffield Heeley. History Sheffield Attercliffe constituency was created when the two-seat Sheffield constituency was split into five single-member seats in 1885. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s Elections in the 1980s Elections in the 1970s Elections in the 1960s Elections in the 1950s Elections in the 1940s The 1944 by-election was called following the resignation of Cecil Henry Wilson on 9 February. John Burns Hynd of the Labour Party was elected unopposed. Elections in the 1930s Elections in the 1920s Elections in the 1910s Elections in the 1900s Elections in the 1890s This by-election was called due to the resignation on 26 June of Bernard John Seymour Coleridge following his inheritance of the title of Baron Coleridge. Elections in the 1880s See also List of parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire Sources BBC News, Election 2005 BBC News, Vote 2001 Guardian Unlimited Politics Politicsresources.net - Official Web Site ✔ (Election results from 1951 to the present) F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949 F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 - 1970 Sheffield General Election Results 1945 - 2001, Sheffield City Council References Attercliffe Attercliffe Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2010