BBC Profile:
The seat was Conservative for most of the 20th century; for 28 years up until 1987 the MP was John Osborn.

In 1983 the Liberals beat Labour into second place and then in 1987 advanced again, to nearly a third of the vote. Osborn's successor Irvine Patnick still had a sizeable majority, which suffered only a slight reduction to 6,741 in 1992.

In 1997 the Lib Dem share of the vote went up by more than 20%, their biggest increase anywhere. Patnick was defeated with a swing of 18.6%. The Liberal Democrat victor was Richard Allan, who four years later increased his majority to more than 9,000. Allan stood down in 2005 and was succeeded by former MEP Nick Clegg who retained most of that majority.

At this election, the boundary see Hallam lose Broomhill ward to Sheffield Central and gain Stannington from the abolished Sheffield Hillsborough. To find out what might have happened had this boundary change been in force at the last election, see a notional - or estimated - result below.

This is South Yorkshire's south-western most seat. It stretches from the western edge of Sheffield city centre into the rural Peak District.

This is largely where Sheffield's middle classes live. It is a wealthy constituency, with a high percentage of professionally-qualified people and a high percentage of non-manual workers. In sharp contrast to other Sheffield seats, unemployment tends to be lower than average.

The leafy, hilly areas to the west of the city were where t

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BBC Profile:
The seat was Conservative for most of the 20th century; for 28 years up until 1987 the MP was John Osborn.

In 1983 the Liberals beat Labour into second place and then in 1987 advanced again, to nearly a third of the vote. Osborn's successor Irvine Patnick still had a sizeable majority, which suffered only a slight reduction to 6,741 in 1992.

In 1997 the Lib Dem share of the vote went up by more than 20%, their biggest increase anywhere. Patnick was defeated with a swing of 18.6%. The Liberal Democrat victor was Richard Allan, who four years later increased his majority to more than 9,000. Allan stood down in 2005 and was succeeded by former MEP Nick Clegg who retained most of that majority.

At this election, the boundary see Hallam lose Broomhill ward to Sheffield Central and gain Stannington from the abolished Sheffield Hillsborough. To find out what might have happened had this boundary change been in force at the last election, see a notional - or estimated - result below.

This is South Yorkshire's south-western most seat. It stretches from the western edge of Sheffield city centre into the rural Peak District.

This is largely where Sheffield's middle classes live. It is a wealthy constituency, with a high percentage of professionally-qualified people and a high percentage of non-manual workers. In sharp contrast to other Sheffield seats, unemployment tends to be lower than average.

The leafy, hilly areas to the west of the city were where the captains of Sheffields steel and engineering industries made their homes. Unlike in many cities, the middle classes stayed within its boundaries.

Rallings & Thrasher Notional:
LD 21,253 (46.35%)
C 13,837 (30.18%)
Lab 8,160 (17.80%)
Green 1,171 (2.55%)
Others 810 (1.77%)
UKIP 621 (1.35%)

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