Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency)

Sheffield, Hallam
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Sheffield, Hallam in South Yorkshire.
Location of South Yorkshire within England.
County	South Yorkshire
Population	84,912
Electorate	70,032 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat)
Created from	Sheffield
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Coordinates: 53°21′18″N 1°31′23″W / 53.355°N 1.523°W / 53.355; -1.523

Sheffield Hallam is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Nick Clegg, former leader of the Liberal Democrats and former Deputy Prime Minister.

Sheffield Hallam is the only constituency in South Yorkshire that is not a Labour stronghold. It is currently the only seat in the county that is not held by Labour, and it has never returned a Labour MP since its first election in 1885 and, apart from a brief period between 1916 and 1918, was held by the Conservatives from 1885 until 1997, when the Liberal Democrats won it. This long period of Conservative dominance included all 3 elections under Margaret Thatcher's premiership, starkly contrasting with the consensus within most seats in the county and the other county which Sheffield Hallam borders, Derbyshire.

In a 2013 survey by The Campaign to End Child Poverty, Sheffield Hallam was found to be the constituency with the lowest level of child poverty in the UK, at under 5%.