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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. ==Constituency profile== 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%.〔(The Campaign to End Child Poverty ) Daily Mail〕 On income-based 2004 statistics this is the most affluent constituency one place below the top ten seats of the 650, which were spread across the South East of England (including London), with almost 12% of residents earning over £60,000 a year.〔(Wealth hotspots 'outside London' ) BBC News〕 This measure placed Sheffield Hallam above Windsor and Twickenham. Based on 2011–12 income and tax statistics from HMRC,〔(Income and tax by Parliamentary constituency ) HMRC〕 Sheffield Hallam has the 70th highest median income of the 650 parliamentary constituencies, with those above it almost exclusively in London and the South East, and notably placing it ahead of Tunbridge Wells (76th), The Cotswolds (92nd), Cambridge (97th), Hemel Hempstead (103rd), and David Cameron's Witney constituency (121st). The 2001 Census showed Hallam to have the highest number of people classified as professionals of any of the UK constituencies.〔(Sheffield - a city of class division ) ''The Guardian''〕 Furthermore, 60% of working age residents hold a degree,〔(UCU - University and College Union - National ranking - degree level and above ) University and College Union〕 7th highest and exceeding Cambridge. Until the 1997 general election, the constituency was a safe Conservative seat. It has been represented in the House of Commons since May 2005 by Nick Clegg, who has been leader of the Liberal Democrats since December 2007 and Deputy Prime Minister since May 2010. He won his seat in Parliament for the first time at the 2005 general election. Hallam constituency extends from Stannington and Loxley in the north to Dore in the south and includes small parts of the city centre in the east. It includes the wards of Crookes, Dore and Totley, Ecclesall, Fulwood and Stannington. The large majority of Hallam is rural, spreading in the west into the Peak District National Park. It also contains some of the least deprived wards in the country, has low unemployment (1.5% jobseekers claimants in November 2012)〔(Unemployment claimants by constituency ) ''The Guardian''〕 and a high rate of owner occupancy with few occupants who rent their home.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2011 Census Interactive - ONS )〕 Since the 2010 boundary changes, neither of Sheffield's universities have a campus in the constituency〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=OpenStreetMap )〕 but it still includes areas where many students live. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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