Like Hillsborough, its neighbour to the north, Sheffield Hallam includes little territory actually contained within the city of Sheffield. Instead, over half its area consists of rural land, much of it spreading into the picturesque Peak District. The seat also contains the plushest of all Sheffield's suburbs, and boasts the highest proportion of professional workers in England and Wales, with, correspondingly, an almost complete lack of manual workers.
Nearly 80% of those who work here are in middle-class occupations, 78% of homes are owner-occupied and unemployment is by far the lowest of the six Sheffield seats. This south western Sheffield seat also plays home to the leafy university areas of Broomhill, Ecclesal and Fulwood, which consist of dark stone mansions that punctuate rows of ultra-modern semi-detached housing.
Liberal Democrat success here in 1997 was the first time since its creation that the seat was not held by the Conservatives.
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