Sheffield South East (UK Parliament constituency)
Sheffield South East | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | South Yorkshire |
Electorate | 67,031 (December 2019)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | TBC |
Created from | Sheffield Attercliffe |
Sheffield South East is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Clive Betts, a member of the Labour Party.[n 2]
History[edit]
This seat succeeded Sheffield Attercliffe (represented by the Labour MP Clive Betts since 1992) following a minor change[n 3] recommended by the Boundary Commission for England for the 2010 general election and accepted by Parliament.
History of predecessor[edit]
The predecessor, Sheffield Attercliffe, was a Labour seat from 1935 since which date candidates of the party had received substantial majorities.
Boundaries[edit]
2010–2024: The City of Sheffield wards of: Beighton; Birley; Darnall; Mosborough; and Woodhouse.
2024–present: The City of Sheffield wards of: Beighton; Birley; Darnall; Mosborough; Richmond (polling districts UA, UD, UF, UG and UH); Woodhouse.[2]
2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies described changes the constituency as following: In order to bring the electorate within the permitted range, parts of the Richmond ward will be transferred from Sheffield Heeley.
Constituency profile[edit]
Labour majorities from 1935 until 2019 were substantial, making it one of the party's safe seats. In 2010, the closest runner-up was the Liberal Democrat candidate. In 2015, UKIP came second, with nearly 22% of the vote, beating both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats (the Liberal Democrat vote declining by 18%). In 2019, a collapse in the Labour vote reduced the party's majority to a little over 4,000 votes, making it a marginal seat between them and the Conservative Party.
In statistics[edit]
The constituency consists of Census Output Areas of local government districts with a working population whose income is close to or slightly below the national average, and close to average reliance upon social housing.[3] At the end of 2012, the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 4.4% of the population claiming jobseekers' allowance (see table).[4]
Sheffield's Seats Compared - unemployment[4] | |
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Office for National Statistics November 2012 | Jobseekers Claimant Count |
Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough | 7.6%[n 4] |
Sheffield Central | 4.0% |
Sheffield Hallam | 1.5% |
Sheffield Heeley | 5.7% |
Sheffield South East | 4.4% |
The district contributing to the seat has a medium 33% of its population without a car.[n 5] A medium 24.3% of the city's population are without qualifications, a high 15.8% of the population with level 3 qualifications and a medium 25.7% with level 4 qualifications or above. In terms of tenure a relatively low 58.3% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage by occupants as at the 2011 census across the district.[5]
Members of Parliament[edit]
Sheffield Attercliffe prior to 2010
Election | Member[6] | Party | |
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2010 | Clive Betts | Labour |
Elections[edit]
Elections in the 2020s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clive Betts[8] | ||||
Independent | Jack Carrington | ||||
Conservative | Caroline Kampila | ||||
SDP | Matthew Leese[9] | ||||
Green | Hannah Nicklin[10] | ||||
Workers Party | Muzafar Rahman[11] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Sophie Thornton[12] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Elections in the 2010s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clive Betts | 19,359 | 46.1 | -12.4 | |
Conservative | Marc Bayliss | 15,070 | 35.9 | +4.4 | |
Brexit Party | Kirk Kus | 4,478 | 10.7 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Rajin Chowdhury | 2,125 | 5.1 | +1.8 | |
Yorkshire | Alex Martin | 966 | 2.3 | New | |
Majority | 4,289 | 10.2 | -16.8 | ||
Turnout | 41,998 | 61.9 | -1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clive Betts | 25,520 | 58.5 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | Lindsey Cawrey | 13,722 | 31.5 | +14.1 | |
UKIP | Dennise Dawson | 2,820 | 6.5 | -15.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Colin Ross | 1,432 | 3.3 | -2.0 | |
SDP | Ishleen Oberoi | 102 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 11,798 | 27.0 | -2.5 | ||
Turnout | 43,596 | 63.4 | +4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clive Betts | 21,439 | 51.4 | +2.7 | |
UKIP | Steven Winstone | 9,128 | 21.9 | +17.3 | |
Conservative | Matt Sleat | 7,242 | 17.4 | 0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gail Smith | 2,226 | 5.3 | -18.0 | |
Green | Linda Duckenfield | 1,117 | 2.7 | New | |
CISTA | Jen Battersby | 207 | 0.5 | New | |
TUSC | Ian Whitehouse | 185 | 0.4 | New | |
English Democrat | Matthew Roberts | 141 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 12,311 | 29.5 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 41,685 | 59.2 | -2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clive Betts | 20,169 | 48.7 | -11.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gail Smith | 9,664 | 23.3 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | Nigel Bonson | 7,202 | 17.4 | +3.0 | |
BNP | Chris Hartigan | 2,345 | 5.7 | +1.6 | |
UKIP | Jonathan Arnott | 1,889 | 4.6 | +0.2 | |
Communist | Steve Andrew | 139 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 10,505 | 25.4 | -17.73 | ||
Turnout | 41,408 | 61.5 | +6.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.0 |
See also[edit]
- List of parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire
- List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
- The predecessor seat: Sheffield Attercliffe
Notes[edit]
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- ^ The only change being the loss in 2010 of the shared part of the Richmond, South Yorkshire ward to the Sheffield Heeley constintuency.
- ^ Brightside and Hillsborough also saw the widest gender disparity with 10.5% of men were claimants, vs. 4.8% of women
- ^ This falls within the centrally coloured banding for metropolitan areas
References[edit]
- ^ "Constituency data: electorates – House of Commons Library". Parliament UK. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
- ^ 2001 Census
- ^ a b Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ^ 2011 census interactive maps Archived 2016-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
- ^ https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/statement_of_persons_nominated_and_notice_of_poll_general_election.pdf
- ^ "Find your local Labour candidates". vote.labour.org.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATES". SDP. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "Hannah Nicklin on Instagram". Hannah Nicklin. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ https://workerspartybritain.org/general-election-2024/
- ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "Sheffield South East Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Sheffield South East". Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Sheffield South East". BBC News. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ BBC Election 2010
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