Sheffield South East (UK Parliament constituency)

Sheffield South East
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Boundaries since 2024
Map of constituency
Boundary of Sheffield South East in Yorkshire and the Humber
CountySouth Yorkshire
Electorate67,031 (December 2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created2010
Member of ParliamentClive Betts (Labour)
Created fromSheffield 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]

Constituency profile

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.[2] At the end of 2012, the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 4.4% of the population claiming jobseekers' allowance (see table).[3]

Sheffield's Seats Compared - unemployment[3]
Office for National Statistics November 2012 Jobseekers Claimant Count
Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough 7.6%[n 3]
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 4] 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.[4]

History

This seat succeeded Sheffield Attercliffe (represented by the Labour MP Clive Betts since 1992) following a minor change[n 5] recommended by the Boundary Commission for England for the 2010 general election and accepted by Parliament.

Including its predecessor, Sheffield Attercliffe, 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 2024, the Conservative vote collapsed in turn, and the Labour majority increased back up to nearly 12,500. This was helped by Reform UK not putting up a candidate in this, or any other Sheffield seat.

Boundaries

Map
Map of 2010–2024 boundaries

2010–2024: The City of Sheffield wards of: Beighton; Birley; Darnall; Mosborough; and Woodhouse (as they existed on 12 April 2005).

2024–present: The City of Sheffield wards of: Beighton; Birley; Darnall; Mosborough; Richmond (polling districts UA, UD, UF, UG and UH); Woodhouse (as they existed in 1 December 2020).[5]

In order to bring the electorate within the permitted range, the majority of the Richmond ward was transferred in from Sheffield Heeley.

Members of Parliament

Sheffield Attercliffe prior to 2010

Election Member[6] Party
2010 Clive Betts Labour

Elections

Sheffield Attercliffe election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Sheffield South East[7] [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clive Betts 18,710 52.3 +5.6
Conservative Caroline Kampila 6,252 17.5 −18.1
Liberal Democrats Sophie Thornton 3,421 9.6 +4.9
Green Hannah Nicklin 3,158 8.8 +8.6
Independent Jack Carrington 1,716 4.8 N/A
Workers Party Muzafar Rahman 1,453 4.1 N/A
SDP Matthew Leese 1,061 3.0 N/A
Majority 12,458 35.8 +24.7
Turnout 35,771 48.2 −13.3
Registered electors 74,194
Labour hold Swing +11.9

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[9]
Party Vote %
Labour 21,923 46.7
Conservative 16,709 35.6
Brexit Party 5,032 10.7
Liberal Democrats 2,186 4.7
Others 966 2.1
Green 80 0.2
Turnout 46,896 61.5
Electorate 76,223
General election 2019: Sheffield South East[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 N/A
Liberal Democrats Rajin Chowdhury 2,125 5.1 +1.8
Yorkshire Alex Martin 966 2.3 N/A
Majority 4,289 10.2 −16.8
Turnout 41,998 61.9 −1.5
Labour hold Swing -8.4
General election 2017: Sheffield South East[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 N/A
Majority 11,798 27.0 −2.5
Turnout 43,596 63.4 +4.2
Labour hold Swing -3.5
General election 2015: Sheffield South East[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 N/A
CISTA Jen Battersby 207 0.5 N/A
TUSC Ian Whitehouse 185 0.4 N/A
English Democrat Matthew Roberts 141 0.3 N/A
Majority 12,311 29.5 +4.1
Turnout 41,685 59.2 −2.3
Labour hold Swing -7.3
General election 2010: Sheffield South East[14][15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 N/A
Majority 10,505 25.4 −17.73
Turnout 41,408 61.5 +6.8
Labour hold Swing -9.0

See also

Notes

  1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Brightside and Hillsborough also saw the widest gender disparity with 10.5% of men were claimants, vs. 4.8% of women
  4. ^ This falls within the centrally coloured banding for metropolitan areas
  5. ^ The only change being the loss in 2010 of the shared part of the Richmond, South Yorkshire ward to the Sheffield Heeley constintuency.

References

  1. ^ "Constituency data: electorates – House of Commons Library". Parliament UK. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. ^ 2001 Census
  3. ^ a b Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  4. ^ 2011 census interactive maps Archived 2016-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
  6. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
  7. ^ "Sheffield South East results". BBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Parliamentary election results". Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Sheffield South East Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Sheffield South East". Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  13. ^ "Sheffield South East". BBC News. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  14. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  15. ^ BBC Election 2010
  16. ^ Britain urged to follow Cubans' lead, Morning Star

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