Sheffield South East (UK Parliament constituency)

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]}

Sheffield South East
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Boundary of Sheffield South East in Yorkshire and the Humber
County	South Yorkshire
Electorate	67,031 (December 2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of Parliament	Clive Betts (Labour)
Created from	Sheffield Attercliffe

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 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

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

• List of parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire
• List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
• The predecessor seat: Sheffield Attercliffe

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.