Penistone and Stocksbridge
Yorkshire and The Humber · County constituency
About the Penistone and Stocksbridge constituency
Penistone and Stocksbridge is a county constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. The sitting MP is Dr Marie Tidball (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 43.6% to 23.7% for the Conservatives, a majority of 8,739 votes on a 62.4% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 30.4% and Reform UK on 30.2%, a margin of 0.2 points.
Who lives in Penistone and Stocksbridge? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Penistone and Stocksbridge vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Penistone and Stocksbridge
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
Penistone and Stocksbridge within Sheffield and Barnsley
Penistone and Stocksbridge crosses council boundaries: Sheffield (63%), Barnsley (37%). The figures below are from the 7 May 2026 council elections where held, otherwise the most recent available ward result. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat | Projection |
|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | 63% | View projection › |
| Barnsley | 37% | View projection › |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dodworth | Labour 40.9%vs Reform 23.2% | May 2026 Reform 39.3%vs Lib Dem 33.8%now part of Dodworth Stainborough Tankersley | Labour→Reform +20.8pp | 45.4% |
| East Ecclesfield | Labour 46.7%vs Reform 21.4% | May 2026 Reform 38.7%vs Lib Dem 30.3% | Labour→Reform +22.2pp | 44.2% |
| Penistone East | Labour 39.3%vs Conservative 31.7% | May 2026 Labour 37.8%vs Reform 34.1% | Labour share -1.5pp | 56.3% |
| Penistone West | Labour 40.1%vs Conservative 24.0% | May 2026 Lib Dem 33.8%vs Reform 30.4% | Labour→Lib Dem +25.1pp | 48.7% |
| Stocksbridge and Upper Don | Labour 46.1%vs Conservative 24.6% | May 2026 Reform 37.3%vs Lib Dem 32.3% | Labour→Reform +24.2pp | 45.5% |
| West Ecclesfield | Labour 45.3%vs Reform 22.8% | May 2026 Lib Dem 38.9%vs Reform 38.6% | Labour→Lib Dem +33.0pp | 44.0% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Penistone and Stocksbridge at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Penistone and Stocksbridge at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lab hold | Angela Smith | 37.8% | 31.2% | 21.1% | 3,049 | 67.9% |
| 2015 | Lab hold | Angela Smith | 42.0% | 27.7% | 6.3% | 6,723 | 66.2%-1.7 |
| 2017 | Lab hold | Angela Smith | 45.8% | 43.2% | 4.1% | 1,322 | 69.8%+3.6 |
| 2019notional | Conservative winner | Miriam Cates 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 33.3% | 47.8% | 10.2% | 7,210 | 69.4%-0.4 |
| 2024 | Lab gain from Con | Marie Tidball | 43.6% | 23.7% | 6.5% | 8,739 | 62.4%-7.0 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Penistone and Stocksbridge
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Penistone and Stocksbridge. Politics shown for context.
- ↑Owner-occupied75.4 / 74.5vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent11.0 / 11.7vs 20.2
- ↑Leave60.6 / 60.1vs 53.2
- ↑Owner-occupied75.4 / 74.1vs 61.9
- ↓Under 3523.0 / 22.9vs 30.2
- ↑Leave60.6 / 60.2vs 53.2
- ↑Owner-occupied75.4 / 74.2vs 61.9
- ↓Under 3523.0 / 22.7vs 30.2
- ↓Private rent11.0 / 12.9vs 20.2
- ↑Owner-occupied75.4 / 73.0vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent11.0 / 13.4vs 20.2
- ↑Age 65+28.8 / 29.7vs 22.7
- ↑Owner-occupied75.4 / 77.1vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent11.0 / 11.8vs 20.2
- ↑Leave60.6 / 61.0vs 53.2
What would change this seat?
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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