Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Yorkshire and The Humber · Borough constituency · Sheffield borough
About the Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough is a borough constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. The sitting MP is Gill Furniss (Labour), first elected in May 2016. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 51.6% to 15.3% for other parties, a majority of 11,600 votes on a 44.9% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 32.7% and the Greens on 20.6%, a margin of 12.1 points.
Who lives in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough 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 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
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 ›
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough within Sheffield
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough sits entirely within Sheffield Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat | Projection |
|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | 100% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burngreave | Labour 55.3%vs Others 17.3% | May 2026 Green 34.8%vs Others 27.1% | Labour→Green +27.8pp | 34.8% |
| Firth Park | Labour 52.4%vs Others 16.4% | May 2026 Reform 35.9%vs Labour 32.1% | Labour→Reform +28.1pp | 28.7% |
| Hillsborough | Labour 46.2%vs Green 23.6% | May 2026 Green 50.5%vs Reform 26.4% | Labour→Green +28.9pp | 46.5% |
| Shiregreen and Brightside | Labour 51.4%vs Others 17.9% | May 2026 Reform 42.4%vs Labour 24.1% | Labour→Reform +34.8pp | 28.9% |
| Southey | Labour 53.6%vs Others 14.4% | May 2026 Reform 49.9%vs Labour 24.5% | Labour→Reform +39.5pp | 30.4% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough 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 | David Blunkett | 55.0% | 11.5% | 20.0% | 13,632 | 57.4% |
| 2015 | Lab hold | Harry Harpham | 56.6% | 11.0% | 4.5% | 13,807 | 56.5%-0.9 |
| 2017 | Lab hold | Gill Furniss | 67.3% | 21.6% | 2.5% | 19,143 | 59.5%+3.0 |
| 2019notional | Labour winner | Gill Furniss 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 56.6% | 25.4% | 3.9% | 12,591 | 56.7%-2.8 |
| 2024 | Lab hold | Gill Furniss | 51.6% | 12.9% | 5.4% | 11,600 | 44.9%-11.8 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough. Politics shown for context.
- ↓Graduate22.6 / 24.2vs 33.7
- ↑Social rent34.0 / 26.9vs 16.8
- ↓Owner-occupied48.7 / 54.4vs 61.9
- ↓Owner-occupied48.7 / 48.0vs 61.9
- ↑Social rent34.0 / 28.6vs 16.8
- ↑No quals28.4 / 25.5vs 18.0
- ↑Social rent34.0 / 31.4vs 16.8
- ↓Owner-occupied48.7 / 45.1vs 61.9
- ↓Employed51.6 / 47.6vs 57.3
- ↑Social rent34.0 / 28.1vs 16.8
- ↓Owner-occupied48.7 / 54.8vs 61.9
- ↓Graduate22.6 / 27.6vs 33.7
- ↑Social rent34.0 / 26.5vs 16.8
- ↓Graduate22.6 / 25.9vs 33.7
- ↑No quals28.4 / 24.5vs 18.0
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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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