Constituency profile

Sheffield Central

Yorkshire and The Humber · Borough constituency · Sheffield borough

Abtisam Mohamed MP
Sitting MP

Abtisam Mohamed

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
Yorkshire and The Humber
Borough constituency, Sheffield council
Last 5 GE winners
LLLLL
Labour 5/5
EU referendum 2016
31.9% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -20.0pp below mean
Current outlook
Labour +4.9pp
vs Green 32.4%
NorthernStrong Remain areaGraduate-heavyDiverse

About the Sheffield Central constituency

Sheffield Central is a borough constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. The sitting MP is Abtisam Mohamed (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 52.1% to 26.0% for the Greens, a majority of 8,286 votes on a 52.5% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 37.3% and the Greens on 32.4%, a margin of 4.9 points.

Who lives in Sheffield Central? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
31.9%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
45.1%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
10.3%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
36.8%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
62.5%
UK average ~36%
Median age
26.4
UK median ~40
Age 65+
9.7%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
63.0%
UK average ~28%

How did Sheffield Central 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

Lab hold · majority 8,286 votes (26.1pp) · turnout 52.5%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Sheffield Central

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 ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Sheffield Central within Sheffield

Sheffield Central sits entirely within Sheffield Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Sheffield
51 LSOAs
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
Broomhill and Sharrow ValeLabour 50.5%vs Green 29.0%May 2026 Green 64.8%vs Labour 18.9%
Labour→Green
+33.8pp
45.6%
CityLabour 49.3%vs Green 24.0%May 2026 Green 71.1%vs Labour 12.2%
Labour→Green
+42.1pp
27.0%
Nether Edge and SharrowLabour 52.6%vs Green 26.8%May 2026 Green 50.5%vs Labour 36.1%
Labour→Green
+20.1pp
48.6%
WalkleyLabour 55.4%vs Green 23.5%May 2026 Green 40.1%vs Labour 39.0%
Labour→Green
+16.4pp
46.1%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Sheffield Central at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Sheffield Central 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 Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Lab holdPaul Blomfield41.3%10.1%40.9%1.6% UKIP3.8%2.3%16561.4%
2015Lab holdPaul Blomfield55.0%11.1%9.7%7.5% UKIP15.8%0.8%17,30961.1%-0.3
2017Lab holdPaul Blomfield70.9%13.0%5.1%2.2% UKIP8.0%0.7%27,74861.7%+0.6
2019notionalLabour winnerPaul Blomfield 2019 MP, pre-review boundary67.0%12.4%5.4%-10.9%4.3%20,77354.0%-7.7
2024Lab holdAbtisam Mohamed52.1%7.4%6.8%-26.0%7.7%8,28652.5%-1.5

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like Sheffield Central

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Sheffield Central. Politics shown for context.

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 ›

Show full source list
  • 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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