Sheffield Central
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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.
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
Current projection
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 ›
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
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broomhill and Sharrow Vale | Labour 50.5%vs Green 29.0% | May 2026 Green 64.8%vs Labour 18.9% | Labour→Green +33.8pp | 45.6% |
| City | Labour 49.3%vs Green 24.0% | May 2026 Green 71.1%vs Labour 12.2% | Labour→Green +42.1pp | 27.0% |
| Nether Edge and Sharrow | Labour 52.6%vs Green 26.8% | May 2026 Green 50.5%vs Labour 36.1% | Labour→Green +20.1pp | 48.6% |
| Walkley | Labour 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 | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lab hold | Paul Blomfield | 41.3% | 10.1% | 40.9% | 165 | 61.4% |
| 2015 | Lab hold | Paul Blomfield | 55.0% | 11.1% | 9.7% | 17,309 | 61.1%-0.3 |
| 2017 | Lab hold | Paul Blomfield | 70.9% | 13.0% | 5.1% | 27,748 | 61.7%+0.6 |
| 2019notional | Labour winner | Paul Blomfield 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 67.0% | 12.4% | 5.4% | 20,773 | 54.0%-7.7 |
| 2024 | Lab hold | Abtisam Mohamed | 52.1% | 7.4% | 6.8% | 8,286 | 52.5%-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.
- ↑Under 3563.0 / 66.6vs 30.2
- ↓Owner-occupied36.8 / 32.2vs 61.9
- ↑Private rent45.0 / 44.2vs 20.2
- ↓Owner-occupied36.8 / 33.2vs 61.9
- ↑Private rent45.0 / 40.8vs 20.2
- ↑Under 3563.0 / 50.8vs 30.2
- ↑Under 3563.0 / 60.0vs 30.2
- ↑Private rent45.0 / 47.0vs 20.2
- ↓Owner-occupied36.8 / 40.2vs 61.9
- ↓Owner-occupied36.8 / 40.2vs 61.9
- ↑Under 3563.0 / 50.0vs 30.2
- ↑Private rent45.0 / 37.6vs 20.2
- ↓Leave31.9 / 26.2vs 53.2
- ↓Owner-occupied36.8 / 42.3vs 61.9
- ↑Under 3563.0 / 50.5vs 30.2
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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