Sheffield South East
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About the Sheffield South East constituency
Sheffield South East is a borough constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. The sitting MP is Mr Clive Betts (Labour), first elected in April 1992. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 52.3% to 17.5% for the Conservatives, a majority of 12,458 votes on a 48.2% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 33.8% and Reform UK on 20.0%, a margin of 13.8 points.
Who lives in Sheffield South East? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Sheffield South East 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 South East
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 South East within Sheffield
Sheffield South East 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beighton | Labour 47.7%vs Conservative 19.3% | May 2026 Reform 41.0%vs Lib Dem 32.7% | Labour→Reform +37.8pp | 39.8% |
| Birley | Labour 53.6%vs Conservative 18.4% | May 2026 Reform 44.3%vs Labour 26.6% | Labour→Reform +35.6pp | 38.8% |
| Darnall | Labour 56.9%vs Others 13.9% | May 2026 Others 39.8%vs Labour 25.3% | Labour→Others +35.7pp | 36.6% |
| Mosborough | Labour 50.8%vs Conservative 17.2% | May 2026 Reform 40.5%vs Lib Dem 27.8% | Labour→Reform +37.6pp | 38.9% |
| Richmond | Labour 53.2%vs Conservative 18.2% | May 2026 Reform 50.5%vs Labour 22.6% | Labour→Reform +40.5pp | 35.9% |
| Woodhouse | Labour 53.7%vs Conservative 18.0% | May 2026 Reform 44.6%vs Labour 20.0% | Labour→Reform +39.2pp | 35.3% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Sheffield South East at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Sheffield South East 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 | Clive Betts | 48.7% | 17.4% | 23.3% | 10,505 | 61.7% |
| 2015 | Lab hold | Clive Betts | 51.4% | 17.4% | 5.3% | 12,311 | 59.2%-2.5 |
| 2017 | Lab hold | Clive Betts | 58.5% | 31.5% | 3.3% | 11,798 | 63.2%+4.0 |
| 2019notional | Labour winner | Clive Betts 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 46.7% | 35.6% | 4.7% | 5,214 | 61.5%-1.7 |
| 2024 | Lab hold | Clive Betts | 52.3% | 17.5% | 9.6% | 12,458 | 48.2%-13.3 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Sheffield South East
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Sheffield South East. Politics shown for context.
- ↑Leave66.3 / 70.9vs 53.2
- ↓Graduate22.4 / 22.7vs 33.7
- ↑No quals25.2 / 25.8vs 18.0
- ↑Leave66.3 / 65.1vs 53.2
- ↓Graduate22.4 / 25.0vs 33.7
- ↓Private rent12.8 / 14.2vs 20.2
- ↓Graduate22.4 / 26.4vs 33.7
- ↑Leave66.3 / 59.9vs 53.2
- ↑Social rent23.0 / 21.5vs 16.8
- ↑Leave66.3 / 63.7vs 53.2
- ↓Graduate22.4 / 26.8vs 33.7
- ↓Private rent12.8 / 14.9vs 20.2
- ↑Leave66.3 / 72.1vs 53.2
- ↓Graduate22.4 / 20.8vs 33.7
- ↑No quals25.2 / 26.2vs 18.0
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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