Constituency profile

Sheffield South East

Yorkshire and The Humber · Borough constituency · Sheffield borough

Mr Clive Betts MP
Sitting MP

Mr Clive Betts

Labour

First elected April 1992

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
Yorkshire and The Humber
Borough constituency, Sheffield council
Last 5 GE winners
LLLLL
Labour 5/5
EU referendum 2016
66.3% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +14.4pp above mean
Current outlook
Labour +13.8pp
vs Reform UK 20.0%
NorthernStrong Leave areaWorking-class profile

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.

Leave vote 2016
66.3%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
22.4%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
25.2%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
63.7%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
35.8%
UK average ~36%
Median age
41.0
UK median ~40
Age 65+
23.1%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
30.3%
UK average ~28%

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

Lab hold · majority 12,458 votes (34.8pp) · turnout 48.2%

Current projection

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

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 ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

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

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Sheffield
65 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
BeightonLabour 47.7%vs Conservative 19.3%May 2026 Reform 41.0%vs Lib Dem 32.7%
Labour→Reform
+37.8pp
39.8%
BirleyLabour 53.6%vs Conservative 18.4%May 2026 Reform 44.3%vs Labour 26.6%
Labour→Reform
+35.6pp
38.8%
DarnallLabour 56.9%vs Others 13.9%May 2026 Others 39.8%vs Labour 25.3%
Labour→Others
+35.7pp
36.6%
MosboroughLabour 50.8%vs Conservative 17.2%May 2026 Reform 40.5%vs Lib Dem 27.8%
Labour→Reform
+37.6pp
38.9%
RichmondLabour 53.2%vs Conservative 18.2%May 2026 Reform 50.5%vs Labour 22.6%
Labour→Reform
+40.5pp
35.9%
WoodhouseLabour 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 Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Lab holdClive Betts48.7%17.4%23.3%4.6% UKIP-6.0%10,50561.7%
2015Lab holdClive Betts51.4%17.4%5.3%21.9% UKIP2.7%1.3%12,31159.2%-2.5
2017Lab holdClive Betts58.5%31.5%3.3%6.5% UKIP-0.2%11,79863.2%+4.0
2019notionalLabour winnerClive Betts 2019 MP, pre-review boundary46.7%35.6%4.7%-0.2%12.8%5,21461.5%-1.7
2024Lab holdClive Betts52.3%17.5%9.6%-8.8%11.8%12,45848.2%-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.

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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