Sheffield South East (UK Parliament constituency)

Sheffield South East is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Clive Betts, a member of the Labour Party.[n 2]

Sheffield South East
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Sheffield South East in South Yorkshire for the 2010 general election
Location of South Yorkshire within England
County	South Yorkshire
Electorate	67,031 (December 2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of Parliament	Clive Betts (Labour)
Created from	Sheffield Attercliffe

History

This seat succeeded Sheffield Attercliffe (represented by the Labour MP Clive Betts since 1992) following a minor change[n 3] recommended by the Boundary Commission for England for the 2010 general election and accepted by Parliament.

History of predecessor

The predecessor, Sheffield Attercliffe, was a Labour seat from 1935 since which date candidates of the party had received substantial majorities.

Boundaries

The City of Sheffield wards of Beighton, Birley, Darnall, Mosborough, and Woodhouse.

Constituency profile

As mentioned above, Labour majorities since 1935 have been substantial, meaning the area is potentially one of that party's safe seats. In 2010 the closest runner-up was from the Liberal Democrat candidate. In 2015 UKIP came second, with nearly 22% of the vote, beating both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats (the Liberal Democrat vote declining by 18%).

In statistics

The constituency consists of Census Output Areas of local government districts with a working population whose income is close to or slightly below the national average and close to average reliance upon social housing.[2] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 4.4% of the population claiming jobseekers' allowance, see table.[3]

Sheffield's Seats Compared - worklessness[3]
Office for National Statistics November 2012	Jobseekers Claimant Count
Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough	7.6%[n 4]
Sheffield Central	4.0%
Sheffield Hallam	1.5%
Sheffield Heeley	5.7%
Sheffield South East	4.4%

The district contributing to the seat has a medium 33% of its population without a car.[n 5] A medium 24.3% of the City's population are without qualifications, a high 15.8% of the population with level 3 qualifications and a medium 25.7% with level 4 qualifications or above. In terms of tenure a relatively low 58.3% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage by occupants as at the 2011 census across the district.[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[5]	Party
	2010	Clive Betts	Labour

Elections

Sheffield Attercliffe election results

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Sheffield South East[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Clive Betts	19,359	46.1	-12.4
	Conservative	Marc Bayliss	15,070	35.9	+4.4
	Brexit Party	Kirk Kus	4,478	10.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Rajin Chowdhury	2,125	5.1	+1.8
	Yorkshire Party	Alex Martin	966	2.3	N/A
Majority			4,289	10.2	-16.8
Turnout			41,998	61.9	-1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.4

General election 2017: Sheffield South East[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Clive Betts	25,520	58.5	+7.1
	Conservative	Lindsey Cawrey	13,722	31.5	+14.1
	UKIP	Dennise Dawson	2,820	6.5	-15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Ross	1,432	3.3	-2.1
	SDP	Ishleen Oberoi	102	0.2	N/A
Majority			11,798	27.0	-2.5
Turnout			43,596	63.4	+4.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.0

General election 2015: Sheffield South East[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Clive Betts	21,439	51.4	+2.7
	UKIP	Steven Winstone	9,128	21.9	+17.3
	Conservative	Matt Sleat	7,242	17.4	0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gail Smith	2,226	5.3	-18.0
	Green	Linda Duckenfield	1,117	2.7	N/A
	CISTA	Jen Battersby	207	0.5	N/A
	TUSC	Ian Whitehouse	185	0.4	N/A
	English Democrat	Matthew Roberts	141	0.3	N/A
Majority			12,311	29.5	+4.1
Turnout			41,685	59.2	-2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.3

General election 2010: Sheffield South East[10][11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Clive Betts	20,169	48.7	-11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gail Smith	9,664	23.3	+6.4
	Conservative	Nigel Bonson	7,202	17.4	+3.0
	BNP	Chris Hartigan	2,345	5.7	+1.6
	UKIP	Jonathan Arnott	1,889	4.6	+0.2
	Communist	Steve Andrew	139	0.3	N/A
Majority			10,505	25.4	-17.73
Turnout			41,408	61.5	+6.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.0

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire
• List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
• The predecessor seat: Sheffield Attercliffe

Notes and references

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
3. The only change being the loss in 2010 of the shared part of the Richmond, South Yorkshire ward to the Sheffield Heeley constintuency.
4. Brightside and Hillsborough also saw the widest gender disparity with 10.5% of men were claimants, vs. 4.8% of women
5. This falls within the centrally coloured banding for metropolitan areas

References

1. "Constituency data: electorates – House of Commons Library". Parliament UK. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
2. 2001 Census
3. Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
4. 2011 census interactive maps Archived 2016-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
5. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
6. "Sheffield South East Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
7. "Sheffield South East". Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
8. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
9. "Sheffield South East". BBC News. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
10. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
11. BBC Election 2010
12. Britain urged to follow Cubans' lead, Morning Star