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Sheffield Central

Shows the general election results for Sheffield Central, which is a constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 77,560 and a turnout of 61.7%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Paul Blomfield
Majority
27,748
Electorate
77,560
Turnout
61.7%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 70.9%
Con 13.0%
Green 8.0%
LD 5.1%
UKIP 2.2%
The Yorkshire Party 0.4%
Pirate 0.2%
SDP 0.1%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Paul Blomfield  Lab 33,963 70.9 15.9
Stephanie Roe  Con 6,215 13.0 1.8
Natalie Bennett  Green 3,848 8.0 -7.8
Shaffaq Mohammed  LD 2,465 5.1 -4.5
Dominic Cook * UKIP 1,060 2.2 -5.2
Jack Carrington * The Yorkshire Party 197 0.4 0.4
Robert Moran * Pirate 91 0.2 -0.1
Joe Westnidge * SDP 38 0.1 0.1
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab Con Green LD UKIP The Yorkshire Party Pirate SDP Comm Eng Dem The Above and Beyond Party WRP BNP Ind Oth
2005 37.9% 38.8% 3.4% 15.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.7%
2010 41.3% 10.1% 3.8% 40.9% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.2% 0.1% 0.0%
2015 55.0% 11.1% 15.8% 9.7% 7.5% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 70.9% 13.0% 8.0% 5.1% 2.2% 0.4% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
24 Sheffield Central 58.0%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
33 Sheffield Central 70.9%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
587 Sheffield Central 61.7%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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