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Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough

Shows the general election results for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough, which is a constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 70,344 and a turnout of 59.5%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Gill Furniss
Majority
19,143
Electorate
70,344
Turnout
59.5%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 67.3%
Con 21.6%
UKIP 6.3%
LD 2.5%
Green 1.8%
WRP 0.3%
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 (%)
Gill Furniss  Lab 28,193 67.3 10.8
Michael Naughton  Con 9,050 21.6 10.6
Shane Harper  UKIP 2,645 6.3 -15.8
Simon Clement-Jones * LD 1,061 2.5 -2.0
Christine Gilligan Kubo * Green 737 1.8 -2.5
Mike Driver * WRP 137 0.3 0.3
Muzafar Rahman * SDP 47 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 UKIP LD Green WRP SDP TUSC ED BNP
2005 49.4% 33.5% 3.7% 13.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 55.0% 11.5% 4.1% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7% 0.0% 7.8%
2015 56.6% 11.0% 22.1% 4.5% 4.3% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1% 0.4% 0.0%
2017 67.3% 21.6% 6.3% 2.5% 1.8% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
60 Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough 45.7%
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%
54 Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough 67.3%
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%
621 Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough 59.5%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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