The Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election was a UK parliamentary
by-election in the constituency of
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough in
South Yorkshire. It was caused by the death of the sitting Member of Parliament (MP)
Harry Harpham on 4 February 2016. Harpham had been the Labour Party MP for the seat since the
2015 general election. The by-election took place on 5 May 2016, the same day as
local elections in the United Kingdom.
Candidates
Sheffield City Council published the statement of persons nominated on 8 April 2016. This showed that seven candidates would contest the by-election.
The Labour candidate was
Gill Furniss, a Sheffield city councillor and the widow of Harry Harpham.
UKIP's candidate was Steven Winstone, a local metal trader and businessman. He focused his campaign on protecting jobs in the local steel industry. He had stood for the party in
Sheffield South East
Sheffield South East is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since its 2010 creation ...
in the 2015 general election, where he came second.
The
Conservatives selected Spencer Pitfield.
The
Liberal Democrats selected Shaffaq Mohammed, a city councillor.
The
Green Party reselected Christine Gilligan Kubo, a lecturer at Sheffield Business School, and their candidate from the 2015 general election.
Bobby Smith of the New Fathers 4 Justice campaign announced that he would stand in the by-election. He stood under the label "Give Me Back
Elmo". He had contested the 2015 general election under the same description in
Prime Minister David Cameron
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's
Witney constituency, but took only 37 votes. Smith, of
Stevenage
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, also contested the borough council election in his home town on the same day as the by-election.
Yorkshire First selected Stevie Manion.
Result
Previous election
See also
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List of United Kingdom by-elections (2010–present)
Notes and references
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2016 elections in the United Kingdom
By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Sheffield constituencies
2010s in Sheffield
May 2016 events in the United Kingdom