Sheffield South East is a

constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...

represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by

Clive Betts Clive James Charles Betts (born 13 January 1950) is a British Labour Party politician and former economist, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Attercliffe from 1992 to 2010 and is the current MP for the successor seat of Shef ...

, a member of the Labour Party.

History

This seat succeeded Sheffield Attercliffe (represented by the Labour MP

since 1992) following a minor change 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

Labour majorities from 1935 until 2019 were substantial, making it one of the party's

safe seat A safe seat is an electoral district (constituency) in a legislative body (e.g. Congress, Parliament, City Council) which is regarded as fully secure, for either a certain political party, or the incumbent representative personally or a combinat ...

s. In 2010, the closest runner-up was 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 2019, a collapse in the Labour vote reduced the party's majority to a little over 4,000 votes, making it a marginal seat between them and the Conservative Party.

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. At the end of 2012, the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 4.4% of the population claiming jobseekers' allowance (see table).Unemployment claimants by constituency
'' The Guardian'' The district contributing to the seat has a medium 33% of its population without a car. 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.2011 census interactive maps

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sheffield South East (Uk Parliament Constituency) Attercliffe Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2010