Riding profile

Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

UK constituency — England · Urban · yorkshire and the humber

The question

Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough: a safe seat for Labour?

Editorial read

Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 36-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Labour ahead at 32% vote share, against 21% for the Green Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Gill Furniss

Sits with Labour

Since
2016-05-05
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Labour

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
9.9
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Labour 32.4%
  • Green 20.7%
  • Reform UK 16.8%
  • Other 12.6%
  • Conservative 11.2%
  • Lib Dems 6.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Labour Green Reform UK Other
HereSheffield Brightside and Hillsborough 32.4%20.7%16.8%12.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 21.7% +10.7 11.8% +8.9 25.3% −8.6 4.8% +7.9

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
36.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-26.3 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Gill Furniss Elected Labour 16,301 51.6 —
Christine Kubo Green 4,701 14.9 —
Aaron Jacob Conservative 4,069 12.9 —
Maxine Bowler Other 2,537 8.0 —
Will Sapwell Lib Dems 1,694 5.4 —
Mark Tyler Other 1,437 4.5 —
Jeremy Turner Other 873 2.8 —

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
111,610
Median age
35
Employment rate
63.8%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Around the region

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Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029