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Sheffield Heeley

Represented in Parliament by Louise Haigh (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Louise Haigh, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Sheffield Heeley compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 399 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £725£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 545 areas and lower than 103.

UK 3.9%This area 5.3%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Sheffield Heeley£7255.3%
Feltham and Heston£7285.2%
Liverpool West Derby£7185.5%
Newport East£7105.2%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Sheffield Heeley

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people105,68259,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over17%19%2 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher31%34%3 points lower
Households that own their home53%62%9 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association32%17%14 points higher
Households renting privately15%20%5 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Louise Haigh

Labour

MAJORITY
15,304

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
52%

of people who could vote did

Louise Haigh won with 55% of the votes, and Alexi Dimond (Green Party) came second with 15%.

Votes for each party

Labour55% · 21,230
Green Party15% · 5,926
Conservative14% · 5,242
Liberal Democrat10% · 3,863
Social Democratic Party2% · 711
Workers Party of Britain2% · 594
Everyone else2% · 880
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Louise HaighLabour21,23055.2%
Alexi DimondGreen Party5,92615.4%
Lorna MaginnisConservative5,24213.6%
Rebecca AtkinsonLiberal Democrat3,86310.0%
Helen JackmanSocial Democratic Party7111.8%
Steven RoyWorkers Party of Britain5941.5%
Louise McDonaldParty of Women4821.3%
Mick SuterTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition3981.0%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£725 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
5.3%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026