UK Explained

Sheffield South East

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

Your MP at a glance

Clive Betts, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Sheffield South East 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 541 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £678£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 515 areas and lower than 133.

UK 3.9%This area 4.7%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 South East£6784.7%
Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham£6834.7%
Cardiff East£6814.6%
Leeds West and Pudsey£6724.7%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Sheffield South East

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 people104,07659,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over19%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher22%34%11 points lower
Households that own their home64%62%2 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association23%17%6 points higher
Households renting privately13%20%8 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
Clive Betts

Labour

MAJORITY
12,458

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
48%

of people who could vote did

Clive Betts won with 52% of the votes, and Caroline Kampila (Conservative) came second with 17%.

Votes for each party

Labour52% · 18,710
Conservative17% · 6,252
Liberal Democrat10% · 3,421
Green Party9% · 3,158
Independent5% · 1,716
Workers Party of Britain4% · 1,453
Everyone else3% · 1,061
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Clive BettsLabour18,71052.3%
Caroline KampilaConservative6,25217.5%
Sophie ThorntonLiberal Democrat3,4219.6%
Hannah NicklinGreen Party3,1588.8%
Jack CarringtonIndependent1,7164.8%
Muzafar RahmanWorkers Party of Britain1,4534.1%
Matthew LeeseSocial Democratic Party1,0613.0%

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
£678 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
4.7%
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