Constituency view

Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

Yorkshire and The Humber, England

Lab hold

Current MP

Current representation

Gill Furniss

Labour

Female

Majority11,600

Turnout44.9%

Electorate70,389

Valid votes31,612

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour16,301 - 51.6%

Other4,847 - 15.3%

Green4,701 - 14.9%

Conservative4,069 - 12.9%

Lib Dem1,694 - 5.4%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£452,109,715

Estimated yearly spend on the six main working-age and disability benefits paid to residents of this constituency.

£3,920 total benefits bill per resident · 73% above average

Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough: £3,920
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 12 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£452,109,715	18/575
Change over 2 years	+20.9%
Median local wage (2025)	£39,441	+21.8%

Universal Credit£269,250,118
£2,334 per resident · 21,891 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 8,864 · 1 in 8 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£97,098,238
£842 per resident · 13,129 claimants (+14.7% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 5,622 · 43% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 6,439
Disability Living Allowance£27,279,652
£237 per resident · 4,572 claimants
Housing Benefit£24,833,099
£215 per resident · 3,376 claimants
Carer's Allowance£21,664,221
£188 per resident · 4,996 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£11,984,388
£104 per resident · 1,796 claimants

Ranks are out of England and Wales constituencies, highest first. Source: TaxPayers' Alliance, benefitsdata.uk (estimated from DWP Stat-Xplore claimant counts). England and Wales only. See this seat on benefitsdata.uk ↗

Demographics

Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.

Ethnic composition

2021

White 69.0%White British 63.3%Asian 13.0%Black, African or Caribbean 8.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 4.1%Other 5.6%

England & Wales (2021)

White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%

2011

White 75.4%White British 72.8%Asian 10.5%Black, African or Caribbean 6.4%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 3.3%Other 4.4%

England & Wales (2011)

White 86.0%White British 80.5%Asian 7.5%Black, African or Caribbean 3.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.2%Other 1.0%

2001

White 87.9%White British 86.4%Asian 6.7%Black, African or Caribbean 2.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.3%Other 0.4%

England & Wales (2001)

White 91.3%White British 87.5%Asian 4.8%Black, African or Caribbean 2.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.3%Other 0.4%

1991

White 94.9%White British N/AAsian 2.5%Black, African or Caribbean 1.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.9%

England & Wales (1991)

White 94.1%White British N/AAsian 3.6%Black, African or Caribbean 1.8%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.6%

Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.

2011 values are reaggregated from 2011 Output Areas onto 2024 boundaries.

2001 values are reaggregated from 2001 LSOAs onto 2024 boundaries.

1991 values are reaggregated from 1997 parliamentary constituencies onto 2024 boundaries.

Country of birth

Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough (2021)

UK 79.8%Other EU 6.1%Other countries 14.1%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough (2011)

UK 85.3%Other EU 2.3%Other countries 12.4%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough (2001)

UK 93.0%Other EU 0.5%Other countries 6.5%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough (1991)

UK 96.8%Other EU 0.8%Other countries 2.4%

England & Wales (1991)

UK 92.7%Other EU 2.5%Other countries 4.8%

1991 country of birth data uses the 1991 census's Commonwealth-based classification. Ireland and EU countries are not separately broken out. Regional figures are approximations.

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Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	National	Difference	Rank
% White	69.0%	83.0%	-14.0pp	545/650
% White British	63.3%	74.4%	-11.1pp	503/632
% Asian	13.0%	8.6%	+4.4pp	120/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	8.2%	3.7%	+4.5pp	76/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	4.1%	2.7%	+1.5pp	108/650
% Other ethnic group	5.6%	2.0%	+3.7pp	42/650
% UK-born	79.8%	84.0%	-4.2pp	501/650
% Non-UK-born	20.2%	16.0%	+4.2pp	150/650
% Other EU-born	6.1%	6.0%	+0.1pp	216/650
% Other countries-born	14.1%	10.1%	+4.0pp	139/650
% Christian	36.8%	46.7%	-9.9pp	519/575
% Muslim	18.3%	6.3%	+12.0pp	42/575
% Hindu	0.4%	1.6%	-1.2pp	348/575
% Sikh	0.1%	0.9%	-0.7pp	335/575
% Jewish	0.1%	0.5%	-0.4pp	401/575
% Buddhist	0.3%	0.4%	-0.1pp	340/575
% Other religion	0.4%	0.6%	-0.2pp	460/575
% No religion	38.1%	37.0%	+1.1pp	317/575
% Religion not stated	5.5%	6.0%	-0.5pp	420/575
% Has any religion	56.4%	57.0%	-0.6pp	241/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

Neighbouring constituencies on 2024 boundaries, ordered by the length of the shared border.

Source: ONS Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BSC. Seats with a short coastline or none, such as islands, are completed with the closest constituencies by distance.