Sheffield Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Sheffield Central is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Abtisam Mohamed, a member of the Labour Party.

2010–2016: The City of Sheffield wards of Broomhill, Central, Manor Castle, Nether Edge, and Walkley (as they existed on 12 April 2005).

[7] Labour majorities since 1983 in Sheffield Central have been in the top quartile save for 2010, when the Liberal Democrat share of the vote came 0.4% short of winning the seat — a highly marginal result.

Its 2012-2016 Leader Natalie Bennett, chose to settle locally on stepping down from the policy-steering role in 2016 and had chosen to contest Sheffield Central at the 2017 general election, when its vote share halved and they fell back to third place.

[8] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 4.0% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, see table.

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.

Election results for Sheffield Central, 1885–1950 and 1983–2005
Howard Vincent
Samuel Plimsoll
Robert Cameron
Bailey