2016 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election

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2016 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election
5 May 2016
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency
Turnout33.2%
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Gill Furniss Steven Winstone
Party Labour UKIP
Popular vote 14,087 4,497
Percentage 62.4% 19.9%
Swing 5.9% 2.2%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Candidate Shaffaq Mohammed Spencer Pitfield
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Popular vote 1,385 1,267
Percentage 6.1% 5.6%
Swing 1.6% 5.4%
MP before election

Harry Harpham
Labour

 Elected MP

Gill Furniss
Labour

On 5 May 2016, a by-election was held in the UK Parliamentary constituency of Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough in South Yorkshire. It was caused by the death of the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) Harry Harpham on 4 February 2016. Harpham had been the Labour Party MP for the seat since the 2015 general election. The by-election took place on the same day as local elections in the United Kingdom.

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