2016 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election

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2016 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election

5 May 2016 (2016-05-05)

Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency
Triggered by vacation of seat by incumbent
Turnout33.2%
  First party Second party
 
UKI
Candidate Gill Furniss Steven Winstone
Party Labour UKIP
Popular vote 14,087 4,497
Percentage 62.4% 19.9%
Swing 5.9 pp 2.2 pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Con
Candidate Shaffaq Mohammed Spencer Pitfield
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Popular vote 1,385 1,267
Percentage 6.1% 5.6%
Swing 1.6 pp 5.4 pp

MP before election

Harry Harpham
Labour

Elected MP

Gill Furniss
Labour

A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough was held on 5 May 2016, following the death of incumbent Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Harry Harpham. It was won by Gill Furniss—Harpham's widow—also of Labour.

It took place on the same day as the 2016 Ogmore by-election and local elections across the UK.