2016 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election

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2016 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election

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Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency
Turnout	33.2%
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.^[1] 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.