UK Explained

Sheffield Hallam

Represented in Parliament by Olivia Blake (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

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Your MP at a glance

Olivia Blake, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Sheffield Hallam compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 47 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £941£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 12 areas and lower than 636.

UK 3.9%This area 1.7%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Sheffield Hallam£9411.7%
Henley and Thame£9501.7%
North Somerset£9521.7%
Mid Dunbartonshire£9291.7%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Sheffield Hallam

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people92,97159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%1 points lower
Aged 65 and over22%19%3 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher51%34%17 points higher
Households that own their home79%62%17 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association8%17%10 points lower
Households renting privately13%20%7 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Olivia Blake

Labour

MAJORITY
8,189

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
71%

of people who could vote did

Olivia Blake won with 46% of the votes, and Shaffaq Mohammed (Liberal Democrat) came second with 30%.

Votes for each party

Labour46% · 23,875
Liberal Democrat30% · 15,686
Conservative12% · 6,205
Green Party9% · 4,491
Social Democratic Party1% · 654
Rejoin EU1% · 409
Everyone else1% · 281
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Olivia BlakeLabour23,87546.3%
Shaffaq MohammedLiberal Democrat15,68630.4%
Issac HowarthConservative6,20512.0%
Jason LemanGreen Party4,4918.7%
Andrew CowellSocial Democratic Party6541.3%
Sam ChapmanRejoin EU4090.8%
Mo Moui-TabrizyWorkers Party of Britain2810.5%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£941 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
1.7%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026