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 FurnissâÂÂHarpham's widowâÂÂalso of Labour.
It took place on the same day as the 2016 Ogmore by-election and local elections across the UK.
Harry Harpham had been the Labour Party MP for the seat since the 2015 general election; he died on 4 February 2016 after just nine months in office. The writ to trigger a by-election to fill the seat was moved on 24 March.
Sheffield City Council published the statement of persons nominated on 8 April This showed that seven candidates would contest the by-election.
The Labour candidate was Gill Furniss, a Sheffield city councillor and the widow of Harry Harpham. Furniss was previously the Labour candidate in Sheffield Hallam at the 2001 general election, where she came third.
UKIP's candidate was Steven Winstone, a local metal trader and businessman. He focused his campaign on protecting jobs in the local steel industry. He had stood for the party in Sheffield South East in the 2015 general election, where he came second.
The Conservatives selected Spencer Pitfield.
The Liberal Democrats selected Shaffaq Mohammed, a city councillor.
The Green Party reselected Christine Gilligan Kubo, a lecturer at Sheffield Business School, and their candidate from the 2015 general election.
Bobby Smith of the New Fathers 4 Justice campaign announced that he would stand in the by-election. He stood under the label "Give Me Back Elmo". He had contested the 2015 general election under the same description in Prime Minister David Cameron's Witney constituency, but took only 37 votes. Smith, of Stevenage, also contested the borough council election in his home town on the same day as the by-election.
Yorkshire First selected Stevie Manion.