1996 Sheffield City Council election

1996 Sheffield City Council election
← 1995 3 May 1996 1998 →
30 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council
44 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats won 17 12 1
Seat change Decrease3 Increase6 Decrease3
Map showing the results of the 1996 Sheffield City Council elections.
Majority party before election

Labour Party (UK)

 Majority party after election

Labour Party (UK)

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 3 May 1996. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1996
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 17 1 4 -3 56.6 43.7 50,497 -3.7
  Liberal Democrats 12 6 0 +6 40.0 41.1 47,536 +2.2
  Conservative 1 0 3 -3 3.3 13.3 15,401 +1.9
  Independent Labour 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 672 -0.2
Militant Labour 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 648 ±0.0
  Green 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 645 -0.2
  Ind. Conservative 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 121 ±0.0

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Party Previous council New council
Labour 58 55
Liberal Democrats 25 31
Conservatives 4 1
Total 87 87
Working majority  29   23 

Ward results

Beauchief [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Hughes* 3,142 57.3 +2.7
Labour Robert Pemberton 1,555 28.4 +0.2
Conservative Frank Woodger 785 14.3 −3.0
Majority 1,587 28.9 +2.5
Turnout 5,482 37.5 +3.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.2
Birley [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Colk 2,337 61.8 −1.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Ogden 973 25.7 −0.1
Conservative Laurence Hayward 470 12.4 +1.8
Majority 1,364 36.1 −1.7
Turnout 3,780 26.0 −14.6
Labour hold Swing -0.8
Brightside[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Price* 1,619 56.4 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Wayne Morton 1,105 38.5 −3.7
Conservative Marjorie Kirby 144 5.0 +1.8
Majority 514 17.9 +5.5
Turnout 2,868 23.8 −6.2
Labour hold Swing +2.7
Broomhill [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angela Smith 1,915 45.0 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Janice Sidebottom 1,366 32.1 +1.8
Conservative Derwent Levick* 970 22.8 +2.1
Majority 549 12.9 −1.6
Turnout 4,251 28.2 +0.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -0.8
Burngreave [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacqueline Field 1,457 55.2 +13.9
Independent Labour James Jamison 672 25.5 −4.6
Liberal Democrats David Robinson 330 12.5 −9.5
Conservative Mary Hyatt 178 6.7 +0.2
Majority 785 29.7 +18.5
Turnout 2,637 27.6 −1.6
Labour hold Swing +9.2
Castle [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barney Mynott 1,356 65.0 −10.3
Liberal Democrats Howard Middleton 330 15.8 +2.8
Militant Labour Peter Fryer 172 8.2 +8.2
Conservative Michael Young 158 7.6 +1.1
Green Graham Wroe 172 3.3 −0.3
Majority 1,026 49.2 −13.1
Turnout 2,085 20.7 −1.5
Labour hold Swing -6.5
Chapel Green [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Chadwick* 3,105 59.2 +0.7
Labour Susan Greaves 1,899 36.2 −1.8
Conservative Michael Boot 243 4.6 +1.2
Majority 1,206 23.0 +2.5
Turnout 5,247 29.2 −5.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.2
Darnall [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve Barnard 1,916 59.0 +10.9
Liberal Democrats John Martin 1,006 31.0 −7.5
Conservative Qari Siddique 324 10.0 +2.0
Majority 910 28.0 +18.4
Turnout 3,246 22.9 −6.2
Labour hold Swing +9.2
Dore [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Heslop* 2,913 45.0 +6.7
Liberal Democrats Gail Smith 2,545 39.3 −1.3
Labour Richard Pearce 1,009 15.6 −5.4
Majority 368 5.7 +3.4
Turnout 6,467 42.6 +3.3
Conservative hold Swing +4.0
Ecclesall [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kate Dawson 3,223 48.4 +2.0
Conservative John Harthman 2,137 32.1 +3.0
Labour Brendan Kitchen 1,301 19.5 −5.0
Majority 1,086 16.3 −1.0
Turnout 6,661 42.6 +2.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing -0.5
Firth Park [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Law* 1,814 63.3 −3.4
Labour Mohammed Ilyas 1,612
Liberal Democrats Susan Cutts 748 26.1 −0.9
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Harston 658
Conservative Khalid Mahmood 302 10.5 +4.3
Conservative Brian Trueman 209
Majority 1,066 37.2 −2.5
Turnout 2,864 24.0 −1.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing -1.2
Hallam [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Knight 3,199 52.4 +9.1
Conservative Charles Wallis 1,743 28.5 −1.8
Labour Ian White 1,164 19.0 −4.6
Majority 1,456 23.8 +10.8
Turnout 6,106 41.1 −0.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +5.4
Handsworth [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Rooney 2,402 65.2 −1.1
Liberal Democrats Louise Truman 890 24.1 −2.3
Conservative Shirley Clayton 393 10.6 +3.3
Majority 1,512 41.0 +1.1
Turnout 3,685 25.7 −6.3
Labour hold Swing +0.6
Heeley [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Watson 2,363 49.9 +3.4
Labour David Hayes* 2,159 45.6 −3.3
Conservative Eric Smith 215 4.5 −0.1
Majority 204 4.3 +1.9
Turnout 4,737 34.7 −0.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +3.3
Hillsborough [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Macloughlin 2,765 54.9 +6.4
Labour Robert Harpham 2,008 39.9 −4.1
Conservative Simon Dawson 261 5.2 −2.3
Majority 757 15.0 +10.5
Turnout 5,034 35.4 −0.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +5.2
Intake [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Wilson* 1,960 55.9 +5.6
Liberal Democrats Edward Fairhurst 1,130 32.2 −12.0
Conservative Mark Cashin 414 11.8 +6.3
Majority 830 23.7 +17.6
Turnout 3,504 24.0 −7.7
Labour hold Swing +8.8
Manor [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Smith 1,245 65.9 −0.0
Liberal Democrats Roy Denton 347 18.3 −1.3
Militant Labour Alistair Tice 163 8.6 +0.4
Conservative Andrew Watson 135 7.1 +0.9
Majority 898 47.5 +1.2
Turnout 1,890 21.4 −5.3
Labour hold Swing +0.6
Mosborough [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dorothy Walton* 3,176 59.8 −2.7
Liberal Democrats David Caldwell 1,205 22.7 +1.0
Conservative Brenden Doyle 810 15.2 +1.1
Ind. Conservative Colin Taylor 121 2.3 +0.7
Majority 1,971 37.1 −3.7
Turnout 5,312 20.7
Labour hold Swing -1.8
Nether Edge[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ali Qadar 2,601 49.3 +4.6
Labour William Eldridge 1,969 37.3 −7.7
Conservative Ian Ramsay 446 8.4 −1.9
Green Ronald Giles 261 4.9 +4.9
Majority 632 12.0 +11.7
Turnout 5,277 40.0 +2.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +6.1
Nether Shire [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Bird* 1,696 60.7 −6.7
Liberal Democrats John Tomlinson 922 33.0 +6.8
Conservative Margaret Piggott 176 6.3 −0.1
Majority 774 27.7 −13.5
Turnout 2,794 23.8 −2.9
Labour hold Swing -6.7
Netherthorpe [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Anginotti* 1,876 50.8 +14.2
Labour Ernest Hardy 1,497 40.5 −12.2
Green Barry New 212 5.7 −0.5
Conservative Andrew Cook 109 2.9 −1.5
Majority 379 10.2 −5.9
Turnout 3,694 30.2 +0.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +13.2
Norton [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Tutt 2,370 52.5 +9.7
Labour Grant Blackwell 1,828 40.5 −7.5
Conservative Shirley Trueman 314 6.9 −2.3
Majority 542 12.0 +6.8
Turnout 4,512 39.0 +1.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +8.6
Owlerton [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Jones* 1,588 60.0 −7.4
Liberal Democrats Markus Sova 809 30.6 +6.2
Conservative Clive Dearden 249 9.4 +1.3
Majority 779 29.4 −13.6
Turnout 2,646 22.7 −1.7
Labour hold Swing -6.8
Park [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Lumley 1,275 60.8 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Sheila Hughes 362 17.3 +1.0
Militant Labour Ken Douglas 313 14.9 -6.6
Conservative Michael Ginn 146 7.0 +1.5
Majority 913 43.5 +8.3
Turnout 2,096 19.4 −2.8
Labour hold Swing +1.5
Sharrow [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Pye* 1,727 64.2 +6.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew White 753 28.0 −7.6
Conservative Anne Smith 211 7.8 +1.1
Majority 974 36.2 +14.1
Turnout 2,691 21.5 −14.4
Labour hold Swing +7.0
South Wortley [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Arthur Dunworth* 3,252 59.0 +2.3
Labour Peter Rippon 1,631 29.6 −5.7
Conservative Thomas Pigott 630 11.4 +3.5
Majority 1,621 29.4 +8.0
Turnout 5,513 30.1 −5.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +4.0
Southey Green [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Butler* 1,693 74.0 −4.7
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Key 449 19.6 +3.4
Conservative David Marriot 146 6.4 +1.4
Majority 1,244 54.4 −8.1
Turnout 2,288 21.9 −3.1
Labour hold Swing +4.0
Stocksbridge [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Maureen Brelsford* 1,636 56.0 +2.3
Labour Sylvia Parry 1,092 37.4 −3.7
Conservative Anne Smith 191 6.5 +1.3
Majority 544 18.6 +6.0
Turnout 2,919 27.5 −2.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +3.0
Walkley [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Diane Leek 2,734 53.3 +6.9
Labour Jean Cromar* 2,209 43.0 −4.0
Conservative Peter Smith 188 3.6 +0.1
Majority 525 10.2 +9.6
Turnout 5,131 36.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +5.4

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "Local elections: Sheffield, 3rd May 1996". Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "Sheffield Council Candidates, 1996". Retrieved 16 October 2011.