2014 Sheffield City Council election

2014 Sheffield City Council election
← 2012 22 May 2014 2015 →
29 of 84 seats to Sheffield City Council
43 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats won 18 6
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease4
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party UKIP Green
Seats won 3 2
Seat change Increase3 Increase2
Map showing the results of the 2014 Sheffield City Council elections.
Majority party before election

Labour

 Majority party after election

Labour

Sheffield City Council elections took place on May 22, 2014, alongside nationwide local elections and European elections.

There were 29 seats up for election, one third of the council with a double vacancy in Walkley.

With a Labour majority of 36 and defending 19 seats, it was almost mathematically impossible for Labour to lose control of the council, as they would have needed to lose all 19 of those 19 seats to lose control. Even then, Labour would still have been the largest party.

Election result

Sheffield City Council Election, 2014
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 18 3 2 +1 62.1 36.6 52,535 -10.3
  UKIP 3 3 0 +3 10.3 23.0 32,988 +12.5
  Liberal Democrats 6 0 6 -6 20.7 17.9 25,699 -4.1
  Green 2 2 0 +2 6.9 12.6 18,078 +2.2
  Conservative 0 0 0 0 0.0 7.1 10,224 -1.1
  TUSC 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.8 2,657 +0.8
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 1,496 +0.1

The Labour Party gained one seat from their position following the 2010 election, but this included a seat already gained from the Liberal Democrats via defection in Walkley. Furthermore, another seat already gained from the Liberal Democrats via defection in Beauchief & Greenhill was regained by the Liberal Democrats.

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

Party Previous council New council +/-
Labour 60 59 Decrease1
Liberal Democrats 22 18 Decrease4
Greens 2 4 Increase2
UKIP 0 3 Increase3
Total 84 84
Working majority  36   34 

Defections

Since 2010, when these seats were last contested, two Liberal Democrats had defected to Labour: Ben Curran in Walkley and Clive Skelton in Beauchief & Greenhill. The result in Stocksbridge & Upper Don was notable in that two former Liberal Democrat councillors stood for other parties. Martin Brelsford (defeated in 2011) stood as an Independent, whilst Jack Clarkson (defeated in 2012) stood for UKIP.

Ward results

Arbourthorne

Arbourthorne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Scott* 1,604 41.7 −20.6
UKIP Bob Sheridan 1,190 30.9 +16.2
Conservative Peter Smith 327 8.5 +0.4
Green Jennyfer Barnard 289 7.5 ±0.0
TUSC Alan Munro 227 5.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Susan Ross 212 5.5 −1.9
Majority 414 10.8 −36.8
Turnout 3,849 28.2 ±0.0
Labour hold Swing

Beauchief & Greenhill

Beauchief & Greenhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Shaw 1,733 32.6 +1.1
Labour Clive Skelton* 1,520 28.6 −17.3
UKIP Derek Spence 1,259 23.7 +13.4
Conservative Trevor Grant 368 6.9 +0.3
Green Paul Horada-Bradnum 354 6.7 +1.0
TUSC Terry Murphy 78 1.5 N/A
Majority 213 4.0 N/A
Turnout 5,312 38.9 +0.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Beauchief & Greenhill was a regain for the Liberal Democrats, after the sitting councillor had defected to the Labour Party.

Beighton

Beighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen Mirfin-Boukouris* 1,604 44.5 −14.4
UKIP Sam Launder 1,237 31.5 +16.4
Conservative Shirley Clayton 547 14.0 +0.3
Green Richard Madden 180 4.6 ±0.0
Liberal Democrats Allan Wisbey 156 4.0 −3.7
TUSC Margaret Gray 58 1.5 N/A
Majority 414 13.0 −30.9
Turnout 3,921 29.6 +0.2
Labour hold Swing

Birley

Birley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Karen McGowan* 1,944 45.7 −17.5
UKIP Yvonne Sykes 1,372 32.2 +18.5
Green Frank Plunkett 326 7.7 +1.3
Liberal Democrats Wendy Jenrick 309 7.3 +1.0
Conservative Calum Heaton 257 6.0 −0.1
TUSC Dave Ross 49 1.2 N/A
Majority 572 13.5 −36.0
Turnout 4,257 33.0 +1.6
Labour hold Swing

Broomhill

Broomhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Brian Webster 2,010 44.1 +12.8
Labour Katherine Baker 1,412 31.0 −6.0
Liberal Democrats Harry Matthews 501 11.0 −11.3
Conservative Michael Ginn 357 7.8 +2.2
UKIP Pat Sullivan 232 5.1 +2.1
TUSC Rich Brown 45 1.0 N/A
Majority 598 13.1 N/A
Turnout 4,557 35.0 +8.4
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Burngreave

Burngreave
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Talib Hussain* 3,193 60.6 −6.6
UKIP Shane Harper 894 17.0 +11.6
TUSC Maxine Bowler 443 8.4 −5.7
Green Christopher Sisson 327 6.2 +1.3
Conservative Russell Cutts 198 3.8 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Barrie Jervis 149 2.8 −2.0
Independent Anwar Dirir 65 1.2 N/A
Majority 2,299 43.6 −9.5
Turnout 5,269 33.8 +1.6
Labour hold Swing

Central

Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Sarah Smalley 2,552 48.7 ±0.0
Labour Mohammed Maroof* 2,029 38.7 −0.4
Conservative Paul Wallace 286 5.5 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Muhammad Zahur 182 3.5 −2.0
Independent Jack Carrington 120 2.3 N/A
TUSC Dan Celardi 75 1.4 N/A
Majority 523 10.0 +0.3
Turnout 5,244 26.8 +5.5
Green gain from Labour Swing

Crookes

Crookes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Murphy 2,103 32.1 +6.9
Liberal Democrats Shaffaq Mohammed** 1,833 28.0 −7.0
Green Jonathan Peters 1,141 17.4 +3.0
UKIP John Clapham 840 12.8 +7.0
Independent John Hesketh 549 8.4 −4.7
TUSC Nick Hall 86 1.3 N/A
Majority 270 4.1 N/A
Turnout 6,552 47.6 +7.4
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Shaffaq Mohammed was a sitting councillor for Broomhill ward.

Darnall

Darnall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mazher Iqbal* 2,824 48.6 −8.0
UKIP Charlotte Arnott 1,468 25.3 +14.7
Liberal Democrats Salim Zaman 770 13.3 −8.5
Conservative Anton Balint 481 8.3 +5.5
Green Adrian Hawley 156 2.7 −1.3
TUSC Philip King 108 1.9 N/A
Majority 1,356 23.3 −11.5
Turnout 5,807 36.0 +1.9
Labour hold Swing

Dore & Totley

Dore & Totley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Smith 2,452 39.6 −1.8
Conservative Alex Dale 1,603 25.9 −8.1
UKIP Jason Sullivan 861 13.9 N/A
Labour David Crosby 842 13.6 +1.5
Green Rita Wilcock 437 7.1 +0.4
Majority 849 13.7 +6.2
Turnout 6,195 46.1 −0.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

East Ecclesfield

East Ecclesfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Pauline Andrews 1,838 36.3 +24.8
Labour Garry Weatherall* 1,647 32.5 −20.5
Liberal Democrats Colin Taylor 960 18.9 −5.4
Conservative Hillary Gay 341 6.7 +1.1
Green Kaye Horsfield 284 5.6 ±0.0
Majority 191 3.8 N/A
Turnout 5,070 35.2 +1.9
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

Ecclesall

Ecclesall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Davison* 2,831 40.8 +1.5
Labour Lewis Dagnall 1,620 23.3 −2.1
Green Arun Mathur 1,007 14.5 −0.5
Conservative Christina Stark 792 11.4 −2.5
UKIP Josh Wright 694 10.0 +3.5
Majority 849 17.5 +3.6
Turnout 6,944 46.9 +3.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Firth Park

Firth Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Law* 2,081 44.5 −25.2
UKIP John Trow 1,607 36.7 +24.1
Green Amy Mack 248 5.7 −2.5
Conservative Judith Burkinshaw 231 5.3 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Thomas Mead 150 3.4 −1.1
TUSC Sam Bennett 67 1.5 N/A
Majority 474 10.8 −46.3
Turnout 4,384 30.1 +3.5
Labour hold Swing

Fulwood

Fulwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Cliff Woodcraft* 2,577 40.5 +1.9
Labour Dianne Hurst 1,196 18.8 +0.3
Conservative Ian Walker 966 15.2 −8.8
Green Judith Rutnam 963 15.1 +1.9
UKIP Nigel James 587 9.2 +3.5
TUSC Christopher McAndrew 78 1.2 N/A
Majority 1,381 21.7 +7.1
Turnout 6,367 44.1 +5.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Gleadless Valley

Gleadless Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cate McDonald* 2,190 41.3 −15.2
UKIP Martin Laurie 1,176 22.2 +13.4
Green Peter Garbutt 1,026 19.3 +3.6
Liberal Democrats Philip Shaddock 408 7.7 −2.4
Conservative Jenny Grant 280 5.3 +0.1
TUSC Elizabeth Morton 229 4.3 +0.6
Majority 1,014 19.1 −21.7
Turnout 5,309 36.7 +3.5
Labour hold Swing

Graves Park

Graves Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Ayris 2,014 35.3 −3.9
Labour Bob Pemberton 1,685 29.5 −7.9
UKIP Will Gates 1,040 18.2 +10.7
Green David Hayes 512 9.0 +1.6
Conservative David Woodger 355 6.2 −0.2
TUSC Keith Endean 101 1.8 −0.4
Majority 329 5.8 +3.9
Turnout 5,707 42.7 +2.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hillsborough

Hillsborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Josie Paszek 2,231 43.0 −10.3
UKIP John Kendall 1,531 29.5 +17.0
Green Chris McMahon 702 13.5 +2.9
Liberal Democrats Joe Warburton 615 11.8 −2.3
TUSC Wyllie Hume 113 2.2 −0.7
Majority 700 13.5 −24.8
Turnout 5,192 37.2 +4.4
Labour hold Swing

Manor Castle

Manor Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Fox* 2,093 59.7 −12.4
Green Graham Wroe 580 16.5 +7.7
TUSC Alistair Tice 356 10.2 N/A
Conservative Jack McGill 288 8.2 +4.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Shaw 189 5.4 −0.4
Majority 1,513 43.2 −18.9
Turnout 3,506 25.7 +2.5
Labour hold Swing

Mosborough

Mosborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Isobel Bowler* 1,844 39.9 −14.2
UKIP Joanne Parkin 1,414 30.6 +19.2
Liberal Democrats Gail Smith 620 13.4 −11.0
Conservative William Lockwood 492 10.6 +4.1
Green Julie White 205 4.4 +0.8
TUSC Ian Whitehouse 52 1.1 N/A
Majority 430 9.3 −20.3
Turnout 4,627 33.7 +0.5
Labour hold Swing

Nether Edge

Nether Edge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nasima Akther 2,479 39.8 −7.4
Green Anne Barr 1,417 22.8 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Javid Khan 1,411 22.7 −3.5
UKIP Jeffrey Shaw 448 7.2 +3.0
Conservative Marc Cooklin 360 5.8 +1.7
TUSC James Williams 113 1.8 N/A
Majority 1,062 17.0 −4.0
Turnout 6,228 46.6 +6.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Richmond

Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Wood 1,885 45.0 −19.8
UKIP Jean Simpson 1,544 36.9 +21.1
Conservative Andrew Sneddon 295 7.0 +0.7
Green Richard Roper 204 4.9 −1.1
Liberal Democrats Angela Hill 189 4.5 −2.5
TUSC Sam Morecroft 68 1.6 N/A
Majority 341 8.1 −40.9
Turnout 4,185 31.6 +3.5
Labour hold Swing

Shiregreen & Brightside

Shiregreen & Brightside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Rippon* 2,050 45.9 −21.4
UKIP Mark Price 1,806 40.4 +22.6
Conservative James Anderson 244 5.5 ±0.0
Green Douglas Johnson 242 5.4 −0.6
Liberal Democrats Jack Weston 123 2.8 −0.6
Majority 244 5.5 −44.0
Turnout 4,465 31.1 +5.9
Labour hold Swing

Southey

Southey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gill Furniss* 1,657 44.4 −26.3
UKIP Mike Simpson 1,450 38.9 +26.0
Conservative Dehenna Davison 236 6.3 +0.9
Green Eamonn Ward 183 4.9 −0.8
Liberal Democrats Marcus Foster 139 3.7 −1.7
TUSC Matt Curtis 63 1.7 N/A
Majority 207 5.5 −52.3
Turnout 3,728 27.4 +2.8
Labour hold Swing

Stannington

Stannington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Baker* 2,441 39.9 −0.6
Labour Ben Miskell 1,652 27.0 −8.4
UKIP John Greenfield 1,567 25.6 +14.7
Green Martin Bradshaw 391 6.4 −0.9
TUSC Jeremy Short 66 1.1 N/A
Majority 789 12.9 +7.7
Turnout 6,117 42.3 +3.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Stocksbridge & Upper Don

Stocksbridge & Upper Don
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Jack Clarkson 2,496 44.4 +16.9
Labour Lisa Banes 1,207 21.5 −13.6
Conservative Nigel Owen 621 11.0 +2.9
Independent Martin Brelsford 526 9.4 N/A
Green Dan Lyons 419 7.5 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Sue Auckland 353 6.3 −17.9
Majority 1,289 22.9 N/A
Turnout 5,622 38.8 +4.2
UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Jack Clarkson's change in share of the vote is calculated from the UKIP candidate in 2012. His vote increased by 20.2% from his own performance as a Liberal Democrat.

Walkley

Walkley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ben Curran* 2,297 44.0 −6.0
Labour Olivia Blake 2,061 39.5 −10.5
Green Sue Morton 1,257 24.1 +11.5
Liberal Democrats Diane Leek 981 18.8 −4.5
UKIP Richard Ratcliffe 870 16.7 +8.9
UKIP Josh Skipworth 787 15.1 +7.3
Green Calvin Payne 738 14.1 +1.5
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Harston 710 13.6 −9.7
Conservative Lorna Hurley 299 5.7 +2.1
Conservative Philip Hurley 259 5.0 +1.4
TUSC Chaz Lockett 182 3.5 +0.8
Majority 804 15.4 −11.3
Turnout 5,221 36.0 +2.5
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour hold Swing

The result in Walkley did not change the numbers on the council, as the sitting Liberal Democrat councillor had previously defected to Labour.

West Ecclesfield

West Ecclesfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP John Booker 1,929 37.4 +26.5
Labour Zoe Sykes 1,656 32.1 −8.4
Liberal Democrats Victoria Bowden 1,054 20.4 −14.9
Green Kathryn Aston 281 5.4 +2.0
Independent David Ogle 236 4.6 −0.9
Majority 273 5.3 N/A
Turnout 5,156 36.0 +1.3
UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Woodhouse

Woodhouse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ray Satur* 1,851 43.9 −16.3
UKIP Lewis Sinclair 1,638 38.8 +16.7
Green John Grant 385 9.1 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Leslie Abrahams 347 8.2 +1.7
Majority 213 5.1 −33.0
Turnout 4,221 31.2 +1.4
Labour hold Swing

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