1990 Sheffield City Council election

1990 Sheffield City Council election
← 1988 4 May 1990 1991 →
33 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council
44 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won 29 3 1
Seat change Increase3 Decrease1 Decrease2
Map showing the results of the 1990 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 4 May 1990. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1990
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 29 3 0 +3 87.9 62.2 105,937 +3.2
  Conservative 3 0 1 -1 9.1 17.9 30,435 -4.2
  Liberal Democrats 1 1 3 -2 3.0 17.0 29,041 +0.6
  Green 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.8 4,738 +2.2
No Poll Tax 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 96 N/A
  Alternative Development, Small is Beautiful 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 92 N/A
International Communist 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 56 N/A

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

Party Previous council New council
Labour 66 69
Conservatives 12 11
Liberal Democrats 9 7
Total 87 87
Working majority  45   51 

Ward results

Beauchief [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Moore 4,126 46.8 +13.7
Labour Anne Sheehan 2,780 31.5 +0.9
Conservative Caroline Gracey 1,905 21.6 −12.8
Majority 1,346 15.3 +14.0
Turnout 8,811 58.4 +11.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +6.4
Birley [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donald Gow* 5,061 75.5 +4.2
Conservative Gordon Millward 925 13.8 −3.8
Liberal Democrats Andrea Morris 715 10.7 −0.3
Majority 4,136 61.7 +8.0
Turnout 6,701 42.0 +9.1
Labour hold Swing +4.0
Brightside[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rae Whitfield* 3,716 80.4 −0.6
Green Richard Griffiths 366 7.9 +7.9
Liberal Democrats John Wilcock 281 6.1 −2.1
Conservative Mary Hyatt 257 5.5 −5.2
Majority 3,360 72.5 +2.2
Turnout 4,620 35.9 +11.0
Labour hold Swing -4.2
Broomhill[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Eastall 2,101 41.0 +1.0
Labour Mukesh Savani** 1,950
Conservative Henry Cornford 1,697 33.1 −4.2
Conservative Marjorie Kirby 1,651
Green Bernard Little 802 15.6 +9.0
Green Michael Mallen 718
Liberal Democrats Andrew Milton 523 10.2 −3.9
Liberal Democrats Allan Wisbey 461
Majority 253 7.9 +5.2
Turnout 5,123 38.5 +0.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +2.6

Mukesh Savani was a sitting councillor for Heeley ward

Burngreave[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Watson* 3,454 79.0 +6.3
Conservative Samuel Shaw 497 11.4 −2.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Sangar 362 8.3 +0.9
International Communist Michael England 56 1.3 +1.3
Majority 2,957 67.6 +8.8
Turnout 4,369 37.3 +5.7
Labour hold Swing +4.4
Castle[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Horton* 3,358 83.6 −0.7
Labour Michael Chaplin 3,282
Conservative Joan Graham 410 10.2 −0.2
Liberal Democrats Dennis Boothroyd 248 6.2 +0.9
Conservative Francis Woodger 242
Majority 2,872 73.4 −0.5
Turnout 4,016 40.3 +14.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing -0.2
Chapel Green[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Laurence Kingham 4,358 52.9 +7.9
Liberal Democrats Graham Oxley 3,424 41.5 −5.9
Conservative John Davey 458 5.5 −0.5
Majority 934 11.4 +9.0
Turnout 8,240 45.1 +8.0
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +6.9
Darnall[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Walayat* 3,393 65.3 −7.8
Conservative Colin Cavill 701 13.5 −2.0
Liberal Democrats Sheila Rehman 570 10.9 −0.5
Green Gordon Ferguson 532 10.2 +10.2
Majority 2,692 51.8 −5.8
Turnout 5,196 34.9 +5.7
Labour hold Swing -2.9
Dore[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Diana Leech 3,930 50.9 −6.3
Labour Glenn Ellis 2,694 34.9 +6.2
Liberal Democrats Anthony Richmond 1,089 14.1 +3.9
Majority 1,236 16.0 −12.5
Turnout 7,713 46.6 +8.0
Conservative hold Swing -6.2
Ecclesall[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stuart Dawson* 3,526 49.0 −5.3
Labour Timothy Plant 1,985 27.6 +4.9
Liberal Democrats Colin Ross 1,078 15.0 −1.1
Green Leela Spencer 601 8.3 +4.0
Majority 1,541 21.4 −10.2
Turnout 7,192 45.5 +4.5
Conservative hold Swing -5.1
Firth Park[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Barton* 4,693 84.7 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew McKerrow 467 8.4 +2.8
Conservative Andrew Cook 380 6.8 −1.9
Majority 4,226 76.3 +2.3
Turnout 5,540 40.4 +9.9
Labour hold Swing -0.4
Hallam[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Lawson 3,508 46.6 −4.2
Labour Andrew Nicolson 2,293 30.4 +4.8
Liberal Democrats John Knight 1,212 16.1 −3.5
Green Peter Scott 518 6.9 +6.9
Majority 1,215 16.2 −9.0
Turnout 7,531 51.6 +7.9
Conservative hold Swing -4.5
Handsworth[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kenneth Hartley* 4,054 71.4 +7.7
Liberal Democrats Anita Morris 935 16.5 −6.9
Conservative Shirley Clayton 592 10.4 −0.3
Alternative Development, Small is Beautiful Roger Dunn 92 1.6 +1.6
Majority 3,119 54.9 +14.6
Turnout 5,673 38.2 +0.4
Labour hold Swing +7.3
Heeley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Darke 4,361 73.1 +4.5
Conservative Elizabeth Bradbury 871 14.6 −5.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Ayris 733 12.3 +4.3
Majority 3,490 58.5 +9.6
Turnout 5,965 40.9 +9.5
Labour hold Swing +4.8
Hillsborough[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Waugh 3,639 57.7 +7.3
Liberal Democrats Lynette Jackson 1,450 23.0 −6.4
Conservative Michael Warner 828 13.1 −4.7
Green Peter Wood 391 6.2 +3.8
Majority 2,189 34.7 +13.7
Turnout 6,308 42.1 +2.0
Labour hold Swing +6.8
Intake[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Katherine Sheldrick 4,346 72.7 +5.0
Labour James Steinke** 3,864
Conservative Robert Atha 1,012 16.9 −5.8
Conservative Steven Fulbrook 840
Liberal Democrats Susan Alston 619 10.3 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Katherine Milsom 535
Majority 2,852 55.8 +10.8
Turnout 5,977 39.7 +9.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +5.4

James Steinke was a sitting councillor for Netherthorpe ward

Manor[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Howard Capelin* 3,485 86.5 +0.4
Conservative Paul Anderton 299 7.4 −1.9
Liberal Democrats Leonard Middleton 245 6.1 +1.5
Majority 3,186 79.1 +2.3
Turnout 4,029 42.9 +12.9
Labour hold Swing +1.1
Mosborough[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Saunders* 6,063 73.7 +6.0
Conservative Philip Kirby 1,330 16.1 −6.1
Liberal Democrats Louise Truman 834 10.1 +3.8
Majority 4,733 57.6 +12.1
Turnout 8,227 34.9 +5.9
Labour hold Swing +6.0
Nether Edge[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Qurban Hussain* 2,477 45.2 −3.7
Conservative Anne Smith 1,260 23.0 −9.1
Liberal Democrats Gregory Connor 1,103 20.1 +5.0
Green Jill Margaret 547 10.0 +10.0
No Poll Tax Simon Rawlins 96 1.7 +1.7
Majority 1,217 22.2 +5.4
Turnout 5,483 39.6 −0.7
Labour hold Swing +2.7
Nether Shire[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Wigfield* 4,070 81.0 −1.1
Labour Hazel Ellery 3,949
Liberal Democrats Francis Pierce 516 10.3 +2.1
Conservative Maureen Neill 436 8.7 −0.9
Conservative Jeremy Richardson 362
Majority 3,433 70.7 −1.8
Turnout 5,022 41.9 +9.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing -1.6
Netherthorpe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Bower 3,232 71.8 −4.0
Conservative David Knight 530 11.8 −1.8
Green Barry New 436 9.7 +9.7
Liberal Democrats David Cloke 300 6.6 −1.1
Majority 2,702 60.0 −2.2
Turnout 4,498 36.5 +7.8
Labour hold Swing -1.1
Norton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Moore* 4,245 70.9 +3.5
Conservative Albert Marsden 1,133 18.9 −4.8
Liberal Democrats Christopher Tutt 609 10.2 +1.4
Majority 3,112 52.0 +8.3
Turnout 5,987 46.2 +7.8
Labour hold Swing +4.1
Owlerton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Mathews* 3,848 80.3 −4.7
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Taylor 474 9.9 −2.4
Conservative Jane Harries 469 9.8 +7.1
Majority 3,374 70.4 −2.3
Turnout 4,791 37.4 +8.3
Labour hold Swing -1.1
Park[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Doris Mulhearn* 4,176 87.3 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Sheila Hughes 311 6.5 +0.2
Conservative Clare Fenner 297 6.2 −2.1
Majority 3,865 80.8 +3.7
Turnout 4,784 35.7 +9.5
Labour hold Swing +0.8
Sharrow[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Catherine Whitty 3,058 76.2 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Brown 492 12.2 +4.5
Conservative Paul Makin 464 11.5 −3.1
Majority 2,566 64.0 +5.9
Turnout 4,014 34.6 +6.4
Labour hold Swing -0.5
South Wortley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Webster 3,691 43.6 +5.3
Liberal Democrats Trevor Bagshaw 3,424 40.5 +0.9
Conservative Lynn Wilson 1,339 15.8 −6.2
Majority 267 3.1 +1.8
Turnout 8,454 45.7 +7.6
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +2.2
Southey Green[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Nelson* 4,511 88.8 −0.1
Liberal Democrats Nic Chilton 328 6.4 +1.3
Conservative Robert Usher 242 4.7 −1.2
Majority 4,183 82.4 −0.6
Turnout 5,081 40.8 +8.5
Labour hold Swing -0.7
Stocksbridge[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred Meade 2,459 50.4 +6.9
Liberal Democrats Maureen Brelsford 1,997 40.9 −2.8
Conservative Russell Crane 425 8.7 −1.9
Majority 462 9.5 +9.3
Turnout 4,881 46.3 +10.6
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +4.8
Walkley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carol Bullement* 4,336 70.2 −4.3
Conservative Christine Blundell 714 11.6 −1.8
Liberal Democrats Penelope Baker 576 9.3 +1.9
Green Nicola Watson 545 8.8 +8.8
Majority 3,622 58.6 −2.5
Turnout 6,171 42.7 +5.6
Labour hold Swing -1.2

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 "Sheffield Local Elections 1973-1995 scans". Retrieved 20 June 2011.