Sheffield local elections
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Sheffield local elections usually take place by thirds, three years out of every four. Each of Sheffield's 28 wards
is represented by three positions on the council, meaning there are usually 28 seats contested in each local election. 2004 saw new ward boundaries and therefore all seats were contested.
Districts of Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in the north of England. The neighbourhoods of Sheffield vary widely in size and history. Many of the neighbourhoods developed from villages or hamlets that have become absorbed into Sheffield as the city has grown...
is represented by three positions on the council, meaning there are usually 28 seats contested in each local election. 2004 saw new ward boundaries and therefore all seats were contested.
Political control
| Party in control | Years |
|---|---|
| Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
1973–1999 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1999–2002 |
| No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament... |
2002–2003 |
| Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
2003–2007 |
| No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament... |
2007–2008 |
| Liberal Democrats | 2008–2010 |
| No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament... |
2010–2011 |
| Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
2011–present |
Council elections
- Sheffield Council election, 1973Sheffield Council election, 1973-Election result:-Ward results:...
- Sheffield Council election, 1975Sheffield Council election, 1975Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 1st May 1975. One third of the council was up for election.-Election result:This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:-Ward...
- Sheffield Council election, 1976Sheffield Council election, 1976Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 6th May 1976. One third of the council was up for election.-Election result:This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:-Ward...
- Sheffield Council election, 1978Sheffield Council election, 1978Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 4th May 1978. One third of the council was up for election.-Election result:This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:-Ward results:...
- Sheffield Council election, 1979Sheffield Council election, 1979Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 3rd May 1979. One third of the council was up for election.-Election result:This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:-Ward...
- Sheffield Council election, 1980Sheffield Council election, 1980Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 1st May 1980. The whole council was up for election, with the Attercliffe ward now merged into Darnall and Gleadless ward changed to Norton.-Election result:...
- Sheffield Council election, 1982Sheffield Council election, 1982Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 6th May 1982. One third of the council was up for election.-Election result:This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:-Ward results:...
- Sheffield Council election, 1983Sheffield Council election, 1983Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 5th May 1983. One third of the council was up for election.-Election result:This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:-Ward results:...
- Sheffield Council election, 1984Sheffield Council election, 1984Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 3rd May 1984. One third of the council was up for election.-Election result:This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:-Ward results:...
- Sheffield Council election, 1986Sheffield Council election, 1986Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 8th May 1986. One third of the council was up for election. Since the 1984 election, the Conservatives had successfully defended two seats in Broomhill and Labour had held one of their Park seats in by-elections the following year.-Election result:This...
- Sheffield Council election, 1987Sheffield Council election, 1987Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 7th May 1987. One third of the council was up for election.-Election result:This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:-Ward results:...
- Sheffield Council election, 1988Sheffield Council election, 1988Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 5th May 1988. One third of the council was up for election.-Election result:This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:-Ward...
- Sheffield Council election, 1990Sheffield Council election, 1990Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 4th May 1990. One third of the council was up for election.-Election result:This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:-Ward...
- Sheffield Council election, 1991Sheffield Council election, 1991Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 2nd May 1991. One third of the council was up for election. Since the previous election, Richard Old had defected from the Conservatives, sitting as an Independent Conservative...
- Sheffield Council election, 1992Sheffield Council election, 1992Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 7th May 1992. One third of the council was up for election.-Election result:This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:-Ward...
- Sheffield Council election, 1994Sheffield Council election, 1994Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 5th May 1994. One third of the council was up for election. Since the previous election, three by-elections had taken place, resulting in two Lib Dem gains from Labour in Brightside and Walkley and a successful hold of a Dore seat by the Conservatives...
- Sheffield Council election, 1995Sheffield Council election, 1995Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 5th May 1995. One third of the council was up for election.-Election result:This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:-Wards:...
- Sheffield Council election, 1996Sheffield Council election, 1996Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 3rd May 1996. One third of the council was up for election.-Election result:This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:-Ward...
- Sheffield Council election, 1998
- Sheffield Council election, 1999Sheffield Council election, 1999Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 6th May 1999. One third of the council was up for election. Previous to this election, there had been a by-election in Park, resulting in a Liberal Democrat gain from Labour, effectively cancelling out the concurrent defection of sitting Stocksbridge...
- Sheffield Council election, 2000Sheffield Council election, 2000Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 4th May 2000. One third of the council was up for election. Previous to this election, two Liberal Democrats – Robert Watson and Trefor Morgan – became Independents...
- Sheffield Council election, 2002Sheffield Council election, 2002Since the previous election both the Liberal Democrats and Labour had suffered one defection each - Ronald Shepherd left the Labour grouping to sit as an Independent and Lib Dem Matthew Dixon defected, firstly as an Independent and then to the Conservatives. In this time an earlier Lib Dem...
- Sheffield Council election, 2003Sheffield Council election, 2003The 2003 Sheffield Council election took place on 1st May 2003 to elect members of Sheffield City Council. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour took control of the council from no overall control with six gains from the Liberal Democrats....
- Sheffield Council election, 2004
- Sheffield Council election, 2006
- Sheffield Council election, 2007Sheffield Council election, 2007Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 3 May, 2007 with one third of council seats up for election; one in each ward. Since the previous election, Liberal Democrat Mike Davis defected, sitting as an independent....
- Sheffield Council election, 2008Sheffield Council election, 2008Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 1 May, 2008. There were 30 seats up for election - one of the three councillors from each ward, plus two seats from Labour councillors who had stepped down. Liberal Democrats made several gains, regaining control of the council for the first...
- Sheffield Council election, 2010Sheffield Council election, 2010Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 6 May 2010. There were 28 seats up for election in 2010, one of the three councillors from each ward. Since the previous election, Liberal Democrat councillor Frank Taylor had defected to an Independent leaving the Liberal Democrats with 44...
- Sheffield Council election, 2011Sheffield Council election, 2011Elections to Sheffield City Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011.There were 28 seats up for election, one third of the council. The last election left the council with no overall control. Since the previous election, Liberal Democrat councillor Ben Curran, and Lib Dem-turn-independent Frank...
- Sheffield Council election, 2012Sheffield Council election, 2012Elections to Sheffield City Council will take place on Thursday 3 May 2012.There were be 28 seats up for election, one third of the council. The last election in 2011 gave Labour a majority over the Liberal Democrats with 49 Councillors...