1960 Sheffield City Council election

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1960 Sheffield City Council election
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26 councillors to Sheffield City Council
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Seats won1411
Seat changeDecrease2.svg4Increase2.svg3
Majority party before election

Labour Party (UK)

Majority party after election

Labour Party (UK)

The 1960 Sheffield local elections were held on 12 May 1960, with one third of the council up for election, as well as a double vacancy for the Ecclesall ward. The elections seen heavy swings against the ruling Labour Party, resulting in four losses and further narrow defends in wards Labour had represented consistently for a considerable amount of time. The seats Labour lost were Heeley, Moor and Sharrow to the Conservative-Liberals and Firth Park became the first ever win for the Ratepayers Association. Weather was blamed for Labour's slump, with one article labelling it as 'the year of Tory weather', recording a low of 25% turnout. [1]

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Election result

Sheffield local election result 1960
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1404-453.843.834,107
  Conservative and Liberal Unionist 1130+342.352.540,869
 Ratepayers Association110+13.82.21,760
  Liberal 00000.01.0792
  Communist 000000.4298

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Cllr Ald Cllr Ald
Labour54185017
Conservative-Liberals217248
Ratepayers0010
Liberals0000
Communist0000
Total75257525
100100
Working majority 33  11  25  9 
 44  34 

Ward results

Attercliffe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. Goodenough 1,459 73.5
Conservative and Liberal Unionist William Keen52526.4
Majority 93447.1
Turnout 1,98413.6
Labour hold Swing
Brightside [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Sturrock Unopposed N/AN/A
Majority N/AN/A
Turnout N/AN/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Broomhill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Peter Jackson 3,175 81.2
Labour J. Birkhead73518.8
Majority 2,44062.4
Turnout 3,91025.3
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing
Burngreave [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Thorpe 1,544 62.4
Conservative and Liberal Unionist R. Foster93037.6
Majority 61424.8
Turnout 2,47420.4
Labour hold Swing
Cathedral [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Enid Hattersley 1,561 72.5
Conservative and Liberal Unionist William Blake59127.4
Majority 97045.1
Turnout 2,15219.3
Labour hold Swing
Crookesmoor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Hattersley 1,866 59.1
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Gordon Wragg1,29240.9
Majority 57418.2
Turnout 3,15818.2
Labour hold Swing
Darnall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Green 2,177 58.9
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Kathleen Circuit1,51741.1
Majority 66017.8
Turnout 3,69419.4
Labour hold Swing
Ecclesall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist John Neill 4,396 88.9
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Harold Hebblethwaite 4,333
Labour Peter Horton55011.1
Majority 3,78377.8
Turnout 4,94630.0
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing
Firth Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ratepayers AssociationH. Pollard 1,760 53.1
Labour Charles Hayward1,55146.8
Majority 2096.3
Turnout 3,31125.3
Ratepayers Association gain from Labour.Swing
Hallam [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Alan Blake 3,541 67.3
Labour Roy Munn92917.6
Liberal Robert Jackson79215.0
Majority 2,61249.6
Turnout 5,26232.2
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing
Handsworth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Salmons 2,274 54.6
Conservative and Liberal Unionist S. Bell1,88645.3
Majority 3889.3
Turnout 4,16021.7
Labour hold Swing
Heeley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist George Harry Manley 2,064 52.2
Labour J. Julian1,88747.7
Majority 1774.5
Turnout 3,95133.5
Conservative and Liberal Unionist gain from Labour Swing
Hillsborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist A. Siddall 2,958 65.1
Labour William Meade1,58834.9
Majority 1,37030.2
Turnout 4,54633.3
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing
Manor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour C. Johnson 2,421 80.1
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Robert Lawther60019.8
Majority 1,82160.3
Turnout 3,02118.5
Labour hold Swing
Moor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist H. Maw 1,134 51.4
Labour Albert Richardson1,07348.6
Majority 612.7
Turnout 2,20721.1
Conservative and Liberal Unionist gain from Labour Swing
Nether Edge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Harry Mercer 2,566 74.6
Labour John Yeardley87525.4
Majority 1,69149.1
Turnout 3,44127.2
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing
Nether Shire [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Moseley Unopposed N/AN/A
Majority N/AN/A
Turnout N/AN/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Norton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist E. Tindall 4,996 68.4
Labour C. Price2,30731.6
Majority 2,68936.8
Turnout 7,30331.5
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing
Owlerton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. Watson 1,608 53.1
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Irvine Patnick 1,42146.9
Majority 1876.2
Turnout 3,02924.8
Labour hold Swing
Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frances Gathercole Unopposed N/AN/A
Majority N/AN/A
Turnout N/AN/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Sharrow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Alexander Leitch 1,812 53.7
Labour Percy Robinson1,56446.3
Majority 2487.4
Turnout 3,37629.9
Conservative and Liberal Unionist gain from Labour Swing
Southey Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arnold Crosby 2,004 87.0
Communist Howard Hill28812.9
Majority 1,71674.1
Turnout 2,30213.1
Labour hold Swing
Tinsley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Lowe 1,313 64.0
Conservative and Liberal Unionist W. Baxter73735.9
Majority 57628.1
Turnout 2,05018.3
Labour hold Swing
Walkley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Towns 1,477 50.9
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Connie Dodson1,42549.1
Majority 521.8
Turnout 2,90223.1
Labour hold Swing
Woodseats [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist L. Graham 3,303 71.1
Labour L. Ward1,34428.9
Majority 1,95942.2
Turnout 4,64731.1
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "Sheffield Local Elections 1960–1995 scans" . Retrieved 2 December 2011.
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