1961 Sheffield City Council election

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1961 Sheffield City Council election
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  1960 11 May 1961 1962  

25 councillors to Sheffield City Council
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Seats won187
Seat changeSteady2.svg0Steady2.svg 0

Majority party before election

Labour Party (UK)

Majority party after election

Labour Party (UK)

The 1961 Sheffield City Council election was held on 11 May 1961, with a third up for election plus a double vacancy in Owlerton. The results were largely a reversal of the previous election; a higher turnout - 35%, up significantly from the previous year's low of 25% - brought a much stronger Labour result with the seats they'd lost the preceding year held comfortably. All seats were contested and successfully defended this year, seeing no change in the make-up of the council. [1]

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Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1961
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1800072.050.356,101+6.5
  Conservative and Liberal Unionist 700028.042.547,426-10.0
  Liberal 00000.02.93,263+1.9
 Ratepayers Association00000.01.92,126-0.3
  Communist 00000.01.82,043+1.4
  Municipal Reform 00000.00.3392+0.3
  Union Movement 00000.00.2164+0.2

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Cllr Ald Cllr Ald
Labour50175017
Conservative-Liberals248248
Ratepayers1010
Liberals0000
Communist0000
Municipal Reform0000
Union Movement0000
Total75257525
100100
Working majority 25  9  25  9 
 34  34 

Ward results

Attercliffe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Scott 1,865 76.1 +2.6
Conservative and Liberal Unionist William Keen58423.8-2.6
Majority1,28152.3+5.2
Turnout 2,44916.9+3.3
Labour hold Swing +2.6
Brightside [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Herbert Redgate 1,937 81.7 N/A
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Roger Cooke43418.3N/A
Majority1,50363.4N/A
Turnout 2,37120.4N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Broomhill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Jack Peile 3,501 79.3 -1.9
Labour J. Birkhead91220.7+1.9
Majority2,58958.7-3.7
Turnout 4,41329.0+3.7
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing -1.9
Burngreave [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Wild 1,915 65.3 +2.9
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Dane Clissold1,01834.7-2.9
Majority89730.6+5.7
Turnout 2,93326.7+6.3
Labour hold Swing +2.9
Cathedral [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Sharpe 2,084 79.3 +6.8
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Ivan Harrington54320.7-6.8
Majority1,54158.7+13.6
Turnout 2,62727.2+7.9
Labour hold Swing +6.8
Crookesmoor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Watson 2,306 57.8 -1.3
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Gordon Wragg1,41935.5-5.3
Communist David Jeffrey2656.6+6.6
Majority88722.2+4.0
Turnout 3,99035.7+9.2
Labour hold Swing +2.0
Darnall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Owen 2,949 60.9 +2.0
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Noel Taylor1,45430.0-11.0
Communist William Newton4379.0+9.0
Majority1,49530.9+13.0
Turnout 4,84025.3+5.9
Labour hold Swing +6.5
Ecclesall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Daniel O'Neill 4,812 86.8 -2.1
Labour Peter Horton73213.2+2.1
Majority4,08073.6-4.2
Turnout 5,54433.4+3.3
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing -2.1
Firth Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman Bentley 2,311 52.1 +5.2
Ratepayers AssociationG. Windle2,12647.9-5.2
Majority1854.1-5.2
Turnout 4,43733.9+8.6
Labour hold Swing +5.2
Hallam [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Reginald Ashmore 4,357 73.0 +5.7
Labour R. Day1,61227.0+9.3
Majority2,74546.0-3.6
Turnout 5,96936.3+4.2
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing -1.8
Handsworth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Richardson 3,769 58.0 +3.3
Conservative and Liberal Unionist S. Bell2,73142.0-3.3
Majority1,03816.0+6.6
Turnout 6,50033.8+12.2
Labour hold Swing +3.3
Heeley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Sewell 2,615 49.3 +1.6
Conservative and Liberal Unionist John Barraclough1,86635.2-17.0
Liberal Robert Jackson81815.4+15.4
Majority74914.1+9.6
Turnout 5,29944.1+10.7
Labour hold Swing +9.3
Hillsborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Kenneth Arnold 3,640 58.9 -6.2
Labour William Meade2,15341.1+6.2
Majority93217.8-12.3
Turnout 5,23838.4+5.1
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing -6.2
Manor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Austin Conroy 3,640 77.4 -2.7
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Raymond Hadfield76216.2-3.6
Communist John Hukin2996.3+6.3
Majority2,87861.2+0.9
Turnout 4,70129.2+10.7
Labour hold Swing +0.4
Moor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Florence Roebuck 2,318 63.2 +14.6
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Robert Lawther1,34636.7-14.6
Majority97226.5+23.7
Turnout 3,66432.3+11.2
Labour hold Swing +14.6
Nether Edge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Lionel Farris 2,598 59.1 -15.4
Labour Kenneth Brack1,10325.1-0.3
Liberal Dennis Boothroyd69415.8+15.8
Majority1,49534.0-15.1
Turnout 4,39535.1+7.9
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing -7.5
Nether Shire [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Staton 2,422 66.8 N/A
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Ida Crowther98027.0N/A
Communist Howard Hill2216.1N/A
Majority1,44239.8N/A
Turnout 3,62326.6N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Norton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist William Blake 5,620 57.4 -11.0
Labour Joseph Ashton3,33234.0+2.5
Liberal Ben Thorpe8328.5+8.5
Majority2,28823.4-13.4
Turnout 9,78440.4+8.9
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing -6.7
Owlerton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Mate 2,413 57.1 +4.0
Labour John Yeardley 2,146
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Irvine Patnick 1,42133.6-13.3
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Frank Adams1,140
Municipal ReformHarry Hoyle3929.3+9.3
Majority99223.5+17.3
Turnout 4,22635.2+10.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +8.6
Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Knowles 2,092 67.6 N/A
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Alistair Forsyth70622.8N/A
Communist George Caborn2969.6N/A
Majority1,38644.8N/A
Turnout 3,09428.2N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Sharrow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vera Boyd 2,354 52.1 +5.7
Conservative and Liberal Unionist L. Nicholson1,61535.7-17.9
Liberal George Swift3307.3+7.3
Communist John Chapman2214.9+4.9
Majority73916.3+9.0
Turnout 4,52040.3+10.4
Labour hold Swing +11.8
Southey Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Winifred Golding 3,235 73.4 -13.6
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Gordon Herringshaw86519.6+19.6
Communist Terence Devey3046.9-6.0
Majority2,37053.8-20.3
Turnout 4,40425.3+12.2
Labour hold Swing -16.6
Tinsley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman Eldred 2,203 74.1 +10.0
Conservative and Liberal Unionist W. Baxter77125.9-10.0
Majority1,43248.1+20.0
Turnout 2,97427.0+8.7
Labour hold Swing +10.0
Walkley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Cooper 2,124 57.4 +6.5
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Connie Dodson1,41038.1-11.0
Union Movement Francis Hamley1644.4+4.4
Majority71419.3+17.5
Turnout 3,69829.5+6.4
Labour hold Swing +8.7
Woodseats [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist W. Pallett 3,528 60.6 -10.5
Labour L. Ward1,70529.3+0.4
Liberal Colin Wood58910.1+10.1
Majority1,82331.3-10.8
Turnout 5,82238.3+7.2
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing -5.4

By-elections between 1961 and 1962

Hallam By-election 29 June 1961 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Gordon Wragg2,06366.0-7.0
Liberal Robert Jackson1,06434.0+34.0
Majority99932.0-14.0
Turnout 3,12719.0-13.2
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing -20.5
Woodseats By-election 29 June 1961 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Robert Lawther2,08859.6-1.0
Labour L. Ward82923.7-5.6
Liberal Colin Wood51514.7+4.6
Union Movement John Wood702.0+2.0
Majority1,25935.9+4.6
Turnout 3,50223.0-15.3
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing +2.3

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