1967 Sheffield City Council election

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1967 Sheffield City Council election
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  1966 11 May 1967 1968  

All 81 councillors to Sheffield City Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Seats won41391
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Majority party before election

Labour Party (UK)

Majority party after election

Labour Party (UK)

Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 11 May 1967. The entire council was up for election, following changes to the city borders, which extended into parts of Derbyshire, and extensive boundary changes and reorganisation of the wards. The wards Cathedral, Crookesmoor, Moor, Norton, Tinsley and Woodseats were abolished, with the new wards of Beauchief, Castle, Dore, Gleadless, Intake and Netherthorpe created. These, along with the inclusion of the Birley and Mosborough wards from neighbouring areas, brought the councillor total to 81 - up six from previous.

Contents

The election itself seen a historic night for the Conservatives, as they followed the national pattern of inflicting heavy losses onto the ruling Labour Party, coming as close to one seat away from seeing Labour lose their 33-strong majority with which they went into the election with. In Mosborough an Independent was elected on a platform of opposition to the takeover of the ward by Sheffield, whilst his counterpart in Birley finished last, but with a respectable 21%.

Overall turnout was a concern in this election, following the downward trend in turnout, resulting in the previous year's record low turnout of 22%. Hopes that this 'mini-election' - as it was dubbed - being the opportunity to decide on the council's control might draw a greater turnout than recent years, were fulfilled as turnout improved dramatically to 33.4%, the highest since 1961. [1]

Election result

Sheffield local election result 1967
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 4100050.638.255,472
  Conservative 3900048.150.473,276
  Independent 10001.21.91,542
  Communist 00000.04.46,416
  Liberal 00000.04.26,097
  National Front 00000.00.81,239

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Cllr Ald Cllr Ald
Labour54184118
Conservatives217399
Independent0010
Communists0000
Liberals0000
National Front0000
Total75258127
100108
Working majority 33  11  1  9 
 44  10 

Ward results

Attercliffe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Robins 2,744 71.1 N/A
Labour Norman Eldred 2,644
Labour Harry Firth 2,585
Conservative Eric Straw1,11528.9N/A
Conservative Eric Turner1,080
Conservative Joan Willows1,073
Majority 1,62942.2N/A
Turnout 3,85922.8N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Beauchief [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Adams 6,182 71.5 N/A
Conservative George Beardshaw 6,178
Conservative Thomas Crewe 6,109
Labour Kenneth Morgan2,46328.5N/A
Majority 3,71943.0N/A
Turnout 8,64549.7N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Birley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elsie Richardson 2,325 40.5 N/A
Conservative Pauline Minns 2,197 38.3 N/A
Labour Leonard Stones 2,196
Labour George Fisher2,181
Conservative Myrtle Jackson2,167
Independent Laurence Gillatt1,21121.1N/A
Majority 292.2N/A
Turnout 5,73329.3N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Brightside [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Longmore 2,019 51.4 N/A
Labour Henry Sturrock 1,990
Labour George Wilson 1,573
Conservative Jennifer Levick1,15729.5N/A
Conservative Charles Hughes1,077
Conservative Rhonda Beard1,072
National Front Robert Taylor3879.8N/A
Communist Arthur Tingle3629.2N/A
National Front George Clark316
Majority 41620.3N/A
Turnout 3,92525.6N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Broomhill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Jackson 4,189 77.2 N/A
Conservative Raymond Hadfield 4,175
Conservative Jack Peile 4,080
Labour Frances Gathercole1,23822.8N/A
Majority 2,84254.4N/A
Turnout 5,42733.9N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Burngreave [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reggie Ellis 1,876 46.2 N/A
Labour John Pate 1,859
Conservative Jack Osborne 1,812 44.6 N/A
Conservative Heather McKenzie1,808
Conservative Pamela Bishop1,740
Labour Harry Hall1,726
Communist Jim Ashurst3739.2N/A
Majority 511.6N/A
Turnout 4,06127.6N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Castle [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reg Munn 1,757 51.3 N/A
Labour Peter Horton 1,703
Labour Roy Munn 1,673
Conservative Stanley Butler1,23536.1N/A
Conservative Simon Newall1,180
Conservative Edwin Stephenson1,124
Communist Edna Ashworth43012.5N/A
Majority 43815.2N/A
Turnout 3,42226.4N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Darnall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick Hattersley 2,426 55.7 N/A
Labour William Owen 2,377
Labour Arnold Wood 2,355
Conservative T. H. Cooper1,92944.3N/A
Conservative Francis Brookes1,910
Conservative Joseph Barber1,903
Majority 42611.4N/A
Turnout 4,35527.6N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Dore [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Blake 5,115 77.8 N/A
Conservative Thornton Lambert 5,044
Conservative Patricia Santhouse 5,004
Labour Philip Grisdale1,45922.2N/A
Majority 3,54555.6N/A
Turnout 6,57443.4N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Ecclesall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Neill 5,539 68.8 N/A
Conservative Daniel O'Neill 5,347
Conservative Andrew Cook 5,252
Liberal Brian Bell1,38117.1N/A
Labour Leon Harris1,13214.0N/A
Majority 3,87151.7N/A
Turnout 8,05242.8N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Firth Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Levick 2,224 39.9 N/A
Conservative Andrew Oxley 2,131
Labour Tom Lowe 2,125 38.1 N/A
Conservative Madge Kerton2,099
Labour Charles Hayward2,096
Labour Adrian Molloy2,047
Liberal Francis Butler69612.5N/A
Communist Barry Bracken5319.5N/A
Majority 351.8N/A
Turnout 5,57631.6N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Gleadless [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martyn Atkinson 4,065 55.4 N/A
Conservative David Heslop 4,029
Conservative Charles Davison 3,832
Labour William Twigg2,40832.8N/A
Labour John Cornwell2,386
Labour Alfred Wood2,309
Liberal Colin Andrews85611.7N/A
Majority 1,42422.6N/A
Turnout 7,32950.5N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Hallam [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Blake 4,866 78.4 N/A
Conservative Gordon Wragg 4,824
Conservative Guy Walker 4,782
Labour Valerie Potts1,33921.6N/A
Majority 3,44356.8N/A
Turnout 6,20538.8N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Handsworth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leonard Cope 2,273 50.6 N/A
Conservative William Hyde 2,221 49.4 N/A
Conservative George Hutchinson 2,188
Labour Alf Wild2,031
Labour George Nicholls1,973
Conservative Jack Kerton1,968
Majority 1571.2N/A
Turnout 4,49433.3N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Heeley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Garlick 3,915 48.8 N/A
Conservative Peter Earl 3,908
Conservative Michael Swain 3,607
Labour Peter Jones3,33341.5N/A
Labour Eric Stephenson2,935
Labour Norma Milne2,855
Communist Robert Moody7769.7N/A
Majority 2747.2N/A
Turnout 8,02442.2N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Hillsborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Arnold 4,394 59.5 N/A
Conservative Constance Dodson 4,237
Conservative Irvine Patnick 4,230
Labour William Meade2,98440.4N/A
Labour Jack Watson2,548
Labour Albert Morris2,546
Majority 1,24619.1N/A
Turnout 7,37847.0N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Intake [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dennis Johnson 2,945 51.9 N/A
Conservative Marvyn Moore 2,873
Conservative Frank Woodger 2,831
Labour George Salmons2,72548.1N/A
Labour Joseph Albaya2,689
Labour John Tomlinson2,579
Majority 1063.9N/A
Turnout 5,67035.3N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Manor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Armitage 2,104 45.8 N/A
Labour Dora Fitter 2,059
Labour George Machin 1,673
Conservative Francis Smith1,53033.3N/A
Conservative David Newman1,478
Conservative Malcolm Smith1,418
Communist John Hukin96320.9N/A
Majority 14312.5N/A
Turnout 4,59726.8N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Mosborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Colin Neild 1,542 37.8 N/A
Labour Mary Foulds 1,480 35.8 N/A
Labour Dorothy Walton 1,459
Labour Ernest Bingham1,398
Conservative Vivien Holmstrom1,07626.4N/A
Conservative Claude Toplis974
Majority 3832.0N/A
Turnout 4,07730.8N/A
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Nether Edge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry Mercer 4,229 65.1 N/A
Conservative Ivan Harrington 4,219
Conservative Charles MacDonald 4,197
Labour James Pearson1,20318.5N/A
Liberal Michael Snook1,06316.4N/A
Majority 2,99446.6N/A
Turnout 6,49535.9N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Nether Shire [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Simms 2,165 37.7 N/A
Labour Charles Moseley 2,113
Labour Fred Staton 2,032
Conservative Graham Cheetham1,88732.9N/A
Conservative Ida Crowther1,825
Conservative Charles Hughes1,556
Liberal Albert Hattersley94816.5N/A
Communist Ken Hattersley74112.9N/A
Majority 1454.8N/A
Turnout 5,74135.4N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Netherthorpe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Enid Hattersley 1,820 47.3 N/A
Labour Doris Mulhearn 1,744
Labour Marie Rodgers 1,707
Conservative John Banham1,43237.2N/A
Conservative Agnes Edeson1,420
Conservative R. A. Stead1,169
Communist Roy Barrett59815.5N/A
Majority 27510.1N/A
Turnout 3,85026.6N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Owlerton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Thwaites 2,173 46.5 N/A
Labour Hector Bright 2,136
Labour John Yeardley 1,950
Conservative Nesta Bennett1,42630.5N/A
Conservative Joseph Griffiths1,413
Conservative Harold Needham1,344
Communist Dave Jeffrey54111.6N/A
Liberal R. Hurst52711.3N/A
Majority 52416.0N/A
Turnout 4,66725.6N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joe Ashton 1,974 51.7 N/A
Labour Charles Knowles 1,902
Labour Dennis Dunn 1,878
Conservative Raymond Brown1,28933.8N/A
Conservative June Harris1,288
Conservative Ralph Davies1,266
Communist Cyril Morton55314.5N/A
Majority 58917.9N/A
Turnout 3,81625.8N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Sharrow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Barnsley 2,101 40.3 N/A
Conservative David Pinder 2,056
Labour Vera Boyd 2,048 39.3 N/A
Labour Annie Britton2,016
Conservative John Goodram2,000
Labour Godfrey Hill1,955
Liberal Dennis Boothroyd62612.0N/A
National Front Barrie Bolton4378.4N/A
National Front Alan Holmes225
Majority 401.0N/A
Turnout 5,21237.5N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Southey Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arnold Crosby 1,798 52.1 N/A
Labour Winifred Golding 1,730
Labour Francis O'Shaughnessy 1,666
Conservative Ian Disley1,10432.0N/A
Conservative Leonard Scott991
Conservative Joyce Kenning965
Communist Raymond Southall54815.9N/A
Majority 56220.1N/A
Turnout 3,45021.6N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Walkley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Towns 2,102 45.5 N/A
Conservative Leslie Hesp 2,102 45.5 N/A
Labour Maurice Roberts 2,101
Labour Bernard Kidd2,046
Conservative David Lister1,987
Conservative Joyce Palmer1,974
National Front Geoffrey Wilding4159.0N/A
National Front Michael Calton332
Majority 560.0N/A
Turnout 4,61928.8N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

By-elections between 1967 and 1968

Broomhill By-election 29 June 1967 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Myrtle Jackson 1,833 74.1 −3.1
Conservative Graham Cheetham 1,772
Liberal J. Garb41916.9+16.9
National Front Alan Holmes2208.9+8.9
Majority 1,35357.2+2.8
Turnout 2,47218.3−15.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing -10.0
Ecclesall By-election 29 June 1967 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Agnes Edeson 2,250 77.1 +8.3
Liberal Brian Bell52117.9+0.8
Labour Adrian Molloy1455.0−9.0
Majority 1,72959.2+7.6
Turnout 2,91620.0−22.8
Conservative hold Swing +3.8
Hillsborough By-election 29 June 1967 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative B. Lee 2,716 57.7 −1.8
Labour William Meade1,86239.5−0.9
?P. Hurst801.7+1.7
Independent Laurence Gillat501.0+1.0
Majority 85418.2−0.9
Turnout 4,70831.7−15.3
Conservative hold Swing -0.4

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 27 28 29 30 31 "Sheffield Local Elections 1960–1995 scans" . Retrieved 2 December 2011.