1972 Sheffield City Council election

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1972 Sheffield City Council election
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  1971 May 1972 1973  

28 councillors to Sheffield City Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Seats won2161
Seat changeIncrease2.svg4Decrease2.svg4Steady2.svg0

1972 Sheffield City Council election updated map-en.png
Map showing the results of the election in each ward. Colours denote the winning party as shown in the main table of results.

Majority party before election

Labour Party (UK)

Majority party after election

Labour Party (UK)

The final Municipal Council elections for Sheffield - soon to be abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 - were held in May 1972, with one third up for vote, as well as an extra vacancy in Brightside.

Contents

The election seen Labour further their stranglehold on the council with four gains from the Conservatives, as they repeated the previous year's wins. One of the notable casualties from last year, Irvine Patnick, managed re-election via re-location to the safe Conservative ward of Broomhill. The Liberals, standing the lowest number of candidates (3) in over a decade, were rewarded for focusing their efforts on retaining their sole representation on the council, as they easily defended their by-election-won seat of Burngreave, more than sextupling their majority there. Labour were reported to be overjoyed to see the return of former councillor, and veteran of the party, Joe Albaya in Intake, after over a decade's absence. [1]

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1972
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2140+475.056.463,440-5.3
  Conservative 604-421.437.241,831+4.4
  Liberal 10003.64.34,870+0.2
  Communist 00000.00.91,082+0.1
 Ratepayers00000.00.9986+0.9
 Independent Ex-Service00000.00.22200.0

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
Labour57236123
Conservatives234194
Liberals1010
Communists0000
Ratepayers0000
Independent Ex-Service0000
Total81278127
108108
Working majority 34  19  41  19 
 53  60 

Ward results

Attercliffe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman Eldred 1,720 81.3 -6.4
Conservative Joan Willows39518.7+6.4
Majority1,32562.6-12.8
Turnout 2,115
Labour hold Swing -6.4
Beauchief [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Davison 4,339 75.4 +3.6
Labour Alec Waugh1,41424.6-3.6
Majority2,92550.8+7.1
Turnout 5,753
Conservative hold Swing +3.6
Birley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Yeardley 3,308 68.1 -3.1
Conservative Gordon Millward1,54731.8+3.1
Majority1,76136.3-6.3
Turnout 4,855
Labour hold Swing -3.1
Brightside [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Michie 2,288 81.5 -1.5
Labour Peter Price 2,235
Conservative Herbert Sellers39514.1-1.0
Communist Reg Arundel1254.4+2.5
Majority1,89367.4-0.5
Turnout 2,808
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing -0.2
Broomhill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Irvine Patnick 2,994 61.7 +4.4
Labour Peter Cave1,86038.3+4.4
Majority1,13423.40.0
Turnout 4,854
Conservative hold Swing -0.0
Burngreave [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Francis Butler 3,850 67.4 +28.0
Labour Ted Fisher1,80231.6-11.9
Communist Martin Heywood561.0+0.1
Majority1,80235.9+31.8
Turnout 5,708
Liberal hold Swing +20.0
Castle [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Horton 2,262 81.1 -2.9
Conservative David Chapman44916.1+16.1
Communist Violet Gill782.8-1.5
Majority1,81365.0-7.2
Turnout 2,789
Labour hold Swing -9.5
Darnall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Prince 3,247 74.2 -5.4
Conservative Michael Heath1,12925.8+5.4
Majority2,11848.4-10.8
Turnout 4,376
Labour hold Swing -5.4
Dore [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thornton Lambert 3,792 72.4 +9.0
Labour Edmund Ferrett1,44827.6-2.8
Majority2,34444.8+11.8
Turnout 5,240
Conservative hold Swing +5.9
Ecclesall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Agnes Edeson 3,559 74.7 +3.8
Labour Leon Harris98220.6-4.0
Independent Ex-ServiceGeoffrey Widdison2204.7+0.3
Majority2,57754.1+7.9
Turnout 4,761
Conservative hold Swing +3.9
Firth Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Morris 2,742 74.2 +3.7
Conservative Danny George83822.7-0.9
Communist Barry Bracken1163.1+1.2
Majority1,90451.5+4.6
Turnout 3,696
Labour hold Swing +2.3
Gleadless [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joe Thomas 3,888 57.3 -2.5
Conservative David Heslop2,89042.6+6.5
Majority99814.7-9.0
Turnout 6,778
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -4.5
Hallam [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Wragg 3,611 68.7 +10.4
Labour Peter Bulger1,64331.3-1.9
Majority1,96837.4+12.3
Turnout 5,254
Conservative hold Swing +6.1
Handsworth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Nicholls 2,530 64.8 -13.9
Conservative Frank Brookes87722.5+1.2
RatepayersPeter Jones49612.7+12.7
Majority1,65342.3-15.0
Turnout 3,903
Labour hold Swing -7.5
Heeley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Senior 3,318 54.2 -6.5
Conservative Peter Earl2,15335.2+2.8
Liberal Bob Jackson5208.5+4.2
Communist Martin Ashworth1282.1-0.5
Majority1,16519.0-9.3
Turnout 6,119
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -4.6
Hillsborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geoffrey Fairbrother 2,752 50.4 -2.6
Conservative Constance Dodson2,70249.5+7.2
Majority500.9-9.8
Turnout 5,454
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -4.9
Intake [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joe Albaya 2,830 56.8 -9.9
Conservative Marvyn Moore1,65233.1+5.0
Liberal David Winn50010.0+4.9
Majority1,17823.6-15.0
Turnout 4,982
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -7.4
Manor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dora Fitter 2,493 83.8 -1.6
Conservative Peter Huddart36012.1+1.7
Communist John Hukin1204.0-0.1
Majority2,13371.7-3.3
Turnout 2,973
Labour hold Swing -1.6
Mosborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Foulds 1,860 66.7 -14.4
RatepayersHarold Doxey49017.5+17.5
Conservative Eric Vawser44015.8-3.1
Majority1,37050.9-11.2
Turnout 2,790
Labour hold Swing -15.9
Nether Edge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ivan Harrington 2,761 68.1 +3.3
Labour Malcolm Leary1,29031.8-3.3
Majority1,47136.3+6.7
Turnout 4,051
Conservative hold Swing +3.3
Nether Shire [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Moscrop 2,676 78.3 -2.5
Conservative Bryan Dick57916.9+1.6
Communist Kenneth Hattersley1624.7+0.9
Majority2,09761.4-4.2
Turnout 3,417
Labour hold Swing -2.0
Netherthorpe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doris Mulhearn 2,281 74.9 +0.9
Conservative Jean Grindrod67522.1-2.0
Communist Margaret Brown902.9+1.1
Majority1,60652.7+2.9
Turnout 3,046
Labour hold Swing +1.4
Owlerton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Watson 2,787 82.5 +0.9
Conservative Patrick Fenoughty59117.5-0.9
Majority2,19665.0+1.8
Turnout 3,378
Labour hold Swing +0.9
Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Samuel Wall 2,898 82.5 -4.2
Conservative Jack Osborne47613.5+2.8
Communist George Matthews1373.9+1.3
Majority2,42269.0-7.0
Turnout 3,511
Labour hold Swing -3.5
Sharrow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ethel Evans 2,537 71.7 +1.1
Conservative Colin Barnsley1,00328.3+3.0
Majority1,53443.3-2.0
Turnout 3,540
Labour hold Swing -0.9
Southey Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dorothy Podlesny 2,440 86.0 -1.4
Conservative Anne Roebuck32611.5+1.4
Communist George James702.5-0.1
Majority2,11474.5-2.8
Turnout 2,836
Labour hold Swing -1.4
Walkley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Kidd 2,144 62.3 -5.9
Conservative Stanley Parnell1,29837.7+5.9
Majority84624.6-11.9
Turnout 3,442
Labour hold Swing -5.9

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