1975 Sheffield City Council election

1975 Sheffield City Council election
33 of 90 seats to Sheffield City Council ; 46 seats needed for a majority
Majority party before election; Labour Party (UK) ;	Majority party after election; Labour Party (UK) ;

Last updated August 17, 2023

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 1 May 1975. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1975
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	23	0	3	-3	69.7	45.1	49,048	-9.8
Conservative	8	2	0	+2	24.2	41.2	44,792	+12.5
Liberal	2	1	0	+1	6.0	13.0	14,157	+0.4
Communist	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	655	-0.7

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	69	66
	Conservatives	18	20
	Liberals	3	4
	Communist	0	0
Total		90	90
Working majority		48	42

Ward results

Attercliffe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Pearson*	1,227	74.0	-10.9
	Labour	Daphne Billings	1,166
	Conservative	Margaret Broomhead	430	25.9	+10.8
	Conservative	Evelyn Millward	410
Majority			736	48.1	-21.7
Turnout			3,233
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.8

Beauchief^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clifford Godber*	4,376	71.8	+17.9
	Labour	Colin Radcliffe	1,016	16.7	-2.9
	Liberal	Colin Wood	699	11.5	-15.0
Majority			3,360	55.1	+27.7
Turnout			6,091
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.4

Birley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Fisher*	2,162	56.4	-14.7
	Conservative	Gordon Millward	1,560	40.7	+11.9
	Communist	Roy Capps	112	2.9	+2.9
Majority			602	15.7	-26.6
Turnout			3,834
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.3

Brightside^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Price*	1,693	64.4	-19.0
	Conservative	Nicholas Williams	603	22.9	+9.8
	Liberal	Janet Jenkinson	331	12.6	+12.6
Majority			1,090	41.5	-28.8
Turnout			2,627
	Labour hold		Swing	-14.4

Broomhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marvyn Moore*	2,678	58.3	+11.5
	Labour	David Brown	1,033	22.5	-3.1
	Liberal	John Isard	880	19.1	-8.4
Majority			1,645	35.8	+16.5
Turnout			4,591
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.3

Burngreave^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald Sparkes*	2,320	50.1	-13.4
	Labour	Clive Betts	2,069	44.7	+12.9
	Conservative	Emma Sizer	199	4.3	-0.3
	Communist	Alvin Jenkinson	42	0.9	+0.9
Majority			251	5.4	-26.3
Turnout			4,630
	Liberal hold		Swing	-13.1

Castle^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Munn*	1,312	64.4	-15.0
	Conservative	Alice Burrows	439	21.5	+5.7
	Liberal	Jacqueline Butler	234	11.5	+11.5
	Communist	Kenneth Randall	52	2.5	-2.2
Majority			873	42.9	-20.7
Turnout			2,037
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.3

Chapel Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Graham North	2,282	48.2	+20.3
	Labour	Lawrence Kingham*	1,559	32.9	-4.7
	Conservative	Phillip Baker	895	18.9	+18.9
Majority			723	15.3	+9.3
Turnout			4,736
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+11.5

Darnall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Isidore Lewis*	1,695	58.7	-18.4
	Conservative	Shirley Rhodes	1,194	41.3	+18.4
Majority			501	17.4	-36.8
Turnout			2,889
	Labour hold		Swing	-18.4

Dore^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Santhouse*	3,968	79.6	+9.9
	Labour	Leon Harris	1,016	20.4	-9.9
Majority			2,952	59.2	+19.8
Turnout			4,984
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.9

Ecclesall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edith Edeson*	3,436	68.8	-4.4
	Liberal	Patrick Smith	814	16.3	+16.3
	Labour	Les Bland	740	14.8	-12.0
Majority			2,622	52.5	+6.1
Turnout			4,990
	Conservative hold		Swing	-10.3

Firth Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Butler*	1,948	56.8	+0.8
	Conservative	John Chandler	827	24.1	+14.2
	Liberal	Albert Hattersley	652	19.0	-13.0
Majority			1,121	32.7	+8.6
Turnout			3,427
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.7

Gleadless^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Berminham	2,523	48.4	-13.1
	Conservative	Jack Thompson	2,237	42.9	+4.5
	Liberal	Robert Mumford	447	8.6	+8.6
Majority			386	5.5	-17.6
Turnout			5,207
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.8

Hallam^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Arnold*	3,376	64.2	+13.1
	Labour	Veronica South	1,065	20.2	-7.5
	Liberal	Keith Jackson	815	15.5	-5.7
Majority			2,311	44.0	+20.6
Turnout			5,256
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.3

Handsworth^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Annie Britton*	2,074	59.9	-16.3
	Conservative	Keith Fessey	1,106	31.9	+8.2
	Liberal	Alfred Sellars	283	8.2	+8.2
Majority			968	28.0	-24.5
Turnout			3,463
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.2

Heeley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Senior*	2,472	51.6	-9.3
	Conservative	Francis Brookes	1,811	37.8	+13.6
	Liberal	Bob Jackson	505	10.5	-0.9
Majority			661	13.8	-22.9
Turnout			4,788
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.4

Hillsborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Merelina Fox	2,249	47.1	+5.5
	Labour	Geoff Fairbrother*	2,078	43.5	-14.8
	Liberal	Fleur Woolley	446	9.3	+9.3
Majority			171	3.6	-13.1
Turnout			4,773
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+10.1

Intake^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Thomas**	2,127	46.7	-13.0
	Labour	Thomas Woodhead*	2,020
	Conservative	Anthony Parkin	1,400	30.7	+7.6
	Liberal	Alan Thompson	1,026	22.5	+5.4
	Liberal	David Winn	728
Majority			620	16.0	-20.6
Turnout			7,301
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.3

Joseph Thomas was a sitting councillor for Gleadless ward

Manor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marie Rodgers*	1,778	74.5	-9.9
	Conservative	Roger Barnsley	340	14.2	+4.0
	Liberal	Joan Gould	178	7.4	+7.4
	Communist	John Hukin	91	3.8	-1.5
Majority			1,438	60.3	+16.3
Turnout			2,387
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.1

Mosborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Havenhand*	1,421	63.8	-14.1
	Conservative	Arnold Snowden	804	36.1	+14.0
Majority			617	27.7	-28.1
Turnout			2,225
	Labour hold		Swing	-14.0

Nether Edge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Constance Dodson*	2,257	58.2	+8.8
	Labour	Frank Sidebottom	861	22.2	-7.8
	Liberal	Brian Chippendale	760	19.6	-0.9
Majority			1,396	36.0	+16.6
Turnout			3,878
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.3

Nether Shire^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Moscrop*	1,840	67.3	-11.1
	Conservative	Richard Clarke	792	28.9	+13.2
	Communist	Kenneth Hattersley	103	3.7	-2.1
Majority			1,048	38.4	-24.3
Turnout			2,735
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.1

Netherthorpe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Enid Hattersley*	1,557	62.3	-9.0
	Conservative	Moira Hattersley	676	27.0	+2.2
	Liberal	Susan Bowns	267	10.7	+10.7
Majority			881	35.3	-11.2
Turnout			2,500
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.6

Owlerton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Hanwell*	707	48.4	-35.5
	Conservative	Andrew Bannister	538	36.9	+20.9
	Liberal	Ronald Nears	214	14.6	+14.6
Majority			169	11.5	-56.4
Turnout			1,459
	Labour hold		Swing	-28.2

Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phillip Grisdale*	2,053	69.2	-12.7
	Conservative	Nicholas Hutton	512	17.2	+5.8
	Liberal	Richard Bradley	314	10.6	+10.6
	Communist	Gordon Ashberry	89	3.0	-3.7
Majority			1,541	52.0	-18.5
Turnout			2,968
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.2

Sharrow^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Wood*	1,391	54.1	-19.1
	Conservative	Colin Barnsley	732	28.5	+1.8
	Liberal	Michael Ellis	354	13.7	+13.7
	Communist	Neville Taylor	94	3.6	+3.6
Majority			659	25.6	-20.9
Turnout			2,571
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.4

South Wortley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Saddington	2,430	52.2	+29.2
	Labour	John Laurent*	2,219	47.7	+8.1
Majority			211	4.5	-15.4
Turnout			4,649
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+12.2

Southey Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Podlesny*	1,687	76.7	-10.6
	Conservative	Kevin Moore	441	20.0	+10.5
	Communist	Violet Gill	72	3.3	+0.1
Majority			1,246	56.7	-21.1
Turnout			2,200
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.5

Stocksbridge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Wood*	2,211	61.8	+20.0
	Conservative	Stuart Dawson	1,365	38.2	+9.9
Majority			846	23.6	+11.6
Turnout			3,576
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.0

Walkley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Owen*	1,514	50.9	-22.2
	Labour	Alan Billings	1,512
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hutton	1,121	37.7	+10.8
	Conservative	Caroline Viner	1,009
	Liberal	Edward Harrison	336	11.3	+11.3
Majority			391	16.3	-29.9
Turnout			5,492
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	-16.5

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1975 Sheffield City Council election

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