1979 Sheffield City Council election

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1979 Sheffield City Council election
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33 of 90 seats to Sheffield City Council
46 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Seats won2292
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg2Steady2.svg0
Majority party before election

Labour Party (UK)

Majority party after election

Labour Party (UK)

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 3 May 1979. One third of the council was up for election.

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Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1979
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2231+266.652.8156,228+2.6
  Conservative 902-227.335.3104,364-5.6
  Liberal 21106.011.433,707+3.4
  Communist 00000.00.41,195+0.1
  Independent 00000.00.1389-0.4

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour6062
Conservatives2422
Liberal66
Communist00
Independent00
Total9090
Working majority 30  34 

Ward results

Attercliffe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Pearson* 2,572 73.2 -5.5
Conservative Jonathan Freeman57516.3-4.9
Liberal David Johnson36610.4+10.4
Majority1,99756.9-0.6
Turnout 3,513
Labour hold Swing -0.3
Beauchief [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cliff Godber* 8,718 69.3 -6.5
Labour D. Lyons3,86730.7+6.6
Majority4,85138.6-13.1
Turnout 12,585
Conservative hold Swing -6.5
Birley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Fisher* 7,392 61.2 -0.0
Conservative G. Slater3,44228.5-10.2
Liberal P. Pridmore8467.0+7.0
Independent E. Evison3893.2+3.2
Majority3,95032.7+10.2
Turnout 12,069
Labour hold Swing +5.1
Brightside [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Price* 5,727 67.2 -1.9
Conservative C. Jackson1,89922.3-8.5
Liberal J. Maling89810.5+10.5
Majority3,82844.9+6.6
Turnout 8,524
Labour hold Swing +3.3
Broomhill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marvyn Moore* 5,237 48.9 -10.2
Labour J. Kinderlerer3,34331.2+2.7
Liberal Martin Hayes-Allen2,13319.9+7.6
Majority3,34317.7-12.9
Turnout 10,713
Conservative hold Swing -6.4
Burngreave [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour F. Woodbine 3,129 44.3 +15.1
Liberal Roger Wilson2,82540.0-23.7
Conservative Don Sparkes*1,00614.2+7.9
Communist E. Walker991.4+0.6
Majority3044.3-30.2
Turnout 7,059
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +19.4

Don Sparkes was previously elected as a Liberal councillor

Castle [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Munn* 4,976 74.9 -2.8
Conservative Maisie Hyatt1,11816.8-4.0
Liberal Christopher Fenn4616.9+6.9
Communist M. Heywood881.3-0.2
Majority3,85858.1+1.2
Turnout 6,643
Labour hold Swing +0.6
Chapel Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal G. Tricket 6,484 52.7 -5.6
Labour B. Kanwar3,50428.5-2.8
Conservative M. Shelley2,31818.8+8.5
Majority2,98024.2-2.8
Turnout 12,306
Liberal hold Swing -1.4
Darnall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Isidore Lewis* 4,878 59.9 +0.4
Conservative Shirley Rhodes2,29628.2-4.9
Liberal Dennis Boothroyd96211.8+4.4
Majority2,58231.7
Turnout 8,136
Labour hold Swing +2.6
Dore [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pat Santhouse* 8,378 67.0 -6.2
Labour G. Hammersley4,12233.0+6.3
Majority4,25634.0-12.5
Turnout 12,500
Conservative hold Swing -6.2
Ecclesall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Dunsmore* 7,157 61.0 -7.6
Liberal P. Cruickshank2,61122.2+9.4
Labour R. Kapadia1,95716.7-1.9
Majority4,54638.8-11.2
Turnout 11,725
Conservative hold Swing -8.5
Firth Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Butler* 7,249 67.5 +1.1
Conservative M. McGrath2,25120.9-0.6
Liberal P. Miernik1,24111.5-0.5
Majority4,99846.6+1.7
Turnout 10,741
Labour hold Swing +0.8
Gleadless [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joan Brown 7,543 54.4
Conservative W. Bush5,08836.7
Liberal Robert Mumford1,2208.8
Majority2,35517.7
Turnout 13,851
Labour hold Swing
Hallam [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Hobson 6,994 56.7 -14.2
Labour Dennis Brown3,75630.4+1.4
Liberal Jean Mason1,58612.8+12.8
Majority3,23826.3-15.6
Turnout 12,336
Conservative hold Swing -7.8
Handsworth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Annie Britton* 7,413 67.2 +7.0
Conservative Dorothy Kennedy3,60832.7-1.0
Majority3,80534.5+8.0
Turnout 11,021
Labour hold Swing +4.0
Heeley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Senior* 5,549 56.8 +5.9
Conservative Sid Cordle3,15432.3-9.5
Liberal P. Clements8728.9+3.7
Communist Neville Taylor1861.9-0.0
Majority2,39524.5+15.4
Turnout 9,761
Labour hold Swing +7.7
Hillsborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Glenn 5,723 51.4 +4.2
Conservative Sween Batiste 5,411 48.6 -4.2
Conservative M. Edeson5,392
Labour Lawrence Kingham5,383
Majority192.8-2.8
Turnout 11,134
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +4.2
Conservative hold Swing
Intake [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joe Thomas* 7,553 65.3 +6.9
Conservative G. Bolton4,00534.6-3.0
Majority3,54830.7+9.9
Turnout 11,558
Labour hold Swing +4.9
Manor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Radcliffe* 6,437 72.7 -3.6
Conservative George Booth1,73519.6-1.2
Liberal Jacqueline Butler4885.5+5.5
Communist John Hukin1922.1+0.1
Majority4,70253.1-2.4
Turnout 8,852
Labour hold Swing -1.2
Mosborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour S. Dootson 7,372 69.4 -1.3
Conservative A. Calow3,24930.6+1.4
Majority4,12338.8-2.7
Turnout 10,621
Labour hold Swing -1.3
Nether Edge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Connie Dodson* 4,376 47.0 -9.4
Conservative Christine Smith 4,022
Labour Harry Hanwell**3,19734.3+1.8
Labour John Laurent3,036
Liberal K. Salt1,73618.6+7.6
Liberal Patrick Smith1,297
Majority82512.7-11.2
Turnout 9,309
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing -5.6

Harry Hanwell was a sitting councillor for Owlerton ward

Nether Shire [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Moscrop* 6,212 71.2 +5.0
Conservative L. Smith2,27126.0-5.5
Communist Kenneth Hattersley2422.8+0.5
Majority3,94145.2+10.5
Turnout 8,725
Labour hold Swing +5.2
Netherthorpe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Enid Hattersley* 4,820 68.9 +1.1
Conservative P. Wilkinson1,99928.6-1.7
Communist J. Hudson1742.5+2.5
Majority2,82140.3+2.8
Turnout 6,993
Labour hold Swing +1.4
Owlerton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. Fidler 7,116 73.7 +2.0
Conservative P. Stafford2,53326.2-2.0
Majority4,58347.5+4.0
Turnout 9,649
Labour hold Swing +2.0
Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Phillip Grisdale* 8,177 73.9 -4.0
Conservative Nicholas Hutton2,03418.4-2.4
Liberal L. Miernik7556.8+6.8
Communist R. Paulucy980.9-0.4
Majority6,14355.5-1.6
Turnout 11,064
Labour hold Swing -0.8
Sharrow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alf Wood* 3,519 60.3 -5.4
Conservative Ian Saunders1,62527.8-4.5
Liberal I. Johnson5719.8+9.8
Communist Brian Turley1162.0+0.1
Majority1,89432.5-0.9
Turnout 5,831
Labour hold Swing -0.4
South Wortley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sylvia Cowley 5,400 39.9 -16.8
Labour H. Howard 5,300 39.2 -4.0
Labour M. Rudd4,935
Conservative E. Monton4,931
Liberal Philip Howson2,81420.8+20.8
Majority3650.7-12.8
Turnout 13,514
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.4
Southey Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dorothy Podlesny* 7,306 79.1 -0.9
Conservative M. Toy1,92520.8+0.8
Majority5,38158.3-1.7
Turnout 9,231
Labour hold Swing -0.8
Stocksbridge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal A. Cooke 4,838 58.7 +40.4
Labour Alf Meade1,80121.8-14.1
Conservative Barrie Jones1,60619.5-8.9
Majority3,03736.9+29.4
Turnout 8,245
Liberal gain from Labour Swing +27.2
Walkley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Owen* 4,718 61.5 +2.5
Conservative Mary Harrison2,95638.5-2.4
Majority1,76223.0+4.9
Turnout 7,674
Labour hold Swing +2.4

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