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Map showing the results of the 1980 Sheffield City Council elections. | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 1 May 1980. The whole council was up for election, with the Attercliffe ward now merged into Darnall and Gleadless ward changed to Norton.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 60 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 68.9 | 52.9 | 85,603 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | 18 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 20.7 | 34.0 | 55,079 | -1.3 | |
Liberal | 9 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 10.3 | 12.3 | 19,933 | +0.9 | |
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 938 | +0.2 | |
S.D.P. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 168 | N/A | |
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 88 | N/A |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 62 | 60 | |||
Conservatives | 22 | 18 | |||
Liberal | 6 | 9 | |||
Communist | 0 | 0 | |||
S.D.P. | 0 | 0 | |||
National Front | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 90 | 87 | |||
Working majority | 34 | 33 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Danny George* | 4,487 | 65.9 | -3.4 | |
Conservative | Cliff Godber* | 4,389 | |||
Conservative | Susan Batiste* | 4,377 | |||
Labour | D. Hutchinson | 2,315 | 34.0 | +3.3 | |
Labour | G. Hague | 2,290 | |||
Labour | P. Reading | 2,231 | |||
Majority | 2,062 | 31.9 | -6.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,667 | 46.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Fisher* | 3,567 | 66.5 | +5.3 | |
Labour | Frank White | 3,557 | |||
Labour | John Marshall* | 3,547 | |||
Conservative | B. Lomas | 1,799 | 33.5 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | J. Young | 1,766 | |||
Conservative | R. Kelsey | 1,740 | |||
Majority | 1,748 | 33.0 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,366 | 36.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Price* | 2,570 | 75.8 | +8.6 | |
Labour | Bill Michie* | 2,510 | |||
Labour | George Wilson* | 2,452 | |||
Conservative | Victoria Sellers | 819 | 24.1 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Gordon Millward | 756 | |||
Conservative | John Chapman | 739 | |||
Majority | 1,633 | 51.7 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,389 | 30.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Irvine Patnick* | 2,438 | 50.3 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Graham Cheetham* | 2,406 | |||
Conservative | Marvyn Moore* | 2,381 | |||
Liberal | Martin Hayes-Allen | 1,211 | 25.0 | +5.1 | |
Labour | Joan Brown* | 1,197 | 24.7 | -6.5 | |
Labour | J. Relton | 1,160 | |||
Liberal | E. Huntley | 1,138 | |||
Labour | T. Treffry | 1,130 | |||
Liberal | J. Holmes | 1,082 | |||
Majority | 1,170 | 25.3 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,846 | 37.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Francis Butler* | 3,002 | 51.4 | +11.4 | |
Liberal | Malcolm Johnson* | 2,713 | |||
Liberal | David Johnson | 2,678 | |||
Labour | F. Woodbine* | 2,286 | 39.1 | -5.2 | |
Labour | B. Bush | 2,180 | |||
Labour | G. Machin | 2,073 | |||
Conservative | Moira Hattersley | 428 | 7.3 | -6.9 | |
Conservative | Colin Barnsley | 421 | |||
Conservative | I. Dudley | 417 | |||
Communist | Stephen Howell | 123 | 2.1 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 392 | 12.3 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 5839 | 43.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +8.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reg Munn* | 3,222 | 75.0 | +0.1 | |
Labour | David Skinner* | 3,152 | |||
Labour | Peter Horton* | 3,146 | |||
Conservative | Katherine Pinder | 712 | 16.5 | -0.3 | |
Conservative | A. Saunders | 697 | |||
Conservative | Ian Saunders | 681 | |||
Liberal | Christopher Fenn | 241 | 5.6 | -1.3 | |
Liberal | E. Fenn | 238 | |||
Communist | J. Hudson | 122 | 2.8 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 2,434 | 58.5 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,297 | 29.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Chadwick* | 4,334 | 61.0 | +8.3 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey Griffiths* | 4,010 | |||
Liberal | Roger Wilson | 3,595 | |||
Labour | Tom Steel | 2,207 | 31.1 | +2.6 | |
Labour | G. Birch | 2,022 | |||
Labour | Lawrence Kingham | 2,007 | |||
Conservative | E. Holmes | 556 | 7.8 | -11.0 | |
Conservative | F. Meakin | 536 | |||
Conservative | D. Meakin | 523 | |||
Majority | 1,388 | 29.9 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 7,097 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Prince* | 3,096 | 62.7 | +2.8 | |
Labour | David Brown* | 3,081 | |||
Labour | George Munn* | 3,009 | |||
Conservative | Colin Cavill | 1,264 | 25.6 | -2.6 | |
Conservative | Shirley Rhodes | 1,238 | |||
Conservative | Dorothy Kennedy | 1,237 | |||
Liberal | Dennis Boothroyd | 577 | 11.7 | -0.1 | |
Liberal | M. Francis | 576 | |||
Liberal | Michael Ogden | 512 | |||
Majority | 1,745 | 37.1 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,937 | 34.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Heslop* | 4,737 | 63.9 | -3.1 | |
Conservative | Pat Santhouse* | 4,653 | |||
Conservative | Jack Thompson* | 4,473 | |||
Labour | Angela Smith | 1,965 | 26.5 | -6.5 | |
Labour | Win Francis | 1,963 | |||
Labour | A. Lyne | 1,926 | |||
Liberal | C. Holmes | 713 | 9.6 | +9.6 | |
Liberal | Edward Mullin | 578 | |||
Liberal | T. Robinson | 567 | |||
Majority | 2,508 | 37.4 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,415 | 46.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Dunsmore* | 4,959 | 69.8 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | John Neill* | 4,899 | |||
Conservative | Jonathan Freeman | 4,844 | |||
Labour | D. Lyons | 1,125 | 15.8 | -0.9 | |
Labour | D. Payne | 1,100 | |||
Labour | L. Skinner | 1,085 | |||
Liberal | Arthur Fawthrop | 1,020 | 14.3 | -7.9 | |
Liberal | P. Cruickshank | 980 | |||
Liberal | J. Laming | 973 | |||
Majority | 3,719 | 54.0 | +15.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,104 | 46.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clive Betts* | 4,448 | 81.1 | +13.6 | |
Labour | Terry Butler* | 4,218 | |||
Labour | Joan Barton* | 4,174 | |||
Conservative | Lorna Banham | 657 | 12.0 | -8.9 | |
Conservative | H. Bailey | 648 | |||
Conservative | B. Tomlinson | 620 | |||
Liberal | B. Goodison | 434 | 7.9 | -3.6 | |
Liberal | K. Howson | 376 | |||
Liberal | G. Trickett* | 354 | |||
Majority | 3,517 | 69.1 | +22.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,481 | 39.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Jackson* | 4,485 | 67.3 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | R. Hobson* | 4,365 | |||
Conservative | Gordon Wragg* | 4,357 | |||
Labour | Dennis Brown | 1,368 | 20.5 | -9.9 | |
Labour | E. Ellis | 1,359 | |||
Labour | A. Bacon | 1,314 | |||
Liberal | Jean Mason | 812 | 12.2 | -0.6 | |
Liberal | G. Jacobs | 761 | |||
Liberal | A. Tonge | 738 | |||
Majority | 2,989 | 46.8 | +20.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,665 | 47.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Nicholls* | 3,595 | 70.3 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Elsie Smith* | 3,576 | |||
Labour | Janet Fiore | 3,511 | |||
Conservative | Bernard Kennedy | 1,514 | 29.6 | -3.1 | |
Conservative | Evelyn Millward | 1,459 | |||
Conservative | J. Dunsmore | 1,402 | |||
Majority | 1,997 | 40.7 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,109 | 36.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Winifred Golding* | 3,948 | 59.0 | +2.2 | |
Labour | John Senior* | 3,932 | |||
Labour | Donald Lemons | 3,842 | |||
Conservative | Sid Cordle | 2,144 | 32.0 | -0.3 | |
Conservative | G. Dyer | 2,100 | |||
Conservative | Maisie Hyatt | 1,978 | |||
Liberal | Donald Smith | 457 | 6.8 | -2.1 | |
Communist | Neville Taylor | 145 | 2.1 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 1,698 | 27.0 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,694 | 42.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alf Meade | 3,879 | 53.3 | +1.9 | |
Labour | D. Morgan | 3,666 | |||
Labour | Gordon Mills | 3,658 | |||
Conservative | William Travis | 3,400 | 46.7 | -1.9 | |
Conservative | A. Banham* | 3,383 | |||
Conservative | A. Slack | 3,342 | |||
Majority | 258 | 6.6 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,279 | 48.5 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joe Thomas* | 3,853 | 59.8 | -5.5 | |
Labour | Mike Bower* | 3,772 | |||
Labour | Steve Jones | 3,768 | |||
Conservative | G. Bolton | 2,076 | 32.2 | -2.4 | |
Conservative | P. Cavanagh | 1,914 | |||
Conservative | D. Clover | 1,844 | |||
Liberal | H. Wallace | 510 | 7.9 | +7.9 | |
Liberal | A. Eggleston | 440 | |||
Majority | 1,692 | 27.6 | -3.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,439 | 41.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dora Fitter* | 3,194 | 76.1 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Colin Radcliffe* | 3,076 | |||
Labour | Gerald Bermingham | 2,974 | |||
Conservative | George Booth | 595 | 14.2 | -5.4 | |
Conservative | Roger Barnsley | 510 | |||
Conservative | Pat Barnsley | 467 | |||
Liberal | Jacqueline Butler | 260 | 6.2 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | Philip Taylor | 213 | |||
Communist | John Hukin | 147 | 3.5 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 2,379 | 61.9 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,196 | 30.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dorothy Walton* | 3,626 | 71.9 | +2.5 | |
Labour | S. Dootson* | 3,529 | |||
Labour | Mary Anne Foulds* | 3,493 | |||
Conservative | G. Ranson | 1,413 | 28.0 | -2.6 | |
Conservative | L. Napier | 1,332 | |||
Conservative | A. O'Donnell | 1,315 | |||
Majority | 2,080 | 43.9 | +5.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,039 | 34.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Connie Dodson* | 3,231 | 53.7 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | Paul Verhaert* | 3,171 | |||
Conservative | Christine Smith* | 3,152 | |||
Labour | Albert Richardson* | 2,175 | 36.2 | +1.9 | |
Labour | E. Sargent | 2,100 | |||
Labour | Marilyn Tsiorvas | 2,079 | |||
Liberal | K. Salt | 605 | 10.0 | -8.6 | |
Liberal | I. Johnson | 586 | |||
Liberal | Patrick Smith | 564 | |||
Majority | 977 | 17.5 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,011 | 42.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roger Barton* | 3,465 | 77.1 | +5.9 | |
Labour | Philip Moscrop* | 3,438 | |||
Labour | Alan Wigfield* | 3,364 | |||
Conservative | D. Housley | 896 | 19.9 | -6.1 | |
Conservative | Paul Mort | 881 | |||
Conservative | Edith Bush | 877 | |||
Communist | Paul Mackey | 132 | 2.9 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 2,468 | 57.2 | +12.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,493 | 35.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Enid Hattersley* | 3,274 | 70.8 | +1.9 | |
Labour | Harold Lambert* | 3,265 | |||
Labour | John Laurent | 3,091 | |||
Conservative | J. Elliss | 1,179 | 25.5 | -3.1 | |
Conservative | Paul Makin | 1,177 | |||
Conservative | J. Dero | 1,157 | |||
S.D.P. | K. Bell | 168 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 1,912 | 45.3 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,621 | 35.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Fidler* | 3,720 | 61.6 | +7.2 | |
Labour | B. Glenn* | 3,685 | |||
Labour | Sam Wall* | 3,472 | |||
Conservative | L. Moir | 1,823 | 30.2 | -6.5 | |
Conservative | Maureen Neill | 1,803 | |||
Conservative | J. Ormerod | 1,761 | |||
Liberal | Robert Mumford | 497 | 8.2 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 1,649 | 31.4 | +13.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,040 | 43.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Burrows | 3,201 | 74.6 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Helen Jackson | 3,017 | |||
Labour | J. Coulby | 2,997 | |||
Conservative | Frank Brookes | 1,001 | 23.3 | -2.9 | |
Conservative | Stuart Dawson | 911 | |||
Conservative | P. Stafford | 882 | |||
National Front | R. Crookes | 88 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 2,200 | 51.3 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,290 | 33.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Jones* | 3,752 | 84.2 | +10.3 | |
Labour | Phillip Grisdale* | 3,678 | |||
Labour | Doris Mulhearn* | 3,559 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas Hutton | 578 | 13.0 | -5.4 | |
Conservative | Margaret Beatson | 569 | |||
Conservative | Ian Beatson | 561 | |||
Communist | R. Paulucy | 125 | 2.8 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 2,981 | 71.2 | +15.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,455 | 31.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Butler | 2,630 | 64.6 | +4.3 | |
Labour | Howard Knight* | 2,622 | |||
Labour | Alf Wood* | 2,599 | |||
Conservative | W. Price | 1,293 | 31.8 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Thomas Seaton | 1,238 | |||
Conservative | T. Thompson | 1,225 | |||
Communist | Brian Turley | 144 | 3.5 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 1,306 | 32.8 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,067 | 31.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Howard* | 2,950 | 38.9 | -0.3 | |
Labour | F. Rodgers* | 2,758 | |||
Labour | Harry Hanwell | 2,700 | |||
Conservative | Sylvia Cowley* | 2,651 | 35.0 | -4.9 | |
Conservative | D. Warren | 2,635 | |||
Conservative | E. Vawser | 2,228 | |||
Liberal | Philip Howson | 1,974 | 26.0 | +5.2 | |
Liberal | P. Weston | 1,851 | |||
Liberal | M. Travis | 1,774 | |||
Majority | 49 | 3.9 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,575 | 44.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Blunkett* | 3,606 | 87.7 | +8.6 | |
Labour | Sandra Davies* | 3,276 | |||
Labour | Dorothy Podlesny* | 3,275 | |||
Conservative | Derek Eastwood | 503 | 12.2 | -8.6 | |
Conservative | Hedley Oldfield | 472 | |||
Conservative | Patricia Oldfield | 444 | |||
Majority | 2,772 | 75.5 | +17.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,109 | 32.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | A. Cooke* | 3,286 | 52.2 | -6.5 | |
Liberal | M. Heraty | 2,504 | |||
Liberal | June Hibberd | 2,434 | |||
Labour | Anthony Sweeney* | 1,540 | 24.5 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | N. Horton | 1,464 | 23.3 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | Barrie Jones | 1,334 | |||
Conservative | R. Homer | 1,303 | |||
Labour | S. Donoghue | 1,280 | |||
Labour | E. Guest | 1,222 | |||
Majority | 894 | 27.7 | -9.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,290 | 54.0 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | -4.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Billings* | 3,829 | 65.9 | +4.5 | |
Labour | William Owen* | 3,752 | |||
Labour | Paul Wood* | 3,713 | |||
Conservative | P. Booler | 1,977 | 34.0 | -4.5 | |
Conservative | G. Parkin | 1,937 | |||
Conservative | M. Rogers | 1,905 | |||
Majority | 1,736 | 31.9 | -8.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,806 | 42.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 | |||
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Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 5 May 1988. One third of the council was up for election.
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 4 May 1990. One third of the council was up for election.
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 2 May 1991. One third of the council was up for election. Since the previous election, Richard Old had defected from the Conservatives, sitting as an Independent Conservative. His failure to win re-election for the Ecclesall ward returned them to 11 seats.
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 7 May 1992. One third of the council was up for election.
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 5 May 1995. One third of the council was up for election.
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 6 May 1999 with one third of the council was up for election. Previous to this election, there had been a by-election in Park, resulting in a Liberal Democrat gain from Labour, effectively cancelling out the concurrent defection of sitting Stocksbridge councillor Alan Pears from the Lib Dems to Labour. The election saw the Liberal Democrats gain control of the council - the first time since its formation for it not to be controlled by Labour. The results themselves were more favourable to Labour than recent elections. However, they suffered double-digit losses, with the Liberal Democrats sustaining their recent election surges.
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election. Previous to this election, two Liberal Democrats – Robert Watson and Trefor Morgan – became Independents. Similarly there were two Labour defections, long-time Labour councillor Dorothy Walton went to the Liberal Democrats and Michael Smith became an Independent.
Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 7 May 2015, the same day as the UK general election and local Parish Council elections. There were 28 seats up for election, one of the three councillors from each ward.
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on Thursday 2 May 2019; one of a number of local council elections taking place across England and Northern Ireland on the same day. One of each ward's three seats was up for election, having last been contested in the 2016 elections.
The 2022 Sheffield City Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Sheffield City Council in England, as part of the nationwide local elections. One seat from each ward was up for election.