1990 Sheffield City Council election

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1990 Sheffield City Council election
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33 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council
44 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won2931
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg2
Sheffield UK local election 1990 map.png
Map showing the results of the 1990 Sheffield City Council elections.
Majority party before election

Labour Party (UK)

Majority party after election

Labour Party (UK)

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 4 May 1990. One third of the council was up for election.

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Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1990
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2930+387.962.2105,937+3.2
  Conservative 301-19.117.930,435-4.2
  Liberal Democrats 113-23.017.029,041+0.6
  Green 00000.02.84,738+2.2
No Poll Tax 00000.00.196N/A
 Alternative Development, Small is Beautiful00000.00.192N/A
International Communist 00000.00.056N/A

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour6669
Conservatives1211
Liberal Democrats97
Total8787
Working majority 45  51 

Ward results

Beauchief [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Moore 4,126 46.8 +13.7
Labour Anne Sheehan2,78031.5+0.9
Conservative Caroline Gracey1,90521.6-12.8
Majority1,34615.3+14.0
Turnout 8,81158.4+11.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +6.4
Birley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donald Gow* 5,061 75.5 +4.2
Conservative Gordon Millward92513.8-3.8
Liberal Democrats Andrea Morris71510.7-0.3
Majority4,13661.7+8.0
Turnout 6,70142.0+9.1
Labour hold Swing +4.0
Brightside [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rae Whitfield* 3,716 80.4 -0.6
Green Richard Griffiths3667.9+7.9
Liberal Democrats John Wilcock2816.1-2.1
Conservative Mary Hyatt2575.5-5.2
Majority3,36072.5+2.2
Turnout 4,62035.9+11.0
Labour hold Swing -4.2
Broomhill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Eastall 2,101 41.0 +1.0
Labour Mukesh Savani** 1,950
Conservative Henry Cornford1,69733.1-4.2
Conservative Marjorie Kirby1,651
Green Bernard Little80215.6+9.0
Green Michael Mallen718
Liberal Democrats Andrew Milton52310.2-3.9
Liberal Democrats Allan Wisbey461
Majority2537.9+5.2
Turnout 5,12338.5+0.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +2.6

Mukesh Savani was a sitting councillor for Heeley ward

Burngreave [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Watson* 3,454 79.0 +6.3
Conservative Samuel Shaw49711.4-2.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Sangar3628.3+0.9
International Communist Michael England561.3+1.3
Majority2,95767.6+8.8
Turnout 4,36937.3+5.7
Labour hold Swing +4.4
Castle [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Horton* 3,358 83.6 -0.7
Labour Michael Chaplin 3,282
Conservative Joan Graham41010.2-0.2
Liberal Democrats Dennis Boothroyd2486.2+0.9
Conservative Francis Woodger242
Majority2,87273.4-0.5
Turnout 4,01640.3+14.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing -0.2
Chapel Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Laurence Kingham 4,358 52.9 +7.9
Liberal Democrats Graham Oxley3,42441.5-5.9
Conservative John Davey4585.5-0.5
Majority93411.4+9.0
Turnout 8,24045.1+8.0
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +6.9
Darnall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Walayat* 3,393 65.3 -7.8
Conservative Colin Cavill70113.5-2.0
Liberal Democrats Sheila Rehman57010.9-0.5
Green Gordon Ferguson53210.2+10.2
Majority2,69251.8-5.8
Turnout 5,19634.9+5.7
Labour hold Swing -2.9
Dore [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diana Leech 3,930 50.9 -6.3
Labour Glenn Ellis2,69434.9+6.2
Liberal Democrats Anthony Richmond1,08914.1+3.9
Majority1,23616.0-12.5
Turnout 7,71346.6+8.0
Conservative hold Swing -6.2
Ecclesall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Dawson* 3,526 49.0 -5.3
Labour Timothy Plant1,98527.6+4.9
Liberal Democrats Colin Ross1,07815.0-1.1
Green Leela Spencer6018.3+4.0
Majority1,54121.4-10.2
Turnout 7,19245.5+4.5
Conservative hold Swing -5.1
Firth Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joan Barton* 4,693 84.7 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew McKerrow4678.4+2.8
Conservative Andrew Cook3806.8-1.9
Majority4,22676.3+2.3
Turnout 5,54040.4+9.9
Labour hold Swing -0.4
Hallam [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Lawson 3,508 46.6 -4.2
Labour Andrew Nicolson2,29330.4+4.8
Liberal Democrats John Knight1,21216.1-3.5
Green Peter Scott5186.9+6.9
Majority1,21516.2-9.0
Turnout 7,53151.6+7.9
Conservative hold Swing -4.5
Handsworth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Hartley* 4,054 71.4 +7.7
Liberal Democrats Anita Morris93516.5-6.9
Conservative Shirley Clayton59210.4-0.3
Alternative Development, Small is BeautifulRoger Dunn921.6+1.6
Majority3,11954.9+14.6
Turnout 5,67338.2+0.4
Labour hold Swing +7.3
Heeley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Darke 4,361 73.1 +4.5
Conservative Elizabeth Bradbury87114.6-5.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Ayris73312.3+4.3
Majority3,49058.5+9.6
Turnout 5,96540.9+9.5
Labour hold Swing +4.8
Hillsborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Waugh 3,639 57.7 +7.3
Liberal Democrats Lynette Jackson1,45023.0-6.4
Conservative Michael Warner82813.1-4.7
Green Peter Wood3916.2+3.8
Majority2,18934.7+13.7
Turnout 6,30842.1+2.0
Labour hold Swing +6.8
Intake [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Katherine Sheldrick 4,346 72.7 +5.0
Labour James Steinke** 3,864
Conservative Robert Atha1,01216.9-5.8
Conservative Steven Fulbrook840
Liberal Democrats Susan Alston61910.3+4.1
Liberal Democrats Katherine Milsom535
Majority2,85255.8+10.8
Turnout 5,97739.7+9.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +5.4

James Steinke was a sitting councillor for Netherthorpe ward

Manor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Howard Capelin* 3,485 86.5 +0.4
Conservative Paul Anderton2997.4-1.9
Liberal Democrats Leonard Middleton2456.1+1.5
Majority3,18679.1+2.3
Turnout 4,02942.9+12.9
Labour hold Swing +1.1
Mosborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Saunders* 6,063 73.7 +6.0
Conservative Philip Kirby1,33016.1-6.1
Liberal Democrats Louise Truman83410.1+3.8
Majority4,73357.6+12.1
Turnout 8,22734.9+5.9
Labour hold Swing +6.0
Nether Edge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Qurban Hussain* 2,477 45.2 -3.7
Conservative Anne Smith1,26023.0-9.1
Liberal Democrats Gregory Connor1,10320.1+5.0
Green Jill Margaret54710.0+10.0
No Poll Tax Simon Rawlins961.7+1.7
Majority1,21722.2+5.4
Turnout 5,48339.6-0.7
Labour hold Swing +2.7
Nether Shire [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Wigfield* 4,070 81.0 -1.1
Labour Hazel Ellery 3,949
Liberal Democrats Francis Pierce51610.3+2.1
Conservative Maureen Neill4368.7-0.9
Conservative Jeremy Richardson362
Majority3,43370.7-1.8
Turnout 5,02241.9+9.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing -1.6
Netherthorpe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Bower 3,232 71.8 -4.0
Conservative David Knight53011.8-1.8
Green Barry New4369.7+9.7
Liberal Democrats David Cloke3006.6-1.1
Majority2,70260.0-2.2
Turnout 4,49836.5+7.8
Labour hold Swing -1.1
Norton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Moore* 4,245 70.9 +3.5
Conservative Albert Marsden1,13318.9-4.8
Liberal Democrats Christopher Tutt60910.2+1.4
Majority3,11252.0+8.3
Turnout 5,98746.2+7.8
Labour hold Swing +4.1
Owlerton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Mathews* 3,848 80.3 -4.7
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Taylor4749.9-2.4
Conservative Jane Harries4699.8+7.1
Majority3,37470.4-2.3
Turnout 4,79137.4+8.3
Labour hold Swing -1.1
Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doris Mulhearn* 4,176 87.3 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Sheila Hughes3116.5+0.2
Conservative Clare Fenner2976.2-2.1
Majority3,86580.8+3.7
Turnout 4,78435.7+9.5
Labour hold Swing +0.8
Sharrow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine Whitty 3,058 76.2 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Brown49212.2+4.5
Conservative Paul Makin46411.5-3.1
Majority2,56664.0+5.9
Turnout 4,01434.6+6.4
Labour hold Swing -0.5
South Wortley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Webster 3,691 43.6 +5.3
Liberal Democrats Trevor Bagshaw3,42440.5+0.9
Conservative Lynn Wilson1,33915.8-6.2
Majority2673.1+1.8
Turnout 8,45445.7+7.6
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +2.2
Southey Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Nelson* 4,511 88.8 -0.1
Liberal Democrats Nic Chilton3286.4+1.3
Conservative Robert Usher2424.7-1.2
Majority4,18382.4-0.6
Turnout 5,08140.8+8.5
Labour hold Swing -0.7
Stocksbridge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Meade 2,459 50.4 +6.9
Liberal Democrats Maureen Brelsford1,99740.9-2.8
Conservative Russell Crane4258.7-1.9
Majority4629.5+9.3
Turnout 4,88146.3+10.6
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +4.8
Walkley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carol Bullement* 4,336 70.2 -4.3
Conservative Christine Blundell71411.6-1.8
Liberal Democrats Penelope Baker5769.3+1.9
Green Nicola Watson5458.8+8.8
Majority3,62258.6-2.5
Turnout 6,17142.7+5.6
Labour hold Swing -1.2

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