1992 Sheffield City Council election

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1992 Sheffield City Council election
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  1991 7 May 1992 1994  

31 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council
44 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won2155
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Steady2.svg0Increase2.svg3

Sheffield UK local election 1992 map.png
Map showing the results of the 1992 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 7 May 1992. One third of the council was up for election.

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Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1992
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2103-367.738.245,091-11.4
  Conservative 511016.132.438,229+8.9
  Liberal Democrats 530+316.127.632,623+3.0
  Green 00000.01.51,785+0.1
 Safer Cycling00000.00.1150N/A
Wealth Redistribution 00000.00.065-0.1

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour7067
Conservatives1111
Liberal Democrats69
Total8787
Working majority 53  47 

Ward results

Beauchief [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Hughes 3,884 56.8 -3.0
Conservative Francis Woodger1,78526.1+3.3
Labour David Lawton1,16417.0-0.3
Majority2,09930.7-6.3
Turnout 6,83345.8-6.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing -3.1
Birley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Val Shepherd* 1,990 48.1 -13.0
Conservative Margaret Pigott1,44734.9+13.3
Liberal Democrats Audrey Ashworth70116.9-0.4
Majority54313.2-26.3
Turnout 4,13826.5-8.9
Labour hold Swing -13.1
Brightside [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Price* 1,384 55.2 -13.9
Conservative Marjorie Kirby71128.4+12.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Davis41116.4+1.3
Majority67326.8-26.5
Turnout 2,50619.2-8.9
Labour hold Swing -13.2
Broomhill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Levick 2,025 42.7 +3.7
Labour Robert Quick1,56333.0-0.4
Liberal Democrats Allan Wisbey80817.0-1.9
Green Michael Baker3397.1-1.6
Majority4629.7+4.1
Turnout 4,73530.5-3.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +2.0
Burngreave [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Phyllis Smith* 1,501 60.2 -5.4
Conservative Andrew Cook54421.8+6.7
Liberal Democrats Katherine Milsom44717.9+3.5
Majority95738.4-12.1
Turnout 2,49220.6-8.1
Labour hold Swing -6.0
Castle [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Bower* 1,392 63.5 -11.9
Conservative Anne Smith46021.0+8.4
Liberal Democrats Melvin Lockey34015.5+3.6
Majority93842.5-20.3
Turnout 2,19219.2-10.3
Labour hold Swing -10.1
Chapel Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Chadwick 3,704 60.9 +5.2
Labour Eldon Hanson1,61726.6-10.5
Conservative Michael Boot76312.5+5.4
Majority2,08734.3+15.7
Turnout 6,08433.1-7.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +7.8
Darnall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sandra Robinson* 1,683 51.4 -5.8
Conservative Dorothy Kennedy96829.6+12.4
Liberal Democrats Motahir Ali38311.7-1.9
Green Christine Ferguson2397.3+0.7
Majority71521.8-18.2
Turnout 3,27322.1-8.7
Labour hold Swing -9.1
Dore [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Heslop* 4,106 64.8 +12.3
Liberal Democrats Anthony Richmond1,13417.9-3.1
Labour Michael King1,09817.3-9.1
Majority2,97246.9+20.8
Turnout 6,33838.9-5.4
Conservative hold Swing +7.7
Ecclesall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bobbie Fleming* 3,675 59.9 +14.4
Liberal Democrats Colin Ross1,34121.8-1.4
Labour Timothy Plant96915.8-5.5
Safer CyclingSimon Gershon1502.4+2.4
Majority2,33438.1+15.8
Turnout 6,13538.8-6.7
Conservative hold Swing +7.9
Firth Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marilyn Mitchell 1,944 63.2 -7.7
Conservative Raymond Howard83327.1+15.2
Liberal Democrats Ali Qadar2969.6-7.6
Majority1,11136.1-17.6
Turnout 3,07322.4-10.8
Labour hold Swing -11.4
Hallam [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Jackson* 3,529 56.3 +3.6
Conservative Anthony Pratt 3,389
Liberal Democrats John Knight1,58125.2+3.1
Liberal Democrats Roger Davison1,376
Labour Mary Balbi91814.6-6.5
Labour Richard Roper794
Green Peter Scott2423.8-0.2
Majority1,80831.1+0.5
Turnout 6,27039.7-9.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing +0.2
Handsworth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dennis Metcalfe 1,809 50.2 -10.8
Conservative Shirley Clayton1,08330.0+12.5
Liberal Democrats Anita Morris71219.7-1.8
Majority72620.2-19.3
Turnout 3,60424.7-9.0
Labour hold Swing -11.6
Heeley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Hayes 1,876 45.4 -13.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Ayris1,34932.7+11.2
Conservative Maureen Neill90421.9+2.2
Majority52712.7-24.6
Turnout 4,12927.8-6.6
Labour hold Swing -12.3
Hillsborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kali Mountford 1,718 35.5 -14.0
Liberal Democrats Christine Tosseano1,50431.0+9.8
Conservative Thomas Seaton1,43629.6+6.0
Green Peter Wood1853.8-1.8
Majority2144.5-21.4
Turnout 4,84331.9-4.6
Labour hold Swing -11.9
Intake [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Wilson 1,711 43.0 -13.4
Conservative Andrew Fitzpatrick1,56739.3+14.6
Liberal Democrats Susan Alston70417.7-1.2
Majority1443.7-28.0
Turnout 3,98225.5-6.2
Labour hold Swing -14.0
Manor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Curran 1,239 61.5 -12.0
Labour William Jordan* 1,238
Conservative Albert Marsden44622.1+9.4
Conservative Andrew Watson386
Liberal Democrats Stuart Bridge32816.3+2.6
Liberal Democrats Margaret Davis301
Majority79239.4-20.4
Turnout 2,01321.2-11.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing -10.7
Mosborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dorothy Walton* 2,614 45.7 -11.0
Conservative Thomas Pigott2,25539.4+12.8
Liberal Democrats Louise Truman85114.9-1.7
Majority6146.3-23.8
Turnout 5,72023.1-7.5
Labour hold Swing -11.9
Nether Edge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gregory Connor 2,532 48.9 +15.2
Labour Janet Fiore*1,56830.3-10.9
Conservative Qari Siddique88217.0-8.1
Green Nicola Watson1943.7+3.7
Majority96418.6+11.1
Turnout 5,17635.5-0.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +13.0
Nether Shire [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Bird 1,510 51.9 -17.6
Liberal Democrats Doreen Huddart73425.2+8.3
Conservative Anthony Cherry66522.8+9.3
Majority77626.7-25.9
Turnout 2,90922.9-8.3
Labour hold Swing -12.9
Netherthorpe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Phelps 1,457 50.4 -9.9
Conservative David Knight64022.1+7.8
Liberal Democrats Andrew McKerrow48616.8+2.2
Green Barry New30810.6-0.2
Majority81728.3-17.4
Turnout 2,89121.3-6.1
Labour hold Swing -8.8
Norton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Lamb** 1,777 40.6 -14.9
Conservative Nicola Wilde1,43332.8+9.3
Liberal Democrats Christopher Tutt1,16126.5+5.5
Majority3447.8-24.2
Turnout 4,37134.0-6.1
Labour hold Swing -12.1

Edward Lamb was a sitting councillor for Heeley ward

Owlerton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Jones 1,501 53.7 -13.4
Conservative Philip Kirby79128.3+12.6
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Taylor43515.6-1.6
Green Paul Mitchell652.3+2.3
Majority71025.4-24.5
Turnout 2,79221.9-9.0
Labour hold Swing -13.0
Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alice Sargent* 1,369 61.1 -13.8
Conservative Mary Hyatt54424.3+13.2
Liberal Democrats Sheila Hughes32814.6+0.6
Majority82536.8-24.1
Turnout 2,24116.7-9.8
Labour hold Swing -13.5
Sharrow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Pye* 1,363 55.3 -7.6
Conservative Paul Makin54222.0+5.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew White49320.0+3.0
Wealth Redistribution Simon Rawlins652.6-0.8
Majority82133.3-12.6
Turnout 2,46322.0-5.7
Labour hold Swing -6.4
South Wortley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Arthur Dunworth 3,376 51.5 +8.1
Conservative Lynn Wilson1,64625.1+4.8
Labour Mark Denton1,52823.3-13.0
Majority1,73026.4+19.3
Turnout 6,55034.9-6.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.6
Southey Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Butler** 1,696 67.3 -10.9
Conservative Michael Young48619.3+10.1
Liberal Democrats Francis Pierce33913.4+0.9
Majority1,21048.0-17.7
Turnout 2,52121.0-10.4
Labour hold Swing -10.5

John Butler was a sitting councillor for Norton ward

Stocksbridge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Maureen Brelsford 1,309 39.3 +2.6
Labour Alan Law*1,22736.8-11.0
Conservative Anne Smith79523.8+8.4
Majority822.5-8.6
Turnout 3,33130.6-3.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +6.8
Walkley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jean Cromar* 1,905 43.9 -12.0
Conservative Veronica Hague1,26829.2+11.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Blythe95221.9+3.1
Green Janette Moon2134.9-2.4
Majority63714.7-22.4
Turnout 4,33829.2-5.2
Labour hold Swing -11.6

By-elections between 1992 and 1994

Brightside By-Election 8 October 1992 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gail Smith 1,330 50.6 +34.2
Labour Alan Law92435.2-20.0
Conservative Marjorie Kirby37414.2-14.2
Majority40615.4-11.4
Turnout 2,62820.1+0.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +27.1
Dore By-Election 8 October 1992 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Harthman 2,165 52.6 -12.2
Liberal Democrats Colin Ross1,46235.5+17.6
Labour Mike King48611.8-5.5
Majority70317.1-29.8
Turnout 4,11325.2-13.7
Conservative hold Swing -14.9
Walkley By-Election 26 November 1992 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Diane Leek 1,529 42.0 +20.1
Labour Jim Bamford1,34537.0-6.9
Conservative Veronica Hague59416.3-12.9
Green Nicola Watson1704.7-0.2
Majority1845.1-9.6
Turnout 3,63824.5-4.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +13.5
Walkley By-Election 14 January 1993 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Diane Leek 2,526 58.5 +16.5
Labour Jim Bamford1,43433.2-3.8
Conservative Veronica Hague2626.1-10.2
Green Nicola Watson1701.9-2.8
Revolutionary Communist Colin O'Malley180.4+0.4
Majority1,09225.3+20.1
Turnout 4,32129.1+4.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +10.1

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