1995 Sheffield City Council election

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1995 Sheffield City Council election
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  1994 5 May 1995 1996  

30 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council
44 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats won2280
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Increase2.svg3Decrease2.svg4

Sheffield UK local election 1995 map.png
Map showing the results of the 1995 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 5 May 1995. One third of the council was up for election.

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Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1995
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2242+273.347.461,546+6.2
  Liberal Democrats 852+326.738.950,583-3.2
  Conservative 004-40.011.314,761-2.0
  Green 00000.00.81,082-0.4
  Independent Labour 001-10.00.7983+0.5
Militant Labour 00000.00.6794+0.2
  Ind. Conservative 00000.00.1104N/A
International Communist 00000.00.037New

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour5658
Liberal Democrats2225
Conservatives84
Independent Labour10
Total8787
Working majority 25  29 

Wards

Beauchief [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Sangar* 3,569 60.0 -4.5
Labour Grant Blackwell1,70128.6+6.7
Conservative Shirley Trueman67211.3-0.6
Majority1,86831.4-11.2
Turnout 5,94240.6-8.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -5.6
Birley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elsie Smith** 3,054 63.6 +8.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Plant1,24025.8-5.5
Conservative Margaret Pigott51010.6-3.0
Majority1,81437.8+14.0
Turnout 4,80440.6+4.5
Labour hold Swing +7.0

Elsie Smith was a sitting councillor for Darnall ward

Brightside [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Webster 2,079 54.6 +7.0
Liberal Democrats Gail Smith*1,61042.2-3.3
Conservative Michael Quirke1213.2-1.6
Majority46912.4+10.3
Turnout 3,81030.0-3.7
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +5.1

The Liberal Democrats had gained the Brightside seat in a by-election

Broomhill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judith Belcher 2,054 44.8 +6.4
Liberal Democrats Janice Sidebottom1,38930.3-1.6
Conservative Warwick Cornford*95020.7-3.5
Green Joseph Otten1884.1+0.7
Majority66514.5+8.0
Turnout 4,58127.6-7.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +4.0
Burngreave [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Jones** 1,346 41.3 -19.8
Independent Labour James Jamison*98330.1+30.1
Liberal Democrats Asif Yaqub71922.0+2.6
Conservative David Knight2136.5-1.2
Majority36311.2-30.5
Turnout 3,26129.2+1.3
Labour gain from Independent Labour Swing -24.9

Stephen Jones was a sitting councillor for Nether Shire ward James Jamison was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Castle [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Midgley** 1,884 75.3 +8.3
Liberal Democrats Ian Auckland32613.0-6.3
Conservative Ann Smith1636.5-2.7
Green Graham Wroe913.6-0.8
International Communist Christopher Marsden371.5+1.5
Majority1,55862.3+14.6
Turnout 2,50122.2-3.2
Labour hold Swing +7.3

Patricia Midgley was a sitting councillor for Nether Edge ward

Chapel Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Joan Trickett* 3,667 58.5 -2.6
Labour Eldon Hanson2,37938.0+4.4
Conservative Peter Smith2173.4-1.9
Majority1,28820.5-7.0
Turnout 6,26334.6-5.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -3.5
Darnall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kashaf Walayat 2,058 48.1 +1.0
Liberal Democrats John Martin1,64638.5+6.2
Conservative Laurence Hayward3448.0-4.7
Green Gordon Ferguson2295.3-2.5
Majority4129.6-5.2
Turnout 4,27729.1-1.2
Labour hold Swing -2.6
Dore [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Fox 2,538 40.6 -4.5
Conservative John Paul Harthman2,39338.3+2.3
Labour Richard Pearce1,31021.0+3.9
Majority1452.3-6.8
Turnout 6,24139.3-6.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing -3.4
Ecclesall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Dunkley 2,963 46.4 +4.2
Conservative Angela Elaine Fry*1,85629.1-4.8
Labour Judith Gwynn1,56324.5+5.9
Majority1,10717.3+9.0
Turnout 6,38240.5-5.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +4.5
Firth Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Leedham 2,238 66.7 +1.3
Labour Alan Law* 2,176
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Azim90727.0+0.9
Liberal Democrats Susan Cutts803
Conservative Mary Hyatt2086.2-2.3
Conservative Qari Siddique167
Majority1,26939.7+0.4
Turnout 3,35325.1-3.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +0.2
Hallam [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Leonard Hesketh 2,683 43.3 -7.1
Conservative Charles Wallis1,87730.3-1.4
Labour Michael Smith1,46623.6+8.0
Green Peter Scott1722.8+0.6
Majority80613.0-5.7
Turnout 6,19841.7-8.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing -2.8
Handsworth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marjorie Barker 3,038 66.3 +16.3
Liberal Democrats Louise Truman1,21226.4-13.7
Conservative Shirley Clayton3347.3-2.5
Majority1,86239.9+30.0
Turnout 4,58432.0-3.6
Labour hold Swing +15.0
Heeley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Beverley Ann Wright 2,439 48.9 +8.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Watson2,31746.5-6.0
Conservative Eric Prescott Smith2294.6-0.1
Majority1222.4-10.1
Turnout 4,98535.4-7.9
Labour hold Swing +7.2
Hillsborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alison MacFarlane 2,528 48.5 -2.3
Labour Barnaby Mynott2,29644.0+7.3
Conservative Joyce Gairnster3917.5-3.0
Majority2324.5-9.6
Turnout 5,21535.4-6.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing -4.8
Intake [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Lawton* 2,390 50.3 +4.9
Liberal Democrats Chistopher Tutt2,10144.2+3.8
Conservative Francis Woodger2635.5-5.5
Majority2896.1+1.1
Turnout 4,75431.7-2.1
Labour hold Swing +0.5
Manor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Jordan* 1,609 65.9 -0.8
Liberal Democrats Roy Denton48019.6-5.6
Militant Labour Steven Tice2008.2+8.2
Conservative Andrew Watson1536.2-1.8
Majority1,12946.3+4.8
Turnout 2,44226.7-3.7
Labour hold Swing +2.4
Mosborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Rosling-Josephs 3,938 62.5 +10.2
Liberal Democrats Allan Wisbey1,37021.7-12.0
Conservative Kay Hill88614.1+0.2
Ind. Conservative Colin Taylor1041.6+1.6
Majority2,56840.8+22.2
Turnout 6,298
Labour hold Swing +11.1
Nether Edge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Hinman 2,334 45.0 +10.0
Liberal Democrats Ali Qadar2,32044.7-5.3
Conservative Brian Trueman53410.3+0.8
Majority140.3-14.8
Turnout 5,18837.6-3.7
Labour hold Swing +7.6
Nether Shire [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Eddison 2,230 67.4 +11.4
Liberal Democrats Peter MacLoughlin86626.2-9.7
Conservative Marjorie Kirby2136.4-1.8
Majority1,37241.2+21.1
Turnout 3,30926.7-5.0
Labour hold Swing +10.5
Netherthorpe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Antony Arber* 1,993 52.7 +14.5
Liberal Democrats Howard Middleton1,38736.6+3.1
Green Barry New2356.2-3.7
Conservative Andrew McTurk Cook1684.4-1.1
Majority54616.1+11.4
Turnout 3,78330.0-1.8
Labour hold Swing +5.7
Norton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank White* 2,217 48.0 +1.4
Liberal Democrats Ruth Dawson1,97942.8+3.8
Conservative Albert Marsden4249.2-5.2
Majority2385.2-2.4
Turnout 4,62037.6-2.6
Labour hold Swing -1.2
Owlerton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Bamford 2,025 67.4 +8.6
Liberal Democrats Markus Sova73524.4-3.6
Conservative Clive Dearden2458.1-1.2
Majority1,29043.0+12.2
Turnout 3,00524.4-5.0
Labour hold Swing +6.1
Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vivienne Nicholson* 1,568 56.7 +6.7
Militant Labour Kenneth Douglas59421.5+0.9
Liberal Democrats Sheila Hughes45016.3-5.0
Conservative Michael Ginn1535.5-2.5
Majority97435.2+6.5
Turnout 2,76522.2-4.0
Labour hold Swing +2.9
Sharrow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammad Nazir 1,941 57.7 +2.6
Liberal Democrats Andrew White1,19835.6+1.8
Conservative Michael Anthony Young2266.7+0.1
Majority74322.1+0.8
Turnout 3,36535.9+4.5
Labour hold Swing +0.4
South Wortley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Trevor Bagshaw* 3,703 56.7 -3.1
Labour Bernard Steer2,31035.3+5.1
Conservative Gary Meggitt5207.9-2.2
Majority1,39721.4-8.2
Turnout 6,53335.9-6.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -4.1
Southey Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Damms* 2,231 78.7 +11.3
Liberal Democrats Wayne Morton46116.2-7.8
Conservative David Marriott1435.0-3.6
Majority1,77062.5+19.1
Turnout 2,83525.0-2.7
Labour hold Swing +9.5
Stocksbridge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Pears 1,692 53.7 -1.3
Labour Joan Brown*1,29741.1+4.6
Conservative Anne Smith1635.2-3.3
Majority39512.6-5.8
Turnout 3,15229.6-9.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing -2.9
Walkley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Barrow 2,558 47.0 +4.9
Liberal Democrats Diane Leek*2,52746.4-2.6
Conservative Molly Goldring1923.5-1.7
Green Nicola Watson1673.1-0.7
Majority310.6-6.3
Turnout
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +3.7

The Liberal Democrats had gained the Walkley seat in a by-election

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