1976 Sheffield City Council election

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1976 Sheffield City Council election
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  1975 6 May 1976 1978  

31 of 90 seats to Sheffield City Council
46 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Seats won2092
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Increase2.svg2Increase2.svg1

Majority party before election

Labour Party (UK)

Majority party after election

Labour Party (UK)

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 6 May 1976. One third of the council was up for election.

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Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1976
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 200-3-364.545.468,660+0.3
  Conservative 9+20+229.038.658,323-2.6
  Liberal 2+10+16.110.615,992-2.4
 Ratepayers00000.05.07,521N/A
  Communist 00000.00.4536-0.2
British National00000.00.1220N/A

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour6663
Conservatives2022
Liberal45
Ratepayers00
Communist00
British National00
Total9090
Working majority 42  36 

Ward results

Attercliffe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daphne Billings 1,708 75.6 +1.6
Conservative Caroline Viner55224.4-1.5
Majority1,15651.2+3.1
Turnout 2,260
Labour hold Swing +1.5
Beauchief [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Danny George* 5,175 71.3 -0.5
Labour Colin Radcliffe1,41919.5+2.8
Liberal Hazel Clarke6619.1-2.4
Majority3,75651.8-3.3
Turnout 7,255
Conservative hold Swing -1.6
Birley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Ratcliffe* 3,222 54.9 -1.5
Conservative Gordon Millward2,07635.3-5.4
RatepayersA. Senior5749.8+9.8
Majority1,14619.6+3.9
Turnout 5,872
Labour hold Swing +3.4
Brightside [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Wilson* 2,347 60.6 -3.8
Conservative Nicholas Williams1,07227.7+4.8
RatepayersSandra McTear45511.7+11.7
Majority1,27532.9-8.6
Turnout 3,874
Labour hold Swing -4.3
Broomhill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Irvine Patnick* 3,943 68.6 +10.3
Labour Frank White1,80231.3+8.8
Majority2,14137.3+1.5
Turnout 5,745
Conservative hold Swing +0.7
Burngreave [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Malcolm Johnson* 2,381 53.5 +3.4
Labour B. Flanagan1,66137.3-7.4
Conservative Emma Sizer3437.7+3.4
Communist Alvin Jenkinson601.3+0.4
Majority72016.2+10.8
Turnout 4,445
Liberal hold Swing +5.4
Castle [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Horton* 1,994 64.1 -0.3
Conservative Alice Burrows57818.6-2.9
RatepayersB. Hopkinson46715.0+15.0
Communist Violet Gill732.3-0.2
Majority1,41645.5+2.6
Turnout 3,112
Labour hold Swing +1.3
Chapel Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Chadwick 4,078 63.2 +15.0
Labour Arthur Bradbury*1,56124.2-8.7
Conservative Margaret Scott81412.6-6.3
Majority2,51739.0+23.7
Turnout 6,453
Liberal gain from Labour Swing +11.8
Darnall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sidney Dyson* 2,297 55.0 -3.7
Conservative Shirley Rhodes1,54637.0-4.3
Liberal Dennis Boothroyd3348.0+8.0
Majority75118.0+0.6
Turnout 4,177
Labour hold Swing +0.3
Dore [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Heslop* 4,657 70.6 -9.0
Conservative Jack Thompson 4,232
Labour Robert Jones1,24318.8-1.6
Labour Alan Wigfield1,064
Liberal Susan Petszaft69910.6+10.6
Liberal K. Salt668
Majority2,97951.8-7.4
Turnout 12,563
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing -3.7
Ecclesall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Neill* 4,225 63.9 -4.9
Labour James Moore93914.2-0.6
Liberal Patrick Smith72511.0-5.3
RatepayersW. Needham71810.8+10.8
Majority3,28649.7-2.8
Turnout 6,607
Conservative hold Swing -2.1
Firth Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clive Betts 3,928 58.6 +1.8
Liberal J. Maling1,75326.1+7.1
Conservative John Chandler1,02015.2-8.9
Majority2,17532.5-0.2
Turnout 6,701
Labour hold Swing -2.6
Gleadless [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Bower 3,719 49.0 +0.6
Conservative Stuart Dawson2,87237.8-5.1
RatepayersMary Harrison5076.7+6.7
Liberal Bob Mumford4966.5-2.1
Majority84711.2+5.7
Turnout 7,594
Labour hold Swing +2.8
Hallam [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Wragg* 4,825 69.5 +5.3
Labour Leon Harris1,44920.9+0.7
Liberal Jean Mason6629.5-6.0
Majority3,37648.6+4.6
Turnout 6,936
Conservative hold Swing +2.3
Handsworth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elsie Smith 2,309 46.2 -13.7
Conservative Evelyn Millward1,50530.1-1.8
Liberal Alfred Sellars76215.2+7.0
RatepayersM. Sawie4188.4+8.4
Majority80416.1-11.9
Turnout 4,994
Labour hold Swing -5.9
Heeley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Winifred Golding* 2,886 49.0 -2.6
Conservative G. Tonks2,11936.0-1.8
RatepayersW. Cooper5228.9+8.9
Liberal Robert Jackson3576.0-4.5
Majority76713.0-0.8
Turnout 5,884
Labour hold Swing -0.4
Hillsborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Hutton 3,109 45.7 -1.4
Labour Malcolm Leary2,83041.6-1.9
RatepayersT. Thompson4777.0+7.0
Liberal Fleur Woolley3805.6-3.7
Majority2794.1+0.5
Turnout 6,796
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +0.2
Intake [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arnold Wood* 2,852 50.2 +3.5
Conservative Anthony Parkin1,86232.8+2.1
RatepayersMildred Hollingsworth4938.7+8.7
Liberal Alan Thompson4758.3-14.2
Majority99017.4+1.4
Turnout 5,682
Labour hold Swing +0.7
Manor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dora Fitter* 2,690 74.0 -0.5
Conservative Andrew Cook67218.5+4.3
Liberal F. Robson1794.9-2.5
Communist John Hukin932.5-1.3
Majority2,01855.5-4.8
Turnout 3,634
Labour hold Swing -2.4
Mosborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Foulds* 2,164 63.3 -0.5
Conservative Moira Disney1,25336.6+0.5
Majority91126.8-1.0
Turnout 3,417
Labour hold Swing -0.5
Nether Edge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jean Grindrod* 2,961 58.9 +0.7
Labour C. Morley1,28925.6+3.4
RatepayersL. Swann77815.5+15.5
Majority1,67233.3-2.7
Turnout 5,028
Conservative hold Swing -1.3
Nether Shire [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Eddison* 2,713 69.2 +1.9
Conservative Anne Marie Roebuck1,05326.9-2.0
Communist Kenneth Hattersley1523.9+0.2
Majority1,66042.3+3.9
Turnout 3,918
Labour hold Swing +1.9
Netherthorpe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doris Mulhearn* 2,196 61.1 -1.2
Conservative Moira Hattersley96426.8-0.2
British NationalJ. Judge2206.1+6.1
Liberal Susan Bowns2156.0-4.7
Majority1,23234.3-1.0
Turnout 3,595
Labour hold Swing -0.5
Owlerton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Kirk* 2,671 68.0 +19.6
Conservative Zena Thompson1,01625.9-11.0
Liberal Susan Taffinder2376.0-8.6
Majority1,65542.1+30.6
Turnout 3,924
Labour hold Swing +15.3
Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sam Wall* 3,161 70.0 +0.8
Conservative Nicholas Hutton97021.5+4.3
Liberal F. McKinnon2876.3-4.3
Communist R. Paulucy962.1-0.9
Majority2,19148.5-3.5
Turnout 4,514
Labour hold Swing -1.7
Sharrow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Baxter* 1,802 53.2 -0.9
Conservative Thomas Seaton89326.3-2.2
Liberal Michael Ellis38111.2-2.5
RatepayersEdith Bush2497.3+7.3
Communist Neville Taylor621.8-1.8
Majority90926.9+1.3
Turnout 3,387
Labour hold Swing +0.6
South Wortley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Saddington 2,984 45.3 -6.9
Labour John Laurent2,84643.2-4.5
Liberal D. Stuart75411.4+11.4
Majority1382.1-2.4
Turnout 6,584
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -1.2
Southey Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sandra Davies 2,754 76.4 -0.3
Conservative D. Walker84823.5+3.5
Majority1,90652.9-3.8
Turnout 3,602
Labour hold Swing -1.9
Stocksbridge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Couldwell* 1,945 42.8 -19.0
RatepayersBarrie Jones1,48532.6+32.6
Conservative N. Hogton1,11624.5-13.7
Majority46010.2-13.4
Turnout 4,546
Labour hold Swing -25.8
Walkley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Billings* 2,263 54.9 +4.0
Conservative W. Eccles1,30031.6-6.1
RatepayersF. Memmott3789.2+9.2
Liberal A. Gray1764.3-7.0
Majority96323.3+7.0
Turnout 4,117
Labour hold Swing +5.0

By-elections between 1976 and 1978

Ecclesall By-Election 28 January 1977 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Dunsmore 1,985 73.9 +10.0
Liberal M. McCaig69926.0+15.0
Majority1,28647.9-1.8
Turnout 2,684
Conservative hold Swing -2.5
Nether Edge By-Election 28 January 1977 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Verhaert 1,341 71.2 +12.3
Liberal Patrick Smith54128.7+28.7
Majority80042.5+9.2
Turnout 1,882
Conservative hold Swing -8.2
Manor By-Election 12 August 1977 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Radcliffe 1,101 63.6 -10.4
Conservative Shirley Rhodes51929.9+11.4
Liberal Robert Mumford593.4-1.5
Communist John Hukin331.9-0.6
British NationalStephen Varley201.1+1.1
Majority58233.7-21.8
Turnout 1,73211.0
Labour hold Swing -10.9

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