Sheffield Council election 2006

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Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday May 4, 2006. Polling stations were open between 7am and 10pm.

One third of council seats were up for election; one in each ward, plus one additional seat in Ecclesall due to a resignation.

The overall turnout this year was 34.5% In the General Election last year, the voter turnout in Sheffield was 43.9 per cent.

[edit] Councillors before and after the election

Ward	Incumbent Elected	Incumbent	Elected
Arbourthorne	2004	Timothy Rippon	Timothy Rippon
Beauchief & Greenhill	2004	Clive Skelton	Clive Skelton
Beighton	2004	Helen Mirfin-Boukouris	Helen Mirfin-Boukouris
Birley	2004	Michael Pye	Michael Pye
Broomhill	2004	Shaffaq Mohammed	Shaffaq Mohammed
Burngreave	2004	Steve Jones	Steve Jones
Central	2004	Mohammad Azim	Bernard Little
Crookes	2004	Sylvia Anginotti	Sylvia Anginotti
Darnall	2004	Mohammad Altaf	Mazher Iqbal
Dore & Totley	2004	Keith Hill	Keith Hill
East Ecclesfield	2004	Graham Oxley	Graham Oxley
Ecclesall 1	2004	Roger Davison	Roger Davison
Ecclesall 2	2004	Kate Dawson	Michael Reynolds
Firth Park	2004	Alan Law	Alan Law
Fulwood	2004	Janice Sidebottom	Janice Sidebottom
Gleadless Valley	2004	Garry Weatherall	Garry Weatherall
Graves Park	2004	Barrie Jervis	Robert McCann
Hillsborough	2004	Janet Bragg	Janet Bragg
Manor Castle	2004	Janet Wilson	Janet Wilson
Mosborough	2004	Samuel Wall	Samuel Wall
Nether Edge	2004	Patricia White	Patricia White
Richmond	2004	Terry Barrow	Elizabeth Naylor
Shiregreen & Brightside	2004	Peter Rippon	Peter Rippon
Southey	2004	Gillian Furniss	Gillian Furniss
Stannington	2004	David Baker	David Baker
Stocksbridge & Upper Don	2004	Alison Brelsford	Alison Brelsford
Walkley	2004	Jonathan Harston	Jonathan Harston
West Ecclesfield	2004	Trevor Bagshaw	Trevor Bagshaw
Woodhouse	2004	Raymond Satur	Raymond Satur

[edit] Election result

Sheffield City Council Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	44	0	0	0	52.4	32.6	42,671
	Liberal Democrats	35	0	1	-1	41.7	35.0	45,814
	Green	2	1	0	+1	2.4%	10.8	14,194
	Conservative	2	0	0	0	2.4%	15.5	20,351
	Others	1	0	0	0	1.2%	6.0	7,901

Votes per party and current Council composition

Note: Between the 2004 elections and these, Martin Davis, Councillor for Stocksbridge & Upper Don moved from the Liberal Democrats to being an Independent candidate. His seat was not contested in these elections.

[edit] Ward results

Arbourthorne (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Timothy Ripon	1,695
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Bennett	872
	Conservative	Peter Smith	451
	Green	Alexa Walker	288
	Christian Peoples	Kyle Spotswood	121
Majority
Turnout				28

Beauchief & Greenhill (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Skelton	2,134
	Labour	Steven Wilson	1,852
	Conservative	Michelle Grant	628
	British National	John Beatson	567
	Green	David Hayes	327
Majority
Turnout				41

Beighton (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Mirfin-Boukouris	1,655
	Conservative	Shirley Clayton	745
	British National	Roy James	659
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Wisbey	564
	Green	Andrew Brandram	255
Majority
Turnout				30

Birley (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Pye	2,018
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Hill	766
	Conservative	Gordon Millward	543
	Green	Francis Plunkett	346
	UKIP	Sally Stracey	396
Majority
Turnout				31

Broomhill (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Shaffaq Mohammed	1,239
	Green	Robert Cole	730
	Labour	Jennifer Armstrong	581
	Conservative	Michael Ginn	426
Majority
Turnout				25

Burngreave (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven Jones	2,278
	Respect	Maxine Bowler	1,208
	Conservative	Russell Cutts	425
	Green	Christopher Sissons	401
	Liberal Democrats	Tasadique Mohammed	350
Majority
Turnout				34

Central (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Bernard Little	1,159
	Labour	Mohammad Maroof	1,117
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad Azim	1,036
	Conservative	Nicholas Bryan	239
Majority
Turnout				31

Crookes (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Anginotti	2,470
	Conservative	David Robinson	939
	Labour	Felicity Matthews	823
	Green	Julian Briggs	730
	Christian Peoples	Stuart Johnson	116
Majority
Turnout				38

Darnall (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mazher Iqbal	2,338
	Liberal Democrats	John Bowden	732
	UKIP	Charlotte Arnott	482
	Conservative	Anne Corke	385
	Green	Julie White	333
Majority
Turnout				31

Dore & Totley (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Hill	3,770
	Conservative	Janet Chapman	2,623
	Labour	Mohammad Hussain	300
	Green	Dawn Biram	274
	UKIP	James Laurie	172
Majority
Turnout				54

East Ecclesfield (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Oxley	2,039
	Labour	Adele Jagger	1,565
	Conservative	Miles Waters	441
	Green	Lamia Safir	378
Majority
Turnout				32

Ecclesall (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Davison	3,449
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Reynolds	3,281
	Conservative	Michael Young	1,617
	Conservative	Daniel Young	1,586
	Green	Arun Mathur	789
	Labour	James Lafferty	587
	Green	Robert Murphy	573
	Labour	Neil Cleeveley	480
	Christian Peoples	Sidney Cordle	158
Majority
Turnout				44

Firth Park (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Law	1,854
	Liberal Democrats	John Tomlinson	641
	Green	Steven Marshall	441
	Conservative	Paul Rymill	437
Majority
Turnout				27

Fulwood (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Sidebottom	2,541
	Conservative	Caroline Cooper	1,818
	Green	Laura Anderson	450
	Labour	Martin Newsome	436
	UKIP	Nigel James	137
Majority
Turnout				41

Gleadless Valley (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Garry Westherall	1,701
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Reaney	1,652
	Green	Robert Unwin	981
	Conservative	Amy Taylor	348
Majority
Turnout				35

Graves Park (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert McCann	1,935
	Labour	Robert Pemberton	1,389
	Conservative	Trevor Grant	775
	Green	Rita Wilcock	499
	UKIP	Pauline Arnott	272
	Socialist Alternative	Celvin Payne	206
Majority
Turnout				39

Hillsborough (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Bragg	1,882
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Ayris	1,667
	Green	Christopher McMahon	568
	Conservative	Peter Smith	433
Majority
Turnout				35

Manor Castle (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Wilson	1,604
	Green	Graham Wroe	473
	Liberal Democrats	Colin France	363
	Conservative	Christina Stark	316
Majority
Turnout				24

Mosborough (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Wall	1,623
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Tutt	1,125
	Conservative	Evelyn Millward	696
	UKIP	John Marshall	308
	Green	Heather Hunt	224
Majority
Turnout				31

Nether Edge (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia White	2,163
	Labour	Mohammad Khan	1,743
	Green	Mervyn Smith	986
	Conservative	Rosita Malandrinos	466
Majority
Turnout				44

Richmond (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Naylor	1,832
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Webster	741
	UKIP	Leslie Arnott	508
	Conservative	Ian Fey	438
	Green	Eamonn Ward	289
Majority
Turnout				27

Shiregreen & Brightside (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Rippon	1,883
	British National	Christopher Hartigan	1,015
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Masters	431
	Conservative	Mohammed Tariq	317
	Green	Jennyfer Barnard	239
Majority
Turnout				28

Southey (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gillian Furniss	1,602
	British National	David Wright	665
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Bowden	377
	Conservative	Robert McIlveen	350
	Independent	Mark Wilde	337
	Green	Steven Barnard	144
Majority
Turnout				27

Stannington (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Baker	2,421
	Labour	Louise Webb	1,428
	Conservative	Matthew Dixon	803
	Green	Michael Maas	512
Majority
Turnout				38

Stocksbridge & Upper Don (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Brelsford	2,201
	Labour	Christopher Prescott	1,094
	Conservative	Timothy Lewis	736
	Green	Angela Roberts	549
Majority
Turnout				32

Walkley (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Harston	1,863
	Labour	James Bamford	1,783
	Green	Barry New	625
	Conservative	Andrew Gabbitas	313
Majority
Turnout				35

West Ecclesfield (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Bagshaw	2,388
	Labour	Shiela Constance	1,562
	Conservative	Paula Axelby	511
	Green	Kathryn Aston	353
Majority
Turnout				35

Woodhouse (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Satur	1,966
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Moffett	603
	UKIP	Jonathan Arnott	574
	Conservative	Laurence Hayward	546
	Green	Daniel Lyons	278
Majority
Turnout				31