Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 4th May 2000. One third of the council was up for election. Previous to this election, two Liberal Democrats – Robert Watson and Trefor Morgan – became Independents. Similarly there were two Labour defections, long-time Labour councillor Dorothy Walton went to the Liberal Democrats and Michael Smith became an Independent.
The election seen the Liberal Democrats extend their majority through a couple of gains from Labour, with both parties recouping seats where aforementioned defections had taken place. Vote wise, the Liberal Democrat vote notably fell back from their previous elections' consistent increases, whereas the Conservatives managed their best vote share since 1992. Overall turnout was 25.8%.[1]
Sheffield Local Election Result 2000 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | ||
Liberal Democrat | 16 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 53.3 | 44.9 | 44,347 | -5.7% | ||
Labour | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 43.3 | 37.3 | 36,850 | -0.6% | ||
Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 14.1 | 13,933 | +4.9% | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 2,170 | +1.1% | ||
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1,098 | +0.6% | ||
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 178 | +0.0% | ||
Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 88 | -0.0% | ||
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 76 | -0.1% |
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
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Liberal Democrats | 46 | 48 | |||
Labour | 37 | 37 | |||
Conservatives | 1 | 1 | |||
Independent Liberal Democrat | 2 | 1 | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | |||
Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | |||
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | |||
Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | |||
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 87 | 87 | |||
Working majority | 5 | 9 |
Beauchief [2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Mike Davis | 2,840 | 59.9 | -6.3 | |
Labour | Andy Hinman | 1,242 | 26.2 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Matthew Peck | 659 | 13.9 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 1,598 | 33.7 | -7.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,741 | 32.7 | -7.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -3.7 |
Birley[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Angela Smith | 2,105 | 48.6 | +4.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Robert Sheridan | 1,904 | 44.0 | -7.8 | |
Conservative | Evelyn Millward | 321 | 7.4 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 201 | 4.6 | -3.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,330 | 30.6 | -2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.3 |
Brightside[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Peter Price | 1,399 | 63.7 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jeff Staniforth | 483 | 22.0 | -15.0 | |
Conservative | Eric Kirby | 238 | 10.8 | +6.2 | |
Socialist Labour | Robert Morris | 76 | 3.4 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 916 | 41.7 | +23.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,196 | 18.9 | -6.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.5 |
Broomhill[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Paul Scriven | 2,115 | 57.3 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Tim Rippon | 781 | 21.2 | -10.0 | |
Conservative | Michael Ginn | 528 | 14.3 | +2.7 | |
Green | Joseph Otten | 266 | 7.2 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 1,334 | 36.1 | +13.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,690 | 24.6 | -5.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | +6.5 |
Burngreave[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Ibrar Hussain | 894 | 37.5 | -12.5 | |
Independent Labour | James Jamison | 597 | 25.0 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mohammed Nazir | 570 | 23.9 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Bryan | 198 | 8.3 | +1.8 | |
Green | Chris Sissons | 78 | 3.3 | +0.3 | |
Socialist Alliance | Alison Brown | 49 | 2.0 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 297 | 12.5 | -15.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,386 | 27.6 | -2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.5 |
Castle[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Jan Wilson | 1,130 | 65.3 | -2.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Michael Coleman | 314 | 18.1 | -3.0 | |
Conservative | Michael Young | 149 | 8.6 | +3.6 | |
Green | Graham Wroe | 95 | 5.5 | +2.2 | |
Socialist Alternative | Rebecca Fryer | 41 | 2.4 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 816 | 47.2 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,729 | 19.7 | -5.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.3 |
Chapel Green[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Kathleen Chadwick | 2,282 | 55.3 | -8.1 | |
Labour | Sheila Tyler | 1,483 | 35.9 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Alistair Lofthouse | 364 | 8.8 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 799 | 19.3 | -12.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,129 | 23.0 | -6.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -6.0 |
Darnall[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Terry Barrow | 2,113 | 58.2 | +12.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Edward Pinder | 1,227 | 33.8 | -15.5 | |
Conservative | Gordon Millward | 291 | 8.0 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 886 | 24.4 | +20.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,631 | 27.3 | -4.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +14.1 |
Dore[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Anne Smith | 2,776 | 46.6 | +19.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mohammed Zahur | 2,457 | 41.2 | -18.0 | |
Labour | Sam Wall | 725 | 12.2 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 319 | 5.3 | -26.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,958 | 39.7 | -2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +18.5 |
Ecclesall[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Kate Dawson | 3,289 | 57.2 | -2.5 | |
Conservative | David Pinder | 1,570 | 27.3 | +2.1 | |
Labour | John Darwin | 645 | 11.2 | -3.9 | |
Green | Denise Craghill | 244 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 1,719 | 29.9 | -4.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,748 | 37.5 | -5.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -2.3 |
Firth Park[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alan Law | 1,548 | 66.4 | +9.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Terry McCartney | 505 | 21.6 | -15.0 | |
Conservative | Neville Paling | 278 | 11.9 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 1,043 | 44.7 | +24.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,331 | 20.7 | -5.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +12.2 |
Hallam[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | John Knight | 3,151 | 55.9 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Matthew Wilson | 1,680 | 29.8 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Martin Newsome | 801 | 14.2 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 1,471 | 26.1 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,632 | 38.8 | -5.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -0.0 |
Handsworth[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Michael Rooney | 1,813 | 55.2 | -7.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Penny Baker | 646 | 19.6 | -11.5 | |
Independent Labour | Elsie Smith | 501 | 15.2 | +15.2 | |
Conservative | Laurence Hayward | 326 | 9.9 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 1,167 | 35.5 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,286 | 23.3 | -4.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Heeley[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Ian Richardson | 1,693 | 48.3 | -10.0 | |
Labour | Stephen Caban | 1,332 | 38.0 | +3.6 | |
Green | Robert Unwin | 270 | 7.7 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Darren Bird | 208 | 5.9 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 361 | 10.3 | -13.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,503 | 26.8 | -7.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Independent Liberal Democrat | Swing | -6.8 |
Hillsborough[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter MacLoughlin | 1,840 | 50.5 | -10.2 | |
Labour | Edward Heath-Whyte | 1,310 | 35.9 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Thomas Seaton | 353 | 9.7 | +4.7 | |
Green | Chris McMahon | 141 | 3.9 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 530 | 14.5 | -14.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,644 | 25.9 | -7.1 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -7.1 |
Intake[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Robert McCann | 1,842 | 50.3 | -1.7 | |
Labour | Martin Lawton | 1,539 | 42.0 | -0.8 | |
Conservative | Alistair Harkness | 281 | 7.7 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 303 | 8.3 | -0.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,662 | 25.7 | -6.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | -0.4 |
Manor[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Harry Harpham | 964 | 66.2 | +1.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Judy Webster | 243 | 16.7 | -10.8 | |
Conservative | Andrew Watson | 143 | 9.8 | +5.1 | |
Socialist Alternative | Alistair Tice | 106 | 7.3 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 721 | 49.5 | +12.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,456 | 17.9 | -5.6 | ||
Labour gain from Independent Labour | Swing | +6.2 |
Mosborough[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Barbara Belcher | 2,491 | 50.8 | -0.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Dorothy Walton | 1,593 | 32.5 | -5.1 | |
Conservative | Shirley Clayton | 816 | 16.6 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 898 | 18.3 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,900 | 19.0 | -3.8 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | +2.5 |
Nether Edge[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Ali Qadar | 2,343 | 59.6 | +5.4 | |
Labour | Graham Armitage | 973 | 24.7 | -11.1 | |
Conservative | Anthony Cherry | 317 | 8.1 | +3.3 | |
Green | Mervyn Smith | 297 | 7.5 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 1,370 | 34.8 | +16.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,930 | 31.8 | -6.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +8.2 |
Nether Shire[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Jane Bird | 1,414 | 63.6 | +4.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Tomlinson | 533 | 24.0 | -11.6 | |
Conservative | Phillip Kirby | 237 | 10.6 | +6.4 | |
Socialist Alliance | Shirley Frost | 39 | 1.7 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 881 | 39.6 | +16.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,223 | 19.4 | -5.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.1 |
Netherthorpe[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Sylvia Anginotti | 1,384 | 56.5 | +5.5 | |
Labour | Kashaf Walayat | 709 | 28.9 | -10.3 | |
Green | Barry New | 253 | 10.3 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | Ian Ramsey | 102 | 4.2 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 675 | 27.6 | +15.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,448 | 21.3 | -7.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +7.9 |
Norton[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Chris Tutt | 1,691 | 52.7 | -4.3 | |
Labour | Janine Stafford | 1,193 | 37.2 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Peter Smith | 326 | 10.1 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 498 | 15.5 | -4.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,210 | 28.3 | -6.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -2.2 |
Owlerton[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Chris Weldon | 1,303 | 55.8 | +6.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ian Heeley | 837 | 35.9 | -7.9 | |
Conservative | Kevin Mahoney | 193 | 8.3 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 466 | 20.0 | +14.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,333 | 21.2 | -9.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.1 |
Park[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Elizabeth Taylor | 1,373 | 54.9 | +3.5 | |
Labour | Steve Barnard | 1,030 | 41.2 | -1.9 | |
Conservative | John Morton | 67 | 2.7 | +0.9 | |
Socialist Alternative | Terry Wykes | 31 | 1.2 | -1.7 | |
Majority | 343 | 13.7 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,501 | 25.7 | -1.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Sharrow[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Basheer Khan | 1,405 | 57.9 | -1.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Williamson | 610 | 25.2 | -1.9 | |
Green | Martin D’Agorne | 207 | 8.5 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | Joan Graham | 202 | 8.3 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 795 | 32.8 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,424 | 20.0 | -2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.0 |
South Wortley[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Arthur Dunworth | 2,755 | 57.9 | -6.7 | |
Labour | Sarah Tyler | 1,341 | 28.2 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Graham King | 657 | 13.8 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 1,414 | 29.7 | -7.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,753 | 25.8 | -7.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -3.9 |
Southey Green[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Peter Procter | 1,275 | 70.4 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sheila Tomlinson | 342 | 18.9 | -7.7 | |
Conservative | George Kirtley | 193 | 10.6 | +7.4 | |
Majority | 933 | 51.5 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,810 | 18.5 | -7.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Stocksbridge[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Maureen Brelsford | 1,579 | 64.8 | -10.8 | |
Labour | Alan Wray | 589 | 24.2 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Molly Goldring | 269 | 11.0 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 990 | 40.6 | -14.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,437 | 23.1 | -4.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -7.4 |
Walkley[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Diane Leek | 2,057 | 54.3 | -0.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Vickie Priestley | 1,754 | |||
Labour | Alan Garner | 1,319 | 34.8 | -2.4 | |
Labour | Veronica Hardstaff | 1,286 | |||
Green | Nicola Freeman | 319 | 8.4 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Vennessa Nesbit | 207 | 5.5 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Smith | 175 | |||
Majority | 738 | 15.9 | -1.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,787 | 28.1 | -4.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Preceded by Sheffield Council election, 1999 |
Sheffield local elections | Succeeded by Sheffield Council election, 2002 |