Sheffield Council election, 2004

Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes having taken place since the last election in 2003, reducing the number of seats by 3.[1] This election was the first all-postal vote election held, dramatically improving overall turnout by 14.4% on the previous election to 43.9%.[2] The Labour Party kept its overall majority and continued to run the council, albeit on a much slimmer majority. Previous to the boundary changes, sitting Hillsborough councillor Peter MacLoughlin defected from the Liberal Democrats to an Independent, choosing not to contest this election.

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 2004
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Labour 44 0 0 0 52.4 34.4 59,312 -6.6%
  Liberal Democrat 37 0 0 0 44.0 30.8 53,132 -5.2%
  Conservative 2 0 0 0 2.4 15.8 27,226 +1.5%
  Green 1 0 0 0 1.2 12.8 22,030 +6.7%
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.1 5,460 +2.2%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.4 2,512 +1.1%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 1,116 +0.6%
  Independent Labour 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 882 +0.3%
  Democratic Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 610 +0.3%
  Socialist Alternative 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 253 +0.0%

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

Party Previous council New council
Labour 49 44
Liberal Democrats 36 37
Conservatives 1 2
Green 0 1
BNP 0 0
UKIP 0 0
Independent 0 0
Independent Labour 0 0
Democratic Socialist Alliance 0 0
Socialist Alternative 0 0
Independent Liberal Democrat 1 0
Total 87 84
Working majority   11    4 

Ward results

Arbourthorne [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julie Dore 2,336 46.9 N/A
Labour John Robson 2,326
Labour Timothy Rippon 2,231
Liberal Democrat Robert McCann 1,313 27.5 N/A
Liberal Democrat Frank Taylor 1,186
Liberal Democrat Christopher Tutt 1,173
Conservative Simon Dawson 563 11.8 N/A
Conservative David Cook 513
Conservative Alexander Carroll 503
Green Alexa Walker 403 8.4 N/A
Socialist Alternative Terence Wykes 253 5.3 N/A
Majority 918 19.4 N/A
Turnout 4,768 39.0 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Beauchief & Greenhill [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Anthony Holmes 2,661 36.5 N/A
Liberal Democrat Simon Clement-Jones 2,558
Liberal Democrat Clive Skelton 2,271
Labour James Hanson 2,151 29.5 N/A
Labour Louise Webb 1,947
Labour Raja Shaffique 1,717
BNP John Beatson 962 13.2 N/A
Conservative Peter Smith 955 13.1 N/A
Conservative Kenneth Hadley 922
Conservative Gordon Gregory 836
Green Kethryn Aston 559 7.7 N/A
Majority 120 7.0 N/A
Turnout 7,288 48.7 N/A
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Beighton [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Saunders 2,501 46.3 N/A
Labour Christopher Rosling-Josephs 2,133
Labour Helen Mirfin-Boukouris 1,966
Conservative Laurence Hayward 1,141 21.1 N/A
Conservative Graham Wallis 1,082
Conservative Claire Robinson 1,045
Liberal Democrat Allan Wisbey 673 12.4 N/A
Liberal Democrat Matthew Wisbey 622
Independent Richard Ratcliffe 570 10.5 N/A
Green Andrew Brandham 517 9.6 N/A
Liberal Democrat Tasadique Mohammed 422
Majority 825 25.2 N/A
Turnout 5,402 38.3 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Birley [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bryan Lodge 3,181 53.2 N/A
Labour Angela Smith 2,660
Labour Michael Pye 2,636
Liberal Democrat Philip Morris 1,227 20.5 N/A
Conservative Freda Hutchinson 990 16.5 N/A
Conservative Philip Cadman 978
Liberal Democrat David Black 865
Liberal Democrat Richard Towers 834
Conservative Kathleen Campbell 807
Green Julie White 585 9.8 N/A
Majority 1,409 32.7 N/A
Turnout 5,983 46.1 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Broomhill [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Paul Scriven 1,872 41.1 N/A
Liberal Democrat Alan Whitehouse 1,821
Liberal Democrat Shaffaq Mohammed 1,554
Green Gillian Booth 1,132 24.8 N/A
Labour Terry Cooper 898 19.7 N/A
Labour Gerald Bates 890
Labour Richard Eastall 873
Green Robert Cole 795
Green Daniel Lyons 648
Conservative Veronica Hague 655 14.4 N/A
Conservative Geoffrey Tryon 566
Conservative Naguib Hajiani 471
Majority 422 16.3 N/A
Turnout 4,557 35.7 N/A
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Burngreave [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacqueline Drayton 2,891 49.2 N/A
Labour Ibrar Hussain 2,887
Labour Stephen Jones 2,565
Liberal Democrat David Dawson 904 15.4 N/A
Green Christopher Sissons 893 15.2 N/A
Liberal Democrat Barbara Masters 828
Liberal Democrat Roger Hughes 815
Democratic Socialist Alliance Alison Brown 610 10.4 N/A
Conservative Neil Everest 577 9.8 N/A
Conservative Philip Kirby 499
Conservative Marie Weston 451
Majority 1,661 33.8 N/A
Turnout 5,875 37.1 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Central [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jean Cromar 1,355 31.2 N/A
Green Jillian Creasy 1,305 30.0 N/A
Liberal Democrat Mohammad Azim 1,276 29.4 N/A
Labour Mohammad Nazir 1,065
Green Bernard Little 1,058
Labour Mohammed Khan 1,055
Green Robert Murphy 1,016
Liberal Democrat Haq Nawaz 889
Liberal Democrat Muhammad Zahur 590
Conservative Nick Bryan 408 9.4 N/A
Conservative Patricia Barnsley 380
Conservative Roger Barnsley 379
Majority 211 1.2 N/A
Turnout 4,344 35.6 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Crookes [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Brian Holmes 3,197 42.0 N/A
Liberal Democrat Leonard Hesketh 3,042
Liberal Democrat Sylvia Anginotti 2,632
Labour Craig Berry 1,569 20.6 N/A
Green Nicola Freeman 1,431 18.8 N/A
Conservative Michael Young 1,416 18.6 N/A
Labour Christopher Batchelor 1,305
Conservative Kevin Mahoney 1,271
Conservative Miles Waters 1,267
Labour John Darwin 1,118
Majority 1,063 21.4 N/A
Turnout 7,613 48.7 N/A
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Darnall [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Lea 2,548 40.4 N/A
Labour Robert Harpham 2,261
Labour Mohammad Altaf 2,193
Liberal Democrat Muhammad Ali 1,529 24.2 N/A
Liberal Democrat Mohammed Malik 1,455
Liberal Democrat Richard Bowden 1,423
UKIP Charlotte Arnott 1,015 16.1 N/A
Conservative Dorothy Kennedy 666 10.5 N/A
Green David Havard 553 8.7 N/A
Conservative Anne Corke 549
Conservative Katherine Pinder 494
Majority 664 16.2 N/A
Turnout 6,311 43.1 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Dore & Totley [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Smith 3,740 44.3 N/A
Conservative Michael Waters 3,302
Liberal Democrat Keith Hill 3,293 39.0 N/A
Liberal Democrat Colin Ross 3,238
Conservative Michael Ginn 3,140
Liberal Democrat John Day 2,983
Labour David Crosby 761 9.0 N/A
Labour Jennifer Henderson 691
Labour Dawn Biram 653
Green Donald Henderson 652 7.7 N/A
Majority 64 5.3 N/A
Turnout 8,446 59.2 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
East Ecclesfield [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Patricia Fox 2,362 35.5 N/A
Liberal Democrat Victoria Bowden 2,345
Liberal Democrat Graham Oxley 2,339
Labour Adele Jagger 2,078 31.2 N/A
Labour Jared O'Mara 1,913
Labour Beverley Wright 1,801
BNP Ian Smith 1,123 16.9 N/A
Conservative Brian Mole 546 8.2 N/A
Green Lamia Safir 539 8.1 N/A
Conservative Hedley Oldfield 527
Conservative Emma Waters 483
Majority 261 4.3 N/A
Turnout 6,648 44.8 N/A
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Ecclesall [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Sylvia Dunkley 3,934 46.1 N/A
Liberal Democrat Ruth Dawson 3,891
Liberal Democrat Roger Davison 3,642
Conservative Sidney Cordle 2,250 26.4 N/A
Conservative David Pinder 2,173
Conservative Lisa O'Toole 1,957
Labour Stephanie Thomas 1,179 13.8 N/A
Green Ronald Giles 1,163 13.6 N/A
Labour Mohammed Hussain 923
Labour Philip Abbas 873
Majority 1,392 19.7 N/A
Turnout 8,526 53.5 N/A
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Firth Park [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Barton 2,629 57.3 N/A
Labour Christopher Weldon 2,361
Labour Alan Law 2,154
Conservative Russell Cutts 710 15.5 N/A
Green Steven Marshall 677 14.7 N/A
Conservative Paul Rymill 635
Conservative Marjorie Kirby 574
Liberal Democrat Angela Hill 569 12.4 N/A
Liberal Democrat Helen Blaby 564
Liberal Democrat Michael Reynolds 559
Majority 1,444 41.8 N/A
Turnout 4,585 35.5 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Fulwood [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat John Knight 3,161 43.4 N/A
Liberal Democrat Andrew Sangar 2,998
Liberal Democrat Janice Sidebottom 2,898
Conservative Christopher Ashford 1,928 26.5 N/A
Conservative Alan Ryder 1,915
Conservative Samuel Oakley 1,887
Labour Dennis Brown 889 12.2 N/A
Green Laura Anderson 877 12.0 N/A
Labour Mark Gamsu 788
Labour Maxwell Telfer 653
UKIP Nigel James 420 5.8 N/A
Majority 970 16.9 N/A
Turnout 7,275 50.9 N/A
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Gleadless Valley [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terence Fox 2,402 39.6 N/A
Labour Rosemary Telfer 2,381
Labour Garry Weatherall 2,184
Liberal Democrat Derek Glossop 1,749 28.8 N/A
Liberal Democrat Denise Reaney 1,530
Liberal Democrat John Bowden 1,473
Green Robert Unwin 1,262 20.8 N/A
Green Philip Grantham 1,097
Green Heather Hunt 1,096
Conservative John Berry 651 10.7 N/A
Conservative Francis Woodger 622
Conservative Matthew Johnson 606
Majority 435 10.8 N/A
Turnout 6,064 44.5 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Graves Park [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Peter Moore 2,826 42.8 N/A
Liberal Democrat Ian Auckland 2,742
Liberal Democrat Barrie Jervis 2,393
Labour Robert Pemberton 1,799 27.2 N/A
Labour Sandra Freeman 1,752
Labour Oliver Coppard 1,628
Conservative Alan Dunkerley 1,089 16.5 N/A
Conservative Michelle Grant 1,083
Conservative Trevor Grant 1,034
Green Rita Wilcock 890 13.5 N/A
Majority 594 15.6 N/A
Turnout 6,604 48.5 N/A
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Hillsborough [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert MacDonald 2,576 42.1 N/A
Labour Alfred Meade 2,557
Labour Janet Bragg 2,475
Liberal Democrat Melanie Sidebottom 2,094 34.2 N/A
Liberal Democrat Penelope Baker 1,976
Liberal Democrat Christine Tosseano 1,779
Green Christopher McMahon 881 14.4 N/A
Conservative Helen Smith 561 9.2 N/A
Conservative Valerie Butcher 555
Conservative Peter Smith 522
Majority 381 7.9 N/A
Turnout 6,112 48.8 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Manor Castle [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Midgley 2,516 62.0 N/A
Labour Janet Fiore 2,205
Labour Janet Wilson 2,094
Liberal Democrat Michael Coleman 599 14.8 N/A
Green Graham Wroe 573 14.1 N/A
Green Elizabeth Cooper 567
Green Timothy Cooper 497
Liberal Democrat Rosemary Dando 486
Liberal Democrat Angela Culley 461
Conservative Andrew Watson 366 9.0 N/A
Conservative Harry Hall 365
Conservative Daniel Riddington-Young 335
Majority 1,495 47.2 N/A
Turnout 4,054 34.9 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Mosborough [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Peat 2,350 42.4 N/A
Labour David Barker 2,038
Labour Samuel Wall 1,977
Liberal Democrat Gail Smith 1,531 27.6 N/A
Conservative Shirley Clayton 1,204 21.7 N/A
Liberal Democrat Judith Webster 1,193
Conservative Evelyn Millward 1,156
Conservative Gordon Millward 1,129
Liberal Democrat Terry McElligott 1,077
Green Julian Briggs 451 8.1 N/A
Majority 446 14.8 N/A
Turnout 5,536 41.6 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Nether Edge [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Ali Qadar 2,818 41.8 N/A
Liberal Democrat Andrew White 2,443
Liberal Democrat Patricia White 2,408
Labour Mohammad Maroof 1,830 27.2 N/A
Labour Matthew Peck 1,568
Labour Farhat Javed 1,502
Green Mervyn Smith 1,178 17.5 N/A
Green Gemma Lock 1,031
Green Linda Duckenfield 988
Conservative Ian Ramsay 906 13.4 N/A
Conservative Susan Hayward 804
Conservative Rosita Malandrinos 778
Majority 578 14.6 N/A
Turnout 6,732 50.5 N/A
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Richmond [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Lawton 2,517 40.6 N/A
Labour John Campbell 2,383
Labour Terry Barrow 2,334
Independent Labour Elsie Smith 882 14.2 N/A
Liberal Democrat Christopher Ingold 848 13.7 N/A
Liberal Democrat Joanne Ingold 837
Liberal Democrat Sarah Smalley 808
Green Eamonn Ward 749 12.1 N/A
Conservative Judith Burkinshaw 660 10.6 N/A
Conservative Nicholas Morris 631
Conservative Ian Fey 618
Independent Maureen Potts 546 8.8 N/A
Majority 1,452 26.4 N/A
Turnout 6,202 41.6 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Shiregreen & Brightside [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Bird 2,596 46.7 N/A
Labour Peter Price 2,482
Labour Peter Rippon 2,250
BNP Christopher Hartigan 1,296 23.3 N/A
Liberal Democrat John Tomlinson 721 13.0 N/A
Liberal Democrat Michael Davis 592
Liberal Democrat Sheila Hughes 584
Conservative Patrick Maloney 490 8.8 N/A
Conservative Eric Kirby 463
Green Bridget Evans 449 8.0 N/A
Conservative Mohammed Tariq 349
Majority 954 23.4 N/A
Turnout 5,552 33.4 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Southey [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Damms 2,591 50.2 N/A
Labour Leigh Bramall 2,434
Labour Gillian Furniss 2,192
BNP Roy James 1,132 21.9 N/A
Liberal Democrat James Tosseano 625 12.1 N/A
Liberal Democrat Andrew Cooke 553
Liberal Democrat Roger Mercer 515
Conservative Matthew Dixon 423 8.2 N/A
Conservative Peter Buckle 398
Green Christine Gilligan Kubo 386 7.5 N/A
Conservative Sandra Buckle 380
Majority 1,060 28.3 N/A
Turnout 5,157 36.4 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Stannington [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Arthur Dunworth 2,700 38.9 N/A
Liberal Democrat Vickie Priestley 2,578
Liberal Democrat David Baker 2,341
Labour Graham Fawley 1,977 28.5 N/A
Labour John Webster 1,595
Labour Steven Wilson 1,556
Conservative Andrew Gabbitas 1,368 19.7 N/A
Conservative Timothy Moffatt 1,308
Conservative Leslie Firth 1,138
Green Michael Maas 894 12.9 N/A
Majority 364 10.4 N/A
Turnout 6,939 48.3 N/A
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Stocksbridge & Upper Don [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Martin Davis 2,881 44.5 N/A
Liberal Democrat Martin Brelsford 2,774
Liberal Democrat Alison Brelsford 2,708
Labour Christopher Prescott 1,673 25.8 N/A
Labour Sandra White 1,668
Labour Douglas Patterson 1,665
Conservative Tim Lewis 1,005 15.5 N/A
Green Angela Roberts 915 14.1 N/A
Conservative Philip Allen 789
Conservative Robert Usher 751
Majority 1,035 18.7 N/A
Turnout 6,474 41.8 N/A
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Walkley [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Diane Leek 2,343 37.7 N/A
Labour Veronica Hardstaff 2,271 36.5 N/A
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Harston 1,913
Labour James Bamford 1,829
Labour Abdul Khayum 1,581
Liberal Democrat Stephen Ayris 1,426
Green Barry New 1,091 17.5 N/A
Conservative Christopher Fox 513 8.2 N/A
Conservative John Neill 461
Conservative Maureen Neill 439
Majority 84 1.2 N/A
Turnout 6,218 43.1 N/A
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
West Ecclesfield [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Kathleen Chadwick 2,792 43.1 N/A
Liberal Democrat Alan Hooper 2,485
Liberal Democrat Trevor Bagshaw 2,243
Labour Sheila Tyler 2,234 34.5 N/A
Labour Joyce Wright 2,181
Labour Paul Jagger 2,007
Conservative Paula Axelby 860 13.3 N/A
Conservative Michael Pinder 648
Conservative Michael Stringer 606
Green Paul McMahon 582 9.0 N/A
Majority 9 8.6 N/A
Turnout 6,468 43.4 N/A
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Woodhouse [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marjorie Barker 3,114 45.8 N/A
Labour Michael Rooney 2,963
Labour Raymond Satur 2,585
UKIP Jonathan Arnott 1,077 15.8 N/A
BNP Derek Hutchinson 947 13.9 N/A
Liberal Democrat Richard Forrester 634 9.3 N/A
Conservative George Ledbury 585 8.6 N/A
Liberal Democrat Robert Moffett 584
Liberal Democrat Valerie Moffett 578
Conservative Margaret Pigott 559
Conservative June Ledbury 541
Green Judith Rutnam 443 6.5 N/A
Majority 1,508 30.0 N/A
Turnout 6,800 45.1 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

References

Preceded by
Sheffield Council election, 2003
Sheffield local elections Succeeded by
Sheffield Council election, 2006