Sheffield City Council election, 1996

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 3 May 1996. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1996
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	17	1	4	-3	56.6	44.2	52,109	-3.2%
	Liberal Democrat	12	6	0	+6	40.0	40.9	48,194	+2.0%
	Conservative	1	0	3	-3	3.3	13.2	15,610	+1.9%
	Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	672	-0.1%
	Militant Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	648	-0.1%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	542	-0.4%
	Independent Conservative	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	121	+0.0%

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	58	55
	Liberal Democrats	25	31
	Conservatives	4	1
Total		87	87
Working majority		29	23

Ward results

Beauchief [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Hughes	3,142	57.3	+2.7
	Labour	Robert Pemberton	1,555	28.4	+0.2
	Conservative	Frank Woodger	785	14.3	-3.0
Majority			1,587	28.9	+2.5
Turnout			5,482	37.5	+3.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+1.2

Birley [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Colk	2,337	61.8	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Ogden	973	25.7	-0.1
	Conservative	Laurence Hayward	470	12.4	+1.8
Majority			1,364	36.1	-1.7
Turnout			3,780	26.0	-14.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.8

Brightside[1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Price	1,619	56.4	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Wayne Morton	1,105	38.5	-3.7
	Conservative	Marjorie Kirby	144	5.0	+1.8
Majority			514	17.9	+5.5
Turnout			2,868	23.8	-6.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.7

Broomhill [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Smith	1,915	45.0	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Janice Sidebottom	1,366	32.1	+1.8
	Conservative	Derwent Levick	970	22.8	+2.1
Majority			549	12.9	-1.6
Turnout			4,251	28.2	+0.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	-0.8

Burngreave [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqueline Field	1,457	55.2	+13.9
	Independent Labour	James Jamison	672	25.5	-4.6
	Liberal Democrat	David Robinson	330	12.5	-9.5
	Conservative	Mary Hyatt	178	6.7	+0.2
Majority			785	29.7	+18.5
Turnout			2,637	27.6	-1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.2

Castle [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barney Mynott	1,356	65.0	-10.3
	Liberal Democrat	Howard Middleton	330	15.8	+2.8
	Militant Labour	Peter Fryer	172	8.2	+8.2
	Conservative	Michael Young	158	7.6	+1.1
	Green	Graham Wroe	172	3.3	-0.3
Majority			1,026	49.2	-13.1
Turnout			2,085	20.7	-1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.5

Chapel Green [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kathleen Chadwick	3,105	59.2	+0.7
	Labour	Susan Greaves	1,899	36.2	-1.8
	Conservative	Michael Boot	243	4.6	+1.2
Majority			1,206	23.0	+2.5
Turnout			5,247	29.2	-5.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+1.2

Darnall [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Barnard	1,916	59.0	+10.9
	Liberal Democrat	John Martin	1,006	31.0	-7.5
	Conservative	Qari Siddique	324	10.0	+2.0
Majority			910	28.0	+18.4
Turnout			3,246	22.9	-6.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.2

Dore [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Heslop	2,913	45.0	+6.7
	Liberal Democrat	Gail Smith	2,545	39.3	-1.3
	Labour	Richard Pearce	1,009	15.6	-5.4
Majority			368	5.7	+3.4
Turnout			6,467	42.6	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.0

Ecclesall [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kate Dawson	3,223	48.4	+2.0
	Conservative	John Harthman	2,137	32.1	+3.0
	Labour	Brendan Kitchen	1,301	19.5	-5.0
Majority			1,086	16.3	-1.0
Turnout			6,661	42.6	+2.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	-0.5

Firth Park [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Ilyas	1,814	63.3	-3.4
	Labour	Alan Law	1,612
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Cutts	748	26.1	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Harston	658
	Conservative	Khalid Mahmood	302	10.5	+4.3
	Conservative	Brian Trueman	209
Majority			1,066	37.2	-2.5
Turnout			2,864	24.0	-1.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.2

Hallam [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Knight	3,199	52.4	+9.1
	Conservative	Charles Wallis	1,743	28.5	-1.8
	Labour	Ian White	1,164	19.0	-4.6
Majority			1,456	23.8	+10.8
Turnout			6,106	41.1	-0.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.4

Handsworth [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Rooney	2,402	65.2	-1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Louise Truman	890	24.1	-2.3
	Conservative	Shirley Clayton	393	10.6	+3.3
Majority			1,512	41.0	+1.1
Turnout			3,685	25.7	-6.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.6

Heeley [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Watson	2,363	49.9	+3.4
	Labour	David Hayes	2,159	45.6	-3.3
	Conservative	Eric Smith	215	4.5	-0.1
Majority			204	4.3	+1.9
Turnout			4,737	34.7	-0.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+3.3

Hillsborough [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Macloughlin	2,765	54.9	+6.4
	Labour	Robert Harpham	2,008	39.9	-4.1
	Conservative	Simon Dawson	261	5.2	-2.3
Majority			757	15.0	+10.5
Turnout			5,034	35.4	-0.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+5.2

Intake [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Wilson	1,960	55.9	+5.6
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Fairhurst	1,130	32.2	-12.0
	Conservative	Mark Cashin	414	11.8	+6.3
Majority			830	23.7	+17.6
Turnout			3,504	24.0	-7.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.8

Manor [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Smith	1,245	65.9	-0.0
	Liberal Democrat	Roy Denton	347	18.3	-1.3
	Militant Labour	Alistair Tice	163	8.6	+0.4
	Conservative	Andrew Watson	135	7.1	+0.9
Majority			898	47.5	+1.2
Turnout			1,890	21.4	-5.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.6

Mosborough [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Walton	3,176	59.8	-2.7
	Liberal Democrat	David Caldwell	1,205	22.7	+1.0
	Conservative	Brenden Doyle	810	15.2	+1.1
	Independent Conservative	Colin Taylor	121	2.3	+0.7
Majority			1,971	37.1	-3.7
Turnout			5,312	20.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.8

Nether Edge[1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ali Qadar	2,601	49.3	+4.6
	Labour	William Eldridge	1,969	37.3	-7.7
	Conservative	Ian Ramsay	446	8.4	-1.9
	Green	Ronald Giles	261	4.9	+4.9
Majority			632	12.0	+11.7
Turnout			5,277	40.0	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+6.1

Nether Shire [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Bird	1,696	60.7	-6.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Tomlinson	922	33.0	+6.8
	Conservative	Margaret Piggott	176	6.3	-0.1
Majority			774	27.7	-13.5
Turnout			2,794	23.8	-2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.7

Netherthorpe [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sylvia Anginotti	1,876	50.8	+14.2
	Labour	Ernest Hardy	1,497	40.5	-12.2
	Green	Barry New	212	5.7	-0.5
	Conservative	Andrew Cook	109	2.9	-1.5
Majority			379	10.2	-5.9
Turnout			3,694	30.2	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+13.2

Norton [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Tutt	2,370	52.5	+9.7
	Labour	Grant Blackwell	1,828	40.5	-7.5
	Conservative	Shirley Trueman	314	6.9	-2.3
Majority			542	12.0	+6.8
Turnout			4,512	39.0	+1.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+8.6

Owlerton [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jones	1,588	60.0	-7.4
	Liberal Democrat	Markus Sova	809	30.6	+6.2
	Conservative	Clive Dearden	249	9.4	+1.3
Majority			779	29.4	-13.6
Turnout			2,646	22.7	-1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.8

Park [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Lumley	1,275	60.8	+4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Hughes	362	17.3	+1.0
	Militant Labour	Ken Douglas	313	14.9	-6.6
	Conservative	Michael Ginn	146	7.0	+1.5
Majority			913	43.5	+8.3
Turnout			2,096	19.4	-2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.5

Sharrow [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Pye	1,727	64.2	+6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew White	753	28.0	-7.6
	Conservative	Anne Smith	211	7.8	+1.1
Majority			974	36.2	+14.1
Turnout			2,691	21.5	-14.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.0

South Wortley [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Arthur Dunworth	3,252	59.0	+2.3
	Labour	Peter Rippon	1,631	29.6	-5.7
	Conservative	Thomas Pigott	630	11.4	+3.5
Majority			1,621	29.4	+8.0
Turnout			5,513	30.1	-5.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+4.0

Southey Green [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Butler	1,693	74.0	-4.7
	Liberal Democrat	Kathleen Key	449	19.6	+3.4
	Conservative	David Marriot	146	6.4	+1.4
Majority			1,244	54.4	-8.1
Turnout			2,288	21.9	-3.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.0

Stocksbridge [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Maureen Brelsford	1,636	56.0	+2.3
	Labour	Sylvia Parry	1,092	37.4	-3.7
	Conservative	Anne Smith	191	6.5	+1.3
Majority			544	18.6	+6.0
Turnout			2,919	27.5	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+3.0

Walkley [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Leek	2,734	53.3	+6.9
	Labour	Jean Cromar	2,209	43.0	-4.0
	Conservative	Peter Smith	188	3.6	+0.1
Majority			525	10.2	+9.6
Turnout			5,131	36.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+5.4

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