Sheffield City Council election, 2000

Map of the results for the 2000 Sheffield council election.

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 4 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 saw 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]

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 2000
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
Liberal Democrats 46 48
Labour 37 37
Conservatives 1 1
Independent Liberal Democrat 2 1
Independent Labour 1 0
Total 87 87
Working majority   5    9 

Ward results

Beauchief [2][3]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barbara Belcher 2,491 50.8 -0.1
Liberal Democrat Dorothy Walton
(sitting councillor, previously Labour)		 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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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

By-elections between 2000 and 2002

Park By-Election 19 October 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julie Dore 979 53.3 +12.1
Liberal Democrat David Willis 812 44.2 -10.7
Conservative 45 2.5 -0.2
Majority 167 9.1 -4.6
Turnout 1,836 18.8 -6.9
Labour hold Swing +11.4
Southey Green By-Election 19 October 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tim Rippon 1,155 75.0 +4.6
Liberal Democrat Sheila Tomlinson 384 25.0 +6.1
Majority 771 50.0 -1.5
Turnout 1,539 15.7 -2.8
Labour hold Swing -0.7

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