Sheffield City Council election, 2015

Sheffield City Council elections are scheduled to take place on Thursday 7 May 2015, the same day as the UK general election and local Parish Council elections. There are 28 seats up for election, one of the three councillors from each ward.

Going into the elections, the current council is controlled by Labour with 59 councillors, with the opposition consisting of 18 Liberal Democrat councillors, 4 Green Party councillors and 3 UKIP councillors. The Conservative Party and the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition have no current representation.

Labour have a majority of 17 and are defending 21 seats.

Election result

Sheffield City Council Election Result 2015
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative
  Green
  Labour
  Liberal Democrat
  TUSC
  UKIP

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

Party Previous council Gains Loses New council
Labour 59
Liberal Democrats 18
Greens 4
UKIP 3
Conservatives 0
Trade Unionist & Socialist 0
Total 84 84
Working majority   17      

Ward results

Arbourthorne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Smith
Green Jennyfer Barnard
Labour Mike Drabble
Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Ross
TUSC Alan Munro
UKIP Bob Sheridan
Majority
Turnout
Beauchief & Greenhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michelle Grant
Green Paul Horada-Bradnum
Labour Julie Gledhill
Liberal Democrat Simon Clement-Jones
TUSC Terry Murphy
UKIP Shane Harper
Majority
Turnout
Beighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Shirley Clayton
Green Clare Relton
Labour Chris Rosling-Josephs
Liberal Democrat Allan Wisbey
TUSC Maggie Gray
UKIP Steven Winstone
Majority
Turnout
Birley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Calum Heaton
Green Ruth Nicol
Labour Denise Fox
Liberal Democrat Wendy Jenrick
TUSC John Voyse
UKIP Dominic Cook
Majority
Turnout
Broomhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Taylor
Green Aodan Marken
Labour Co-op Benjamin Miskell
Liberal Democrat Sara Sivan-Whitehouse
TUSC Avram Benjamin
UKIP Pat Sullivan
Majority
Turnout
Burngreave
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Russel Cutts
Green Christopher Sissons
Labour Ibrar Hussain
Liberal Democrat Jan White
TUSC Maxine Bowler
UKIP Debra Roberts
Majority
Turnout
Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Raymond Lawrence
Green Anne Barr
Labour Co-op Lewis Dagnall
Liberal Democrat Muhammad Zahur
TUSC Sam Morecroft
UKIP Omer Abdulqader
Majority
Turnout
Crookes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Will Lockwood
Green Julian Briggs
Labour Geoff Smith
Liberal Democrat Harry Matthews
TUSC Nick Hall
UKIP Andrew Pemberton
Majority
Turnout
Darnall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Natalie Challenger
Green Joydu Al-Mahfuz
Labour Dianne Hurst
Liberal Democrat Sohail Muhammed
TUSC Philip King
UKIP Muzafar Dahman
Majority
Turnout
Dore & Totley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Pitchfork
Green David Applebaum
Labour David Crosby
Liberal Democrat Joe Otten
TUSC Adrian Marshall
UKIP Jason Sullivan
Majority
Turnout
East Ecclesfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hilary Gay
Green Kaye Horsfield
Labour Steve Wilson
Liberal Democrat John Bowden
TUSC Steve Hible
UKIP Jonathan Ogle
Majority
Turnout
Ecclesall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christina Stark
Green Jason Leman
Labour Jared O'Mara
Liberal Democrat Shaffaq Mohammed
TUSC Adam Fisher
UKIP Lynsey Lockey
Majority
Turnout
Firth Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Judith Burkinshaw
Green Amy Mack
Labour Garry Weatherall
Liberal Democrat Michael Shaw
TUSC Leeroy Moxam
UKIP Michael Barge
Majority
Turnout
Fulwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hannah Rose
Green Judith Rutnam
Labour Gareth Slater
Liberal Democrat Andrew Sangar
TUSC Chris McAndrew
UKIP Granville Dronfield
Majority
Turnout
Gleadless Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jenny Grant
Green Mike Herbert
Labour Chris Peace
Liberal Democrat Philip Shaddock
TUSC Liz Morton
UKIP Mitch Seymour
Majority
Turnout
Graves Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Grant
Green David Hayes
Labour Louise Davies
Liberal Democrat Ian Auckland
TUSC Keith Endean
Majority
Turnout
Hillsborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Wallace
Green Chris McMahon
Labour Bob Johnson
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Harston
TUSC Victoria Wainwright
UKIP John Trow
Majority
Turnout
Manor Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Muncie
Green Graham Wroe
Labour Jenny Armstrong
Liberal Democrat Kurtis Crossland
TUSC Alistair Tice
UKIP Jon Butt
Majority
Turnout
Mosborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Colton
Green Julie White
Labour David Barker
Liberal Democrat Gail Smith
TUSC Matthew Zion
UKIP Joanne Parkin
Majority
Turnout
Nether Edge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Spencer Pitfield
Green Calvin Payne
Labour Mohammad Maroof
Liberal Democrat Mohammad Azim
TUSC James Williams
UKIP Jeffrey Shaw
Majority
Turnout
Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Sneddon
Green Richard Roper
Labour John Campbell
Liberal Democrat Angela Hill
TUSC Claire Wren
UKIP Dennis Hobson
Majority
Turnout
Shiregreen & Brightside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marcus Wells
Green Scott Darby
Labour Pete Price
Liberal Democrat Jack Weston
UKIP Joshua Wright
Majority
Turnout
Southey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jason Southcott
Green Rose Garratt
Labour Leigh Bramall
Liberal Democrat Marcus Foster
TUSC Ashley Cawton
UKIP Yvonne Sykes
Majority
Turnout
Stannington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kath Lawrence
Green Martin Bradshaw
Labour Lisa Banes
Liberal Democrat Vickie Priestley
TUSC Tim Jones
UKIP Elizabeth Brownhill
Majority
Turnout
Stocksbridge & Upper Don
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Owen
Green Dan Lyons
Labour Philip Wood
Liberal Democrat Julia Wright
TUSC Jeremy Short
UKIP Keith Davis
Majority
Turnout
Walkley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Gould
Green Sue Morton
Labour Olivia Blake
Liberal Democrat Diane Leek
TUSC Chaz Lockett
UKIP Richard Ratcliffe
Majority
Turnout
West Ecclesfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Grace Atkinson
Green Jon Scaife
Labour Zoe Sykes
Liberal Democrat Victoria Bowden
TUSC Kate Hutchinson
UKIP David Ogle
Majority
Turnout
Woodhouse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Conor Rynne
Green John Grant
Labour Mick Rooney
Liberal Democrat Barrie Jervis
TUSC Ian Whitehouse
UKIP Simon Arnott
Majority
Turnout

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