Sheffield City Council election, 1995

Map of the results for the 1995 Sheffield council election.

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 5 May 1995. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1995
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	22	4	2	+2	73.3	47.4	61,546	+6.2%
	Liberal Democrat	8	5	2	+3	26.7	38.9	50,583	-3.2%
	Conservative	0	0	4	-4	0.0	11.3	14,761	-2.0%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	1,082	-0.4%
	Independent Labour	0	0	1	-1	0.0	0.7	983	+0.5%
	Militant Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	794	+0.2%
	Independent Conservative	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	104	+0.1%
	International Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	37	+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	56	58
	Liberal Democrats	22	25
	Conservatives	8	4
	Independent Labour	1	0
Total		87	87
Working majority		25	29

Wards

Beauchief ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Sangar	3,569	60.0	-4.5
	Labour	Grant Blackwell	1,701	28.6	+6.7
	Conservative	Shirley Trueman	672	11.3	-0.6
Majority			1,868	31.4	-11.2
Turnout			5,942	40.6	-8.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-5.6

Birley ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elsie Smith	3,054	63.6	+8.5
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Plant	1,240	25.8	-5.5
	Conservative	Margaret Pigott	510	10.6	-3.0
Majority			1,814	37.8	+14.0
Turnout			4,804	40.6	+4.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.0

Brightside^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Webster	2,079	54.6	+7.0
	Liberal Democrat	Gail Smith	1,610	42.2	-3.3
	Conservative	Michael Quirke	121	3.2	-1.6
Majority			469	12.4	+10.3
Turnout			3,810	30.0	-3.7
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+5.1

Broomhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Belcher	2,054	44.8	+6.4
	Liberal Democrat	Janice Sidebottom	1,389	30.3	-1.6
	Conservative	Warwick Cornford	950	20.7	-3.5
	Green	Joseph Otten	188	4.1	+0.7
Majority			665	14.5	+8.0
Turnout			4,581	27.6	-7.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.0

Burngreave^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Jones	1,346	41.3	-19.8
	Independent Labour	James Jamison	983	30.1	+30.1
	Liberal Democrat	Asif Yaqub	719	22.0	+2.6
	Conservative	David Knight	213	6.5	-1.2
Majority			363	11.2	-30.5
Turnout			3,261	29.2	+1.3
	Labour gain from Independent Labour		Swing	-24.9

Castle^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Midgley	1,884	75.3	+8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Auckland	326	13.0	-6.3
	Conservative	Ann Smith	163	6.5	-2.7
	Green	Graham Wroe	91	3.6	-0.8
	International Communist	Christopher Marsden	37	1.5	+1.5
Majority			1,558	62.3	+14.6
Turnout			2,501	22.2	-3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.3

Chapel Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Joan Trickett	3,667	58.5	-2.6
	Labour	Eldon Hanson	2,379	38.0	+4.4
	Conservative	Peter Smith	217	3.4	-1.9
Majority			1,288	20.5	-7.0
Turnout			6,263	34.6	-5.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-3.5

Darnall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kashaf Walayat	2,058	48.1	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	John Martin	1,646	38.5	+6.2
	Conservative	Laurence Hayward	344	8.0	-4.7
	Green	Gordon Ferguson	229	5.3	-2.5
Majority			412	9.6	-5.2
Turnout			4,277	29.1	-1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.6

Dore^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Fox	2,538	40.6	-4.5
	Conservative	John Paul Harthman	2,393	38.3	+2.3
	Labour	Richard Pearce	1,310	21.0	+3.9
Majority			145	2.3	-6.8
Turnout			6,241	39.3	-6.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	-3.4

Ecclesall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sylvia Dunkley	2,963	46.4	+4.2
	Conservative	Angela Elaine Fry	1,856	29.1	-4.8
	Labour	Judith Gwynn	1,563	24.5	+5.9
Majority			1,107	17.3	+9.0
Turnout			6,382	40.5	-5.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.5

Firth Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Leedham	2,238	66.7	+1.3
	Labour	Alan Law	2,176
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Azim	907	27.0	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Cutts	803
	Conservative	Mary Hyatt	208	6.2	-2.3
	Conservative	Qari Siddique	167
Majority			1,269	39.7	+0.4
Turnout			3,353	25.1	-3.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.2

Hallam^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Leonard Hesketh	2,683	43.3	-7.1
	Conservative	Charles Wallis	1,877	30.3	-1.4
	Labour	Michael Smith	1,466	23.6	+8.0
	Green	Peter Scott	172	2.8	+0.6
Majority			806	13.0	-5.7
Turnout			6,198	41.7	-8.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	-2.8

Handsworth^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marjorie Barker	3,038	66.3	+16.3
	Liberal Democrat	Louise Truman	1,212	26.4	-13.7
	Conservative	Shirley Clayton	334	7.3	-2.5
Majority			1,862	39.9	+30.0
Turnout			4,584	32.0	-3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+15.0

Heeley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beverley Ann Wright	2,439	48.9	+8.4
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Watson	2,317	46.5	-6.0
	Conservative	Eric Prescott Smith	229	4.6	-0.1
Majority			122	2.4	-10.1
Turnout			4,985	35.4	-7.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.2

Hillsborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alison MacFarlane	2,528	48.5	-2.3
	Labour	Barnaby Mynott	2,296	44.0	+7.3
	Conservative	Joyce Gairnster	391	7.5	-3.0
Majority			232	4.5	-9.6
Turnout			5,215	35.4	-6.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	-4.8

Intake^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lawton	2,390	50.3	+4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Chistopher Tutt	2,101	44.2	+3.8
	Conservative	Francis Woodger	263	5.5	-5.5
Majority			289	6.1	+1.1
Turnout			4,754	31.7	-2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.5

Manor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Jordan	1,609	65.9	-0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Roy Denton	480	19.6	-5.6
	Militant Labour	Steven Tice	200	8.2	+8.2
	Conservative	Andrew Watson	153	6.2	-1.8
Majority			1,129	46.3	+4.8
Turnout			2,442	26.7	-3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.4

Mosborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Rosling-Josephs	3,938	62.5	+10.2
	Liberal Democrat	Allan Wisbey	1,370	21.7	-12.0
	Conservative	Kay Hill	886	14.1	+0.2
	Independent Conservative	Colin Taylor	104	1.6	+1.6
Majority			2,568	40.8	+22.2
Turnout			6,298
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.1

Nether Edge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Hinman	2,334	45.0	+10.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ali Qadar	2,320	44.7	-5.3
	Conservative	Brian Trueman	534	10.3	+0.8
Majority			14	0.3	-14.8
Turnout			5,188	37.6	-3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.6

Nether Shire^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Eddison	2,230	67.4	+11.4
	Liberal Democrat	Peter MacLoughlin	866	26.2	-9.7
	Conservative	Marjorie Kirby	213	6.4	-1.8
Majority			1,372	41.2	+21.1
Turnout			3,309	26.7	-5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.5

Netherthorpe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Antony Arber	1,993	52.7	+14.5
	Liberal Democrat	Howard Middleton	1,387	36.6	+3.1
	Green	Barry New	235	6.2	-3.7
	Conservative	Andrew McTurk Cook	168	4.4	-1.1
Majority			546	16.1	+11.4
Turnout			3,783	30.0	-1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.7

Norton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank White	2,217	48.0	+1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Ruth Dawson	1,979	42.8	+3.8
	Conservative	Albert Marsden	424	9.2	-5.2
Majority			238	5.2	-2.4
Turnout			4,620	37.6	-2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.2

Owlerton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Bamford	2,025	67.4	+8.6
	Liberal Democrat	Markus Sova	735	24.4	-3.6
	Conservative	Clive Dearden	245	8.1	-1.2
Majority			1,290	43.0	+12.2
Turnout			3,005	24.4	-5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.1

Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vivienne Nicholson	1,568	56.7	+6.7
	Militant Labour	Kenneth Douglas	594	21.5	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Hughes	450	16.3	-5.0
	Conservative	Michael Ginn	153	5.5	-2.5
Majority			974	35.2	+6.5
Turnout			2,765	22.2	-4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.9

Sharrow^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammad Nazir	1,941	57.7	+2.6
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew White	1,198	35.6	+1.8
	Conservative	Michael Anthony Young	226	6.7	+0.1
Majority			743	22.1	+0.8
Turnout			3,365	35.9	+4.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.4

South Wortley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Bagshaw	3,703	56.7	-3.1
	Labour	Bernard Steer	2,310	35.3	+5.1
	Conservative	Gary Meggitt	520	7.9	-2.2
Majority			1,397	21.4	-8.2
Turnout			6,533	35.9	-6.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-4.1

Southey Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Damms	2,231	78.7	+11.3
	Liberal Democrat	Wayne Morton	461	16.2	-7.8
	Conservative	David Marriott	143	5.0	-3.6
Majority			1,770	62.5	+19.1
Turnout			2,835	25.0	-2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.5

Stocksbridge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Pears	1,692	53.7	-1.3
	Labour	Joan Brown	1,297	41.1	+4.6
	Conservative	Anne Smith	163	5.2	-3.3
Majority			395	12.6	-5.8
Turnout			3,152	29.6	-9.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	-2.9

Walkley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Barrow	2,558	47.0	+4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Leek	2,527	46.4	-2.6
	Conservative	Molly Goldring	192	3.5	-1.7
	Green	Nicola Watson	167	3.1	-0.7
Majority			31	0.6	-6.3
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+3.7

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 "Sheffield Local Elections 1973-1995 scans". Retrieved 2011-06-20.

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