Sheffield City Council election, 2006
Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 4 May 2006 with polling stations open between 7am and 10pm. One third of council seats were up for election; one in each ward, plus one additional seat in Ecclesall due to a resignation. The overall turnout this year was 34.5%, down considerably from the previous year's general election turnout at 43.9 per cent turnout in Sheffield.[1]
Councillors before and after the election
Ward | Incumbent Elected | Incumbent | Elected |
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Arbourthorne | 2004 | Timothy Rippon | Timothy Rippon |
Beauchief & Greenhill | 2004 | Clive Skelton | Clive Skelton |
Beighton | 2004 | Helen Mirfin-Boukouris | Helen Mirfin-Boukouris |
Birley | 2004 | Michael Pye | Michael Pye |
Broomhill | 2004 | Shaffaq Mohammed | Shaffaq Mohammed |
Burngreave | 2004 | Steve Jones | Steve Jones |
Central | 2004 | Mohammad Azim | Bernard Little |
Crookes | 2004 | Sylvia Anginotti | Sylvia Anginotti |
Darnall | 2004 | Mohammad Altaf | Mazher Iqbal |
Dore & Totley | 2004 | Keith Hill | Keith Hill |
East Ecclesfield | 2004 | Graham Oxley | Graham Oxley |
Ecclesall 1 | 2004 | Roger Davison | Roger Davison |
Ecclesall 2 | 2004 | Kate Dawson | Michael Reynolds |
Firth Park | 2004 | Alan Law | Alan Law |
Fulwood | 2004 | Janice Sidebottom | Janice Sidebottom |
Gleadless Valley | 2004 | Garry Weatherall | Garry Weatherall |
Graves Park | 2004 | Barrie Jervis | Robert McCann |
Hillsborough | 2004 | Janet Bragg | Janet Bragg |
Manor Castle | 2004 | Janet Wilson | Janet Wilson |
Mosborough | 2004 | Samuel Wall | Samuel Wall |
Nether Edge | 2004 | Patricia White | Patricia White |
Richmond | 2004 | Terry Barrow | Elizabeth Naylor |
Shiregreen & Brightside | 2004 | Peter Rippon | Peter Rippon |
Southey | 2004 | Gillian Furniss | Gillian Furniss |
Stannington | 2004 | David Baker | David Baker |
Stocksbridge & Upper Don | 2004 | Alison Brelsford | Alison Brelsford |
Walkley | 2004 | Jonathan Harston | Jonathan Harston |
West Ecclesfield | 2004 | Trevor Bagshaw | Trevor Bagshaw |
Woodhouse | 2004 | Raymond Satur | Raymond Satur |
Election result
Sheffield City Council Election Result 2006 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrat | 14 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 48.3 | 34.0 | 42,533 | +3.2% | ||
Labour | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.3 | 33.7 | 42,191 | -0.7% | ||
Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3.4 | 10.9 | 13,621 | -1.9% | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 18,765 | -0.8% | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2,906 | -0.8% | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2,849 | +0.9% | ||
Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1,208 | +1.0% | ||
Christian Peoples | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 395 | +0.3% | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 337 | +0.3% | ||
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 206 | +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 | |||
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Labour | 44 | 44 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 37 | 36 | |||
Conservatives | 2 | 2 | |||
Green | 1 | 2 | |||
BNP | 0 | 0 | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | |||
Respect | 0 | 0 | |||
Christian Peoples | 0 | 0 | |||
Independent | 0 | 0 | |||
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 84 | 84 | |||
Working majority | 4 | 4 |
Ward results
Arbourthorne [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Timothy Rippon | 1,695 | 49.5 | +2.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Tony Bennett | 872 | 25.4 | -2.1 | |
Conservative | Peter Smith | 451 | 13.2 | +1.4 | |
Green | Alexa Walker | 288 | 8.4 | -0.0 | |
Christian Peoples | Kyle Spotswood | 121 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 823 | 24.0 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,427 | 28.2 | -10.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
Beauchief & Greenhill [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Clive Skelton | 2,134 | 38.7 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Steven Wilson | 1,852 | 33.6 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Michelle Grant | 628 | 11.4 | -1.7 | |
BNP | John Beatson | 567 | 10.3 | -2.9 | |
Green | David Hayes | 327 | 5.9 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 282 | 5.1 | -1.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,508 | 41.3 | -7.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -0.9 | |||
Beighton [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Helen Mirfin-Boukouris | 1,655 | 42.7 | -3.6 | |
Conservative | Shirley Clayton | 745 | 19.2 | -1.9 | |
BNP | Roy James | 659 | 17.0 | +17.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Allan Wisbey | 564 | 14.5 | +2.1 | |
Green | Andrew Brandram | 255 | 6.6 | -3.0 | |
Majority | 910 | 23.5 | -1.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,878 | 30.2 | -8.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.9 | |||
Birley [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Michael Pye | 2,018 | 49.6 | -3.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Angela Hill | 766 | 18.8 | -1.7 | |
Conservative | Gordon Millward | 543 | 13.3 | -3.2 | |
Green | Francis Plunkett | 346 | 8.5 | -1.3 | |
UKIP | Sally Stracey | 396 | 9.7 | +9.7 | |
Majority | 1,252 | 30.8 | -1.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,069 | 31.6 | -14.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.9 | |||
Broomhill [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Shaffaq Mohammed | 1,239 | 41.6 | +0.5 | |
Green | Robert Cole | 730 | 24.5 | -0.3 | |
Labour | Jennifer Armstrong | 581 | 19.5 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | Michael Ginn | 426 | 14.3 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 509 | 17.1 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,976 | 25.4 | -10.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
Burngreave [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Steven Jones | 2,278 | 48.9 | -0.3 | |
Respect | Maxine Bowler | 1,208 | 25.9 | +25.9 | |
Conservative | Russell Cutts | 425 | 9.1 | -0.7 | |
Green | Christopher Sissons | 401 | 8.6 | -6.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Tasadique Mohammed | 350 | 7.5 | -7.9 | |
Majority | 1,070 | 23.0 | -10.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,662 | 33.9 | -3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -13.1 | |||
Central [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Green | Bernard Little | 1,159 | 32.6 | +2.6 | |
Labour | Mohammad Maroof | 1,117 | 31.5 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mohammad Azim | 1,036 | 29.2 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Bryan | 239 | 6.7 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 42 | 1.2 | +0.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,551 | 30.4 | -5.2 | ||
Green gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | +1.4 | |||
Crookes [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Sylvia Anginotti | 2,470 | 48.6 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | David Robinson | 939 | 18.5 | -0.1 | |
Labour | Felicity Matthews | 823 | 16.2 | -4.4 | |
Green | Julian Briggs | 730 | 14.4 | -4.4 | |
Christian Peoples | Stuart Johnson | 116 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 1,531 | 30.1 | +8.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,078 | 38.3 | -10.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
Darnall [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Mazher Iqbal | 2,338 | 54.8 | +14.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Bowden | 732 | 17.1 | -7.1 | |
UKIP | Charlotte Arnott | 482 | 11.3 | -4.8 | |
Conservative | Anne Corke | 385 | 9.0 | -1.5 | |
Green | Julie White | 333 | 7.8 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 1,606 | 37.6 | +21.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,270 | 31.4 | -11.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.7 | |||
Dore & Totley [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Keith Hill | 3,770 | 52.8 | +13.8 | |
Conservative | Janet Chapman | 2,623 | 36.7 | -7.6 | |
Labour | Mohammad Hussain | 300 | 4.2 | -4.8 | |
Green | Dawn Biram | 274 | 3.8 | -3.9 | |
UKIP | James Laurie | 172 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 1,147 | 16.1 | +10.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,139 | 54.3 | -4.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +10.7 | |||
East Ecclesfield [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Graham Oxley | 2,039 | 46.1 | +10.6 | |
Labour | Adele Jagger | 1,565 | 35.4 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Miles Waters | 441 | 10.0 | +1.8 | |
Green | Lamia Safir | 378 | 8.5 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 474 | 10.7 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,423 | 32.3 | -12.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
Ecclesall [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Roger Davison | 3,449 | 52.2 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Michael Reynolds | 3,281 | |||
Conservative | Michael Young | 1,617 | 24.5 | -1.9 | |
Conservative | Daniel Young | 1,586 | |||
Green | Arun Mathur | 789 | 11.9 | -1.7 | |
Labour | James Lafferty | 587 | 8.9 | -4.9 | |
Green | Robert Murphy | 573 | |||
Labour | Neil Cleeveley | 480 | |||
Christian Peoples | Sidney Cordle | 158 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 1,664 | 27.7 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,600 | 45.8 | -7.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +4.0 | |||
Firth Park [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alan Law | 1,854 | 55.0 | -2.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Tomlinson | 641 | 19.0 | +6.6 | |
Green | Steven Marshall | 441 | 13.1 | -1.6 | |
Conservative | Paul Rymill | 437 | 13.0 | -2.5 | |
Majority | 1,213 | 36.0 | -5.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,373 | 26.8 | -8.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.4 | |||
Fulwood [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Janice Sidebottom | 2,541 | 47.2 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | Caroline Cooper | 1,818 | 33.8 | +7.3 | |
Green | Laura Anderson | 450 | 8.4 | -3.6 | |
Labour | Martin Newsome | 436 | 8.1 | -4.1 | |
UKIP | Nigel James | 137 | 2.5 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 723 | 13.4 | -3.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,382 | 42.0 | -8.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -1.7 | |||
Gleadless Valley [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Garry Westherall | 1,701 | 36.3 | -3.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Denise Reaney | 1,652 | 35.3 | +6.5 | |
Green | Robert Unwin | 981 | 21.0 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Amy Taylor | 348 | 7.4 | -3.3 | |
Majority | 49 | 1.0 | -9.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,682 | 35.1 | -9.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.9 | |||
Graves Park [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Robert McCann | 1,935 | 38.1 | -4.7 | |
Labour | Robert Pemberton | 1,389 | 27.4 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Trevor Grant | 775 | 15.3 | -1.2 | |
Green | Rita Wilcock | 499 | 9.8 | -3.7 | |
UKIP | Pauline Arnott | 272 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Socialist Alternative | Celvin Payne | 206 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 546 | 10.8 | -4.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,076 | 39.2 | -9.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -2.4 | |||
Hillsborough [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Janet Bragg | 1,882 | 41.4 | -0.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Ayris | 1,667 | 36.6 | +2.4 | |
Green | Christopher McMahon | 568 | 12.5 | -1.9 | |
Conservative | Peter Smith | 433 | 9.5 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 215 | 4.7 | -3.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,550 | 34.8 | -14.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 | |||
Manor Castle [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Janet Wilson | 1,604 | 58.2 | -3.8 | |
Green | Graham Wroe | 473 | 17.2 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Colin France | 363 | 13.2 | -1.6 | |
Conservative | Christina Stark | 316 | 11.5 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 1,131 | 41.0 | -6.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,756 | 23.9 | -11.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.4 | |||
Mosborough [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Samuel Wall | 1,623 | 40.8 | -1.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Tutt | 1,125 | 28.3 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Evelyn Millward | 696 | 17.5 | -4.2 | |
UKIP | John Marshall | 308 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
Green | Heather Hunt | 224 | 5.6 | -2.5 | |
Majority | 498 | 12.5 | -2.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,976 | 30.6 | -11.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.1 | |||
Nether Edge [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Patricia White | 2,163 | 40.4 | -1.4 | |
Labour | Mohammad Khan | 1,743 | 32.5 | +5.3 | |
Green | Mervyn Smith | 986 | 18.4 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Rosita Malandrinos | 466 | 8.7 | -4.7 | |
Majority | 420 | 7.8 | -6.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,358 | 43.0 | -7.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -3.3 | |||
Richmond [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Elizabeth Naylor | 1,832 | 48.1 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Judith Webster | 741 | 19.5 | +5.8 | |
UKIP | Leslie Arnott | 508 | 13.3 | +13.3 | |
Conservative | Ian Fey | 438 | 11.5 | +0.9 | |
Green | Eamonn Ward | 289 | 7.6 | -4.5 | |
Majority | 1091 | 28.7 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,808 | 29.8 | -11.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Shiregreen & Brightside [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Peter Rippon | 1,883 | 48.5 | +1.8 | |
BNP | Christopher Hartigan | 1,015 | 26.1 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Barbara Masters | 431 | 11.1 | -1.9 | |
Conservative | Mohammed Tariq | 317 | 8.2 | -0.6 | |
Green | Jennyfer Barnard | 239 | 6.2 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 868 | 22.3 | -1.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,885 | 28.4 | -5.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.5 | |||
Southey [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Gillian Furniss | 1,602 | 46.1 | -4.1 | |
BNP | David Wright | 665 | 19.1 | -2.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Richard Bowden | 377 | 10.8 | -1.3 | |
Conservative | Robert McIlveen | 350 | 10.1 | +1.9 | |
Independent | Mark Wilde | 337 | 9.7 | +9.7 | |
Green | Steven Barnard | 144 | 4.1 | -3.4 | |
Majority | 937 | 27.0 | -1.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,475 | 27.0 | -9.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.6 | |||
Stannington [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | David Baker | 2,421 | 46.9 | +8.0 | |
Labour | Louise Webb | 1,428 | 27.7 | -0.8 | |
Conservative | Matthew Dixon | 803 | 15.5 | -4.2 | |
Green | Michael Maas | 512 | 9.9 | -3.0 | |
Majority | 993 | 19.2 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,164 | 37.9 | -10.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Stocksbridge & Upper Don [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Alison Brelsford | 2,201 | 48.1 | +3.6 | |
Labour | Christopher Prescott | 1,094 | 23.9 | -1.9 | |
Conservative | Timothy Lewis | 736 | 16.1 | +0.6 | |
Green | Angela Roberts | 549 | 12.0 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 1,107 | 24.2 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,580 | 32.2 | -9.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +2.7 | |||
Walkley [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Jonathan Harston | 1,863 | 40.6 | +2.9 | |
Labour | James Bamford | 1,783 | 38.9 | +2.4 | |
Green | Barry New | 625 | 13.6 | -3.9 | |
Conservative | Andrew Gabbitas | 313 | 6.8 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 80 | 1.7 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,584 | 35.5 | -7.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
West Ecclesfield [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Trevor Bagshaw | 2,388 | 49.6 | +6.5 | |
Labour | Shiela Constance | 1,562 | 32.4 | -2.1 | |
Conservative | Paula Axelby | 511 | 10.6 | -2.7 | |
Green | Kathryn Aston | 353 | 7.3 | -1.7 | |
Majority | 826 | 17.2 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,814 | 34.7 | -8.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +4.3 | |||
Woodhouse [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Raymond Satur | 1,966 | 49.6 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Robert Moffett | 603 | 15.2 | +5.9 | |
UKIP | Jonathan Arnott | 574 | 14.5 | -1.3 | |
Conservative | Laurence Hayward | 546 | 13.8 | +5.2 | |
Green | Daniel Lyons | 278 | 7.0 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 1363 | 34.4 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,967 | 30.7 | -14.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.0 | |||
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