Sheffield City Council election, 1995

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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

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