1966 Sheffield City Council election

1966 Sheffield City Council election
30 councillors to Sheffield City Council
Majority party before election; Labour Party (UK);	Majority party after election ; Labour Party (UK);

The 1966 Sheffield City Council elections were held in May, with one third of the council up for election and double vacancies in five wards - Cathedral, Ecclesall, Manor, Tinsley and Woodseats. There were no changes in seats, with overall turnout slumping to a low of 22.5% being the main story of the night.^[1]

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1966
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	22	73.3	48.1	36,939	+1.2
Conservative	8	26.7	42.9	32,918	-1.5
Liberal	0	0.0	5.9	4,510	-0.4
Communist	0	0.0	2.4	1,867	+0.0
Nationalist Party	0	0.0	0.7	523	+0.7

The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Party		Previous council		New council
Party		Cllr	Ald	Cllr	Ald
	Labour	54	18	54	18
	Conservatives	21	7	21	7
	Liberals	0	0	0	0
	Communists	0	0	0	0
	Nationalists	0	0	0	0
Total		75	25	75	25
Total		100		100
Working majority		33	11	33	11
Working majority		44		44

Ward results

Attercliffe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Goodenough	1,127	84.4	+0.9
	Conservative	Frank Woodger	208	15.6	−0.9
Majority			919	68.8	+1.8
Turnout			1,335	10.5	−2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.9

Brightside^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Sturrock	1,177	88.8	−0.5
	Communist	Arthur Tingle	149	11.2	+0.5
Majority			1,028	77.6	−1.0
Turnout			1,326	11.2	−0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.5

Broomhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Jackson	2,443	70.1	+7.1
	Labour	Harry Firth	601	17.2	−1.9
	Liberal	C. Cremar	439	12.6	−5.2
Majority			1,842	52.9	+9.1
Turnout			3,483	25.8	−8.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.5

Burngreave^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reggie Ellis	1,223	71.7	+9.1
	Conservative	Guy Walker	396	23.2	−7.5
	Communist	W. March	87	5.1	−1.6
Majority			827	48.5	+16.6
Turnout			1,706	16.8	−5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.3

Cathedral^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Enid Hattersley	1,131	76.0	+1.8
	Labour	Joseph Albaya	963
	Conservative	Jack Kerton	203	13.6	−12.2
	Nationalist Party	Robert Taylor	154	10.3	+10.3
Majority			928	62.4	14.0
Turnout			1,488	17.1	−4.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.0

Crookesmoor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Tomlinson	1,126	59.2	+10.7
	Conservative	Agnes Edeson	629	33.0	+4.8
	Communist	T. Barrett	148	7.8	−0.2
Majority			497	26.1	+6.0
Turnout			1,903	22.1	−6.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.9

Darnall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Hattersley	1,832	61.0	+5.1
	Conservative	Kathleen Circuit	838	27.9	+0.5
	Liberal	Colin Andrews	169	5.6	−4.8
	Communist	Alan Ecclestone	165	5.5	−0.8
Majority			994	33.1	+4.6
Turnout			3,004	16.8	−2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.3

Ecclesall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Neill	4,060	65.9	−9.7
	Conservative	Andrew Cook	3604
	Liberal	Brian Bell	1,249	20.3	+5.7
	Labour	Leon Harris	852	13.8	+3.9
Majority			3208	52.1	−9.0
Turnout			6,161	37.3	+0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.7

Firth Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Hayward	1,368	57.9	+2.0
	Conservative	John Levick	915	38.7	−1.8
	Communist	Robert Moody	79	3.3	−0.3
Majority			453	19.2	+3.8
Turnout			2,362	19.2	−3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.9

Hallam^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Blake	3,419	64.8	+1.8
	Labour	Valerie Potts	1,156	21.9	+0.2
	Liberal	Alan Thompson	703	13.3	−2.0
Majority			2,263	42.9	+1.5
Turnout			5,278	30.1	−6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.8

Handsworth^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Salmons	2,652	60.2	+5.8
	Conservative	Marvyn Moore	1,245	28.3	−3.5
	Liberal	Ken Peace	504	11.4	−2.3
Majority			1,407	32.0	+9.3
Turnout			4,401	19.6	−4.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.6

Heeley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Jones	2,137	51.9	+5.1
	Conservative	Charles Davison	1,281	31.1	−3.4
	Liberal	Graham Oxley	530	14.1	+0.0
	Communist	Edna Ashworth	116	2.8	−1.8
Majority			856	20.8	+8.5
Turnout			4,114	32.9	−1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.2

Hillsborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Meade	2,389	49.9	+8.3
	Conservative	Irvine Patnick	2,223	46.4	−11.9
	Nationalist Party	J. Judge	173	3.6	+3.6
Majority			166	3.5	−13.3
Turnout			4,785	32.1	−2.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.1

Manor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Nicholls	1,551	84.4	−7.6
	Labour	John Cornwell	1,430
	Communist	John Hukin	287	15.6	+7.6
Majority			1,264	68.8	−15.2
Turnout			1,838	11.6	−2.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.6

Moor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Munn	1,248	65.8	+8.7
	Conservative	David Stephenson	564	29.7	−10.2
	Communist	M. Carlisle	84	4.4	+1.5
Majority			684	36.1	+19.0
Turnout			1,896	19.4	−4.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.4

Nether Edge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Mercer	2,165	62.7	+4.0
	Labour	R. Walker	732	21.2	−4.1
	Liberal	Dennis Boothroyd	558	16.1	+0.2
Majority			1,433	41.5	+8.1
Turnout			3,455	28.5	−6.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.0

Nether Shire^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Moseley	1,560	84.6	−7.6
	Communist	Ken Hattersley	285	15.4	+7.6
Majority			1,275	69.1	−15.2
Turnout			1,845	14.3	−1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.6

Norton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Santhouse	5,300	65.7	+3.4
	Labour	James Pearson	2,765	34.3	−3.4
Majority			2,535	31.4	+6.9
Turnout			8,065	31.7	−5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.4

Owlerton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Watson	1,225	54.5	+0.5
	Conservative	Madge Kerton	559	24.9	−11.7
	Liberal	George Harry Manley	308	13.7	+13.7
	Communist	Dave Jeffries	154	6.8	−2.5
Majority			666	29.6	+12.3
Turnout			2,246	18.0	−5.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.1

Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Dunn	1,250	75.2	−1.0
	Conservative	June Harris	322	19.4	+3.0
	Communist	Cyril Morton	89	5.3	−2.0
Majority			928	55.8	−4.0
Turnout			1,661	14.5	−4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.0

Sharrow^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Annie Britton	1,988	55.9	+5.2
	Conservative	Martyn Atkinson	1,567	44.1	−5.2
Majority			421	11.8	+10.3
Turnout			3,555	35.7	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.2

Southey Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arnold Crosby	1,366	85.9	−1.8
	Communist	Raymond Southall	224	14.1	+1.8
Majority			1,142	71.8	−3.6
Turnout			1,590	9.9	−3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.8

Tinsley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Lowe	1,070	75.7	+4.8
	Labour	George Wilson	1,021
	Conservative	Eric Turner	344	24.3	+4.2
	Conservative	Joan Willows	291
Majority			726	51.3	+0.7
Turnout			1,414	15.9	−2.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.3

Walkley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Towns	1,349	57.4	+4.7
	Conservative	B. Lee	804	34.2	−13.0
	Nationalist Party	H. Jones	196	8.3	+8.3
Majority			545	23.2	+17.8
Turnout			2,349	19.9	−7.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.8

Woodseats^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Beardshaw	3,433	62.4	−0.8
	Conservative	Thomas Crewe	3,357
	Labour	Bernard Kidd	2,064	37.5	+0.8
	Labour	George Machin	2,043
Majority			1,369	24.9	−1.6
Turnout			5,497	35.8	−2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.8

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z "Sheffield Local Elections 1960–1995 scans". Retrieved 2 December 2011.

[results-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z "Sheffield Local Elections 1960–1995 scans". Retrieved 2 December 2011.

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