2000 Sheffield City Council election

2000 Sheffield City Council election
30 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council; 44 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2000 Sheffield City Council elections.
Majority party before election; Liberal Democrats;	Majority party after election ; Liberal Democrats;

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election. Previous to this election, two Liberal Democrats – Robert Watson and Trefor Morgan – became Independents. Similarly there were two Labour defections, long-time Labour councillor Dorothy Walton went to the Liberal Democrats and Michael Smith became an Independent.

The election saw the Liberal Democrats extend their majority through a couple of gains from Labour, with both parties recouping seats where aforementioned defections had taken place. Vote wise, the Liberal Democrat vote notably fell back from their previous elections' consistent increases, whereas the Conservatives managed their best vote share since 1992. Overall turnout was 25.8%.^[1]

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 2000
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	16	3	1	+2	53.3	45.0	44,498	-5.6
Labour	13	2	2	0	43.3	37.3	36,866	-0.6
Conservative	1	0	0	0	3.3	14.1	13,949	+4.9
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.2	2,170	+1.1
Independent Labour	0	0	1	-1	0.0	1.1	1,098	+0.6
Socialist Alternative	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	178	±0.0
Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	88	±0.0
Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	76	-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
	Liberal Democrats	46	48
	Labour	37	37
	Conservatives	1	1
	Independent Liberal Democrat	2	1
	Independent Labour	1	0
Total		87	87
Working majority		5	9

Ward results

Beauchief ^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Davis	2,840	59.9	−6.3
	Labour	Andy Hinman	1,242	26.2	+1.2
	Conservative	Matthew Peck	659	13.9	+5.1
Majority			1,598	33.7	−7.5
Turnout			4,741	32.7	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-3.7

Birley^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Smith**	2,105	48.6	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Sheridan	1,904	44.0	−7.8
	Conservative	Evelyn Millward	321	7.4	+3.0
Majority			201	4.6	−3.4
Turnout			4,330	30.6	−2.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.3

Angela Smith was a sitting councillor for Broomhill ward

Brightside^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Price*	1,399	63.7	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Staniforth	483	22.0	−15.0
	Conservative	Eric Kirby	238	10.8	+6.2
	Socialist Labour	Robert Morris	76	3.4	+0.7
Majority			916	41.7	+23.1
Turnout			2,196	18.9	−6.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.5

Broomhill^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Scriven	2,115	57.3	+3.0
	Labour	Tim Rippon	781	21.2	−10.0
	Conservative	Michael Ginn	528	14.3	+2.7
	Green	Joseph Otten	266	7.2	+4.4
Majority			1,334	36.1	+13.0
Turnout			3,690	24.6	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+6.5

Burngreave^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ibrar Hussain	894	37.5	−12.5
	Independent Labour	James Jamison	597	25.0	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Nazir	570	23.9	+9.0
	Conservative	Nicholas Bryan	198	8.3	+1.8
	Green	Chris Sissons	78	3.3	+0.3
	Socialist Alliance	Alison Brown	49	2.0	−1.0
Majority			297	12.5	−15.0
Turnout			2,386	27.6	−2.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.5

Castle^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jan Wilson**	1,130	65.3	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Coleman	314	18.1	−3.0
	Conservative	Michael Young	149	8.6	+3.6
	Green	Graham Wroe	95	5.5	+2.2
	Socialist Alternative	Rebecca Fryer	41	2.4	−0.5
Majority			816	47.2	+0.7
Turnout			1,729	19.7	−5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.3

Jan Wilson was a sitting councillor for Intake ward

Chapel Green^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Chadwick*	2,282	55.3	−8.1
	Labour	Sheila Tyler	1,483	35.9	+4.0
	Conservative	Alistair Lofthouse	364	8.8	+4.1
Majority			799	19.3	−12.2
Turnout			4,129	23.0	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-6.0

Darnall^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Barrow	2,113	58.2	+12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Pinder	1,227	33.8	−15.5
	Conservative	Gordon Millward	291	8.0	+2.8
Majority			886	24.4	+20.7
Turnout			3,631	27.3	−4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+14.1

Dore^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Smith	2,776	46.6	+19.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Zahur	2,457	41.2	−18.0
	Labour	Sam Wall	725	12.2	−1.1
Majority			319	5.3	−26.4
Turnout			5,958	39.7	−2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+18.5

Ecclesall^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Dawson*	3,289	57.2	−2.5
	Conservative	David Pinder	1,570	27.3	+2.1
	Labour	John Darwin	645	11.2	−3.9
	Green	Denise Craghill	244	4.2	+4.2
Majority			1,719	29.9	−4.5
Turnout			5,748	37.5	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-2.3

Firth Park^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Law*	1,548	66.4	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Terry McCartney	505	21.6	−15.0
	Conservative	Neville Paling	278	11.9	+5.4
Majority			1,043	44.7	+24.4
Turnout			2,331	20.7	−5.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.2

Hallam^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Knight*	3,151	55.9	+0.1
	Conservative	Matthew Wilson	1,680	29.8	+0.2
	Labour	Martin Newsome	801	14.2	−0.4
Majority			1,471	26.1	−0.1
Turnout			5,632	38.8	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-0.0

Handsworth^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Rooney*	1,813	55.2	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Baker	646	19.6	−11.5
	Independent Labour	Elsie Smith	501	15.2	+15.2
	Conservative	Laurence Hayward	326	9.9	+3.3
Majority			1,167	35.5	+4.3
Turnout			3,286	23.3	−4.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.2

Heeley^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Richardson	1,693	48.3	−10.0
	Labour	Stephen Caban	1,332	38.0	+3.6
	Green	Robert Unwin	270	7.7	+5.2
	Conservative	Darren Bird	208	5.9	+3.3
Majority			361	10.3	−13.6
Turnout			3,503	26.8	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Ind. Lib Dem		Swing	-6.8

Hillsborough^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter MacLoughlin*	1,840	50.5	−10.2
	Labour	Edward Heath-Whyte	1,310	35.9	+4.0
	Conservative	Thomas Seaton	353	9.7	+4.7
	Green	Chris McMahon	141	3.9	+1.5
Majority			530	14.5	−14.3
Turnout			3,644	25.9	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-7.1

Intake^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert McCann	1,842	50.3	−1.7
	Labour	Martin Lawton	1,539	42.0	−0.8
	Conservative	Alistair Harkness	281	7.7	+2.6
Majority			303	8.3	−0.9
Turnout			3,662	25.7	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	-0.4

Manor^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Harpham	964	66.2	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Judy Webster	243	16.7	−10.8
	Conservative	Andrew Watson	143	9.8	+5.1
	Socialist Alternative	Alistair Tice	106	7.3	+4.1
Majority			721	49.5	+12.5
Turnout			1,456	17.9	−5.6
	Labour gain from Independent Labour		Swing	+6.2

Mosborough^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Belcher	2,491	50.8	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Walton*	1,593	32.5	−5.1
	Conservative	Shirley Clayton	816	16.6	+6.2
Majority			898	18.3	+5.0
Turnout			4,900	19.0	−3.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+2.5

Dorothy Walton was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Nether Edge^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ali Qadar*	2,343	59.6	+5.4
	Labour	Graham Armitage	973	24.7	−11.1
	Conservative	Anthony Cherry	317	8.1	+3.3
	Green	Mervyn Smith	297	7.5	+2.4
Majority			1,370	34.8	+16.3
Turnout			3,930	31.8	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+8.2

Nether Shire^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Bird*	1,414	63.6	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Tomlinson	533	24.0	−11.6
	Conservative	Phillip Kirby	237	10.6	+6.4
	Socialist Alliance	Shirley Frost	39	1.7	+0.5
Majority			881	39.6	+16.3
Turnout			2,223	19.4	−5.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.1

Netherthorpe^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Anginotti*	1,384	56.5	+5.5
	Labour	Kashaf Walayat	709	28.9	−10.3
	Green	Barry New	253	10.3	+5.1
	Conservative	Ian Ramsey	102	4.2	+1.5
Majority			675	27.6	+15.8
Turnout			2,448	21.3	−7.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+7.9

Norton^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Tutt*	1,691	52.7	−4.3
	Labour	Janine Stafford	1,193	37.2	+0.1
	Conservative	Peter Smith	326	10.1	+4.2
Majority			498	15.5	−4.4
Turnout			3,210	28.3	−6.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-2.2

Owlerton^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Weldon	1,303	55.8	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Heeley	837	35.9	−7.9
	Conservative	Kevin Mahoney	193	8.3	+4.7
Majority			466	20.0	+14.4
Turnout			2,333	21.2	−9.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.1

Park^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Taylor*	1,373	54.9	+3.5
	Labour	Steve Barnard**	1,030	41.2	−1.9
	Conservative	John Morton	67	2.7	+0.9
	Socialist Alternative	Terry Wykes	31	1.2	−1.7
Majority			343	13.7	+5.4
Turnout			2,501	25.7	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+2.7

The Liberal Democrats had gained the Park seat in a by-election Steve Barnard was a sitting councillor for Darnall ward

Sharrow^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Basheer Khan	1,405	57.9	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Williamson	610	25.2	−1.9
	Green	Martin D'Agorne	207	8.5	+3.6
	Conservative	Joan Graham	202	8.3	+1.6
Majority			795	32.8	+0.3
Turnout			2,424	20.0	−2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.0

South Wortley^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Dunworth*	2,755	57.9	−6.7
	Labour	Sarah Tyler	1,341	28.2	+1.2
	Conservative	Graham King	657	13.8	+5.4
Majority			1,414	29.7	−7.9
Turnout			4,753	25.8	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-3.9

Southey Green^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Procter	1,275	70.4	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Tomlinson	342	18.9	−7.7
	Conservative	George Kirtley	193	10.6	+7.4
Majority			933	51.5	+8.0
Turnout			1,810	18.5	−7.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.0

Stocksbridge^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Brelsford*	1,579	64.8	−10.8
	Labour	Alan Wray	589	24.2	+4.0
	Conservative	Molly Goldring	269	11.0	+6.8
Majority			990	40.6	−14.8
Turnout			2,437	23.1	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-7.4

Walkley^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Leek*	2,057	54.3	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Vickie Priestley	1,754
	Labour	Alan Garner	1,319	34.8	−2.4
	Labour	Veronica Hardstaff	1,286
	Green	Nicola Freeman	319	8.4	+3.3
	Conservative	Vennessa Nesbit	207	5.5	+2.5
	Conservative	Peter Smith	175
Majority			738	15.9	−1.6
Turnout			3,787	28.1	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+1.0

By-elections between 2000 and 2002

Park By-Election 19 October 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Dore	979	53.3	+12.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Willis	812	44.2	−10.7
	Conservative		45	2.5	−0.2
Majority			167	9.1	−4.6
Turnout			1,836	18.8	−6.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.4

Southey Green By-Election 19 October 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tim Rippon	1,155	75.0	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Tomlinson	384	25.0	+6.1
Majority			771	50.0	−1.5
Turnout			1,539	15.7	−2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.7

References

^ "Sheffield 2000 election results (via WayBackMachine)". sheffield.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 17 August 2002. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
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[1] "Sheffield 2000 election results (via WayBackMachine)". sheffield.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 17 August 2002. Retrieved 30 October 2011.

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