Sheffield City Council elections took place on 5 May 2011. There were 28 seats up for election, one third of the council. The last election left the council with no overall control. Since the previous election, Liberal Democrat councillor Ben Curran, and Lib Dem-turned-independent Frank Taylor had defected to Labour leaving both parties equal at 41 councillors each. This election saw Labour regain control of the council that they lost in 2006, with nine gains from the Lib Dems. Overall turnout was 41.8%.[1]
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One third of seats (28 of 84) to Sheffield City Council 43 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the results of the 2011 Sheffield City Council elections. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Councillors elected in 2007 Sheffield Council election defended their seats this year.
Election result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 21 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 75.0 | 47.9 | 78,147 | +12.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 6 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 21.4 | 25.9 | 42,305 | -10.3 | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11.7 | 19,016 | -2.9 | |
Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 11.2 | 18,322 | +4.9 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2,914 | -1.0 | |
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1,266 | +0.4 | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 647 | -3.4 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 300 | +0.1 | |
Socialist Equality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 116 | N/A |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | +/- | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 41 | 50 | 9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 41 | 32 | 9 | |
Greens | 2 | 2 | ||
Total | 84 | 84 | ||
Working majority | 0 | 16 |
Ward results
editArbourthorne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Robson* | 2,938 | 58.9 | +11.8 | |
Green | Jennyfer Marie Andrea Barnard | 965 | 19.3 | +15.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Tutt | 566 | 11.3 | −16.1 | |
Conservative | Peter Smith | 517 | 10.3 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 1,973 | 39.6 | +19.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,986 | 39.3 | −15.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Beauchief & Greenhill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Simon William Clement-Jones* | 2,496 | 40.8 | −3.0 | |
Labour | Ajaz Ahmed | 2,121 | 34.7 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Michelle Grant | 566 | 9.2 | −3.1 | |
Green | Christina Hespe | 317 | 5.2 | +1.2 | |
UKIP | Bob Sheridan | 266 | 4.3 | N/A | |
BNP | John Winston Beatson | 262 | 4.3 | −4.0 | |
Independent | Martin Brighton | 81 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 375 | 6.1 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,109 | 45.1 | −15.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Beighton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Rosling-Josephs* | 2,986 | 61.2 | +17.0 | |
Conservative | Shirley Diane Clayton | 991 | 20.3 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andy Hinman | 570 | 11.7 | −12.4 | |
Green | Julian Brandram | 333 | 6.8 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 1,995 | 40.9 | +20.8 | ||
Turnout | 4880 | 37.0 | −26.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Birley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Denise Fox* | 3,250 | 65.7 | +20.7 | |
Conservative | Susan Elizabeth Hayward | 683 | 13.8 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barrie William Jervis | 514 | 10.4 | −10.7 | |
Green | Frank Plunkett | 500 | 10.1 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 2,567 | 51.9 | +28.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,947 | 38.5 | −27.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Broomhill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stuart Ian Wattam | 1,741 | 34.6 | +12.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Edward Whitehouse* | 1,371 | 27.2 | −19.4 | |
Green | Bernard James Little | 1,315 | 26.1 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | Michael Lawrence Ginn | 505 | 10.0 | −1.7 | |
UKIP | Pat Sullivan | 104 | 2.0 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 370 | 7.4 | −16.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,036 | 37.8 | −20.7 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Burngreave
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ibrar Hussain* | 3,982 | 67.3 | +9.4 | |
TUSC | Maxine Bowler | 831 | 14.0 | +3.8 | |
Green | Christopher John Sissons | 447 | 7.5 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Russell Craig Cutts | 408 | 6.9 | −2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Javid Khan | 250 | 4.2 | −11.2 | |
Majority | 3,151 | 53.3 | +10.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,918 | 38.5 | −16.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Central
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Jillian Creasy* | 2,530 | 42.9 | +17.5 | |
Labour | Mohammed Akbar | 2,337 | 39.6 | +6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Iltaf Hussain | 631 | 10.7 | −21.4 | |
Conservative | Emma Waters | 403 | 6.8 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 293 | 5.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,801 | 31.0 | −17.0 | ||
Green hold | Swing |
Crookes
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoff Smith | 2,916 | 39.6 | +19.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Hesketh* | 2,397 | 32.5 | −19.5 | |
Green | Julian Rupert Crossland Briggs | 1,174 | 15.9 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | John Derwent Swift Levick | 874 | 11.9 | −5.1 | |
Majority | 519 | 7.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,361 | 52.8 | −20.2 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Darnall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Harpham* | 3,706 | 69.0 | +19.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tasadique Mohammed | 522 | 9.7 | −18.8 | |
UKIP | Charlotte Elizabeth Arnott | 510 | 9.5 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | Ian Randolph Hiller | 328 | 6.1 | −1.9 | |
Green | Adrian John Hawley | 303 | 5.6 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 3,184 | 59.3 | +38.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,369 | 35.6 | −21.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dore & Totley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Joseph Otten | 3,248 | 42.9 | −7.6 | |
Conservative | Daniel Kevin Gage | 2,419 | 32.0 | −1.4 | |
Labour | Jen Henderson | 1,368 | 18.1 | +9.3 | |
Green | Rita Louise Wilcock | 530 | 7.0 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 829 | 10.9 | −6.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,565 | 56.2 | −20.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
East Ecclesfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Steven Wilson | 2,926 | 47.1 | +9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Victoria Margaret Bowden* | 2,150 | 34.6 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | Russell Marsh-Smith | 421 | 6.8 | −7.0 | |
BNP | Jordan Michael Pont | 385 | 6.2 | −3.3 | |
Green | Kaye Horsfield | 333 | 5.3 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 776 | 12.5 | +11.9 | ||
Turnout | 6,215 | 43.2 | −22.8 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Ecclesall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Diana Stimely | 3,390 | 40.7 | −17.0 | |
Labour | Neale Gibson-Abo-Anber | 2,160 | 25.9 | +12.7 | |
Conservative | Christina Alison Stark | 1,587 | 19.0 | +0.2 | |
Green | Arun Mathur | 1,187 | 14.2 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 1,230 | 14.8 | −24.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,324 | 56.5 | −17.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Firth Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher Weldon* | 3,331 | 75.1 | +18.4 | |
Conservative | Judith Ross Burkinshaw | 402 | 9.0 | −2.5 | |
Green | Leela Simms | 367 | 8.3 | +4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Graham Harston | 334 | 7.5 | −8.3 | |
Majority | 2,929 | 66.1 | +25.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,434 | 32.5 | −19.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Fulwood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Paul Sangar* | 3,095 | 40.0 | −14.6 | |
Labour | Catherine Anne Walsh | 1,880 | 24.3 | +11.8 | |
Conservative | Alan Ryder | 1,646 | 21.2 | −2.6 | |
Green | Judith Fiona Rutnam | 1,121 | 14.5 | +7.8 | |
Majority | 1,215 | 15.7 | −15.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,742 | 54.1 | −13.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Gleadless Valley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tim Rippon | 3,187 | 51.3 | +10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Denise Ann Reaney* | 1,845 | 29.7 | −3.7 | |
Green | Steve Barnard | 703 | 11.3 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Jenny Grant | 290 | 4.6 | −4.1 | |
TUSC | Alan Thorton Munro | 186 | 3.0 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 1,342 | 21.6 | +14.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,211 | 44.3 | −15.9 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Graves Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ian Auckland* | 2,621 | 40.6 | −3.2 | |
Labour | Bob Pemberton | 2,485 | 38.5 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | Trevor Grant | 895 | 13.8 | −3.8 | |
Green | David Maurice Hayes | 308 | 4.8 | +0.7 | |
TUSC | Keith Raymond Endean | 147 | 2.3 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 136 | 2.1 | −11.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,456 | 48.2 | −21.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Hillsborough
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bob Johnson | 3,312 | 54.5 | +15.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Ayris* | 1,765 | 29.1 | −9.2 | |
Green | Chris McMahon | 586 | 9.6 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | Steven Antony Lawton | 411 | 6.8 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 1,547 | 25.5 | +25.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,074 | 44.6 | −21.4 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Manor Castle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jenny Armstrong* | 2,732 | 73.0 | +17.6 | |
Green | Graham Stephen Wroe | 420 | 11.2 | +6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Katie Condliffe | 340 | 9.1 | −16.4 | |
Conservative | Miles David Anthony Waters | 253 | 6.8 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 2,312 | 61.7 | +31.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,745 | 30.1 | −21.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Mosborough
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Charles Barker* | 3,069 | 54.0 | +16.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elaine Hinman | 1,762 | 31.0 | −3.6 | |
Conservative | Gabrielle Pitfield | 608 | 10.7 | −6.6 | |
Green | Anwen Fryer | 248 | 4.4 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 1,307 | 23.0 | +20.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,687 | 41.9 | −22.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Nether Edge
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Qurban Hussain | 3,160 | 44.1 | +12.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jayne Dore | 2,175 | 30.3 | −16.9 | |
Green | Rob Cole | 1,105 | 15.4 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Roz Malandrinos | 363 | 5.1 | −3.1 | |
Independent | Richard Brian Ward | 219 | 3.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Jeffrey Stephen Shaw | 145 | 2.0 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 985 | 13.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,167 | 53.5 | −20.3 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Richmond
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Campbell* | 3,070 | 67.0 | +17.8 | |
Conservative | Andrew James Sneddon | 517 | 11.3 | −1.0 | |
Green | Richard Anthony Roper | 508 | 11.1 | +9.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Wieslawa Masters | 487 | 10.6 | −11.5 | |
Majority | 2,553 | 55.7 | +28.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,582 | 35.0 | −22.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Shiregreen & Brightside
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Price* | 3,097 | 71.2 | +21.6 | |
Conservative | Eric Kirby | 463 | 10.6 | −0.4 | |
Green | Steve Michael Brady | 451 | 10.4 | +7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Tosseano | 338 | 7.8 | −9.7 | |
Majority | 2,629 | 60.5 | +28.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,344 | 31.4 | −22.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Southey
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leigh Michael Bramall* | 2,927 | 72.4 | +19.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Tosseano | 403 | 10.0 | −9.1 | |
Conservative | James Edward Gould | 365 | 9.0 | −2.1 | |
Green | Eamonn Charles Ward | 347 | 8.6 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 2,524 | 62.4 | +28.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,042 | 30.0 | −22.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Stannington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Vickie Priestley* | 2,540 | 38.9 | −8.0 | |
Labour | Max Telfer | 2,535 | 38.8 | +15.6 | |
Conservative | Nigel Stuart Bonson | 856 | 13.1 | −4.7 | |
Green | Mike Maas | 602 | 9.2 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 5 | 0.1 | −23.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,533 | 46.2 | −23.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Stocksbridge & Upper Don
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Wood | 2,321 | 37.0 | +9.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Charles Brelsford* | 1,790 | 28.5 | −6.0 | |
UKIP | Grant Antony French | 950 | 15.1 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Nigel John Owen | 868 | 13.8 | −6.4 | |
Green | Dan Lyons | 352 | 5.6 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 531 | 8.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,281 | 43.3 | −24.7 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Walkley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nikki Sharpe | 3,056 | 47.2 | +9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Penny Baker* | 1,892 | 29.2 | −11.8 | |
Green | Jim Wilson | 727 | 11.2 | +2.6 | |
UKIP | Richard John Ratcliffe | 301 | 4.7 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Kirsten Hurrell | 275 | 4.3 | −3.8 | |
Socialist Equality | Simon Peter Walker | 116 | 1.8 | N/A | |
TUSC | Chaz Lockett | 102 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,164 | 18.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,469 | 31.2 | −32.5 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
West Ecclesfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alf Meade | 2,497 | 43.1 | +8.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Hooper* | 2,308 | 39.9 | −3.5 | |
Conservative | Hilary Ann Gay | 620 | 10.7 | −7.3 | |
Green | Kathy Aston | 366 | 6.3 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 189 | 3.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,791 | 41.4 | −24.6 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Woodhouse
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mick Rooney* | 3,057 | 62.9 | +15.9 | |
UKIP | Jonathan Arnott | 638 | 13.1 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Les Abrahams | 505 | 10.4 | −11.5 | |
Conservative | Laurence George Eyes Hayward | 482 | 9.9 | −4.6 | |
Green | John Francis Grant | 177 | 3.6 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 2,419 | 49.8 | −7.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,859 | 36.6 | +11.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |