1976 Sheffield City Council election

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6 May 1976

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31 of 90 seats to Sheffield City Council
46 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal
Seats won	20	9	2
Seat change	3	2	1

Majority party before election

Labour Party (UK)

Majority party after election

Labour Party (UK)

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 6 May 1976. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1976
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	20	0	-3	-3	64.5	45.4	68,660	+0.3
Conservative	9	+2	0	+2	29.0	38.6	58,323	-2.6
Liberal	2	+1	0	+1	6.1	10.6	15,992	-2.4
Ratepayers	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.0	7,521	N/A
Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	536	-0.2
British National	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	220	N/A

This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	66	63
	Conservatives	20	22
	Liberal	4	5
	Ratepayers	0	0
	Communist	0	0
	British National	0	0
Total		90	90
Working majority		42	36

Ward results

Attercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daphne Billings	1,708	75.6	+1.6
	Conservative	Caroline Viner	552	24.4	−1.5
Majority			1,156	51.2	+3.1
Turnout			2,260
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.5

Beauchief
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Danny George*	5,175	71.3	−0.5
	Labour	Colin Radcliffe	1,419	19.5	+2.8
	Liberal	Hazel Clarke	661	9.1	−2.4
Majority			3,756	51.8	−3.3
Turnout			7,255
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.6

Birley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Ratcliffe*	3,222	54.9	−1.5
	Conservative	Gordon Millward	2,076	35.3	−5.4
	Ratepayers	A. Senior	574	9.8	+9.8
Majority			1,146	19.6	+3.9
Turnout			5,872
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.4

Brightside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Wilson*	2,347	60.6	−3.8
	Conservative	Nicholas Williams	1,072	27.7	+4.8
	Ratepayers	Sandra McTear	455	11.7	+11.7
Majority			1,275	32.9	−8.6
Turnout			3,874
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.3

Broomhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Irvine Patnick*	3,943	68.6	+10.3
	Labour	Frank White	1,802	31.3	+8.8
Majority			2,141	37.3	+1.5
Turnout			5,745
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.7

Burngreave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Johnson*	2,381	53.5	+3.4
	Labour	B. Flanagan	1,661	37.3	−7.4
	Conservative	Emma Sizer	343	7.7	+3.4
	Communist	Alvin Jenkinson	60	1.3	+0.4
Majority			720	16.2	+10.8
Turnout			4,445
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.4

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Horton*	1,994	64.1	−0.3
	Conservative	Alice Burrows	578	18.6	−2.9
	Ratepayers	B. Hopkinson	467	15.0	+15.0
	Communist	Violet Gill	73	2.3	−0.2
Majority			1,416	45.5	+2.6
Turnout			3,112
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.3

Chapel Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Chadwick	4,078	63.2	+15.0
	Labour	Arthur Bradbury*	1,561	24.2	−8.7
	Conservative	Margaret Scott	814	12.6	−6.3
Majority			2,517	39.0	+23.7
Turnout			6,453
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+11.8

Darnall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sidney Dyson*	2,297	55.0	−3.7
	Conservative	Shirley Rhodes	1,546	37.0	−4.3
	Liberal	Dennis Boothroyd	334	8.0	+8.0
Majority			751	18.0	+0.6
Turnout			4,177
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.3

Dore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Heslop*	4,657	70.6	−9.0
	Conservative	Jack Thompson	4,232
	Labour	Robert Jones	1,243	18.8	−1.6
	Labour	Alan Wigfield	1,064
	Liberal	Susan Petszaft	699	10.6	+10.6
	Liberal	K. Salt	668
Majority			2,979	51.8	−7.4
Turnout			12,563
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.7

Ecclesall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Neill*	4,225	63.9	−4.9
	Labour	James Moore	939	14.2	−0.6
	Liberal	Patrick Smith	725	11.0	−5.3
	Ratepayers	W. Needham	718	10.8	+10.8
Majority			3,286	49.7	−2.8
Turnout			6,607
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.1

Firth Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Betts	3,928	58.6	+1.8
	Liberal	J. Maling	1,753	26.1	+7.1
	Conservative	John Chandler	1,020	15.2	−8.9
Majority			2,175	32.5	−0.2
Turnout			6,701
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.6

Gleadless
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Bower	3,719	49.0	+0.6
	Conservative	Stuart Dawson	2,872	37.8	−5.1
	Ratepayers	Mary Harrison	507	6.7	+6.7
	Liberal	Bob Mumford	496	6.5	−2.1
Majority			847	11.2	+5.7
Turnout			7,594
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.8

Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Wragg*	4,825	69.5	+5.3
	Labour	Leon Harris	1,449	20.9	+0.7
	Liberal	Jean Mason	662	9.5	−6.0
Majority			3,376	48.6	+4.6
Turnout			6,936
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.3

Handsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elsie Smith	2,309	46.2	−13.7
	Conservative	Evelyn Millward	1,505	30.1	−1.8
	Liberal	Alfred Sellars	762	15.2	+7.0
	Ratepayers	M. Sawie	418	8.4	+8.4
Majority			804	16.1	−11.9
Turnout			4,994
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.9

Heeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Winifred Golding*	2,886	49.0	−2.6
	Conservative	G. Tonks	2,119	36.0	−1.8
	Ratepayers	W. Cooper	522	8.9	+8.9
	Liberal	Robert Jackson	357	6.0	−4.5
Majority			767	13.0	−0.8
Turnout			5,884
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.4

Hillsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hutton	3,109	45.7	−1.4
	Labour	Malcolm Leary	2,830	41.6	−1.9
	Ratepayers	T. Thompson	477	7.0	+7.0
	Liberal	Fleur Woolley	380	5.6	−3.7
Majority			279	4.1	+0.5
Turnout			6,796
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+0.2

Intake
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arnold Wood*	2,852	50.2	+3.5
	Conservative	Anthony Parkin	1,862	32.8	+2.1
	Ratepayers	Mildred Hollingsworth	493	8.7	+8.7
	Liberal	Alan Thompson	475	8.3	−14.2
Majority			990	17.4	+1.4
Turnout			5,682
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.7

Manor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dora Fitter*	2,690	74.0	−0.5
	Conservative	Andrew Cook	672	18.5	+4.3
	Liberal	F. Robson	179	4.9	−2.5
	Communist	John Hukin	93	2.5	−1.3
Majority			2,018	55.5	−4.8
Turnout			3,634
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.4

Mosborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Foulds*	2,164	63.3	−0.5
	Conservative	Moira Disney	1,253	36.6	+0.5
Majority			911	26.8	−1.0
Turnout			3,417
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.5

Nether Edge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Grindrod*	2,961	58.9	+0.7
	Labour	C. Morley	1,289	25.6	+3.4
	Ratepayers	L. Swann	778	15.5	+15.5
Majority			1,672	33.3	−2.7
Turnout			5,028
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.3

Nether Shire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Eddison*	2,713	69.2	+1.9
	Conservative	Anne Marie Roebuck	1,053	26.9	−2.0
	Communist	Kenneth Hattersley	152	3.9	+0.2
Majority			1,660	42.3	+3.9
Turnout			3,918
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.9

Netherthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doris Mulhearn*	2,196	61.1	−1.2
	Conservative	Moira Hattersley	964	26.8	−0.2
	British National	J. Judge	220	6.1	+6.1
	Liberal	Susan Bowns	215	6.0	−4.7
Majority			1,232	34.3	−1.0
Turnout			3,595
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.5

Owlerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Kirk*	2,671	68.0	+19.6
	Conservative	Zena Thompson	1,016	25.9	−11.0
	Liberal	Susan Taffinder	237	6.0	−8.6
Majority			1,655	42.1	+30.6
Turnout			3,924
	Labour hold		Swing	+15.3

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Wall*	3,161	70.0	+0.8
	Conservative	Nicholas Hutton	970	21.5	+4.3
	Liberal	F. McKinnon	287	6.3	−4.3
	Communist	R. Paulucy	96	2.1	−0.9
Majority			2,191	48.5	−3.5
Turnout			4,514
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.7

Sharrow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Baxter*	1,802	53.2	−0.9
	Conservative	Thomas Seaton	893	26.3	−2.2
	Liberal	Michael Ellis	381	11.2	−2.5
	Ratepayers	Edith Bush	249	7.3	+7.3
	Communist	Neville Taylor	62	1.8	−1.8
Majority			909	26.9	+1.3
Turnout			3,387
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.6

South Wortley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Saddington	2,984	45.3	−6.9
	Labour	John Laurent	2,846	43.2	−4.5
	Liberal	D. Stuart	754	11.4	+11.4
Majority			138	2.1	−2.4
Turnout			6,584
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-1.2

Southey Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Davies	2,754	76.4	−0.3
	Conservative	D. Walker	848	23.5	+3.5
Majority			1,906	52.9	−3.8
Turnout			3,602
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.9

Stocksbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Couldwell*	1,945	42.8	−19.0
	Ratepayers	Barrie Jones	1,485	32.6	+32.6
	Conservative	N. Hogton	1,116	24.5	−13.7
Majority			460	10.2	−13.4
Turnout			4,546
	Labour hold		Swing	-25.8

Walkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Billings*	2,263	54.9	+4.0
	Conservative	W. Eccles	1,300	31.6	−6.1
	Ratepayers	F. Memmott	378	9.2	+9.2
	Liberal	A. Gray	176	4.3	−7.0
Majority			963	23.3	+7.0
Turnout			4,117
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.0

By-elections between 1976 and 1978

Ecclesall By-Election 28 January 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Dunsmore	1,985	73.9	+10.0
	Liberal	M. McCaig	699	26.0	+15.0
Majority			1,286	47.9	−1.8
Turnout			2,684
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.5

Nether Edge By-Election 28 January 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Verhaert	1,341	71.2	+12.3
	Liberal	Patrick Smith	541	28.7	+28.7
Majority			800	42.5	+9.2
Turnout			1,882
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.2

Manor By-Election 12 August 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Radcliffe	1,101	63.6	−10.4
	Conservative	Shirley Rhodes	519	29.9	+11.4
	Liberal	Robert Mumford	59	3.4	−1.5
	Communist	John Hukin	33	1.9	−0.6
	British National	Stephen Varley	20	1.1	+1.1
Majority			582	33.7	−21.8
Turnout			1,732	11.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.9

References

^ "Sheffield Local Elections 1973–1995 scans". Retrieved 20 June 2011.

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