2006_Sheffield_City_Council_election

2006 Sheffield City Council election
One third of seats (29 of 84) to Sheffield City Council; 43 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2006 Sheffield City Council elections.
Majority party before election; Labour;	Majority party after election ; Labour;

2006 Sheffield City Council election

Council elections

Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 4 May 2006 with polling stations open between 7am and 10pm. One third of council seats were up for election; one in each ward, plus one additional seat in Ecclesall due to a resignation. The overall turnout this year was 34.5%, down considerably from the previous year's general election turnout at 43.9 per cent turnout in Sheffield.^[1]

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Ward	Incumbent Elected	Incumbent	Elected
Arbourthorne	2004	Timothy Rippon	Timothy Rippon
Beauchief & Greenhill	2004	Clive Skelton	Clive Skelton
Beighton	2004	Helen Mirfin-Boukouris	Helen Mirfin-Boukouris
Birley	2004	Michael Pye	Michael Pye
Broomhill	2004	Shaffaq Mohammed	Shaffaq Mohammed
Burngreave	2004	Steve Jones	Steve Jones
Central	2004	Mohammad Azim	Bernard Little
Crookes	2004	Sylvia Anginotti	Sylvia Anginotti
Darnall	2004	Mohammad Altaf	Mazher Iqbal
Dore & Totley	2004	Keith Hill	Keith Hill
East Ecclesfield	2004	Graham Oxley	Graham Oxley
Ecclesall 1	2004	Roger Davison	Roger Davison
Ecclesall 2	2004	Kate Dawson	Michael Reynolds
Firth Park	2004	Alan Law	Alan Law
Fulwood	2004	Janice Sidebottom	Janice Sidebottom
Gleadless Valley	2004	Garry Weatherall	Garry Weatherall
Graves Park	2004	Barrie Jervis	Robert McCann
Hillsborough	2004	Janet Bragg	Janet Bragg
Manor Castle	2004	Janet Wilson	Janet Wilson
Mosborough	2004	Samuel Wall	Samuel Wall
Nether Edge	2004	Patricia White	Patricia White
Richmond	2004	Terry Barrow	Elizabeth Naylor
Shiregreen & Brightside	2004	Peter Rippon	Peter Rippon
Southey	2004	Gillian Furniss	Gillian Furniss
Stannington	2004	David Baker	David Baker
Stocksbridge & Upper Don	2004	Alison Brelsford	Alison Brelsford
Walkley	2004	Jonathan Harston	Jonathan Harston
West Ecclesfield	2004	Trevor Bagshaw	Trevor Bagshaw
Woodhouse	2004	Raymond Satur	Raymond Satur

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	14	0	1	-1	48.3	34.0	42,533	+3.2
Labour	14	0	0	0	48.3	33.7	42,191	-0.7
Conservative	0	0	0	0	0.0	15.0	18,765	-0.8
Green	1	1	0	+1	3.4	10.9	13,621	-1.9
BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	2,906	-0.9
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	2,849	+0.8
Respect	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	1,208	N/A
CPA	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	395	N/A
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	337	-0.3
Socialist Alternative	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	206	+0.1

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	44	44
	Liberal Democrats	37	36
	Conservatives	2	2
	Green	1	2
Total		84	84
Working majority		4	4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Timothy Rippon*	1,695	49.5	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Bennett	872	25.4	-3.6
	Conservative	Peter Smith	451	13.2	+0.8
	Green	Alexa Walker	288	8.4	-0.5
	CPA	Kyle Spotswood	121	3.5	N/A
Majority			823	24.0	+3.7
Turnout			3,427	28.2	-10.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Skelton*	2,134	38.7	+4.9
	Labour	Steven Wilson	1,852	33.6	+1.6
	Conservative	Michelle Grant	628	11.4	-2.8
	BNP	John Beatson	567	10.3	-4.0
	Green	David Hayes	327	5.9	-2.4
Majority			282	5.1	+3.3
Turnout			5,508	41.3	-7.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2006_Sheffield_City_Council_election

2006 Sheffield City Council election

Councillors before and after the election

Election result

Ward results

Arbourthorne

Beauchief & Greenhill

Beighton

Birley

Broomhill

Burngreave

Central

Crookes

Darnall

Dore & Totley

East Ecclesfield

Ecclesall

Firth Park

Fulwood

Gleadless Valley

Graves Park

Hillsborough

Manor Castle

Mosborough

Nether Edge

Richmond

Shiregreen & Brightside

Southey

Stannington

Stocksbridge & Upper Don

Walkley

West Ecclesfield

Woodhouse

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Mirfin-Boukouris*	1,655	42.7	+3.9
	Conservative	Shirley Clayton	745	19.2	-3.3
	BNP	Roy James	659	17.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Wisbey	564	14.5	+1.2
	Green	Andrew Brandram	255	6.6	-3.6
Majority			910	23.5	+7.2
Turnout			3,878	30.2	-8.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Pye*	2,018	49.6	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Hill	766	18.8	-2.6
	Conservative	Gordon Millward	543	13.3	-3.9
	Green	Francis Plunkett	346	8.5	-1.7
	UKIP	Sally Stracey	396	9.7	N/A
Majority			1,252	30.8	+6.3
Turnout			4,069	31.6	-14.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Shaffaq Mohammed*	1,239	41.6	+6.4
	Green	Robert Cole	730	24.5	+6.5
	Labour	Jennifer Armstrong	581	19.5	-0.8
	Conservative	Michael Ginn	426	14.3	-0.5
Majority			509	17.1	+7.5
Turnout			2,976	25.4	-10.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Jones*	2,278	48.9	+0.3
	Respect	Maxine Bowler	1,208	25.9	+14.3
	Conservative	Russell Cutts	425	9.1	-1.8
	Green	Christopher Sissons	401	8.6	-8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tasadique Mohammed	350	7.5	-9.6
Majority			1,070	23.0	-8.5
Turnout			4,662	33.9	-3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Bernard Little	1,159	32.6	+5.6
	Labour	Mohammad Maroof	1,117	31.5	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad Azim*	1,036	29.2	-3.4
	Conservative	Nicholas Bryan	239	6.7	-3.7
Majority			42	1.2	N/A
Turnout			3,551	30.4	-5.2
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Anginotti*	2,470	48.6	+8.7
	Conservative	David Robinson	939	18.5	-3.0
	Labour	Felicity Matthews	823	16.2	-7.6
	Green	Julian Briggs	730	14.4	-7.3
	CPA	Stuart Johnson	116	2.3	N/A
Majority			1,531	30.1	+14.0
Turnout			5,078	38.3	-10.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mazher Iqbal	2,338	54.8	+18.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Bowden	732	17.1	-8.0
	UKIP	Charlotte Arnott	482	11.3	-5.4
	Conservative	Anne Corke	385	9.0	±0.0
	Green	Julie White	333	7.8	-1.3
Majority			1,606	37.6	+26.7
Turnout			4,270	31.4	-11.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Hill*	3,770	52.8	+11.6
	Conservative	Janet Chapman	2,623	36.7	-2.6
	Labour	Mohammad Hussain	300	4.2	-5.3
	Green	Dawn Biram	274	3.8	-4.4
	UKIP	James Laurie	172	2.4	N/A
Majority			1,147	16.1	N/A
Turnout			7,139	54.3	-4.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Oxley*	2,039	46.1	+8.3
	Labour	Adele Jagger	1,565	35.4	+1.8
	Conservative	Miles Waters	441	10.0	+1.2
	Green	Lamia Safir	378	8.5	-0.2
Majority			474	10.7	+6.5
Turnout			4,423	32.3	-12.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Davison*	3,449	54.4	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Reynolds	3,281	51.8	+0.5
	Conservative	Michael Young	1,617	25.5	-4.2
	Conservative	Daniel Young	1,586	25.0	-3.6
	Green	Arun Mathur	789	12.4	-3.3
	Labour	James Lafferty	587	9.3	-6.2
	Green	Robert Murphy	573	9.0	N/A
	Labour	Neil Cleeveley	480	7.6	-4.6
	CPA	Sidney Cordle	158	2.5	N/A
Majority			1,664	26.3	+8.0
Turnout			6,339	45.8	-7.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Firth Park ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Law*	1,854	55.0	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Tomlinson	641	19.0	+6.4
	Green	Steven Marshall	441	13.1	-1.9
	Conservative	Paul Rymill	437	13.0	-1.0
Majority			1,213	36.0	+4.1
Turnout			3,373	26.8	-8.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Fulwood ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Sidebottom*	2,541	47.2	+2.6
	Conservative	Caroline Cooper	1,818	33.8	+4.1
	Green	Laura Anderson	450	8.4	-5.1
	Labour	Martin Newsome	436	8.1	-5.6
	UKIP	Nigel James	137	2.5	-4.0
Majority			723	13.4	-1.5
Turnout			5,382	42.0	-8.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Gleadless Valley ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Garry Weatherall*	1,701	36.3	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Reaney	1,652	35.3	+10.2
	Green	Robert Unwin	981	21.0	+0.3
	Conservative	Amy Taylor	348	7.4	-3.3
Majority			49	1.0	-6.1
Turnout			4,682	35.1	-9.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Graves Park ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert McCann	1,935	38.1	+0.7
	Labour	Robert Pemberton	1,389	27.4	-0.7
	Conservative	Trevor Grant	775	15.3	-0.9
	Green	Rita Wilcock	499	9.8	-4.1
	UKIP	Pauline Arnott	272	5.4	N/A
	Socialist Alternative	Celvin Payne	206	4.1	N/A
Majority			546	10.8	+1.5
Turnout			5,076	39.2	-9.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Bragg*	1,882	41.4	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Ayris	1,667	36.6	+1.7
	Green	Christopher McMahon	568	12.5	-2.2
	Conservative	Peter Smith	433	9.5	+0.8
Majority			215	4.7	-1.6
Turnout			4,550	34.8	-14.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Wilson*	1,604	58.2	+7.0
	Green	Graham Wroe	473	17.2	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Colin France	363	13.2	-1.4
	Conservative	Christina Stark	316	11.5	+2.6
Majority			1,131	41.0	+4.4
Turnout			2,756	23.9	-11.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Wall*	1,623	40.8	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Tutt	1,125	28.3	+0.8
	Conservative	Evelyn Millward	696	17.5	-3.3
	UKIP	John Marshall	308	7.7	N/A
	Green	Heather Hunt	224	5.6	-2.5
Majority			498	12.5	+4.5
Turnout			3,976	30.6	-11.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia White*	2,163	40.4	+4.3
	Labour	Mohammad Khan	1,743	32.5	+5.0
	Green	Mervyn Smith	986	18.4	+0.7
	Conservative	Rosita Malandrinos	466	8.7	-3.0
Majority			420	7.8	-0.8
Turnout			5,358	43.0	-7.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Naylor	1,832	48.1	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Webster	741	19.5	+3.8
	UKIP	Leslie Arnott	508	13.3	N/A
	Conservative	Ian Fey	438	11.5	+0.1
	Green	Eamonn Ward	289	7.6	-6.3
Majority			1091	28.7	+1.8
Turnout			3,808	29.8	-11.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Rippon*	1,883	48.5	-0.6
	BNP	Christopher Hartigan	1,015	26.1	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Masters	431	11.1	-4.6
	Conservative	Mohammed Tariq	317	8.2	+0.6
	Green	Jennyfer Barnard	239	6.2	-3.6
Majority			868	22.3	+1.5
Turnout			3,885	28.4	+7.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gillian Furniss*	1,602	46.1	+0.5
	BNP	David Wright	665	19.1	-4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Bowden	377	10.8	-2.2
	Conservative	Robert McIlveen	350	10.1	+1.3
	Independent	Mark Wilde	337	9.7	N/A
	Green	Steven Barnard	144	4.1	-3.9
Majority			937	27.0	+4.9
Turnout			3,475	27.0	-9.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Baker*	2,421	46.9	+11.2
	Labour	Louise Webb	1,428	27.7	-2.4
	Conservative	Matthew Dixon	803	15.5	-5.3
	Green	Michael Maas	512	9.9	-3.7
Majority			993	19.2	+13.6
Turnout			5,164	37.9	-10.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Brelsford*	2,201	48.1	+3.2
	Labour	Christopher Prescott	1,094	23.9	-3.8
	Conservative	Timothy Lewis	736	16.1	-0.6
	Green	Angela Roberts	549	12.0	-3.2
Majority			1,107	24.2	+7.0
Turnout			4,580	32.2	-9.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Harston*	1,863	40.6	+7.2
	Labour	James Bamford	1,783	38.9	+6.9
	Green	Barry New	625	13.6	-5.5
	Conservative	Andrew Gabbitas	313	6.8	-2.2
Majority			80	1.7	+0.3
Turnout			4,584	35.5	-7.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Bagshaw*	2,388	49.6	+14.3
	Labour	Sheila Constance	1,562	32.4	-2.8
	Conservative	Paula Axelby	511	10.6	-2.9
	Green	Kathryn Aston	353	7.3	-1.9
Majority			826	17.2	+17.1
Turnout			4,814	34.7	-8.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Satur*	1,966	49.6	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Moffett	603	15.2	+5.5
	UKIP	Jonathan Arnott	574	14.5	-3.4
	Conservative	Laurence Hayward	546	13.8	+4.1
	Green	Daniel Lyons	278	7.0	-0.3
Majority			1,363	34.4	+9.4
Turnout			3,967	30.7	-14.4
	Labour hold		Swing