2008_Sheffield_City_Council_election
Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 1 May 2008. There were 30 seats up for election - one of the three councillors from each ward, plus two seats from Labour councillors who had stepped down. Liberal Democrats made several gains, regaining control of the council for the first time since losing it in 2002. The overall turnout for this election was 36.8%.[1]
Quick Facts 30 of 84 seats to Sheffield City Council 43 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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More information Ward, Incumbent Elected ...
Ward | Incumbent Elected | Incumbent | Elected |
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Arbourthorne | 2004 | Julie Dore | Julie Dore |
Beauchief & Greenhill | 2004 | Anthony Holmes | Louise McCann |
Beighton | 2004 | Ian Saunders | Ian Saunders |
Birley | 2004 | Bryan Lodge | Bryan Lodge |
Broomhill | 2004 | Paul Scriven | Paul Scriven |
Burngreave | 2004 | Jackie Drayton | Jackie Drayton |
Central | 2004 | Jean Cromar | Robert Murphy |
Crookes | 2004 | Brian Holmes | Brian Holmes |
Darnall | 2004 | Mary Lea | Mary Lea |
Dore and Totley | 2004 | Anne Smith | Colin Ross |
East Ecclesfield | 2004 | Patricia Fox | Patricia Fox |
Ecclesall | 2004 | Sylvia Dunkley | Sylvia Dunkley |
Firth Park | 2004 | Joan Barton | Joan Barton |
Fulwood | 2004 | John Knight | John Knight |
Gleadless Valley | 2004 | Terry Fox | Frank Taylor |
Graves Park | 2004 | Peter Moore | Peter Moore |
Hillsborough | 2004 | Robert MacDonald | Joe Taylor |
Manor Castle | 2004 | Pat Midgley | Pat Midgley |
Mosborough (1) | 2004 | Mike Peat | Gail Smith |
Mosborough (2) | 2006 | Sam Wall | Chris Tutt |
Nether Edge | 2004 | Ali Qadar | Ali Qadar |
Richmond (1) | 2004 | Martin Lawton | Martin Lawton |
Richmond (2) | 2006 | Liz Naylor | Lynn Rooney |
Shiregreen and Brightside | 2004 | Jane Bird | Jane Bird |
Southey | 2004 | Tony Damms | Tony Damms |
Stannington | 2004 | Arthur Dunworth | Arthur Dunworth |
Stocksbridge and Upper Don | 2004 | Martin Davis | Jack Clarkson |
Walkley | 2004 | Diane Leek | Diane Leek |
West Ecclesfield | 2004 | Kathleen Chadwick | Kathleen Chadwick |
Woodhouse | 2004 | Marjorie Barker | Marjorie Barker |
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More information Party, Seats ...
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Liberal Democrats | 17 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 56.7 | 36.9 | 50,282 | +3.0 | |
Labour | 12 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 40.0 | 30.0 | 40,939 | -4.8 | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.0 | 16.0 | 21,857 | +1.5 | |
Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3.3 | 9.1 | 12,446 | -0.5 | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 5,489 | +0.7 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2,114 | -0.2 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1,799 | N/A | |
Left List | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1,089 | N/A | |
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 271 | +0.1 | |
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The Liberal Democrats gained five seats from their position following the 2004 election, but also regained a seat lost to an Independent via defection in Stocksbridge & Upper Don.
More information Party, Previous council ...
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
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Liberal Democrats | 39 | 45 | |||
Labour | 41 | 36 | |||
Green | 2 | 3 | |||
Conservatives | 1 | 0 | |||
Independent Liberal Democrat | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 84 | 84 | |||
Working majority | 0 | 6 |
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Arbourthorne
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Julie Dore* | 1,606 | 41.5 | -14.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Cowbury | 1,094 | 28.3 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Peter Smith | 727 | 18.8 | +4.8 | |
Green | Jennyfer Barnard | 445 | 11.5 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 512 | 13.2 | -20.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,872 | 32.0 | +2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Beauchief & Greenhill
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Louise McCann | 2,096 | 39.6 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Neil Cleeveley | 1,451 | 27.4 | -4.2 | |
Conservative | Michelle Grant | 941 | 17.8 | +2.8 | |
BNP | John Beatson | 525 | 9.9 | +0.5 | |
Green | David Hayes | 275 | 5.2 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 645 | 12.2 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,288 | 39.0 | -0.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Beighton
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ian Saunders* | 1,730 | 42.9 | -5.6 | |
Conservative | Shirley Clayton | 1,234 | 30.6 | +5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tracey Williams | 746 | 18.5 | +1.8 | |
Green | Andrew Brandram | 318 | 7.9 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 496 | 12.3 | -10.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,028 | 31.0 | -0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Birley
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bryan Lodge* | 2,095 | 48.1 | -5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Curran | 952 | 21.8 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Gordon Millward | 872 | 20.0 | +4.8 | |
Green | Francis Plunkett | 438 | 10.1 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 1,143 | 26.2 | -11.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,357 | 34.4 | +0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Broomhill
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Paul Scriven* | 1,329 | 46.7 | +1.3 | |
Green | Rob Cole | 756 | 26.6 | -0.6 | |
Labour | Zoe Sykes | 401 | 14.1 | -2.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Ginn | 359 | 12.6 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 573 | 20.1 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,845 | 24.5 | -1.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Burngreave
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jackie Drayton* | 2,369 | 50.5 | -1.1 | |
Left List | Maxine Bowler | 1,089 | 23.2 | -0.8 | |
Green | Christopher Sissons | 638 | 13.6 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | Rashid Zaman | 593 | 12.6 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 1,280 | 27.3 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,689 | 32.0 | -4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Central
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Rob Murphy | 1,611 | 40.2 | +4.6 | |
Labour | Mohammad Maroof | 1,563 | 39.0 | +8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Azim | 522 | 13.0 | -9.8 | |
Conservative | June Ledbury | 311 | 7.8 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 48 | 1.2 | -3.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,007 | 31.0 | ±0.0 | ||
Green gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Crookes
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Brian Holmes* | 2,690 | 52.9 | -0.9 | |
Conservative | Robert Sheridan | 1,045 | 20.6 | +3.3 | |
Green | Julian Briggs | 698 | 13.7 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Qurban Hussain | 651 | 12.8 | -3.7 | |
Majority | 1,645 | 32.4 | -4.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,084 | 38.0 | -1.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Darnall
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mary Lea* | 2,039 | 44.3 | -0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Misbah Chowdhury | 1,484 | 32.2 | +21.0 | |
Conservative | Anne Corke | 439 | 9.5 | +0.9 | |
UKIP | Charlotte Arnott | 414 | 9.0 | +1.2 | |
Green | Julie White | 228 | 5.0 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 555 | 12.1 | -11.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,604 | 34.0 | -0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Dore & Totley
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Colin Ross | 3,606 | 48.6 | -3.6 | |
Conservative | Anne Smith* | 3,231 | 43.6 | +8.1 | |
Labour | Javed Khan | 275 | 3.7 | -2.3 | |
Green | Rita Wilcock | 183 | 2.5 | -1.5 | |
UKIP | James Laurie | 124 | 1.7 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 375 | 5.1 | -11.6 | ||
Turnout | 7,419 | 56.1 | +3.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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East Ecclesfield
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Patricia Fox* | 2,314 | 43.0 | +5.9 | |
Labour | Angela Weatherall | 1,622 | 30.2 | -5.2 | |
BNP | Shirley Collins | 677 | 12.6 | -0.5 | |
Conservative | Paula Mayfield | 582 | 10.8 | +1.6 | |
Green | Lamia Safir | 181 | 3.4 | -1.7 | |
Majority | 692 | 12.9 | +11.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,376 | 38.4 | +8.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Ecclesall
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Dunkley* | 3,893 | 58.2 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Young | 1,630 | 24.4 | -1.2 | |
Green | Jason Leman | 615 | 9.2 | -1.8 | |
Labour | Jack Scott | 547 | 8.1 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 2,263 | 33.9 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,685 | 47.0 | +1.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Firth Park
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joan Barton* | 1,813 | 47.5 | -6.0 | |
BNP | Michael Smith | 742 | 19.5 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Morris | 547 | 14.3 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Paul Rymill | 377 | 9.9 | -0.4 | |
Green | Jonathan Cook | 257 | 6.7 | -0.6 | |
Independent | Maria-Barbara Noack | 78 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 971 | 25.5 | -10.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,814 | 30.0 | ±0.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Fulwood
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Knight* | 2,893 | 54.9 | -1.2 | |
Conservative | Alan Ryder | 1,434 | 27.2 | -0.3 | |
Labour | Isobel Bowler | 432 | 8.2 | +0.9 | |
Green | Stephen Hitchens | 374 | 7.1 | -0.1 | |
UKIP | Patricia Sullivan | 139 | 2.6 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 1,459 | 27.7 | -0.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,272 | 44.0 | -2.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Gleadless Valley
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Frank Taylor | 2,183 | 42.1 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Terence Fox* | 1,821 | 35.1 | -3.0 | |
Green | Gareth Roberts | 781 | 15.1 | -0.7 | |
Conservative | Jennifer Grant | 400 | 7.7 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 362 | 7.0 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,185 | 39.0 | -0.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Graves Park
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Peter Moore* | 2,519 | 47.1 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Robert Pemberton | 1,105 | 20.7 | -5.4 | |
Conservative | Trevor Grant | 885 | 16.5 | +1.7 | |
Green | Richard Roper | 345 | 6.5 | -1.5 | |
Socialist Alternative | Alan Munro | 271 | 5.1 | +1.4 | |
UKIP | Pauline Arnott | 226 | 4.2 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 1,417 | 26.5 | +8.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,348 | 41.0 | +0.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Hillsborough
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Joe Taylor | 2,739 | 49.9 | +5.5 | |
Labour | Robert Macdonald* | 1,620 | 29.5 | -5.9 | |
BNP | Eric Collins | 491 | 8.9 | +0.2 | |
Green | Christopher McMahon | 346 | 6.3 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | Neil Everest | 292 | 5.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 1,119 | 20.4 | +11.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,488 | 41.8 | +0.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Manor Castle
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Patricia Midgley* | 1,621 | 52.9 | -7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Croft | 687 | 22.4 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | Christina Stark | 400 | 13.1 | +3.2 | |
Green | Graham Wroe | 357 | 11.6 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 934 | 30.5 | -13.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,065 | 27.3 | -0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Mosborough
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Gail Smith | 2,451 | 50.8 | +17.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Tutt | 2,019 | 41.9 | +8.1 | |
Labour | Sarah Cullen | 1,660 | 34.4 | -7.3 | |
Labour | Andrew Peat* | 1,626 | 33.7 | -8.0 | |
Conservative | Evelyn Millward | 746 | 15.5 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Margaret Pigott | 561 | 11.6 | -3.7 | |
Green | Anwen Fryer | 290 | 6.0 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 359 | 7.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,822 | 37.7 | +4.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Nether Edge
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ali Qadar* | 2,661 | 44.6 | +5.6 | |
Labour | Mohammed Hafiz | 2,165 | 36.3 | +5.5 | |
Green | Mervyn Smith | 780 | 13.1 | -6.7 | |
Conservative | Rosita Malandrinos | 359 | 6.0 | -4.4 | |
Majority | 496 | 8.3 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,965 | 47.0 | +7.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Richmond
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lynn Rooney | 1,759 | 44.4 | -7.4 | |
Labour | Martin Lawton* | 1,693 | 42.8 | -9.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anders Hanson | 736 | 18.6 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Masters | 699 | 17.7 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | Ian Fey | 618 | 15.6 | +4.1 | |
UKIP | Leslie Arnott | 618 | 15.6 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Maureen Neill | 560 | 14.1 | +2.6 | |
Green | Eamonn Ward | 439 | 11.1 | +5.3 | |
UKIP | Jennifer-Marie Ruchat | 356 | 9.0 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 957 | 24.2 | -11.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,959 | 31.0 | -0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Shiregreen & Brightside
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jane Bird* | 1,757 | 44.1 | -7.6 | |
BNP | Tracey Smith | 846 | 21.3 | -2.5 | |
Conservative | Eric Kirby | 451 | 11.3 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tasadique Mohammed | 350 | 8.8 | -2.3 | |
Independent | Glynn Tipper | 350 | 8.8 | N/A | |
Green | Steve Brady | 227 | 5.7 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 911 | 22.9 | -5.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,981 | 30.0 | -0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Southey
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Damms* | 1,695 | 41.9 | -11.9 | |
BNP | John Sheldon | 1,031 | 25.5 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Bowden | 716 | 17.7 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Russell Cutts | 437 | 10.8 | +1.6 | |
Green | Gemma Lock | 162 | 4.0 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 664 | 16.4 | -18.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,041 | 30.7 | +1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Stannington
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Arthur Dunworth* | 2,713 | 46.7 | -2.7 | |
Labour | Alf Meade | 1,314 | 22.6 | -3.0 | |
Conservative | Andrew Lee | 883 | 15.2 | -1.2 | |
BNP | Martin Stevens | 547 | 9.4 | N/A | |
Green | Martin Bradshaw | 351 | 6.0 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 1,399 | 24.1 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,808 | 41.0 | +0.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Stocksbridge & Upper Don
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jack Clarkson | 2,258 | 39.0 | -0.3 | |
Independent | Martin Davis* | 1,371 | 23.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Matt Dixon | 1,076 | 18.6 | +1.0 | |
Labour | Jim Bamford | 761 | 13.4 | -10.8 | |
Green | Angela Roberts | 327 | 5.6 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 887 | 15.3 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,793 | 40.7 | +4.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Stocksbridge & Upper Don was a regain for the Liberal Democrats, after the sitting councillor became an Independent.
Walkley
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Diane Leek* | 2,679 | 49.6 | +8.2 | |
Labour | Veronica Hardstaff | 1,899 | 35.2 | -5.5 | |
Green | James Wilson | 540 | 10.0 | -1.6 | |
Conservative | George Ledbury | 283 | 5.2 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 780 | 14.4 | +13.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,401 | 40.0 | +1.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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West Ecclesfield
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Chadwick* | 2,763 | 52.4 | +0.1 | |
Labour | Max Telfer | 1,130 | 21.5 | -9.4 | |
BNP | Malcolm Woodhead | 630 | 12.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Robert McIlveen | 552 | 10.5 | -0.7 | |
Green | Kathryn Aston | 193 | 3.7 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 1,633 | 31.0 | +9.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,268 | 37.4 | +2.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Woodhouse
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Marjorie Barker* | 2,041 | 47.6 | -5.8 | |
Conservative | Laurence Hayward | 700 | 16.3 | +4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Bingham | 661 | 15.4 | +2.6 | |
UKIP | Jonathan Arnott | 593 | 13.8 | -2.0 | |
Green | John Grant | 291 | 6.8 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 1,341 | 31.3 | -6.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,286 | 33.0 | +0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Colin Taylor | 2,239 | 44.3 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Zoe Sykes | 1,420 | 28.1 | -2.1 | |
BNP | John Sheldon | 719 | 14.2 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | John Hattersley | 564 | 11.2 | +0.4 | |
Green | Mia Safir | 107 | 2.1 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 819 | 16.2 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,049 | 36.0 | -2.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.6 | |||
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- "Sheffield 2008 election results". sheffield.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 May 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- "LibDems celebrating poll victory". Sheffield Star. 1 May 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2009.