1965 Sheffield City Council election

none March 2015 March 2015 1965 Sheffield City Council election England Parliamentary no yes 1964 Sheffield City Council election 1964 1966 Sheffield City Council election 1966 29 councillors to Sheffield City Council 13 May 1965 Labour Party (UK) 20 1 Conservative Party (UK) 9 1 400px Majority party Majority party after election Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) The 1965 Sheffield City Council election was held 13 May 1965. One third of the council was up for election, with as many as four double vacancies in the wards of Crookesmoor, Owlerton, Walkley and Woodseats. The Conservatives managed to gain one of the Walkley seats up for election, as the only gain of the night. Overall turnout fell by a tenth on the previous year's, to 26.2%. https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B1BWkO-jL09UOWZlMjEyM2UtMTkxNy00M2FkLWE3MjAtNTViNzI2MjBhYmY4&hl=en_US Sheffield Local Elections 1960–1995 scans 2011-12-02 Election result Sheffield local election result 1965 Labour Party (UK) 20 0 1 -1 69.0 46.9 41,975 -8.1 Conservative Party (UK) 9 1 0 +1 31.0 44.4 39,804 +6.1 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.3 5,622 +1.6 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.4 2,144 +0.4 The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Labour 55 18 54 18 Conservatives 20 7 21 7 Liberals 0 0 0 0 Communists 0 0 0 0 Total 75 25 75 25 100 100 Working majority #FFBF00 35 darkgray #FFBF00 11 darkgray #FFBF00 33 darkgray #FFBF00 11 darkgray#FFBF00 46 darkgray#FFBF00 44 darkgray Ward results Attercliffe Labour Party (UK) William Robins 1,430 83.5 +5.1 Conservative Party (UK) Eric Straw 282 16.5 +3.4 1,148 67.0 +1.6 1,712 13.0 -4.3 Labour Party (UK) +0.8 Brightside Labour Party (UK) Arthur Longmore 1,246 89.2 +4.0 Communist Party of Great Britain Barry Bracken 150 10.7 -4.0 1,096 78.5 +8.0 1,396 11.8 -5.6 Labour Party (UK) +4.0 Broomhill Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Hadfield 2,908 63.0 -5.6 Labour Party (UK) Dennis Dunn 887 19.2 -0.6 Liberal Party (UK) Robin Young 822 17.8 +6.2 2,021 43.8 -4.9 4,617 34.2 +4.0 Conservative Party (UK) -2.5 Burngreave Labour Party (UK) John Pate 1,374 62.6 -6.3 Conservative Party (UK) Irvine Patnick 674 30.7 -0.3 Communist Party of Great Britain Cyril Morton 147 6.7 +6.7 700 31.9 -6.0 2,195 21.8 -4.2 Labour Party (UK) -3.0 Cathedral Labour Party (UK) Doris Mulhearn 1,492 74.2 -9.1 Conservative Party (UK) George Beardshaw 519 25.8 +9.1 973 48.4 -18.2 2,011 21.8 -5.1 Labour Party (UK) -9.1 Crookesmoor Labour Party (UK) Brian Pritchard 1,263 48.4 -10.2 Labour Party (UK) John Tomlinson 1,209 Conservative Party (UK) Agnes Edeson 738 28.3 -6.8 Conservative Party (UK) David Stephenson 725 Liberal Party (UK) Peter Metcalfe 399 15.3 +15.3 Liberal Party (UK) Keith Jackson 386 Communist Party of Great Britain Roy Barrett 209 8.0 +1.8 471 20.1 -3.4 2,609 29.0 +2.4 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -1.7 Darnall Labour Party (UK) Arnold Wood 1,950 55.8 -3.5 Conservative Party (UK) Kathleen Circuit 955 27.3 +2.3 Liberal Party (UK) Joseph Hinchcliffe 366 10.5 +1.1 Communist Party of Great Britain Alan Ecclestone 220 6.3 +0.1 995 28.5 -5.8 3,491 19.4 -5.1 Labour Party (UK) -2.9 Ecclesall Conservative Party (UK) Harold Hebblethwaite 4,578 75.6 -7.5 Liberal Party (UK) Brian Bell 881 14.5 +14.5 Labour Party (UK) Annie Britton 598 9.9 -7.0 3,697 61.0 -5.2 6,057 36.6 +2.9 Conservative Party (UK) -11.0 Firth Park Labour Party (UK) Harry Hall 1,600 55.9 -4.5 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Cook 1,160 40.5 +5.6 Communist Party of Great Britain Bob Moody 104 3.6 -1.1 440 15.3 -10.1 2,864 22.7 -7.0 Labour Party (UK) -5.0 Hallam Conservative Party (UK) Gordon Wragg 4,080 63.0 +5.8 Labour Party (UK) Bernard Kidd 1,404 21.7 -6.3 Liberal Party (UK) David Chambers 993 15.3 +0.5 2,676 41.3 +12.1 6,477 36.8 -2.4 Conservative Party (UK) +6.0 Handsworth Labour Party (UK) Leonard Cope 2,892 54.4 -2.8 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Crewe 1,689 31.8 +3.2 Liberal Party (UK) Kenneth Peace 730 13.7 -0.3 1,203 22.6 -6.0 5,311 24.2 -4.7 Labour Party (UK) -3.0 Heeley Labour Party (UK) Martha Strafford 2,011 46.8 -9.6 Conservative Party (UK) Pat Santhouse 1,483 34.5 +4.3 Liberal Party (UK) Graham Oxley 604 14.0 +3.5 Communist Party of Great Britain Edna Ashworth 200 4.6 +1.9 528 12.3 -13.9 4,298 34.0 -4.0 Labour Party (UK) -6.9 Hillsborough Conservative Party (UK) Claude Toplis 2,775 58.4 +7.0 Labour Party (UK) George Wilson 1,978 41.6 -7.0 797 16.8 +14.0 4,753 34.5 -5.5 Conservative Party (UK) +7.0 Manor Labour Party (UK) George Armitage 2,088 92.0 +1.2 Communist Party of Great Britain John Hukin 182 8.0 -1.2 1,906 84.0 +2.4 2,270 14.3 -4.6 Labour Party (UK) +1.2 Moor Labour Party (UK) Reginald Munn 1,334 57.1 -10.9 Conservative Party (UK) Rupert Bishop 934 40.0 +7.9 Communist Party of Great Britain Joe Stevenson 69 2.9 +2.9 400 17.1 -18.9 2,337 24.3 -3.4 Labour Party (UK) -9.4 Nether Edge Conservative Party (UK) Charles Macdonald 2,479 58.7 +4.1 Labour Party (UK) Valerie Potts 1,069 25.3 -5.2 Liberal Party (UK) Dennis Boothroyd 675 16.0 +1.1 1,410 33.4 +9.3 4,223 34.7 +0.4 Conservative Party (UK) +4.6 Nether Shire Labour Party (UK) Charles Simms 1,894 92.1 +0.6 Communist Party of Great Britain Howard Hill 161 7.8 -0.6 1,733 84.3 +1.2 2,055 15.7 -6.2 Labour Party (UK) +0.6 Norton Conservative Party (UK) Thornton Lambert 5,821 62.2 +5.0 Labour Party (UK) Frank Hooley 3,529 37.7 -5.0 2,292 24.5 +10.0 9,350 37.1 +1.1 Conservative Party (UK) +5.0 Owlerton Labour Party (UK) Roy Thwaites 1,591 54.0 -13.6 Labour Party (UK) John Yeardley 1,531 Conservative Party (UK) Horace Bestall 1,079 36.6 +7.8 Communist Party of Great Britain Dave Jeffery 277 9.4 +5.8 452 17.4 -21.4 2,947 23.5 -2.7 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -10.7 Park Labour Party (UK) Joseph Ashton 1,509 76.2 -4.1 Conservative Party (UK) June Harris 325 16.4 -3.2 Communist Party of Great Britain George Caborn 145 7.3 +7.3 1,184 59.8 -0.9 1,979 18.6 -4.7 Labour Party (UK) -0.4 Sharrow Labour Party (UK) John Hill 1,711 50.7 -5.3 Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Barber 1,660 49.2 +5.3 51 1.5 -10.6 3,371 34.7 -2.3 Labour Party (UK) -5.3 Southey Green Labour Party (UK) Hector Bright 2,002 87.7 -2.8 Communist Party of Great Britain Raymond Southall 280 12.3 +2.8 1,722 75.4 -5.7 2,282 13.8 -7.1 Labour Party (UK) -2.8 Tinsley Labour Party (UK) Tom Cruise 1,198 70.8 -7.8 Conservative Party (UK) Joan Willows 341 20.2 +5.0 Liberal Party (UK) Colin Andrews 152 9.0 +2.7 857 50.7 -12.8 1,691 18.2 -5.8 Labour Party (UK) -6.4 Walkley Labour Party (UK) George Bennett 1,736 52.7 -14.1 Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Corfield 1,557 47.3 +14.1 Labour Party (UK) Joe Albaya 1,426 131 5.4 -28.1 3,293 27.5 +2.6 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +14.1 Woodseats Conservative Party (UK) Frank Adams 3,767 63.2 +12.9 Conservative Party (UK) Walter Morrison 3,752 Labour Party (UK) Marie Hogg 2,189 36.7 -6.5 Labour Party (UK) F. Smith 1,972 1,578 26.5 +19.5 5,956 38.5 -1.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +9.7 References 1 Sheffield City Council election 1965 City Council election, 1965 Sheffield City Council election