1962 Sheffield City Council election

Local English political election in 1962 March 2015 March 2015 1962 Sheffield City Council election England Parliamentary no yes 1961 Sheffield City Council election 1961 1963 Sheffield City Council election 1963 27 councillors to Sheffield City Council 10 May 1962 Labour Party (UK) 20 0 Conservative Party (UK) 7 0 400px Majority party Majority party after election Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Sheffield's 1962 Municipal elections were held on 10 May 1962. One-third of the council and vacancies in Moor and Park were up for election. Previous to this election, there had been two by-elections in June for Hallam and Woodseats, which the Conservatives safely held. The election saw a record number of 84 candidates, with the Liberals contesting half of the city's wards and the Communists and the Union Movement over a third. The increased presence of the Liberals helped them to triple their vote on the previous year's, and nearly see to a gain in Hillsborough. There were, however, no seats exchanged for the second year running. Turnout was 31.8%, down slightly on the previous year. 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 1962 Labour Party (UK) 20 0 0 0 74.1 46.6 51,664 -3.7 Conservative and Liberal Unionist 7 0 0 0 25.9 36.7 40,614 -5.8 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 11.7 12,913 +8.8 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 2,256 +0.2 Ratepayers Association 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.7 1,860 -0.2 Union Movement 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.2 1,374 +1.0 Municipal Reform Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 93 -0.2 The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Labour 50 17 50 17 Conservative-Liberals 24 8 24 8 Ratepayers 1 0 1 0 Liberals 0 0 0 0 Communist 0 0 0 0 Union Movement 0 0 0 0 Municipal Reform 0 0 0 0 Total 75 25 75 25 100 100 Working majority #FFBF00 25 darkgray #FFBF00 9 darkgray #FFBF00 25 darkgray #FFBF00 9 darkgray#FFBF00 34 darkgray#FFBF00 34 darkgray Ward results Attercliffe Labour Party (UK) William Robins 1,986 78.1 +2.0 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Ruth Hawson 327 12.8 -11.0 Union Movement Robert Taylor 229 9.0 +9.0 1,659 65.3 +13.0 2,542 18.2 +1.3 Labour Party (UK) +6.5 Brightside Labour Party (UK) Arthur Longmore 1,822 72.1 -9.5 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Roger Cooke 334 13.2 -5.1 Communist Party of Great Britain Harry Hardwick 238 9.4 +9.4 Union Movement Peter Bashforth 131 5.2 +5.2 1,488 58.9 -4.4 2,525 21.9 +1.4 Labour Party (UK) -2.2 Broomhill Conservative and Liberal Unionist Ruben Viner 3,261 74.4 -4.9 Labour Party (UK) R. Day 1,121 25.6 +4.9 2,140 48.8 -9.8 4,382 29.1 +0.1 Conservative and Liberal Unionist -4.9 Burngreave Labour Party (UK) John Pate 1,946 64.3 -0.9 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Frank Adams 1,078 35.6 +0.9 868 28.7 -1.8 3,024 30.0 +3.3 Labour Party (UK) -0.9 Cathedral Labour Party (UK) Doris Mulhearn 1,963 78.5 -0.8 Conservative and Liberal Unionist M. Shirtcliffe 536 21.4 +0.8 1,427 57.1 -1.5 2,499 27.5 +0.3 Labour Party (UK) -0.8 Crookesmoor Labour Party (UK) Harold Lambert 2,522 64.8 +7.0 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Ivan Harrington 1,222 31.4 -4.2 Communist Party of Great Britain Nellie Connole 148 3.8 -2.8 1,300 33.4 +11.2 3,892 35.5 -0.2 Labour Party (UK) +5.6 Darnall Labour Party (UK) Arnold Wood 2,398 46.6 -14.3 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Noel Taylor 1,253 24.4 -5.7 Liberal Party (UK) Barrie Dobson 1,005 19.5 +19.5 Communist Party of Great Britain Alan Ecclestone 313 6.1 -2.9 Union Movement Derek King 172 3.3 +3.3 1,145 22.3 -8.6 5,141 27.1 +1.7 Labour Party (UK) -4.3 Ecclesall Conservative and Liberal Unionist Harold Hebblethwaite 5,198 87.6 +0.8 Labour Party (UK) Roy Munn 734 12.4 -0.8 4,464 75.2 +1.6 5,932 35.7 +2.4 Conservative and Liberal Unionist +0.8 Firth Park Labour Party (UK) H. Molloy 2,196 52.4 +0.3 Ratepayers Association G. Windle 1,860 44.4 -3.5 Union Movement Roy Crookes 131 3.1 +3.1 336 8.0 +3.9 4,187 32.4 -1.5 Labour Party (UK) +1.9 Hallam Conservative and Liberal Unionist Gordon Wragg 3,595 54.4 -18.5 Liberal Party (UK) Robert Jackson 1,859 28.1 +28.1 Labour Party (UK) J. Birkhead 1,148 17.4 -9.6 1,736 26.3 -19.7 6,602 39.9 +3.5 Conservative and Liberal Unionist -23.3 Handsworth Labour Party (UK) Leonard Cope 3,374 51.8 -6.2 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Frederick Naylor 1,804 27.7 -14.3 Liberal Party (UK) Kenneth Peace 1,336 20.5 +20.5 1,570 24.1 +8.1 6,514 33.4 -0.5 Labour Party (UK) +4.0 Heeley Labour Party (UK) Martha Strafford 2,505 48.6 -0.7 Conservative and Liberal Unionist John Barraclough 1,590 30.9 -4.3 Liberal Party (UK) Graham Oxley 803 15.6 +0.1 Communist Party of Great Britain John Chapman 164 3.2 +3.2 Union Movement John Wood 89 1.7 +1.7 915 17.7 +3.6 5,151 42.3 -1.8 Labour Party (UK) +1.8 Hillsborough Conservative and Liberal Unionist Claude Toplis 2,224 35.7 -23.1 Labour Party (UK) William Meade 2,141 34.4 -6.7 Liberal Party (UK) Alan Crapper 1,854 29.8 +29.8 83 1.3 -16.4 6,219 45.3 +6.9 Conservative and Liberal Unionist -8.2 Manor Labour Party (UK) George Armitage 2,670 87.6 +10.1 Communist Party of Great Britain John Hukin 379 12.4 +6.1 2,291 75.1 +13.9 3,049 19.2 -10.0 Labour Party (UK) +2.0 Moor Labour Party (UK) Reg Munn 2,010 54.7 -8.5 Labour Party (UK) Peter Horton 1,831 Conservative and Liberal Unionist D. Sheath 950 25.8 -10.9 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Raymond Hadfield 862 Liberal Party (UK) I. Greenfield 560 15.2 +15.2 Liberal Party (UK) A. Greenfield 539 Union Movement Charles Hyles 153 4.2 +4.2 1,060 28.8 +2.3 3,673 32.7 +0.4 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +1.2 Nether Edge Conservative and Liberal Unionist Dane Clissold 2,352 49.0 -10.0 Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Brack 1,232 25.7 +0.6 Liberal Party (UK) Dennis Boothroyd 1,211 25.2 +9.4 1,120 23.3 -10.6 4,795 38.4 +3.4 Conservative and Liberal Unionist -5.3 Nether Shire Labour Party (UK) Charles Simms 2,323 53.9 -12.9 Liberal Party (UK) John Weightman 931 21.6 +21.6 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Ida Crowther 833 19.3 -7.7 Communist Party of Great Britain Howard Hill 219 5.1 -1.0 1,392 32.3 -7.5 4,306 31.9 +5.3 Labour Party (UK) -17.2 Norton Conservative and Liberal Unionist Thornton Lambert 5,147 56.4 -1.1 Labour Party (UK) Victor Francis 2,673 29.3 -4.8 Liberal Party (UK) Ben Thorpe 1,311 14.3 +5.8 2,474 27.1 +3.7 9,131 37.1 -3.3 Conservative and Liberal Unionist +1.8 Owlerton Labour Party (UK) John Yeardley 1,860 48.8 -8.3 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Irvine Patnick 985 25.8 -7.7 Liberal Party (UK) Fred Crookes 648 17.0 +17.0 Communist Party of Great Britain David Jeffrey 143 3.7 +3.7 Municipal Reform Party Harry Hoyle 93 2.4 -6.9 Union Movement William Kimber 80 2.1 +2.1 875 23.0 -0.5 3,809 32.6 -2.6 Labour Party (UK) -0.2 Park Labour Party (UK) Joseph Ashton 2,017 66.9 -0.7 Labour Party (UK) Norman Goodchild 1,959 Conservative and Liberal Unionist S. Bell 641 21.3 -1.5 Communist Party of Great Britain George Caborn 356 11.8 +2.2 1,376 45.6 +0.8 3,014 27.6 -0.5 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +0.4 Sharrow Labour Party (UK) John Hill 1,792 45.3 -6.7 Conservative and Liberal Unionist L. Nicholson 1,545 39.1 +3.3 Liberal Party (UK) Gordon Wallace 427 10.8 +3.5 Union Movement Barbara Wood 190 4.8 +4.8 247 6.2 -10.1 3,954 36.1 -4.2 Labour Party (UK) -5.0 Southey Green Labour Party (UK) Hector Bright 3,132 75.9 +2.4 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Rhonda Beard 698 16.9 -2.7 Communist Party of Great Britain Terence Devey 296 7.2 +0.3 2,434 59.0 +5.2 4,126 23.8 -1.5 Labour Party (UK) +2.5 Tinsley Labour Party (UK) Ron Ironmonger 2,250 79.4 +5.3 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Patricia Santhouse 585 20.6 -5.3 1,665 58.8 +10.6 2,835 26.4 -0.5 Labour Party (UK) +5.3 Walkley Labour Party (UK) George Bennett 2,047 58.4 +1.0 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Connie Dodson 1,257 35.9 -2.2 Union Movement Francis Hamley 199 5.7 +1.3 790 22.5 +3.2 3,503 28.2 -1.2 Labour Party (UK) +1.6 Woodseats Conservative and Liberal Unionist Walter Morrison 3,199 53.6 -7.0 Labour Party (UK) Dora Fitter 1,802 30.2 +0.9 Liberal Party (UK) Colin Wood 968 16.2 +6.1 1,397 23.4 -7.9 5,969 38.2 -0.2 Conservative and Liberal Unionist -3.9 References 1 Category:1962 English local elections 1962 Category:1960s in Sheffield