1969 Sheffield City Council election

none March 2015 March 2015 1969 Sheffield City Council election England Parliamentary no yes 1968 Sheffield City Council election 1968 1970 Sheffield City Council election 1970 28 councillors to Sheffield City Council 8 May 1969 Labour Party (UK) 18 5 Conservative Party (UK) 10 5 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 File:1969 Sheffield City Council election map-en.png 400px Majority party Majority party after election Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) The 1969 Sheffield City Council elections were held on 8 May 1969, with one third of the council - plus a double vacancy in Park - up for election. The previous year's historic win by the Conservatives, and their gaining control of the council was ended with these elections, with Labour successfully holding or gaining back seats in wards they lost in the last year's defeat. The previous year's substantial Tory leads in vote figures and seat numbers belied how narrowly won those numerous gains were, with even a tiny swing to Labour destined to return them. Labour's win and regaining control of the council was in sharp contrast to the national picture, which seen a repeat of the preceding years' heavy losses to the Conservatives with further losses of their heartlands to Tory control. Sheffield joined Stoke as the only cities left controlled by Labour, with last year's survivor Hull falling this year. Nationally Labour managed just 23 gains, with Sheffield accounting for over a fifth of them. Given this environment, the Labour response was naturally overjoyed; the Sheffield Brightside MP Eddie Griffiths reacted "I literally had tears in my eyes when I heard the results. I was more excited about these results than by my own election". The Labour group's leader Ald Ron Ironmonger attributed this to their campaigning effort and the electorate voting on a local mindset "[we've] struggled so hard for this. We took this really seriously - we haven't fought a campaign like this for years. I think the victory is due to the good sense of the Sheffield people, and I am proud of them tonight. They have judged the election on the city's own affairs as we asked them to. We are certainly wiser men after a year in opposition. There is no doubt about that." The Conservative grouping leader Ald Harrold Hebblethwaite responded "Obviously I am very disappointed at this result and I find it quite surprising, though one has always understood that Sheffield is a city on its own, and can never be relied on to follow a national trend. The great pity of it is that Walkley we certainly lost due to the intervention of an Independent, and Sharrow by a Liberal intervention - though obviously we cannot say that as regards Firth Park and Handsworth". Hebblethwaite accepted that the Rent Rebate scheme had played a large part in last year's results, but qualified "nevertheless I am certain the public have been somewhat confused about the issues this year. Twelve months is not enough time for any party to settle down in control and get its policies under way". Of such policies Labour were to reintroduce the closed-shop clause in Corporation employment which the Tories had dropped and accept the 30 places at Sheffield Girl's High School, which were now too late to reverse. Overall turnout was up narrowly on the previous year's, to 33.2% 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 1969 Labour Party (UK) 18 5 0 +5 64.3 42.4 52,082 +6.4 Conservative Party (UK) 10 0 5 -5 35.7 52.8 64,862 -4.6 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.7 2,092 -0.4 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.7 2,065 -0.7 Other 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.4 1,800 -0.7 The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Labour 34 18 39 18 Conservatives 47 9 42 9 Liberals 0 0 0 0 Communists 0 0 0 0 Total 81 27 81 27 108 108 Working majority #FFBF00 13 darkgray #FFBF00 -9 darkgray #FFBF00 -3 darkgray #FFBF00 9 darkgray#FFBF00 4 darkgray#FFBF00 6 darkgray Ward results Attercliffe Labour Party (UK) Norman Eldred 2,089 71.0 +4.6 Conservative Party (UK) Harold Mellor 852 29.0 -4.6 1,237 42.0 +9.2 2,941 19.0 -2.2 Labour Party (UK) +4.6 Beauchief Conservative Party (UK) C. White 6,001 82.2 -0.7 Labour Party (UK) Annie Britton 1,296 17.7 +0.7 4,705 64.5 -1.4 7,297 50.6 -2.5 Conservative Party (UK) -0.7 Birley Labour Party (UK) John Yeardley 2,438 49.7 +8.7 Conservative Party (UK) Pauline Minns 2,211 45.1 -9.0 Independent (politician) Laurence Gillatt 251 5.2 +0.4 227 4.6 -8.4 4,900 32.3 +1.1 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +8.8 Brightside Labour Party (UK) Henry Sturrock 1,966 55.2 +2.5 Conservative Party (UK) Kathleene Moore 1,319 37.0 +0.8 J. Robinson 165 4.6 +4.6 Independent Communist R. Wilkinson 109 3.0 +3.0 647 18.2 +1.6 3,559 27.6 +0.5 Labour Party (UK) +0.8 Broomhill Conservative Party (UK) A. Smith 3,154 77.3 +11.0 Labour Party (UK) R. Thackeray 690 16.9 -1.7 D. Morris 233 5.8 +5.8 2,464 60.4 +12.7 4,077 31.1 -2.0 Conservative Party (UK) +6.3 Burngreave Labour Party (UK) John Pate 2,346 55.9 +13.6 Conservative Party (UK) Cliff Godber 1,695 40.4 -9.3 Communist Party of Great Britain A. March 153 3.6 -1.0 651 15.5 +8.1 4,194 31.6 +4.3 Labour Party (UK) +11.4 Castle Labour Party (UK) Peter Horton 2,088 67.5 +13.5 Conservative Party (UK) L. Chambers 788 25.5 -8.5 Communist Party of Great Britain Edna Ashworth 216 7.0 +1.6 1,300 42.0 +22.1 3,092 27.5 -1.4 Labour Party (UK) +11.0 Darnall Labour Party (UK) William Owen 2,902 59.0 +9.9 Conservative Party (UK) Roger Outram 2,014 41.0 -9.9 888 18.0 +16.3 4,916 32.8 +2.4 Labour Party (UK) +9.9 Dore Conservative Party (UK) Thornton Lambert 4,983 79.7 -0.6 Labour Party (UK) Marie Rodgers 1,272 20.3 +0.6 3,711 59.4 -1.2 6,255 47.7 -1.0 Conservative Party (UK) -0.6 Ecclesall Conservative Party (UK) Edith Edeson 4,341 83.9 +5.7 Labour Party (UK) James Pearson 835 16.1 +5.9 3,506 67.7 -0.1 5,176 35.5 -7.2 Conservative Party (UK) -0.1 Firth Park Labour Party (UK) Albert Morris 2,147 43.7 +4.4 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Oxley 1,944 39.5 -6.5 Liberal Party (UK) Francis Butler 670 13.6 +3.6 Communist Party of Great Britain Barry Bracken 155 3.1 -1.5 203 4.1 -2.6 4,916 34.5 +1.7 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +5.4 Gleadless Conservative Party (UK) David Heslop 3,898 57.1 -6.7 Labour Party (UK) Phillip Grisdale 2,347 34.8 +3.9 Liberal Party (UK) Dennis Boothroyd 581 8.5 +2.7 1,551 22.7 -10.6 6,826 44.5 -2.0 Conservative Party (UK) -5.3 Hallam Conservative Party (UK) Gordon Wragg 3,755 70.4 -9.1 Labour Party (UK) Harry Hall 954 17.9 -2.5 Liberal Party (UK) Jean Mason 622 11.7 +11.7 2,801 52.5 -6.6 5,331 38.5 -1.0 Conservative Party (UK) -3.3 Handsworth Labour Party (UK) George Nicholls 2,563 55.8 +6.2 Conservative Party (UK) Jack Kerton 2,031 44.2 -6.2 532 11.6 +10.6 4,594 36.1 +3.4 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +6.2 Heeley Conservative Party (UK) Peter Earl 3,377 56.4 -1.3 Labour Party (UK) Alfred Wood 2,193 36.7 +0.5 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Turton 411 6.9 +0.8 1,184 19.8 -1.8 5,981 37.3 -3.2 Conservative Party (UK) -0.9 Hillsborough Conservative Party (UK) Constance Dodson 3,500 64.7 -3.7 Labour Party (UK) William Meade 1,912 35.3 +3.7 1,588 29.3 -7.3 5,412 36.8 -6.0 Conservative Party (UK) -3.6 Intake Conservative Party (UK) Marvyn Moore 2,613 52.9 -4.4 Labour Party (UK) Arnold Wood 2,329 47.1 +4.4 284 5.7 -8.7 4,942 31.3 -1.3 Conservative Party (UK) -4.4 Manor Labour Party (UK) Dora Fitter 2,027 59.6 +10.3 Conservative Party (UK) D. Russell 1,156 34.0 -5.0 Communist Party of Great Britain John Hukin 219 6.4 -5.3 871 25.6 +15.2 3,402 24.8 -1.0 Labour Party (UK) +7.6 Mosborough Labour Party (UK) Mary Foulds 2,078 62.8 +13.4 Conservative Party (UK) Eric Vawser 1,230 37.2 -13.4 848 25.6 +24.5 3,308 38.0 +4.4 Labour Party (UK) +13.4 Nether Edge Conservative Party (UK) Ivan Harrington 4,085 79.9 -2.9 Labour Party (UK) Charlotte Ellis 1,029 20.1 +2.9 3,056 59.7 -5.8 5,114 36.8 -3.0 Conservative Party (UK) -2.9 Nether Shire Labour Party (UK) Charles Moseley 2,221 52.1 +12.6 Conservative Party (UK) Hazel Black 1,766 41.4 +4.7 Communist Party of Great Britain Ken Hattersley 278 6.5 +1.1 455 10.7 +7.9 4,265 34.5 -4.9 Labour Party (UK) +3.9 Netherthorpe Labour Party (UK) Doris Mulhearn 1,994 57.6 +11.8 Conservative Party (UK) E. Dawson 1,309 37.8 -8.0 Communist Party of Great Britain Roy Barrett 156 4.5 -3.8 685 19.8 +19.7 3,459 31.5 +2.6 Labour Party (UK) +9.9 Owlerton Labour Party (UK) Jack Watson 2,257 62.0 +18.4 Conservative Party (UK) Zena Thompson 1,385 38.0 -7.8 872 23.9 +21.7 3,642 25.2 +2.7 Labour Party (UK) +13.1 Park Labour Party (UK) Charles Knowles 2,466 64.7 +17.7 Labour Party (UK) Peter Jones 2,458 Conservative Party (UK) June Harris 1,091 28.6 -2.5 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Huddart 1,021 Communist Party of Great Britain Cyril Morton 253 6.6 +1.9 1,375 36.1 +20.3 3,810 23.2 -1.6 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +10.1 Sharrow Labour Party (UK) Ethal Evans 1,991 47.9 +3.8 Conservative Party (UK) David Pinder 1,824 43.8 -7.7 Liberal Party (UK) Colin Wood 219 5.3 +5.3 National Front (UK) George Clark 125 3.0 -1.5 167 4.0 -3.5 4,159 37.2 -2.1 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +5.7 Southey Green Labour Party (UK) Winifred Golding 1,866 65.2 +13.1 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Hughes 772 27.0 -7.4 Communist Party of Great Britain Gordon Ashberry 224 7.8 -5.7 1,094 38.2 +20.5 2,862 21.2 +0.2 Labour Party (UK) +10.2 Walkley Labour Party (UK) Bernard Kidd 1,786 39.9 -0.8 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Hesp 1,768 39.5 -9.3 G. Green 773 17.3 +17.3 National Front (UK) Alan Holmes 144 3.2 -2.1 18 0.4 -7.7 4,471 31.5 +0.0 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +4.2 References 1 Sheffield Category:Sheffield City Council elections City Council election, 1969 Sheffield City Council election