1976 Sheffield City Council election

none March 2015 March 2015 1976 Sheffield City Council election England Parliamentary no yes 1975 Sheffield City Council election 1975 1978 Sheffield City Council election 1978 31 of 90 seats to Sheffield City Council 46 6 May 1976 Labour Party (UK) 20 3 Conservative Party (UK) 9 2 Liberal Party (UK) 2 1 400px Majority party Majority party after election Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 6 May 1976. One third of the council was up for election. Election result Sheffield local election result 1976 Labour Party (UK) 20 0 -3 -3 64.5 45.4 68,660 +0.3 Conservative Party (UK) 9 +2 0 +2 29.0 38.6 58,323 -2.6 Liberal Party (UK) 2 +1 0 +1 6.1 10.6 15,992 -2.4 Ratepayers 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.0 7,521 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 536 -0.2 |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: British National Party" | | British National | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0.0 | align="right" | 0.1 | align="right" | 220 | align="right" | N/A |- This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 66 63 Conservatives 20 22 Liberal 4 5 Ratepayers 0 0 Communist 0 0 British National 0 0 Total 90 90 Working majority #FFBF00 42 darkgray #FFBF00 36 darkgray Ward results Attercliffe https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B1BWkO-jL09UOWZlMjEyM2UtMTkxNy00M2FkLWE3MjAtNTViNzI2MjBhYmY4&hl=en_US Sheffield Local Elections 1973–1995 scans 2011-06-20 Labour Party (UK) Daphne Billings 1,708 75.6 +1.6 Conservative Party (UK) Caroline Viner 552 24.4 -1.5 1,156 51.2 +3.1 2,260 Labour Party (UK) +1.5 Beauchief Conservative Party (UK) Danny George* 5,175 71.3 -0.5 Labour Party (UK) Colin Radcliffe 1,419 19.5 +2.8 Liberal Party (UK) Hazel Clarke 661 9.1 -2.4 3,756 51.8 -3.3 7,255 Conservative Party (UK) -1.6 Birley Labour Party (UK) Tom Ratcliffe* 3,222 54.9 -1.5 Conservative Party (UK) Gordon Millward 2,076 35.3 -5.4 Ratepayers A. Senior 574 9.8 +9.8 1,146 19.6 +3.9 5,872 Labour Party (UK) +3.4 Brightside Labour Party (UK) George Wilson* 2,347 60.6 -3.8 Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Williams 1,072 27.7 +4.8 Ratepayers Sandra McTear 455 11.7 +11.7 1,275 32.9 -8.6 3,874 Labour Party (UK) -4.3 Broomhill Conservative Party (UK) Irvine Patnick* 3,943 68.6 +10.3 Labour Party (UK) Frank White 1,802 31.3 +8.8 2,141 37.3 +1.5 5,745 Conservative Party (UK) +0.7 Burngreave Liberal Party (UK) Malcolm Johnson* 2,381 53.5 +3.4 Labour Party (UK) B. Flanagan 1,661 37.3 -7.4 Conservative Party (UK) Emma Sizer 343 7.7 +3.4 Communist Party of Great Britain Alvin Jenkinson 60 1.3 +0.4 720 16.2 +10.8 4,445 Liberal Party (UK) +5.4 Castle Labour Party (UK) Peter Horton* 1,994 64.1 -0.3 Conservative Party (UK) Alice Burrows 578 18.6 -2.9 Ratepayers B. Hopkinson 467 15.0 +15.0 Communist Party of Great Britain Violet Gill 73 2.3 -0.2 1,416 45.5 +2.6 3,112 Labour Party (UK) +1.3 Chapel Green Liberal Party (UK) David Chadwick 4,078 63.2 +15.0 Labour Party (UK) Arthur Bradbury* 1,561 24.2 -8.7 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Scott 814 12.6 -6.3 2,517 39.0 +23.7 6,453 Liberal Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +11.8 Darnall Labour Party (UK) Sidney Dyson* 2,297 55.0 -3.7 Conservative Party (UK) Shirley Rhodes 1,546 37.0 -4.3 Liberal Party (UK) Dennis Boothroyd 334 8.0 +8.0 751 18.0 +0.6 4,177 Labour Party (UK) +0.3 Dore Conservative Party (UK) David Heslop* 4,657 70.6 -9.0 Conservative Party (UK) Jack Thompson 4,232 Labour Party (UK) Robert Jones 1,243 18.8 -1.6 Labour Party (UK) Alan Wigfield 1,064 Liberal Party (UK) Susan Petszaft 699 10.6 +10.6 Liberal Party (UK) K. Salt 668 2,979 51.8 -7.4 12,563 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -3.7 Ecclesall Conservative Party (UK) John Neill* 4,225 63.9 -4.9 Labour Party (UK) James Moore 939 14.2 -0.6 Liberal Party (UK) Patrick Smith 725 11.0 -5.3 Ratepayers W. Needham 718 10.8 +10.8 3,286 49.7 -2.8 6,607 Conservative Party (UK) -2.1 Firth Park Labour Party (UK) Clive Betts 3,928 58.6 +1.8 Liberal Party (UK) J. Maling 1,753 26.1 +7.1 Conservative Party (UK) John Chandler 1,020 15.2 -8.9 2,175 32.5 -0.2 6,701 Labour Party (UK) -2.6 Gleadless Labour Party (UK) Mike Bower 3,719 49.0 +0.6 Conservative Party (UK) Stuart Dawson 2,872 37.8 -5.1 Ratepayers Mary Harrison 507 6.7 +6.7 Liberal Party (UK) Bob Mumford 496 6.5 -2.1 847 11.2 +5.7 7,594 Labour Party (UK) +2.8 Hallam Conservative Party (UK) Gordon Wragg* 4,825 69.5 +5.3 Labour Party (UK) Leon Harris 1,449 20.9 +0.7 Liberal Party (UK) Jean Mason 662 9.5 -6.0 3,376 48.6 +4.6 6,936 Conservative Party (UK) +2.3 Handsworth Labour Party (UK) Elsie Smith 2,309 46.2 -13.7 Conservative Party (UK) Evelyn Millward 1,505 30.1 -1.8 Liberal Party (UK) Alfred Sellars 762 15.2 +7.0 Ratepayers M. Sawie 418 8.4 +8.4 804 16.1 -11.9 4,994 Labour Party (UK) -5.9 Heeley Labour Party (UK) Winifred Golding* 2,886 49.0 -2.6 Conservative Party (UK) G. Tonks 2,119 36.0 -1.8 Ratepayers W. Cooper 522 8.9 +8.9 Liberal Party (UK) Robert Jackson 357 6.0 -4.5 767 13.0 -0.8 5,884 Labour Party (UK) -0.4 Hillsborough Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Hutton 3,109 45.7 -1.4 Labour Party (UK) Malcolm Leary 2,830 41.6 -1.9 Ratepayers T. Thompson 477 7.0 +7.0 Liberal Party (UK) Fleur Woolley 380 5.6 -3.7 279 4.1 +0.5 6,796 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +0.2 Intake Labour Party (UK) Arnold Wood* 2,852 50.2 +3.5 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Parkin 1,862 32.8 +2.1 Ratepayers Mildred Hollingsworth 493 8.7 +8.7 Liberal Party (UK) Alan Thompson 475 8.3 -14.2 990 17.4 +1.4 5,682 Labour Party (UK) +0.7 Manor Labour Party (UK) Dora Fitter* 2,690 74.0 -0.5 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Cook 672 18.5 +4.3 Liberal Party (UK) F. Robson 179 4.9 -2.5 Communist Party of Great Britain John Hukin 93 2.5 -1.3 2,018 55.5 -4.8 3,634 Labour Party (UK) -2.4 Mosborough Labour Party (UK) Mary Foulds* 2,164 63.3 -0.5 Conservative Party (UK) Moira Disney 1,253 36.6 +0.5 911 26.8 -1.0 3,417 Labour Party (UK) -0.5 Nether Edge Conservative Party (UK) Jean Grindrod* 2,961 58.9 +0.7 Labour Party (UK) C. Morley 1,289 25.6 +3.4 Ratepayers L. Swann 778 15.5 +15.5 1,672 33.3 -2.7 5,028 Conservative Party (UK) -1.3 Nether Shire Labour Party (UK) William Eddison* 2,713 69.2 +1.9 Conservative Party (UK) Anne Marie Roebuck 1,053 26.9 -2.0 Communist Party of Great Britain Kenneth Hattersley 152 3.9 +0.2 1,660 42.3 +3.9 3,918 Labour Party (UK) +1.9 Netherthorpe Labour Party (UK) Doris Mulhearn* 2,196 61.1 -1.2 Conservative Party (UK) Moira Hattersley 964 26.8 -0.2 |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: British National Party" | | British National | J. Judge | align="right" | 220 | align="right" | 6.1 | align="right" | +6.1 |- Liberal Party (UK) Susan Bowns 215 6.0 -4.7 1,232 34.3 -1.0 3,595 Labour Party (UK) -0.5 Owlerton Labour Party (UK) Mary Kirk* 2,671 68.0 +19.6 Conservative Party (UK) Zena Thompson 1,016 25.9 -11.0 Liberal Party (UK) Susan Taffinder 237 6.0 -8.6 1,655 42.1 +30.6 3,924 Labour Party (UK) +15.3 Park Labour Party (UK) Sam Wall* 3,161 70.0 +0.8 Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Hutton 970 21.5 +4.3 Liberal Party (UK) F. McKinnon 287 6.3 -4.3 Communist Party of Great Britain R. Paulucy 96 2.1 -0.9 2,191 48.5 -3.5 4,514 Labour Party (UK) -1.7 Sharrow Labour Party (UK) Ian Baxter* 1,802 53.2 -0.9 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Seaton 893 26.3 -2.2 Liberal Party (UK) Michael Ellis 381 11.2 -2.5 Ratepayers Edith Bush 249 7.3 +7.3 Communist Party of Great Britain Neville Taylor 62 1.8 -1.8 909 26.9 +1.3 3,387 Labour Party (UK) +0.6 South Wortley Conservative Party (UK) Mary Saddington 2,984 45.3 -6.9 Labour Party (UK) John Laurent 2,846 43.2 -4.5 Liberal Party (UK) D. Stuart 754 11.4 +11.4 138 2.1 -2.4 6,584 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -1.2 Southey Green Labour Party (UK) Sandra Davies 2,754 76.4 -0.3 Conservative Party (UK) D. Walker 848 23.5 +3.5 1,906 52.9 -3.8 3,602 Labour Party (UK) -1.9 Stocksbridge Labour Party (UK) Roy Couldwell* 1,945 42.8 -19.0 Ratepayers Barrie Jones 1,485 32.6 +32.6 Conservative Party (UK) N. Hogton 1,116 24.5 -13.7 460 10.2 -13.4 4,546 Labour Party (UK) -25.8 Walkley Labour Party (UK) Alan Billings* 2,263 54.9 +4.0 Conservative Party (UK) W. Eccles 1,300 31.6 -6.1 Ratepayers F. Memmott 378 9.2 +9.2 Liberal Party (UK) A. Gray 176 4.3 -7.0 963 23.3 +7.0 4,117 Labour Party (UK) +5.0 By-elections between 1976 and 1978 Ecclesall By-Election 28 January 1977 Conservative Party (UK) William Dunsmore 1,985 73.9 +10.0 Liberal Party (UK) M. McCaig 699 26.0 +15.0 1,286 47.9 -1.8 2,684 Conservative Party (UK) -2.5 Nether Edge By-Election 28 January 1977 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Verhaert 1,341 71.2 +12.3 Liberal Party (UK) Patrick Smith 541 28.7 +28.7 800 42.5 +9.2 1,882 Conservative Party (UK) -8.2 Manor By-Election 12 August 1977 Labour Party (UK) Colin Radcliffe 1,101 63.6 -10.4 Conservative Party (UK) Shirley Rhodes 519 29.9 +11.4 Liberal Party (UK) Robert Mumford 59 3.4 -1.5 Communist Party of Great Britain John Hukin 33 1.9 -0.6 |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: British National Party" | | British National | Stephen Varley | align="right" | 20 | align="right" | 1.1 | align="right" | +1.1 |- 582 33.7 -21.8 1,732 11.0 Labour Party (UK) -10.9 References 1 expanded Category:1976 English local elections 1976 Category:1970s in Sheffield Category:May 1976 in the United Kingdom