1961 Sheffield City Council election

none March 2015 March 2015 1961 Sheffield City Council election England Parliamentary no yes 1960 Sheffield City Council election 1960 1962 Sheffield City Council election 1962 25 councillors to Sheffield City Council 11 May 1961 Labour Party (UK) 18 0 Conservative Party (UK) 7 0 400px Majority party Majority party after election Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) The 1961 Sheffield City Council election was held on 11 May 1961, with a third up for election plus a double vacancy in Owlerton. The results were largely a reversal of the previous election; a higher turnout - 35%, up significantly from the previous year's low of 25% - brought a much stronger Labour result with the seats they'd lost the preceding year held comfortably. All seats were contested and successfully defended this year, seeing no change in the make-up of the council. 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 1961 Labour Party (UK) 18 0 0 0 72.0 50.3 56,101 +6.5 Conservative and Liberal Unionist 7 0 0 0 28.0 42.5 47,426 -10.0 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.9 3,263 +1.9 Ratepayers Association 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.9 2,126 -0.3 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.8 2,043 +1.4 Municipal Reform Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 392 +0.3 Union Movement 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 164 +0.2 This 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 Municipal Reform 0 0 0 0 Union Movement 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) Edward Scott 1,865 76.1 +2.6 Conservative and Liberal Unionist William Keen 584 23.8 -2.6 1,281 52.3 +5.2 2,449 16.9 +3.3 Labour Party (UK) +2.6 Brightside Labour Party (UK) Herbert Redgate 1,937 81.7 N/A Conservative and Liberal Unionist Roger Cooke 434 18.3 N/A 1,503 63.4 N/A 2,371 20.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Broomhill Conservative and Liberal Unionist Jack Peile 3,501 79.3 -1.9 Labour Party (UK) J. Birkhead 912 20.7 +1.9 2,589 58.7 -3.7 4,413 29.0 +3.7 Conservative and Liberal Unionist -1.9 Burngreave Labour Party (UK) Alfred Wild 1,915 65.3 +2.9 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Dane Clissold 1,018 34.7 -2.9 897 30.6 +5.7 2,933 26.7 +6.3 Labour Party (UK) +2.9 Cathedral Labour Party (UK) George Sharpe 2,084 79.3 +6.8 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Ivan Harrington 543 20.7 -6.8 1,541 58.7 +13.6 2,627 27.2 +7.9 Labour Party (UK) +6.8 Crookesmoor Labour Party (UK) Jack Watson 2,306 57.8 -1.3 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Gordon Wragg 1,419 35.5 -5.3 Communist Party of Great Britain David Jeffrey 265 6.6 +6.6 887 22.2 +4.0 3,990 35.7 +9.2 Labour Party (UK) +2.0 Darnall Labour Party (UK) William Owen 2,949 60.9 +2.0 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Noel Taylor 1,454 30.0 -11.0 Communist Party of Great Britain William Newton 437 9.0 +9.0 1,495 30.9 +13.0 4,840 25.3 +5.9 Labour Party (UK) +6.5 Ecclesall Conservative and Liberal Unionist Daniel O'Neill 4,812 86.8 -2.1 Labour Party (UK) Peter Horton 732 13.2 +2.1 4,080 73.6 -4.2 5,544 33.4 +3.3 Conservative and Liberal Unionist -2.1 Firth Park Labour Party (UK) Norman Bentley 2,311 52.1 +5.2 Ratepayers Association G. Windle 2,126 47.9 -5.2 185 4.1 -5.2 4,437 33.9 +8.6 Labour Party (UK) +5.2 Hallam Conservative and Liberal Unionist Reginald Ashmore 4,357 73.0 +5.7 Labour Party (UK) R. Day 1,612 27.0 +9.3 2,745 46.0 -3.6 5,969 36.3 +4.2 Conservative and Liberal Unionist -1.8 Handsworth Labour Party (UK) Albert Richardson 3,769 58.0 +3.3 Conservative and Liberal Unionist S. Bell 2,731 42.0 -3.3 1,038 16.0 +6.6 6,500 33.8 +12.2 Labour Party (UK) +3.3 Heeley Labour Party (UK) John Sewell 2,615 49.3 +1.6 Conservative and Liberal Unionist John Barraclough 1,866 35.2 -17.0 Liberal Party (UK) Robert Jackson 818 15.4 +15.4 749 14.1 +9.6 5,299 44.1 +10.7 Labour Party (UK) +9.3 Hillsborough Conservative and Liberal Unionist Kenneth Arnold 3,640 58.9 -6.2 Labour Party (UK) William Meade 2,153 41.1 +6.2 932 17.8 -12.3 5,238 38.4 +5.1 Conservative and Liberal Unionist -6.2 Manor Labour Party (UK) Austin Conroy 3,640 77.4 -2.7 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Raymond Hadfield 762 16.2 -3.6 Communist Party of Great Britain John Hukin 299 6.3 +6.3 2,878 61.2 +0.9 4,701 29.2 +10.7 Labour Party (UK) +0.4 Moor Labour Party (UK) Florence Roebuck 2,318 63.2 +14.6 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Robert Lawther 1,346 36.7 -14.6 972 26.5 +23.7 3,664 32.3 +11.2 Labour Party (UK) +14.6 Nether Edge Conservative and Liberal Unionist Lionel Farris 2,598 59.1 -15.4 Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Brack 1,103 25.1 -0.3 Liberal Party (UK) Dennis Boothroyd 694 15.8 +15.8 1,495 34.0 -15.1 4,395 35.1 +7.9 Conservative and Liberal Unionist -7.5 Nether Shire Labour Party (UK) Fred Staton 2,422 66.8 N/A Conservative and Liberal Unionist Ida Crowther 980 27.0 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain Howard Hill 221 6.1 N/A 1,442 39.8 N/A 3,623 26.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Norton Conservative and Liberal Unionist William Blake 5,620 57.4 -11.0 Labour Party (UK) Joseph Ashton 3,332 34.0 +2.5 Liberal Party (UK) Ben Thorpe 832 8.5 +8.5 2,288 23.4 -13.4 9,784 40.4 +8.9 Conservative and Liberal Unionist -6.7 Owlerton Labour Party (UK) John Mate 2,413 57.1 +4.0 Labour Party (UK) John Yeardley 2,146 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Irvine Patnick 1,421 33.6 -13.3 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Frank Adams 1,140 Municipal Reform Harry Hoyle 392 9.3 +9.3 992 23.5 +17.3 4,226 35.2 +10.4 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +8.6 Park Labour Party (UK) Charles Knowles 2,092 67.6 N/A Conservative and Liberal Unionist Alistair Forsyth 706 22.8 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain George Caborn 296 9.6 N/A 1,386 44.8 N/A 3,094 28.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Sharrow Labour Party (UK) Vera Boyd 2,354 52.1 +5.7 Conservative and Liberal Unionist L. Nicholson 1,615 35.7 -17.9 Liberal Party (UK) George Swift 330 7.3 +7.3 Communist Party of Great Britain John Chapman 221 4.9 +4.9 739 16.3 +9.0 4,520 40.3 +10.4 Labour Party (UK) +11.8 Southey Green Labour Party (UK) Winifred Golding 3,235 73.4 -13.6 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Gordon Herringshaw 865 19.6 +19.6 Communist Party of Great Britain Terence Devey 304 6.9 -6.0 2,370 53.8 -20.3 4,404 25.3 +12.2 Labour Party (UK) -16.6 Tinsley Labour Party (UK) Norman Eldred 2,203 74.1 +10.0 Conservative and Liberal Unionist W. Baxter 771 25.9 -10.0 1,432 48.1 +20.0 2,974 27.0 +8.7 Labour Party (UK) +10.0 Walkley Labour Party (UK) George Cooper 2,124 57.4 +6.5 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Connie Dodson 1,410 38.1 -11.0 Union Movement Francis Hamley 164 4.4 +4.4 714 19.3 +17.5 3,698 29.5 +6.4 Labour Party (UK) +8.7 Woodseats Conservative and Liberal Unionist W. Pallett 3,528 60.6 -10.5 Labour Party (UK) L. Ward 1,705 29.3 +0.4 Liberal Party (UK) Colin Wood 589 10.1 +10.1 1,823 31.3 -10.8 5,822 38.3 +7.2 Conservative and Liberal Unionist -5.4 By-elections between 1961 and 1962 Hallam By-election 29 June 1961 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Gordon Wragg 2,063 66.0 -7.0 Liberal Party (UK) Robert Jackson 1,064 34.0 +34.0 999 32.0 -14.0 3,127 19.0 -13.2 Conservative and Liberal Unionist -20.5 Woodseats By-election 29 June 1961 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Robert Lawther 2,088 59.6 -1.0 Labour Party (UK) L. Ward 829 23.7 -5.6 Liberal Party (UK) Colin Wood 515 14.7 +4.6 Union Movement John Wood 70 2.0 +2.0 1,259 35.9 +4.6 3,502 23.0 -15.3 Conservative and Liberal Unionist +2.3 References 1 Category:1961 English local elections 1961 Category:1960s in Sheffield