1972 Sheffield City Council election

none March 2015 March 2015 1972 Sheffield City Council election England Parliamentary no yes 1971 Sheffield City Council election 1971 1973 Sheffield City Council election 1973 28 councillors to Sheffield City Council May 1972 Labour Party (UK) 21 4 Conservative Party (UK) 6 4 Liberal Party (UK) 1 0 File:1972 Sheffield City Council election updated map-en.png 320px Map showing the results of the election in each ward. Colours denote the winning party as shown in the main table of results. Majority party Majority party after election Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) The final Municipal elections for Sheffield - soon to be abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 - were held in May 1972, with one third up for vote, as well as an extra vacancy in Brightside. The election seen Labour further their stranglehold on the council with four gains from the Conservatives, as they repeated the previous year's wins. One of the notable casualties from last year, Irvine Patnick, managed re-election via re-location to the safe Conservative ward of Broomhill. The Liberals, standing the lowest number of candidates (3) in over a decade, were rewarded for focusing their efforts on retaining their sole representation on the council, as they easily defended their by-election-won seat of Burngreave, more than sextupling their majority there. Labour were reported to be overjoyed to see the return of former councillor, and veteran of the party, Joe Albaya in Intake, after over a decade's absence. 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 1972 Labour Party (UK) 21 4 0 +4 75.0 56.4 63,440 -5.3 Conservative Party (UK) 6 0 4 -4 21.4 37.2 41,831 +4.4 Liberal Party (UK) 1 0 0 0 3.6 4.3 4,870 +0.2 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.9 1,082 +0.1 Ratepayers 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.9 986 +0.9 Independent Ex-Service 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 220 0.0 The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Labour 57 23 61 23 Conservatives 23 4 19 4 Liberals 1 0 1 0 Communists 0 0 0 0 Ratepayers 0 0 0 0 Independent Ex-Service 0 0 0 0 Total 81 27 81 27 108 108 Working majority #FFBF00 33 darkgray #FFBF00 19 darkgray #FFBF00 41 darkgray #FFBF00 19 darkgray#FFBF00 52 darkgray#FFBF00 60 darkgray Ward results Attercliffe Labour Party (UK) Norman Eldred 1,720 81.3 -6.4 Conservative Party (UK) Joan Willows 395 18.7 +6.4 1,325 62.6 -12.8 2,115 Labour Party (UK) -6.4 Beauchief Conservative Party (UK) Charles Davison 4,339 75.4 +3.6 Labour Party (UK) Alec Waugh 1,414 24.6 -3.6 2,925 50.8 +7.1 5,753 Conservative Party (UK) +3.6 Birley Labour Party (UK) John Yeardley 3,308 68.1 -3.1 Conservative Party (UK) Gordon Millward 1,547 31.8 +3.1 1,761 36.3 -6.3 4,855 Labour Party (UK) -3.1 Brightside Labour Party (UK) Bill Michie 2,288 81.5 -1.5 Labour Party (UK) Peter Price 2,235 Conservative Party (UK) Herbert Sellers 395 14.1 -1.0 Communist Party of Great Britain Reg Arundel 125 4.4 +2.5 1,893 67.4 -0.5 2,808 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -0.2 Broomhill Conservative Party (UK) Irvine Patnick 2,994 61.7 +4.4 Labour Party (UK) Peter Cave 1,860 38.3 +4.4 1,134 23.4 0.0 4,854 Conservative Party (UK) -0.0 Burngreave Liberal Party (UK) Francis Butler 3,850 67.4 +28.0 Labour Party (UK) Ted Fisher 1,802 31.6 -11.9 Communist Party of Great Britain Martin Heywood 56 1.0 +0.1 1,802 35.9 +31.8 5,708 Liberal Party (UK) +20.0 Castle Labour Party (UK) Peter Horton 2,262 81.1 -2.9 Conservative Party (UK) David Chapman 449 16.1 +16.1 Communist Party of Great Britain Violet Gill 78 2.8 -1.5 1,813 65.0 -7.2 2,789 Labour Party (UK) -9.5 Darnall Labour Party (UK) Frank Prince 3,247 74.2 -5.4 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Heath 1,129 25.8 +5.4 2,118 48.4 -10.8 4,376 Labour Party (UK) -5.4 Dore Conservative Party (UK) Thornton Lambert 3,792 72.4 +9.0 Labour Party (UK) Edmund Ferrett 1,448 27.6 -2.8 2,344 44.8 +11.8 5,240 Conservative Party (UK) +5.9 Ecclesall Conservative Party (UK) Agnes Edeson 3,559 74.7 +3.8 Labour Party (UK) Leon Harris 982 20.6 -4.0 Independent Ex-Service Geoffrey Widdison 220 4.7 +0.3 2,577 54.1 +7.9 4,761 Conservative Party (UK) +3.9 Firth Park Labour Party (UK) Albert Morris 2,742 74.2 +3.7 Conservative Party (UK) Danny George 838 22.7 -0.9 Communist Party of Great Britain Barry Bracken 116 3.1 +1.2 1,904 51.5 +4.6 3,696 Labour Party (UK) +2.3 Gleadless Labour Party (UK) Joe Thomas 3,888 57.3 -2.5 Conservative Party (UK) David Heslop 2,890 42.6 +6.5 998 14.7 -9.0 6,778 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -4.5 Hallam Conservative Party (UK) Gordon Wragg 3,611 68.7 +10.4 Labour Party (UK) Peter Bulger 1,643 31.3 -1.9 1,968 37.4 +12.3 5,254 Conservative Party (UK) +6.1 Handsworth Labour Party (UK) George Nicholls 2,530 64.8 -13.9 Conservative Party (UK) Frank Brookes 877 22.5 +1.2 Ratepayers Peter Jones 496 12.7 +12.7 1,653 42.3 -15.0 3,903 Labour Party (UK) -7.5 Heeley Labour Party (UK) John Senior 3,318 54.2 -6.5 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Earl 2,153 35.2 +2.8 Liberal Party (UK) Bob Jackson 520 8.5 +4.2 Communist Party of Great Britain Martin Ashworth 128 2.1 -0.5 1,165 19.0 -9.3 6,119 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -4.6 Hillsborough Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Fairbrother 2,752 50.4 -2.6 Conservative Party (UK) Constance Dodson 2,702 49.5 +7.2 50 0.9 -9.8 5,454 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -4.9 Intake Labour Party (UK) Joe Albaya 2,830 56.8 -9.9 Conservative Party (UK) Marvyn Moore 1,652 33.1 +5.0 Liberal Party (UK) David Winn 500 10.0 +4.9 1,178 23.6 -15.0 4,982 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -7.4 Manor Labour Party (UK) Dora Fitter 2,493 83.8 -1.6 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Huddart 360 12.1 +1.7 Communist Party of Great Britain John Hukin 120 4.0 -0.1 2,133 71.7 -3.3 2,973 Labour Party (UK) -1.6 Mosborough Labour Party (UK) Mary Foulds 1,860 66.7 -14.4 Ratepayers Harold Doxey 490 17.5 +17.5 Conservative Party (UK) Eric Vawser 440 15.8 -3.1 1,370 50.9 -11.2 2,790 Labour Party (UK) -15.9 Nether Edge Conservative Party (UK) Ivan Harrington 2,761 68.1 +3.3 Labour Party (UK) Malcolm Leary 1,290 31.8 -3.3 1,471 36.3 +6.7 4,051 Conservative Party (UK) +3.3 Nether Shire Labour Party (UK) Philip Moscrop 2,676 78.3 -2.5 Conservative Party (UK) Bryan Dick 579 16.9 +1.6 Communist Party of Great Britain Kenneth Hattersley 162 4.7 +0.9 2,097 61.4 -4.2 3,417 Labour Party (UK) -2.0 Netherthorpe Labour Party (UK) Doris Mulhearn 2,281 74.9 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) Jean Grindrod 675 22.1 -2.0 Communist Party of Great Britain Margaret Brown 90 2.9 +1.1 1,606 52.7 +2.9 3,046 Labour Party (UK) +1.4 Owlerton Labour Party (UK) Jack Watson 2,787 82.5 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) Patrick Fenoughty 591 17.5 -0.9 2,196 65.0 +1.8 3,378 Labour Party (UK) +0.9 Park Labour Party (UK) Samuel Wall 2,898 82.5 -4.2 Conservative Party (UK) Jack Osborne 476 13.5 +2.8 Communist Party of Great Britain George Matthews 137 3.9 +1.3 2,422 69.0 -7.0 3,511 Labour Party (UK) -3.5 Sharrow Labour Party (UK) Ethel Evans 2,537 71.7 +1.1 Conservative Party (UK) Colin Barnsley 1,003 28.3 +3.0 1,534 43.3 -2.0 3,540 Labour Party (UK) -0.9 Southey Green Labour Party (UK) Dorothy Podlesny 2,440 86.0 -1.4 Conservative Party (UK) Anne Roebuck 326 11.5 +1.4 Communist Party of Great Britain George James 70 2.5 -0.1 2,114 74.5 -2.8 2,836 Labour Party (UK) -1.4 Walkley Labour Party (UK) Bernard Kidd 2,144 62.3 -5.9 Conservative Party (UK) Stanley Parnell 1,298 37.7 +5.9 846 24.6 -11.9 3,442 Labour Party (UK) -5.9 References 1 Category:1972 English local elections 1972 Category:1970s in Sheffield