1963 Sheffield City Council election

none March 2015 March 2015 1963 Sheffield City Council election England Parliamentary no yes 1962 Sheffield City Council election 1962 1964 Sheffield City Council election 1964 27 councillors to Sheffield City Council 9 May 1963 Labour Party (UK) 21 5 Conservative Party (UK) 6 4 400px Majority party Majority party after election Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) The 1963 Sheffield City Council election was held on 9 May 1963, with one third up for vote and two vacancies in Attercliffe and Tinsley. The election, boasting a record field of candidates, seen Labour win back all their 1960 losses as well as gaining Hillsborough. The Ratepayers Association's failure to contest these elections meant their sole representation on the council, as one of the Firth Park councillors, was lost. Overall turnout was unchanged from the previous years, at 31%. 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 1963 Labour Party (UK) 21 5 0 +5 77.8 52.7 58,335 +6.1 Conservative Party (UK) 6 0 4 -4 22.2 33.7 37,341 -3.0 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 10.3 11,436 -1.4 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.8 2,065 -0.2 Union Movement 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.3 1,501 +0.1 The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Labour 50 17 55 18 Conservatives 24 8 20 7 Liberals 0 0 0 0 Communist 0 0 0 0 Union Movement 0 0 0 0 Ratepayers 1 0 0 0 Total 75 25 75 25 100 100 Working majority #FFBF00 25 darkgray #FFBF00 9 darkgray #FFBF00 35 darkgray #FFBF00 11 darkgray#FFBF00 34 darkgray#FFBF00 46 darkgray Ward results Attercliffe Labour Party (UK) G. Goodenough 1,970 71.0 -7.1 Labour Party (UK) William Twigg 1,554 Liberal Party (UK) A. Oxby 337 12.1 +12.1 Conservative Party (UK) William Keen 321 11.6 -1.3 Conservative Party (UK) Ruth Hawson 283 Liberal Party (UK) Kathleen Hinchcliffe 255 Union Movement Robert Taylor 147 5.3 -3.7 1,217 59.4 -5.8 2,775 19.9 +1.6 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -9.6 Brightside Labour Party (UK) Henry Sturrock 1,865 78.1 +6.0 Communist Party of Great Britain Henry Hardwick 305 12.8 +3.3 Union Movement Peter Bashforth 217 9.1 +3.9 1,560 65.3 +6.4 2,387 20.9 -1.0 Labour Party (UK) +1.3 Broomhill Conservative Party (UK) Peter Jackson 2,880 59.7 -14.7 Labour Party (UK) J. Birkhead 1,015 21.0 -4.5 Liberal Party (UK) Emily Holt 929 19.2 +19.2 1,865 38.6 -10.2 4,824 32.6 +3.5 Conservative Party (UK) -5.1 Burngreave Labour Party (UK) J. Thorpe 2,368 70.8 +6.5 Conservative Party (UK) Frank Adams 974 29.1 -6.5 1,394 41.7 +13.0 3,342 31.7 +1.7 Labour Party (UK) +6.5 Cathedral Labour Party (UK) Enid Hattersley 2,213 87.7 +9.2 Union Movement John Wood 309 12.2 +12.2 1,904 75.5 +18.4 2,522 27.5 -0.1 Labour Party (UK) -1.5 Crookesmoor Labour Party (UK) Roy Hattersley 2,117 60.3 -4.5 Conservative Party (UK) Ivan Harrington 914 26.0 -5.3 Liberal Party (UK) Alan Thompson 374 10.6 +10.6 Communist Party of Great Britain Nellie Connole 104 2.9 -0.8 1,203 34.3 +0.9 3,509 33.2 -2.3 Labour Party (UK) +0.4 Darnall Labour Party (UK) C. Price 2,835 55.9 +9.3 Conservative Party (UK) Noel Taylor 1,032 20.3 -4.0 Liberal Party (UK) Joseph Hinchcliffe 850 16.8 -2.8 Communist Party of Great Britain Alan Ecclestone 351 6.9 +0.8 1,803 35.6 +13.3 5,068 27.2 +0.2 Labour Party (UK) +6.6 Ecclesall Conservative Party (UK) John Neill 4,739 82.4 -5.2 Labour Party (UK) Leon Harris 1,009 17.5 +5.2 3,730 64.9 -10.3 5,748 34.8 -0.9 Conservative Party (UK) -5.2 Firth Park Labour Party (UK) Charles Hayward 2,601 63.3 +10.9 Conservative Party (UK) Ida Crowther 1,363 33.2 +33.2 Union Movement H. Jones 144 3.5 +0.4 1,238 30.1 +22.1 4,108 31.8 -0.5 Labour Party (UK) Ratepayers Association -11.1 Hallam Conservative Party (UK) Alan Blake 3,840 56.1 +1.6 Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Brack 1,727 25.2 +7.8 Liberal Party (UK) George Harry Manley 1,282 18.7 -9.4 2,113 30.8 +4.5 6,849 40.8 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) -3.1 Handsworth Labour Party (UK) George Salmons 3,730 58.4 +6.5 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Macdonald 1,503 23.5 -4.2 Liberal Party (UK) Ken Peace 1,155 18.1 -2.4 2,227 34.8 +10.7 6,388 31.8 -1.6 Labour Party (UK) +5.3 Heeley Labour Party (UK) Peter Jones 2,889 55.0 +6.3 Conservative Party (UK) John Barraclough 1,427 27.1 -3.7 Liberal Party (UK) Graham Oxley 799 15.2 -0.4 Communist Party of Great Britain Joe Stevenson 140 2.6 -0.5 1,462 27.8 +10.0 5,255 43.4 +1.1 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +5.0 Hillsborough Labour Party (UK) William Meade 2,971 44.6 +10.2 Conservative Party (UK) Connie Dodson 2,244 33.7 -2.0 Liberal Party (UK) Alan Crapper 1,437 21.6 -8.2 727 10.9 +9.6 6,652 48.6 +3.3 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +6.1 Manor Labour Party (UK) C. John 2,983 79.1 -8.4 Liberal Party (UK) David Turner 487 12.9 +12.9 Communist Party of Great Britain John Hukin 299 7.9 -4.5 2,496 66.2 -8.9 3,769 24.0 +4.8 Labour Party (UK) -10.6 Moor Labour Party (UK) Roy Munn 2,286 64.9 +10.2 Conservative Party (UK) H. Maw 1,152 32.7 +6.9 Union Movement P. Wild 81 2.3 -1.8 1,134 32.2 +3.4 3,519 34.2 +1.5 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +1.6 Nether Edge Conservative Party (UK) Harry Mercer 2,178 48.5 -0.5 Labour Party (UK) Roy Thwaites 1,227 27.3 +1.6 Liberal Party (UK) Dennis Boothroyd 1,080 24.1 -1.2 951 21.2 -2.1 4,485 35.9 -2.5 Conservative Party (UK) -1.0 Nether Shire Labour Party (UK) Charles Moseley 2,728 91.7 +37.7 Communist Party of Great Britain Howard Hill 248 8.3 +3.2 2,480 83.3 +51.0 2,976 22.1 -9.8 Labour Party (UK) +17.2 Norton Conservative and National Liberal E. Tindall 5,099 54.6 -1.7 Labour Party (UK) Frank Hooley 3,195 34.2 +4.9 Liberal Party (UK) Gordon Wallace 1,041 11.1 -3.2 1,904 20.4 -6.7 9,335 37.6 +0.4 Conservative and National Liberal -3.3 Owlerton Labour Party (UK) W. Watson 2,262 65.1 +16.2 Conservative Party (UK) Horace Bestall 926 26.6 +0.8 Communist Party of Great Britain Dave Jeffery 195 5.6 +1.8 Union Movement J. Judge 93 2.7 +0.6 1,336 38.4 +15.4 3,476 30.2 -2.4 Labour Party (UK) +7.7 Park Labour Party (UK) Norman Goodchild 2,404 83.7 +16.8 Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Hadfield 468 16.3 -5.0 1,936 67.4 +21.7 2,872 27.0 -0.6 Labour Party (UK) +10.9 Sharrow Labour Party (UK) P. Ryder 2,101 53.4 +8.1 Conservative Party (UK) Alexander Leitch 1,569 39.9 +0.8 Union Movement Barbara Wood 265 6.7 +1.9 532 13.5 +7.3 3,935 38.2 +2.0 Labour Party (UK) +3.6 Southey Green Labour Party (UK) Arnold Crosby 3,390 88.9 +13.0 Communist Party of Great Britain Jim Hudson 423 11.1 +3.9 2,967 77.8 +18.8 3,813 22.4 -1.4 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +4.5 Tinsley Labour Party (UK) Tom Lowe 2,193 68.9 -10.4 Labour Party (UK) Tom Cruise 2,084 Liberal Party (UK) W. Hartill Jr. 622 19.5 +19.5 Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Santhouse 367 11.5 -9.1 Liberal Party (UK) Joyce Peace 288 1,462 49.4 -9.3 3,182 31.3 +4.8 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -14.9 Walkley Labour Party (UK) Jack Towns 2,244 58.4 -0.0 Conservative Party (UK) W. Nowill 1,353 35.2 -0.7 Union Movement Francis Hamley 245 6.4 +0.7 891 23.2 +0.6 3,842 31.3 +3.0 Labour Party (UK) +0.3 Woodseats Conservative Party (UK) Robert Lawther 2,992 49.5 -4.1 Labour Party (UK) Dora Fitter 2,012 33.3 +3.1 Liberal Party (UK) Colin Wood 1,043 17.2 +1.0 980 16.2 -7.2 6,047 38.7 +0.5 Conservative Party (UK) -3.6 References Sheffield Category:Sheffield City Council elections City Council election, 1963 Sheffield City Council election