Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election. Previous to this election, two Liberal Democrats – Robert Watson and Trefor Morgan – became Independents. Similarly there were two Labour defections, long-time Labour councillor Dorothy Walton went to the Liberal Democrats and Michael Smith became an Independent.
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30 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council 44 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The election saw the Liberal Democrats extend their majority through a couple of gains from Labour, with both parties recouping seats where aforementioned defections had taken place. Vote wise, the Liberal Democrat vote notably fell back from their previous elections' consistent increases, whereas the Conservatives managed their best vote share since 1992. Overall turnout was 25.8%.[1]
Election result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 16 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 53.3 | 45.0 | 44,498 | -5.6 | |
Labour | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 43.3 | 37.3 | 36,866 | -0.6 | |
Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 14.1 | 13,949 | +4.9 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 2,170 | +1.1 | |
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1,098 | +0.6 | |
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 178 | ±0.0 | |
Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 88 | ±0.0 | |
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 76 | -0.1 |
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 46 | 48 | |||
Labour | 37 | 37 | |||
Conservatives | 1 | 1 | |||
Independent Liberal Democrat | 2 | 1 | |||
Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 87 | 87 | |||
Working majority | 5 | 9 |
Ward results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mike Davis | 2,840 | 59.9 | −6.3 | |
Labour | Andy Hinman | 1,242 | 26.2 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Matthew Peck | 659 | 13.9 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 1,598 | 33.7 | −7.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,741 | 32.7 | −7.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Angela Smith** | 2,105 | 48.6 | +4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Sheridan | 1,904 | 44.0 | −7.8 | |
Conservative | Evelyn Millward | 321 | 7.4 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 201 | 4.6 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,330 | 30.6 | −2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.3 |
Angela Smith was a sitting councillor for Broomhill ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Price* | 1,399 | 63.7 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeff Staniforth | 483 | 22.0 | −15.0 | |
Conservative | Eric Kirby | 238 | 10.8 | +6.2 | |
Socialist Labour | Robert Morris | 76 | 3.4 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 916 | 41.7 | +23.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,196 | 18.9 | −6.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Scriven | 2,115 | 57.3 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Tim Rippon | 781 | 21.2 | −10.0 | |
Conservative | Michael Ginn | 528 | 14.3 | +2.7 | |
Green | Joseph Otten | 266 | 7.2 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 1,334 | 36.1 | +13.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,690 | 24.6 | −5.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ibrar Hussain | 894 | 37.5 | −12.5 | |
Independent Labour | James Jamison | 597 | 25.0 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Nazir | 570 | 23.9 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Bryan | 198 | 8.3 | +1.8 | |
Green | Chris Sissons | 78 | 3.3 | +0.3 | |
Socialist Alliance | Alison Brown | 49 | 2.0 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 297 | 12.5 | −15.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,386 | 27.6 | −2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jan Wilson** | 1,130 | 65.3 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Coleman | 314 | 18.1 | −3.0 | |
Conservative | Michael Young | 149 | 8.6 | +3.6 | |
Green | Graham Wroe | 95 | 5.5 | +2.2 | |
Socialist Alternative | Rebecca Fryer | 41 | 2.4 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 816 | 47.2 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,729 | 19.7 | −5.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.3 |
Jan Wilson was a sitting councillor for Intake ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Chadwick* | 2,282 | 55.3 | −8.1 | |
Labour | Sheila Tyler | 1,483 | 35.9 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Alistair Lofthouse | 364 | 8.8 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 799 | 19.3 | −12.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,129 | 23.0 | −6.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terry Barrow | 2,113 | 58.2 | +12.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edward Pinder | 1,227 | 33.8 | −15.5 | |
Conservative | Gordon Millward | 291 | 8.0 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 886 | 24.4 | +20.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,631 | 27.3 | −4.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +14.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anne Smith | 2,776 | 46.6 | +19.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Zahur | 2,457 | 41.2 | −18.0 | |
Labour | Sam Wall | 725 | 12.2 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 319 | 5.3 | −26.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,958 | 39.7 | −2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +18.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Kate Dawson* | 3,289 | 57.2 | −2.5 | |
Conservative | David Pinder | 1,570 | 27.3 | +2.1 | |
Labour | John Darwin | 645 | 11.2 | −3.9 | |
Green | Denise Craghill | 244 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 1,719 | 29.9 | −4.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,748 | 37.5 | −5.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Law* | 1,548 | 66.4 | +9.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Terry McCartney | 505 | 21.6 | −15.0 | |
Conservative | Neville Paling | 278 | 11.9 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 1,043 | 44.7 | +24.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,331 | 20.7 | −5.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +12.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Knight* | 3,151 | 55.9 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Matthew Wilson | 1,680 | 29.8 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Martin Newsome | 801 | 14.2 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 1,471 | 26.1 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,632 | 38.8 | −5.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Rooney* | 1,813 | 55.2 | −7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Penny Baker | 646 | 19.6 | −11.5 | |
Independent Labour | Elsie Smith | 501 | 15.2 | +15.2 | |
Conservative | Laurence Hayward | 326 | 9.9 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 1,167 | 35.5 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,286 | 23.3 | −4.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ian Richardson | 1,693 | 48.3 | −10.0 | |
Labour | Stephen Caban | 1,332 | 38.0 | +3.6 | |
Green | Robert Unwin | 270 | 7.7 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Darren Bird | 208 | 5.9 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 361 | 10.3 | −13.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,503 | 26.8 | −7.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Ind. Lib Dem | Swing | -6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter MacLoughlin* | 1,840 | 50.5 | −10.2 | |
Labour | Edward Heath-Whyte | 1,310 | 35.9 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Thomas Seaton | 353 | 9.7 | +4.7 | |
Green | Chris McMahon | 141 | 3.9 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 530 | 14.5 | −14.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,644 | 25.9 | −7.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -7.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robert McCann | 1,842 | 50.3 | −1.7 | |
Labour | Martin Lawton | 1,539 | 42.0 | −0.8 | |
Conservative | Alistair Harkness | 281 | 7.7 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 303 | 8.3 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,662 | 25.7 | −6.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Harpham | 964 | 66.2 | +1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Judy Webster | 243 | 16.7 | −10.8 | |
Conservative | Andrew Watson | 143 | 9.8 | +5.1 | |
Socialist Alternative | Alistair Tice | 106 | 7.3 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 721 | 49.5 | +12.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,456 | 17.9 | −5.6 | ||
Labour gain from Independent Labour | Swing | +6.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Belcher | 2,491 | 50.8 | −0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Walton* | 1,593 | 32.5 | −5.1 | |
Conservative | Shirley Clayton | 816 | 16.6 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 898 | 18.3 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,900 | 19.0 | −3.8 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +2.5 |
Dorothy Walton was previously elected as a Labour councillor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ali Qadar* | 2,343 | 59.6 | +5.4 | |
Labour | Graham Armitage | 973 | 24.7 | −11.1 | |
Conservative | Anthony Cherry | 317 | 8.1 | +3.3 | |
Green | Mervyn Smith | 297 | 7.5 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 1,370 | 34.8 | +16.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,930 | 31.8 | −6.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jane Bird* | 1,414 | 63.6 | +4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Tomlinson | 533 | 24.0 | −11.6 | |
Conservative | Phillip Kirby | 237 | 10.6 | +6.4 | |
Socialist Alliance | Shirley Frost | 39 | 1.7 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 881 | 39.6 | +16.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,223 | 19.4 | −5.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Anginotti* | 1,384 | 56.5 | +5.5 | |
Labour | Kashaf Walayat | 709 | 28.9 | −10.3 | |
Green | Barry New | 253 | 10.3 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | Ian Ramsey | 102 | 4.2 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 675 | 27.6 | +15.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,448 | 21.3 | −7.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +7.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Chris Tutt* | 1,691 | 52.7 | −4.3 | |
Labour | Janine Stafford | 1,193 | 37.2 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Peter Smith | 326 | 10.1 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 498 | 15.5 | −4.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,210 | 28.3 | −6.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Weldon | 1,303 | 55.8 | +6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Heeley | 837 | 35.9 | −7.9 | |
Conservative | Kevin Mahoney | 193 | 8.3 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 466 | 20.0 | +14.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,333 | 21.2 | −9.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Taylor* | 1,373 | 54.9 | +3.5 | |
Labour | Steve Barnard** | 1,030 | 41.2 | −1.9 | |
Conservative | John Morton | 67 | 2.7 | +0.9 | |
Socialist Alternative | Terry Wykes | 31 | 1.2 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 343 | 13.7 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,501 | 25.7 | −1.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +2.7 |
The Liberal Democrats had gained the Park seat in a by-election Steve Barnard was a sitting councillor for Darnall ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Basheer Khan | 1,405 | 57.9 | −1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Williamson | 610 | 25.2 | −1.9 | |
Green | Martin D'Agorne | 207 | 8.5 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | Joan Graham | 202 | 8.3 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 795 | 32.8 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,424 | 20.0 | −2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Arthur Dunworth* | 2,755 | 57.9 | −6.7 | |
Labour | Sarah Tyler | 1,341 | 28.2 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Graham King | 657 | 13.8 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 1,414 | 29.7 | −7.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,753 | 25.8 | −7.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Procter | 1,275 | 70.4 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Tomlinson | 342 | 18.9 | −7.7 | |
Conservative | George Kirtley | 193 | 10.6 | +7.4 | |
Majority | 933 | 51.5 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,810 | 18.5 | −7.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Maureen Brelsford* | 1,579 | 64.8 | −10.8 | |
Labour | Alan Wray | 589 | 24.2 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Molly Goldring | 269 | 11.0 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 990 | 40.6 | −14.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,437 | 23.1 | −4.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -7.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Diane Leek* | 2,057 | 54.3 | −0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vickie Priestley | 1,754 | |||
Labour | Alan Garner | 1,319 | 34.8 | −2.4 | |
Labour | Veronica Hardstaff | 1,286 | |||
Green | Nicola Freeman | 319 | 8.4 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Vennessa Nesbit | 207 | 5.5 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Smith | 175 | |||
Majority | 738 | 15.9 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,787 | 28.1 | −4.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.0 |
By-elections between 2000 and 2002
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Julie Dore | 979 | 53.3 | +12.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Willis | 812 | 44.2 | −10.7 | |
Conservative | 45 | 2.5 | −0.2 | ||
Majority | 167 | 9.1 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,836 | 18.8 | −6.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tim Rippon | 1,155 | 75.0 | +4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Tomlinson | 384 | 25.0 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 771 | 50.0 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,539 | 15.7 | −2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.7 |
References
edit- ^ "Sheffield 2000 election results (via WayBackMachine)". sheffield.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 17 August 2002. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "Local elections: Sheffield, 4th May 2000". Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "Sheffield Council Candidates, 2000". Retrieved 26 October 2011.