1979 Sheffield City Council election

1979 Sheffield City Council election
33 of 90 seats to Sheffield City Council; 46 seats needed for a majority
Majority party before election; Labour Party (UK);	Majority party after election ; Labour Party (UK);

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 3 May 1979. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1979
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	22	3	1	+2	66.6	52.8	156,228	+2.6
Conservative	9	0	2	-2	27.3	35.3	104,364	-5.6
Liberal	2	1	1	0	6.0	11.4	33,707	+3.4
Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	1,195	+0.1
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	389	-0.4

This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	60	62
	Conservatives	24	22
	Liberal	6	6
	Communist	0	0
	Independent	0	0
Total		90	90
Working majority		30	34

Ward results

Attercliffe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Pearson*	2,572	73.2	-5.5
	Conservative	Jonathan Freeman	575	16.3	-4.9
	Liberal	David Johnson	366	10.4	+10.4
Majority			1,997	56.9	-0.6
Turnout			3,513
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.3

Beauchief ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cliff Godber*	8,718	69.3	-6.5
	Labour	D. Lyons	3,867	30.7	+6.6
Majority			4,851	38.6	-13.1
Turnout			12,585
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.5

Birley ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Fisher*	7,392	61.2	-0.0
	Conservative	G. Slater	3,442	28.5	-10.2
	Liberal	P. Pridmore	846	7.0	+7.0
	Independent	E. Evison	389	3.2	+3.2
Majority			3,950	32.7	+10.2
Turnout			12,069
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.1

Brightside^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Price*	5,727	67.2	-1.9
	Conservative	C. Jackson	1,899	22.3	-8.5
	Liberal	J. Maling	898	10.5	+10.5
Majority			3,828	44.9	+6.6
Turnout			8,524
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.3

Broomhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marvyn Moore*	5,237	48.9	-10.2
	Labour	J. Kinderlerer	3,343	31.2	+2.7
	Liberal	Martin Hayes-Allen	2,133	19.9	+7.6
Majority			3,343	17.7	-12.9
Turnout			10,713
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.4

Burngreave^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Woodbine	3,129	44.3	+15.1
	Liberal	Roger Wilson	2,825	40.0	-23.7
	Conservative	Don Sparkes*	1,006	14.2	+7.9
	Communist	E. Walker	99	1.4	+0.6
Majority			304	4.3	-30.2
Turnout			7,059
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+19.4

Don Sparkes was previously elected as a Liberal councillor

Castle^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Munn*	4,976	74.9	-2.8
	Conservative	Maisie Hyatt	1,118	16.8	-4.0
	Liberal	Christopher Fenn	461	6.9	+6.9
	Communist	M. Heywood	88	1.3	-0.2
Majority			3,858	58.1	+1.2
Turnout			6,643
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.6

Chapel Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	G. Tricket	6,484	52.7	-5.6
	Labour	B. Kanwar	3,504	28.5	-2.8
	Conservative	M. Shelley	2,318	18.8	+8.5
Majority			2,980	24.2	-2.8
Turnout			12,306
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.4

Darnall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Isidore Lewis*	4,878	59.9	+0.4
	Conservative	Shirley Rhodes	2,296	28.2	-4.9
	Liberal	Dennis Boothroyd	962	11.8	+4.4
Majority			2,582	31.7
Turnout			8,136
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.6

Dore^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Santhouse*	8,378	67.0	-6.2
	Labour	G. Hammersley	4,122	33.0	+6.3
Majority			4,256	34.0	-12.5
Turnout			12,500
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.2

Ecclesall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Dunsmore*	7,157	61.0	-7.6
	Liberal	P. Cruickshank	2,611	22.2	+9.4
	Labour	R. Kapadia	1,957	16.7	-1.9
Majority			4,546	38.8	-11.2
Turnout			11,725
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.5

Firth Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Butler*	7,249	67.5	+1.1
	Conservative	M. McGrath	2,251	20.9	-0.6
	Liberal	P. Miernik	1,241	11.5	-0.5
Majority			4,998	46.6	+1.7
Turnout			10,741
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.8

Gleadless^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joan Brown	7,543	54.4
	Conservative	W. Bush	5,088	36.7
	Liberal	Robert Mumford	1,220	8.8
Majority			2,355	17.7
Turnout			13,851
	Labour hold		Swing

Hallam^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Hobson	6,994	56.7	-14.2
	Labour	Dennis Brown	3,756	30.4	+1.4
	Liberal	Jean Mason	1,586	12.8	+12.8
Majority			3,238	26.3	-15.6
Turnout			12,336
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.8

Handsworth^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Annie Britton*	7,413	67.2	+7.0
	Conservative	Dorothy Kennedy	3,608	32.7	-1.0
Majority			3,805	34.5	+8.0
Turnout			11,021
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.0

Heeley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Senior*	5,549	56.8	+5.9
	Conservative	Sid Cordle	3,154	32.3	-9.5
	Liberal	P. Clements	872	8.9	+3.7
	Communist	Neville Taylor	186	1.9	-0.0
Majority			2,395	24.5	+15.4
Turnout			9,761
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.7

Hillsborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Glenn	5,723	51.4	+4.2
	Conservative	Sween Batiste	5,411	48.6	-4.2
	Conservative	M. Edeson	5,392
	Labour	Lawrence Kingham	5,383
Majority			19	2.8	-2.8
Turnout			11,134
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Intake^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Thomas*	7,553	65.3	+6.9
	Conservative	G. Bolton	4,005	34.6	-3.0
Majority			3,548	30.7	+9.9
Turnout			11,558
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.9

Manor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Radcliffe*	6,437	72.7	-3.6
	Conservative	George Booth	1,735	19.6	-1.2
	Liberal	Jacqueline Butler	488	5.5	+5.5
	Communist	John Hukin	192	2.1	+0.1
Majority			4,702	53.1	-2.4
Turnout			8,852
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.2

Mosborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Dootson	7,372	69.4	-1.3
	Conservative	A. Calow	3,249	30.6	+1.4
Majority			4,123	38.8	-2.7
Turnout			10,621
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.3

Nether Edge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Connie Dodson*	4,376	47.0	-9.4
	Conservative	Christine Smith	4,022
	Labour	Harry Hanwell**	3,197	34.3	+1.8
	Labour	John Laurent	3,036
	Liberal	K. Salt	1,736	18.6	+7.6
	Liberal	Patrick Smith	1,297
Majority			825	12.7	-11.2
Turnout			9,309
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.6

Harry Hanwell was a sitting councillor for Owlerton ward

Nether Shire^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Moscrop*	6,212	71.2	+5.0
	Conservative	L. Smith	2,271	26.0	-5.5
	Communist	Kenneth Hattersley	242	2.8	+0.5
Majority			3,941	45.2	+10.5
Turnout			8,725
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.2

Netherthorpe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Enid Hattersley*	4,820	68.9	+1.1
	Conservative	P. Wilkinson	1,999	28.6	-1.7
	Communist	J. Hudson	174	2.5	+2.5
Majority			2,821	40.3	+2.8
Turnout			6,993
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.4

Owlerton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Fidler	7,116	73.7	+2.0
	Conservative	P. Stafford	2,533	26.2	-2.0
Majority			4,583	47.5	+4.0
Turnout			9,649
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.0

Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phillip Grisdale*	8,177	73.9	-4.0
	Conservative	Nicholas Hutton	2,034	18.4	-2.4
	Liberal	L. Miernik	755	6.8	+6.8
	Communist	R. Paulucy	98	0.9	-0.4
Majority			6,143	55.5	-1.6
Turnout			11,064
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.8

Sharrow^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alf Wood*	3,519	60.3	-5.4
	Conservative	Ian Saunders	1,625	27.8	-4.5
	Liberal	I. Johnson	571	9.8	+9.8
	Communist	Brian Turley	116	2.0	+0.1
Majority			1,894	32.5	-0.9
Turnout			5,831
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.4

South Wortley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sylvia Cowley	5,400	39.9	-16.8
	Labour	H. Howard	5,300	39.2	-4.0
	Labour	M. Rudd	4,935
	Conservative	E. Monton	4,931
	Liberal	Philip Howson	2,814	20.8	+20.8
Majority			365	0.7	-12.8
Turnout			13,514
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.4

Southey Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Podlesny*	7,306	79.1	-0.9
	Conservative	M. Toy	1,925	20.8	+0.8
Majority			5,381	58.3	-1.7
Turnout			9,231
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.8

Stocksbridge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. Cooke	4,838	58.7	+40.4
	Labour	Alf Meade	1,801	21.8	-14.1
	Conservative	Barrie Jones	1,606	19.5	-8.9
Majority			3,037	36.9	+29.4
Turnout			8,245
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+27.2

Walkley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Owen*	4,718	61.5	+2.5
	Conservative	Mary Harrison	2,956	38.5	-2.4
Majority			1,762	23.0	+4.9
Turnout			7,674
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.4

References

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