Sheffield City Council election, 1992

Map of the results for the 1992 Sheffield council election.

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 7 May 1992. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1992
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	21	0	3	-3	67.7	38.2	45,091	-11.4%
	Conservative	5	1	1	0	16.1	32.4	38,229	+8.9%
	Liberal Democrat	5	3	0	+3	16.1	27.6	32,623	+3.0%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.5	1,785	+0.1%
	Safer Cycling	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	150	+0.1%
	Wealth Redistribution	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	65	-0.1%

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	70	67
	Conservatives	11	11
	Liberal Democrats	6	9
Total		87	87
Working majority		53	47

Ward results

Beauchief ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Hughes	3,884	56.8	-3.0
	Conservative	Francis Woodger	1,785	26.1	+3.3
	Labour	David Lawton	1,164	17.0	-0.3
Majority			2,099	30.7	-6.3
Turnout			6,833	45.8	-6.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	-3.1

Birley ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Val Shepherd	1,990	48.1	-13.0
	Conservative	Margaret Pigott	1,447	34.9	+13.3
	Liberal Democrat	Audrey Ashworth	701	16.9	-0.4
Majority			543	13.2	-26.3
Turnout			4,138	26.5	-8.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.1

Brightside^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Price	1,384	55.2	-13.9
	Conservative	Marjorie Kirby	711	28.4	+12.6
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Davis	411	16.4	+1.3
Majority			673	26.8	-26.5
Turnout			2,506	19.2	-8.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.2

Broomhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Levick	2,025	42.7	+3.7
	Labour	Robert Quick	1,563	33.0	-0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Allan Wisbey	808	17.0	-1.9
	Green	Michael Baker	339	7.1	-1.6
Majority			462	9.7	+4.1
Turnout			4,735	30.5	-3.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+2.0

Burngreave^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phyllis Smith	1,501	60.2	-5.4
	Conservative	Andrew Cook	544	21.8	+6.7
	Liberal Democrat	Katherine Milsom	447	17.9	+3.5
Majority			957	38.4	-12.1
Turnout			2,492	20.6	-8.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.0

Castle^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Bower	1,392	63.5	-11.9
	Conservative	Anne Smith	460	21.0	+8.4
	Liberal Democrat	Melvin Lockey	340	15.5	+3.6
Majority			938	42.5	-20.3
Turnout			2,192	19.2	-10.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.1

Chapel Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kathleen Chadwick	3,704	60.9	+5.2
	Labour	Eldon Hanson	1,617	26.6	-10.5
	Conservative	Michael Boot	763	12.5	+5.4
Majority			2,087	34.3	+15.7
Turnout			6,084	33.1	-7.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+7.8

Darnall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Robinson	1,683	51.4	-5.8
	Conservative	Dorothy Kennedy	968	29.6	+12.4
	Liberal Democrat	Motahir Ali	383	11.7	-1.9
	Green	Christine Ferguson	239	7.3	+0.7
Majority			715	21.8	-18.2
Turnout			3,273	22.1	-8.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.1

Dore^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Heslop	4,106	64.8	+12.3
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Richmond	1,134	17.9	-3.1
	Labour	Michael King	1,098	17.3	-9.1
Majority			2,972	46.9	+20.8
Turnout			6,338	38.9	-5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.7

Ecclesall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bobbie Fleming	3,675	59.9	+14.4
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Ross	1,341	21.8	-1.4
	Labour	Timothy Plant	969	15.8	-5.5
	Safer Cycling	Simon Gershon	150	2.4	+2.4
Majority			2,334	38.1	+15.8
Turnout			6,135	38.8	-6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.9

Firth Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marilyn Mitchell	1,944	63.2	-7.7%
	Conservative	Raymond Howard	833	27.1	+15.2
	Liberal Democrat	Ali Qadar	296	9.6	-7.6
Majority			1,111	36.1	-17.6
Turnout			3,073	22.4	-10.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.4

Hallam^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Jackson	3,529	56.3	+3.6
	Conservative	Anthony Pratt	3,389
	Liberal Democrat	John Knight	1,581	25.2	+3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Davison	1,376
	Labour	Mary Balbi	918	14.6	-6.5
	Labour	Richard Roper	794
	Green	Peter Scott	242	3.8	-0.2
Majority			1,808	31.1	+0.5
Turnout			6,270	39.7	-9.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.2

Handsworth^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Metcalfe	1,809	50.2	-10.8
	Conservative	Shirley Clayton	1,083	30.0	+12.5
	Liberal Democrat	Anita Morris	712	19.7	-1.8
Majority			726	20.2	-19.3
Turnout			3,604	24.7	-9.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.6

Heeley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Hayes	1,876	45.4	-13.4
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Ayris	1,349	32.7	+11.2
	Conservative	Maureen Neill	904	21.9	+2.2
Majority			527	12.7	-24.6
Turnout			4,129	27.8	-6.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.3

Hillsborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kali Mountford	1,718	35.5	-14.0
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Tosseano	1,504	31.0	+9.8
	Conservative	Thomas Seaton	1,436	29.6	+6.0
	Green	Peter Wood	185	3.8	-1.8
Majority			214	4.5	-21.4
Turnout			4,843	31.9	-4.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.9

Intake^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Wilson	1,711	43.0	-13.4
	Conservative	Andrew Fitzpatrick	1,567	39.3	+14.6
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Alston	704	17.7	-1.2
Majority			144	3.7	-28.0
Turnout			3,982	25.5	-6.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-14.0

Manor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Curran	1,239	61.5	-12.0
	Labour	William Jordan	1,238
	Conservative	Albert Marsden	446	22.1	+9.4
	Conservative	Andrew Watson	386
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Bridge	328	16.3	+2.6
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Davis	301
Majority			792	39.4	-20.4
Turnout			2,013	21.2	-11.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.7

Mosborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Walton	2,614	45.7	-11.0
	Conservative	Thomas Pigott	2,255	39.4	+12.8
	Liberal Democrat	Louise Truman	851	14.9	-1.7
Majority			614	6.3	-23.8
Turnout			5,720	23.1	-7.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.9

Nether Edge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Gregory Connor	2,532	48.9	+15.2
	Labour	Janet Fiore	1,568	30.3	-10.9
	Conservative	Qari Siddique	882	17.0	-8.1
	Green	Nicola Watson	194	3.7	+3.7
Majority			964	18.6	+11.1
Turnout			5,176	35.5	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+13.0

Nether Shire^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Bird	1,510	51.9	-17.6
	Liberal Democrat	Doreen Huddart	734	25.2	+8.3
	Conservative	Anthony Cherry	665	22.8	+9.3
Majority			776	26.7	-25.9
Turnout			2,909	22.9	-8.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.9

Netherthorpe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Phelps	1,457	50.4	-9.9
	Conservative	David Knight	640	22.1	+7.8
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew McKerrow	486	16.8	+2.2
	Green	Barry New	308	10.6	-0.2
Majority			817	28.3	-17.4
Turnout			2,891	21.3	-6.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.8

Norton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Lamb	1,777	40.6	-14.9
	Conservative	Nicola Wilde	1,433	32.8	+9.3
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Tutt	1,161	26.5	+5.5
Majority			344	7.8	-24.2
Turnout			4,371	34.0	-6.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.1

Owlerton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jones	1,501	53.7	-13.4
	Conservative	Philip Kirby	791	28.3	+12.6
	Liberal Democrat	Kathryn Taylor	435	15.6	-1.6
	Green	Paul Mitchell	65	2.3	+2.3
Majority			710	25.4	-24.5
Turnout			2,792	21.9	-9.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.0

Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alice Sargent	1,369	61.1	-13.8
	Conservative	Mary Hyatt	544	24.3	+13.2
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Hughes	328	14.6	+0.6
Majority			825	36.8	-24.1
Turnout			2,241	16.7	-9.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.5

Sharrow^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Pye	1,363	55.3	-7.6
	Conservative	Paul Makin	542	22.0	+5.3
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew White	493	20.0	+3.0
	Wealth Redistribution	Simon Rawlins	65	2.6	-0.8
Majority			821	33.3	-12.6
Turnout			2,463	22.0	-5.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.4

South Wortley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Arthur Dunworth	3,376	51.5	+8.1
	Conservative	Lynn Wilson	1,646	25.1	+4.8
	Labour	Mark Denton	1,528	23.3	-13.0
Majority			1,730	26.4	+19.3
Turnout			6,550	34.9	-6.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+1.6

Southey Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Butler	1,696	67.3	-10.9
	Conservative	Michael Young	486	19.3	+10.1
	Liberal Democrat	Francis Pierce	339	13.4	+0.9
Majority			1,210	48.0	-17.7
Turnout			2,521	21.0	-10.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.5

Stocksbridge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Maureen Brelsford	1,309	39.3	+2.6
	Labour	Alan Law	1,227	36.8	-11.0
	Conservative	Anne Smith	795	23.8	+8.4
Majority			82	2.5	-8.6
Turnout			3,331	30.6	-3.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+6.8

Walkley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Cromar	1,905	43.9	-12.0
	Conservative	Veronica Hague	1,268	29.2	+11.3
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Blythe	952	21.9	+3.1
	Green	Janette Moon	213	4.9	-2.4
Majority			637	14.7	-22.4
Turnout			4,338	29.2	-5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.6

By-elections between 1992 and 1994

Brightside By-Election 8 October 1992^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Gail Smith	1,330	50.6	+34.2
	Labour	Alan Law	924	35.2	-20.0
	Conservative	Marjorie Kirby	374	14.2	-14.2
Majority			406	15.4	-11.4
Turnout			2,628	20.1	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+27.1

Dore By-Election 8 October 1992^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Harthman	2,165	52.6	-12.2
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Ross	1,462	35.5	+17.6
	Labour	Mike King	486	11.8	-5.5
Majority			703	17.1	-29.8
Turnout			4,113	25.2	-13.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-14.9

Walkley By-Election 26 November 1992^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Leek	1,529	42.0	+20.1
	Labour	Jim Bamford	1,345	37.0	-6.9
	Conservative	Veronica Hague	594	16.3	-12.9
	Green	Nicola Watson	170	4.7	-0.2
Majority			184	5.1	-9.6
Turnout			3,638	24.5	-4.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+13.5

Walkley By-Election 14 January 1993^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Leek	2,526	58.5	+16.5
	Labour	Jim Bamford	1,434	33.2	-3.8
	Conservative	Veronica Hague	262	6.1	-10.2
	Green	Nicola Watson	170	1.9	-2.8
	Revolutionary Communist	Colin O'Malley	18	0.4	+0.4
Majority			1,092	25.3	+20.1
Turnout			4,321	29.1	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+10.1

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 "Sheffield Local Elections 1973-1995 scans". Retrieved 2011-06-20.
1 2 3 "Local elections: Sheffield, 1992 by-elections". Retrieved 2012-06-01.
↑ "Local elections: Sheffield, 1993 by-elections". Retrieved 2012-07-01.

(1991 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1992 (→ 1993)

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