Sheffield City Council election, 2014

22 May 2014

29 of 84 seats to Sheffield City Council 43 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Labour	Liberal Democrat
Seats won	18	6
Seat change	1	4

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	UKIP	Green
Seats won	3	2
Seat change	3	2

Map showing the results of the 2014 Sheffield City Council elections.

Majority party before election

Labour

Majority party after election

Labour

Sheffield City Council elections took place on 22 May 2014, alongside nationwide local elections and European elections.

There were 29 seats up for election, one third of the council with a double vacancy in Walkley.

With a Labour majority of 36 and defending 19 seats, it was almost mathematically impossible for Labour to lose control of the council, as Labour would have needed to lose all 19 of those 19 seats to lose control. Even then Labour would still have been the largest party.

Sheffield City Council Election, 2014
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	18	2	3	1	62.1	36.8	54,596	10.1
	UKIP	3	3	0	3	10.3	22.8	33,765	12.3
	Liberal Democrat	6	1	5	4	20.7	17.8	26,409	4.2
	Green	2	2	0	2	6.9	12.7	18,816	2.3
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0.0	7.1	10,483	1.1
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.2	3,187	1.2
	Independents	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	970	0.2

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	59	1
	Liberal Democrats	22	18	4
	Greens	2	4	2
	UKIP	0	3	3
	Conservatives	0	0	0
Total		84	84
Working majority		18	17

Defections

Since the 2010 when these seats were last contested, 2 Liberal Democrats defected to Labour (Seats in Walkley and Beauchief & Greenhill).

Deaths and by-elections

A Liberal Democrat councillor for Fulwood died, with the by-election resulting in a Lib Dem hold.

A Labour councillor for Manor & Castle died, with the by-election resulting in a Labour hold.

References

Council elections in South Yorkshire

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Sheffield City Council	1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

South Yorkshire County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

West Riding County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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