1961 Sheffield City Council election
← 1960 11 May 1961 1962 →
25 councillors to Sheffield City Council
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Seats won 18 7
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0
Majority party before election

Labour Party (UK)

 Majority party after election

Labour Party (UK)

The 1961 Sheffield City Council election was held on 11 May 1961, with a third up for election plus a double vacancy in Owlerton. The results were largely a reversal of the previous election; a higher turnout - 35%, up significantly from the previous year's low of 25% - brought a much stronger Labour result with the seats they'd lost the preceding year held comfortably. All seats were contested and successfully defended this year, seeing no change in the make-up of the council.[1]

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1961
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 18 0 0 0 72.0 50.3 56,101 +6.5
  Conservative and Liberal Unionist 7 0 0 0 28.0 42.5 47,426 -10.0
  Liberal 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.9 3,263 +1.9
  Ratepayers Association 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.9 2,126 -0.3
  Communist 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.8 2,043 +1.4
  Municipal Reform 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 392 +0.3
  Union Movement 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 164 +0.2

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

Party Previous council New council
Cllr Ald Cllr Ald
Labour 50 17 50 17
Conservative-Liberals 24 8 24 8
Ratepayers 1 0 1 0
Liberals 0 0 0 0
Communist 0 0 0 0
Municipal Reform 0 0 0 0
Union Movement 0 0 0 0
Total 75 25 75 25
100 100
Working majority  25   9   25   9 
 34   34 

Ward results

Attercliffe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Scott 1,865 76.1 +2.6
Conservative and Liberal Unionist William Keen 584 23.8 -2.6
Majority 1,281 52.3 +5.2
Turnout 2,449 16.9 +3.3
Labour hold Swing +2.6
Brightside[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Herbert Redgate 1,937 81.7 N/A
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Roger Cooke 434 18.3 N/A
Majority 1,503 63.4 N/A
Turnout 2,371 20.4 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Broomhill[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Jack Peile 3,501 79.3 -1.9
Labour J. Birkhead 912 20.7 +1.9
Majority 2,589 58.7 -3.7
Turnout 4,413 29.0 +3.7
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing -1.9
Burngreave[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred Wild 1,915 65.3 +2.9
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Dane Clissold 1,018 34.7 -2.9
Majority 897 30.6 +5.7
Turnout 2,933 26.7 +6.3
Labour hold Swing +2.9
Cathedral[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Sharpe 2,084 79.3 +6.8
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Ivan Harrington 543 20.7 -6.8
Majority 1,541 58.7 +13.6
Turnout 2,627 27.2 +7.9
Labour hold Swing +6.8
Crookesmoor[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Watson 2,306 57.8 -1.3
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Gordon Wragg 1,419 35.5 -5.3
Communist David Jeffrey 265 6.6 +6.6
Majority 887 22.2 +4.0
Turnout 3,990 35.7 +9.2
Labour hold Swing +2.0
Darnall[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Owen 2,949 60.9 +2.0
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Noel Taylor 1,454 30.0 -11.0
Communist William Newton 437 9.0 +9.0
Majority 1,495 30.9 +13.0
Turnout 4,840 25.3 +5.9
Labour hold Swing +6.5
Ecclesall[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Daniel O'Neill 4,812 86.8 -2.1
Labour Peter Horton 732 13.2 +2.1
Majority 4,080 73.6 -4.2
Turnout 5,544 33.4 +3.3
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing -2.1
Firth Park[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norman Bentley 2,311 52.1 +5.2
Ratepayers Association G. Windle 2,126 47.9 -5.2
Majority 185 4.1 -5.2
Turnout 4,437 33.9 +8.6
Labour hold Swing +5.2
Hallam[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Reginald Ashmore 4,357 73.0 +5.7
Labour R. Day 1,612 27.0 +9.3
Majority 2,745 46.0 -3.6
Turnout 5,969 36.3 +4.2
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing -1.8
Handsworth[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert Richardson 3,769 58.0 +3.3
Conservative and Liberal Unionist S. Bell 2,731 42.0 -3.3
Majority 1,038 16.0 +6.6
Turnout 6,500 33.8 +12.2
Labour hold Swing +3.3
Heeley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Sewell 2,615 49.3 +1.6
Conservative and Liberal Unionist John Barraclough 1,866 35.2 -17.0
Liberal Robert Jackson 818 15.4 +15.4
Majority 749 14.1 +9.6
Turnout 5,299 44.1 +10.7
Labour hold Swing +9.3
Hillsborough[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Kenneth Arnold 3,640 58.9 -6.2
Labour William Meade 2,153 41.1 +6.2
Majority 932 17.8 -12.3
Turnout 5,238 38.4 +5.1
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing -6.2
Manor[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Austin Conroy 3,640 77.4 -2.7
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Raymond Hadfield 762 16.2 -3.6
Communist John Hukin 299 6.3 +6.3
Majority 2,878 61.2 +0.9
Turnout 4,701 29.2 +10.7
Labour hold Swing +0.4
Moor[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Florence Roebuck 2,318 63.2 +14.6
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Robert Lawther 1,346 36.7 -14.6
Majority 972 26.5 +23.7
Turnout 3,664 32.3 +11.2
Labour hold Swing +14.6
Nether Edge[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Lionel Farris 2,598 59.1 -15.4
Labour Kenneth Brack 1,103 25.1 -0.3
Liberal Dennis Boothroyd 694 15.8 +15.8
Majority 1,495 34.0 -15.1
Turnout 4,395 35.1 +7.9
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing -7.5
Nether Shire[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Staton 2,422 66.8 N/A
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Ida Crowther 980 27.0 N/A
Communist Howard Hill 221 6.1 N/A
Majority 1,442 39.8 N/A
Turnout 3,623 26.6 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Norton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist William Blake 5,620 57.4 -11.0
Labour Joseph Ashton 3,332 34.0 +2.5
Liberal Ben Thorpe 832 8.5 +8.5
Majority 2,288 23.4 -13.4
Turnout 9,784 40.4 +8.9
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing -6.7
Owlerton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Mate 2,413 57.1 +4.0
Labour John Yeardley 2,146
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Irvine Patnick 1,421 33.6 -13.3
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Frank Adams 1,140
Municipal Reform Harry Hoyle 392 9.3 +9.3
Majority 992 23.5 +17.3
Turnout 4,226 35.2 +10.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +8.6
Park[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Knowles 2,092 67.6 N/A
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Alistair Forsyth 706 22.8 N/A
Communist George Caborn 296 9.6 N/A
Majority 1,386 44.8 N/A
Turnout 3,094 28.2 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Sharrow[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vera Boyd 2,354 52.1 +5.7
Conservative and Liberal Unionist L. Nicholson 1,615 35.7 -17.9
Liberal George Swift 330 7.3 +7.3
Communist John Chapman 221 4.9 +4.9
Majority 739 16.3 +9.0
Turnout 4,520 40.3 +10.4
Labour hold Swing +11.8
Southey Green[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Winifred Golding 3,235 73.4 -13.6
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Gordon Herringshaw 865 19.6 +19.6
Communist Terence Devey 304 6.9 -6.0
Majority 2,370 53.8 -20.3
Turnout 4,404 25.3 +12.2
Labour hold Swing -16.6
Tinsley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norman Eldred 2,203 74.1 +10.0
Conservative and Liberal Unionist W. Baxter 771 25.9 -10.0
Majority 1,432 48.1 +20.0
Turnout 2,974 27.0 +8.7
Labour hold Swing +10.0
Walkley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Cooper 2,124 57.4 +6.5
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Connie Dodson 1,410 38.1 -11.0
Union Movement Francis Hamley 164 4.4 +4.4
Majority 714 19.3 +17.5
Turnout 3,698 29.5 +6.4
Labour hold Swing +8.7
Woodseats[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist W. Pallett 3,528 60.6 -10.5
Labour L. Ward 1,705 29.3 +0.4
Liberal Colin Wood 589 10.1 +10.1
Majority 1,823 31.3 -10.8
Turnout 5,822 38.3 +7.2
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing -5.4

By-elections between 1961 and 1962

Hallam By-election 29 June 1961[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Gordon Wragg 2,063 66.0 -7.0
Liberal Robert Jackson 1,064 34.0 +34.0
Majority 999 32.0 -14.0
Turnout 3,127 19.0 -13.2
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing -20.5
Woodseats By-election 29 June 1961[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Robert Lawther 2,088 59.6 -1.0
Labour L. Ward 829 23.7 -5.6
Liberal Colin Wood 515 14.7 +4.6
Union Movement John Wood 70 2.0 +2.0
Majority 1,259 35.9 +4.6
Turnout 3,502 23.0 -15.3
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing +2.3

References

  1. ^ 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 "Sheffield Local Elections 1960–1995 scans". Retrieved 2 December 2011.
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