1962 Sheffield City Council election
← 1961 10 May 1962 1963 →
27 councillors to Sheffield City Council
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Seats won 20 7
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0
Majority party before election

Labour Party (UK)

 Majority party after election

Labour Party (UK)

Sheffield's 1962 Municipal elections were held on 10 May 1962. One-third of the council was up for election, as well as vacancies in Moor and Park. Previous to this election, there had been two by-elections in June for Hallam and Woodseats, which were safely held by the Conservatives. The election saw a record number of 84 candidates, with the Liberals contesting half of the city's wards and the Communists and the Union Movement over a third. The increased presence of the Liberals helped them to triple their vote on the previous year's, and nearly see to a gain in Hillsborough. There were, however, no seats exchanged for the second year running. Turnout was 31.8%, down slightly on the previous year.[1]

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1962
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 20 0 0 0 74.1 46.6 51,664 -3.7
  Conservative and Liberal Unionist 7 0 0 0 25.9 36.7 40,614 -5.8
  Liberal 0 0 0 0 0.0 11.7 12,913 +8.8
  Communist 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 2,256 +0.2
  Ratepayers Association 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.7 1,860 -0.2
  Union Movement 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.2 1,374 +1.0
  Municipal Reform 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 93 -0.2

The 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
Union Movement 0 0 0 0
Municipal Reform 0 0 0 0
Total 75 25 75 25
100 100
Working majority  25   9   25   9 
 34   34 

Ward result

Attercliffe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Robins 1,986 78.1 +2.0
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Ruth Hawson 327 12.8 -11.0
Union Movement Robert Taylor 229 9.0 +9.0
Majority 1,659 65.3 +13.0
Turnout 2,542 18.2 +1.3
Labour hold Swing +6.5
Brightside[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Longmore 1,822 72.1 -9.5
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Roger Cooke 334 13.2 -5.1
Communist Harry Hardwick 238 9.4 +9.4
Union Movement Peter Bashforth 131 5.2 +5.2
Majority 1,488 58.9 -4.4
Turnout 2,525 21.9 +1.4
Labour hold Swing -2.2
Broomhill[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Ruben Viner 3,261 74.4 -4.9
Labour R. Day 1,121 25.6 +4.9
Majority 2,140 48.8 -9.8
Turnout 4,382 29.1 +0.1
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing -4.9
Burngreave[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Pate 1,946 64.3 -0.9
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Frank Adams 1,078 35.6 +0.9
Majority 868 28.7 -1.8
Turnout 3,024 30.0 +3.3
Labour hold Swing -0.9
Cathedral[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Doris Mulhearn 1,963 78.5 -0.8
Conservative and Liberal Unionist M. Shirtcliffe 536 21.4 +0.8
Majority 1,427 57.1 -1.5
Turnout 2,499 27.5 +0.3
Labour hold Swing -0.8
Crookesmoor[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harold Lambert 2,522 64.8 +7.0
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Ivan Harrington 1,222 31.4 -4.2
Communist Nellie Connole 148 3.8 -2.8
Majority 1,300 33.4 +11.2
Turnout 3,892 35.5 -0.2
Labour hold Swing +5.6
Darnall[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arnold Wood 2,398 46.6 -14.3
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Noel Taylor 1,253 24.4 -5.7
Liberal Barrie Dobson 1,005 19.5 +19.5
Communist Alan Ecclestone 313 6.1 -2.9
Union Movement Derek King 172 3.3 +3.3
Majority 1,145 22.3 -8.6
Turnout 5,141 27.1 +1.7
Labour hold Swing -4.3
Ecclesall[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Harold Hebblethwaite 5,198 87.6 +0.8
Labour Roy Munn 734 12.4 -0.8
Majority 4,464 75.2 +1.6
Turnout 5,932 35.7 +2.4
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing +0.8
Firth Park[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Molloy 2,196 52.4 +0.3
Ratepayers Association G. Windle 1,860 44.4 -3.5
Union Movement Roy Crookes 131 3.1 +3.1
Majority 336 8.0 +3.9
Turnout 4,187 32.4 -1.5
Labour hold Swing +1.9
Hallam[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Gordon Wragg 3,595 54.4 -18.5
Liberal Robert Jackson 1,859 28.1 +28.1
Labour J. Birkhead 1,148 17.4 -9.6
Majority 1,736 26.3 -19.7
Turnout 6,602 39.9 +3.5
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing -23.3
Handsworth[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leonard Cope 3,374 51.8 -6.2
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Frederick Naylor 1,804 27.7 -14.3
Liberal Kenneth Peace 1,336 20.5 +20.5
Majority 1,570 24.1 +8.1
Turnout 6,514 33.4 -0.5
Labour hold Swing +4.0
Heeley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martha Strafford 2,505 48.6 -0.7
Conservative and Liberal Unionist John Barraclough 1,590 30.9 -4.3
Liberal Graham Oxley 803 15.6 +0.1
Communist John Chapman 164 3.2 +3.2
Union Movement John Wood 89 1.7 +1.7
Majority 915 17.7 +3.6
Turnout 5,151 42.3 -1.8
Labour hold Swing +1.8
Hillsborough[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Claude Toplis 2,224 35.7 -23.1
Labour William Meade 2,141 34.4 -6.7
Liberal Alan Crapper 1,854 29.8 +29.8
Majority 83 1.3 -16.4
Turnout 6,219 45.3 +6.9
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing -8.2
Manor[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Armitage 2,670 87.6 +10.1
Communist John Hukin 379 12.4 +6.1
Majority 2,291 75.1 +13.9
Turnout 3,049 19.2 -10.0
Labour hold Swing +2.0
Moor[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reg Munn 2,010 54.7 -8.5
Labour Peter Horton 1,831
Conservative and Liberal Unionist D. Sheath 950 25.8 -10.9
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Raymond Hadfield 862
Liberal I. Greenfield 560 15.2 +15.2
Liberal A. Greenfield 539
Union Movement Charles Hyles 153 4.2 +4.2
Majority 1,060 28.8 +2.3
Turnout 3,673 32.7 +0.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +1.2
Nether Edge[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Dane Clissold 2,352 49.0 -10.0
Labour Kenneth Brack 1,232 25.7 +0.6
Liberal Dennis Boothroyd 1,211 25.2 +9.4
Majority 1,120 23.3 -10.6
Turnout 4,795 38.4 +3.4
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing -5.3
Nether Shire[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Simms 2,323 53.9 -12.9
Liberal John Weightman 931 21.6 +21.6
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Ida Crowther 833 19.3 -7.7
Communist Howard Hill 219 5.1 -1.0
Majority 1,392 32.3 -7.5
Turnout 4,306 31.9 +5.3
Labour hold Swing -17.2
Norton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Thornton Lambert 5,147 56.4 -1.1
Labour Victor Francis 2,673 29.3 -4.8
Liberal Ben Thorpe 1,311 14.3 +5.8
Majority 2,474 27.1 +3.7
Turnout 9,131 37.1 -3.3
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing +1.8
Owlerton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Yeardley 1,860 48.8 -8.3
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Irvine Patnick 985 25.8 -7.7
Liberal Fred Crookes 648 17.0 +17.0
Communist David Jeffrey 143 3.7 +3.7
Municipal Reform Harry Hoyle 93 2.4 -6.9
Union Movement William Kimber 80 2.1 +2.1
Majority 875 23.0 -0.5
Turnout 3,809 32.6 -2.6
Labour hold Swing -0.2
Park[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Ashton 2,017 66.9 -0.7
Labour Norman Goodchild 1,959
Conservative and Liberal Unionist S. Bell 641 21.3 -1.5
Communist George Caborn 356 11.8 +2.2
Majority 1,376 45.6 +0.8
Turnout 3,014 27.6 -0.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +0.4
Sharrow[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Hill 1,792 45.3 -6.7
Conservative and Liberal Unionist L. Nicholson 1,545 39.1 +3.3
Liberal Gordon Wallace 427 10.8 +3.5
Union Movement Barbara Wood 190 4.8 +4.8
Majority 247 6.2 -10.1
Turnout 3,954 36.1 -4.2
Labour hold Swing -5.0
Southey Green[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hector Bright 3,132 75.9 +2.4
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Rhonda Beard 698 16.9 -2.7
Communist Terence Devey 296 7.2 +0.3
Majority 2,434 59.0 +5.2
Turnout 4,126 23.8 -1.5
Labour hold Swing +2.5
Tinsley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ron Ironmonger 2,250 79.4 +5.3
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Patricia Santhouse 585 20.6 -5.3
Majority 1,665 58.8 +10.6
Turnout 2,835 26.4 -0.5
Labour hold Swing +5.3
Walkley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Bennett 2,047 58.4 +1.0
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Connie Dodson 1,257 35.9 -2.2
Union Movement Francis Hamley 199 5.7 +1.3
Majority 790 22.5 +3.2
Turnout 3,503 28.2 -1.2
Labour hold Swing +1.6
Woodseats[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist Walter Morrison 3,199 53.6 -7.0
Labour Dora Fitter 1,802 30.2 +0.9
Liberal Colin Wood 968 16.2 +6.1
Majority 1,397 23.4 -7.9
Turnout 5,969 38.2 -0.2
Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold Swing -3.9

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