1992 Sheffield City Council election
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31 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council
44 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won 21 5 5
Seat change Decrease3 Steady0 Increase3
Map showing the results of the 1992 Sheffield City Council elections.
Majority party before election

Labour Party (UK)

 Majority party after election

Labour Party (UK)

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 Democrats 5 3 0 +3 16.1 27.7 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 N/A
Wealth Redistribution 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 65 ±0.0

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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats John Knight 1,581 25.2 +3.1
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats Stuart Bridge 328 16.3 +2.6
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats gain from Labour Swing +13.0
Nether Shire[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Bird 1,510 51.9 -17.6
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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

Edward Lamb was a sitting councillor for Heeley ward

Owlerton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Jones 1,501 53.7 -13.4
Conservative Philip Kirby 791 28.3 +12.6
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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

John Butler was a sitting councillor for Norton ward

Stocksbridge[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats gain from Labour Swing +13.5
Walkley By-Election 14 January 1993[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing +10.1

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 ac "Sheffield Local Elections 1973-1995 scans". Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "Local elections: Sheffield, 1992 by-elections". Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Local elections: Sheffield, 1993 by-elections". Retrieved 1 July 2012.
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