2022 Sheffield City Council election
← 2021 5 May 2022 2023 →
One third of seats (28 of 84) to Sheffield City Council
43 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Terry Fox Shaffaq Mohammed
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats won 15 9
Seat change Decrease1 0
Popular vote 52,175 28,031
Percentage 40.6% 21.8%
Swing Increase 4.0% Increase 0.6%
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Douglas Johnson Lewis Chinchen
Party Green Conservative
Seats won 4 0
Seat change Increase1 0
Popular vote 27,245 16,803
Percentage 21.2% 13.1%
Swing Increase 0.8% Decrease 5.3%
Results map by ward
Council control before election

No Overall Control (Lab/Grn coalition)

 Council control after election

No Overall Control (Lab/Lib/Grn Committee System)

The 2022 Sheffield City Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Sheffield City Council in England, as part of the nationwide local elections. One seat from each ward was up for election.

This was the first election held since the formation of a Labour-Green coalition,[1] which was established in 2021 following the loss of Labour's overall majority on the council. Following the election the council remains No Overall Control.

Overall election result

2022 Sheffield City Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 15 2 3 Decrease 1 53.6 40.6 52,175 +4.0
  Liberal Democrats 9 1 1 Steady 32.1 21.8 28,031 +0.6
  Green 4 2 1 Increase 1 14.3 21.2 27,245 +0.8
  Conservative 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 13.1 16,803 -5.3
  TUSC 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.0 1,225 +0.4
  Yorkshire 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.9 1,166 ±0.0
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.4 509 -0.2
  Reform UK 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.3 356 -0.4
  Women's Equality 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 226 ±0.0
  SDP 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 225 +0.1
  NIP 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 212 New
  UKIP 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 122 -0.1
  Communist 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 79 New
Party Previous council New council[2] +/-
Labour 40 39 Decrease1
Liberal Democrats 29 29 -
Green 13 14 Increase1
Conservative 1 1 -
Independent 1 1 -
Total 84 84
Working majority  0   0 

Ward results

Incumbents are denoted by an asterisk (*). Turnout includes rejected ballots.

Beauchief & Greenhill

Beauchief & Greenhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Clement-Jones* 1,951 40.1 +6.7
Labour Lisa Banes 1,769 36.4 +3.7
Conservative Elizabeth Finney 579 11.9 -8.7
Green Graham Marsden 565 11.6 -1.6
Majority 182 3.71
Turnout 4,904 35.45 -1.38
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Beighton

Beighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kurtis Crossland 1,582 39.2 +5.9
Labour Julie Gledhill 1,498 37.1 +4.8
Conservative Robert Prior 655 16.2 -8.9
Green Anthony Naylor 298 7.4 -0.4
Majority 84 2.07
Turnout 4,053 30.49 -1.74
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Birley

Birley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Karen McGowan* 1,783 56.4 +6.9
Conservative Steven Winstone 603 19.1 -14.1
Yorkshire Alex Martin 310 9.8 N/A
Green Alan Yearsley 296 9.4 -2.3
Liberal Democrats James Ellwood 170 5.4 -0.2
Majority 1,180 37.08
Turnout 3,182 25.25 -4.14
Labour hold Swing

Broomhill & Sharrow Vale

Broomhill & Sharrow Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Maleiki Heybe 2,675 46.9 +3.4
Labour Alison Norris 2,275 39.9 -2.3
Liberal Democrats Tom Parkin 295 5.2 -0.1
Conservative Gordon Gregory 293 5.1 -2.0
TUSC Noah Eden 166 2.9 +1.1
Majority 400 6.96
Turnout 5,745 32.90 +2.91
Green hold Swing

Burngreave

Burngreave
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Jones* 2,750 71.0 +5.6
Green Mustafa Ahmed 637 16.4 +5.6
Conservative Seun Ajao 278 7.2 -3.3
Liberal Democrats Christopher Lynch 210 5.4 +1.1
Majority 2,113 54.12
Turnout 3,904 26.98 +0.01
Labour hold Swing

City

City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Martin Phipps* 1,160 55.4 +1.4
Labour Gareth Slater 662 31.6 -3.4
Conservative Andrew Smith 108 5.2 -2.2
Liberal Democrats Julia Wright 84 4.0 +0.4
NIP Adam Calvert 78 3.7 NA
Majority 498 23.66
Turnout 2,105 16.15 -1.59
Green hold Swing

Crookes & Crosspool

Crookes & Crosspool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Minesh Parekh 2,492 37.5 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Mahroof* 2,297 34.5 +1.6
Green Josiah Luck 1,191 17.9 -1.2
Conservative John Stansfield-Bay 468 7.0 -2.0
NIP Nathan Howard 134 2.0 N/A
TUSC Isabelle France 71 1.1 N/A
Majority 195 2.92 N/A
Turnout 6,680 44.76 -1.93
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Darnall

Darnall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Zahira Naz* 2,349 66.3 +14.5
Liberal Democrats Adil Mohammed 428 12.1 -3.9
Conservative Christopher Pitchfork 414 11.7 -4.0
Green Eamonn Ward 214 6.0 +0.9
TUSC Diane Spencer 140 3.9 +0.6
Majority 1,921 53.61
Turnout 3,583 26.62 -0.42
Labour hold Swing

Dore & Totley

Dore & Totley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Smith* 3,325 50.4 +2.5
Conservative Sara Chinchen 1,301 19.7 -6.2
Labour Leon Warsama 1,095 16.6 +2.8
Green Gill Black 876 13.3 +0.9
Majority 2,024 30.54
Turnout 6,628 44.99 -7.02
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

East Ecclesfield

East Ecclesfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Craig Gamble-Pugh 1,875 42.1 +11.5
Liberal Democrats Kate Guest 1,517 34.0 +3.0
Conservative Adam Allcroft 838 18.8 -9.0
Green Ashley Routh 227 5.1 ±0.0
Majority 358 7.98
Turnout 4,487 32.41 -2.21
Labour hold Swing

Ecclesall

Ecclesall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Shaffaq Mohammed* 2,641 32.9 -1.2
Green Peter Gilbert 2,271 28.3 +3.5
Labour Jenny Prideaux 2,243 27.9 +2.4
Conservative Gordon Millward 744 9.3 -3.0
Women's Equality Christine Rose 131 1.6 -0.7
Majority 370 4.58
Turnout 8,086 51.04 -2.80
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Firth Park

Firth Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abtisam Mohamed* 1,640 54.2 -2.5
Conservative Steve Toone 445 14.7 -9.5
Liberal Democrats Irshad Akbar 430 14.2 +9.6
SDP April Worrall 225 7.4 +2.7
Green Joydu Al-Mahfuz 193 6.4 -3.4
TUSC Alexander Brown 92 3.0 N/A
Majority 1,195 38.75
Turnout 3,084 21.84 -1.62
Labour hold Swing

Fulwood

Fulwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Cliff Woodcraft* 2,689 41.7 -4.9
Labour Matthew Killeya 1,955 30.3 +8.4
Green Judith Rutnam 1,110 17.2 +0.2
Conservative Christine Saunders 693 10.7 -3.8
Majority 734 11.32
Turnout 6,486 46.10 -2.39
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Gleadless Valley

Gleadless Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Marieanne Elliot 2,329 47.4 +1.4
Labour Jackie Kennedy 1,824 37.1 +0.1
Conservative Shirley Clayton 407 8.3 -2.3
Liberal Democrats John Dryden 257 5.2 +0.7
TUSC Rebecca Fryer 93 1.9 0.0
Majority 505 10.21
Turnout 4,947 36.64 -2.43
Green gain from Labour Swing

Graves Park

Graves Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Ayris* 2,003 36.3 -2.8
Labour Edd Mustill 1,913 34.7 +4.5
Green Lucy Critchlow 1,151 20.9 +1.5
Conservative Chris Garratt 447 8.1 -3.1
Majority 90 1.62
Turnout 5,547 41.49 -3.42
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hillsborough

Hillsborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Henry Nottage 2,364 45.1 +3.7
Labour Josie Paszek* 2,022 38.6 +3.0
Conservative Theresa Morrison 531 10.1 -5.9
Liberal Democrats Will Sapwell 227 4.3 -1.3
TUSC Joe Hibbert 100 1.9 +0.5
Majority 342 6.48
Turnout 5,275 36.31 -2.21
Green gain from Labour Swing

Manor Castle

Manor Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Fox* 1,633 52.5 +3.9
Green Ruth Flagg-Abbey 556 17.9 -2.0
Conservative Ayodele Akinduko 372 12.0 -5.9
Yorkshire Jack Carrington 307 9.9 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Kenning 148 4.8 +0.6
TUSC Alistair Tice 95 3.1 -0.1
Majority 1,077 34.26
Turnout 3,144 21.34 -0.98
Labour hold Swing

Mosborough

Mosborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gail Smith* 1,756 40.9 +5.4
Labour Samantha Nicholson 1,630 38.0 -2.0
Conservative Mark Finney 671 15.6 -2.6
Green Julie White 235 5.5 +1.0
Majority 126 2.92
Turnout 4,322 31.77 -4.20
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Nether Edge & Sharrow

Nether Edge & Sharrow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nighat Basharat 3,165 47.6 +13.0
Green Graham Wroe 2,632 39.6 -9.2
Liberal Democrats Tariq Zaman 397 6.0 -0.1
Conservative John Chapman 294 4.4 -4.3
TUSC Holly Johnston 159 2.4 -0.6
Majority 533 7.95
Turnout 6,708 42.79 +2.62
Labour gain from Green Swing

Park & Arbourthorne

Park & Arbourthorne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nabeela Mowlana 1,479 44.8 -4.5
Conservative Richard Blyth 608 18.4 -9.5
Green Jen Barnard 575 17.4 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Ann Kingdom 275 8.3 +0.7
Yorkshire Gareth O'Shanks 259 7.8 N/A
TUSC Jack Jeffery 106 3.2 N/A
Majority 871 26.16
Turnout 3,329 25.26 -3.11
Labour hold Swing

Richmond

Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Drabble* 1,669 50.4 +13.3
Conservative Lesley Blyth 709 21.4 -5.4
Green Catherine Hartley 412 12.4 -1.4
Yorkshire Dennis Bannan 290 8.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Susan Ross 187 5.6 +1.2
TUSC Simon Moulton 44 1.3 N/A
Majority 960 28.67
Turnout 3,348 23.83 -3.80
Labour hold Swing

Shiregreen & Brightside

Shiregreen & Brightside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Garry Weatherall* 1,724 58.6 +4.1
Conservative Zoe Steane 560 19.0 -11.0
Green Milton Pennefather 325 11.1 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Diane Leek 252 8.6 +2.4
Communist Carrie Hedderwick 79 2.7 N/A
Majority 1,164 39.14
Turnout 2,974 21.64 -2.28
Labour hold Swing

Southey

Southey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jayne Dunn* 1,629 56.5 +2.0
Conservative Anthony May 573 19.9 -5.1
Green Andrew Hards 446 15.5 +3.8
Liberal Democrats Rob Reiss 236 8.2 +3.5
Majority 1,056 36.23
Turnout 2,915 21.12 -1.83
Labour hold Swing

Stannington

Stannington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Vickie Priestley* 2,005 36.8 +5.1
Labour Bridget Kelly 1,559 28.6 -0.4
Green Ian McHugh 797 14.6 +2.8
Conservative Ben Woollard 775 14.2 -10.6
No Description Stuart Shepherd 190 3.5 N/A
UKIP Michael Virgo 122 2.2 -0.6
Majority 446 8.14
Turnout 5,480 38.16 -3.39
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Stocksbridge & Upper Don

Stocksbridge & Upper Don
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Ridler 1,952 38.6 +15.2
Conservative David Chinchen 1,801 35.6 +3.4
Green David Willington 733 14.5 +4.0
Liberal Democrats Susan Davidson 567 11.2 -12.1
Majority 151 2.97
Turnout 5,086 35.31 -3.70
Labour hold Swing

Walkley

Walkley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Hunt 2,517 43.8 +5.8
Green Logan Robin 2,419 42.1 -3.9
Conservative Evelyn Millward 384 6.7 -3.1
Liberal Democrats David Pallot 248 4.3 +0.8
Women's Equality Victoria Kensdale 95 1.7 +0.2
TUSC Alexander-James Helie 89 1.5 +0.3
Majority 98 1.69
Turnout 5,792 37.09 -1.41
Labour hold Swing

West Ecclesfield

West Ecclesfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Levery* 1,647 38.7 +3.3
Labour Matthew Wilson 1,328 31.2 +3.7
Conservative Kevin Mahoney 632 14.8 -3.2
Reform UK John Booker 356 8.4 +1.7
Green Kathy Aston 295 6.9 +1.5
Majority 319 7.45
Turnout 4,284 31.91 -4.52
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Woodhouse

Woodhouse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Wood* 1,745 54.1 -1.2
Conservative Ian Walker 620 19.2 -11.1
Independent Sarah Hobson 319 9.9 N/A
Green Liam Hardy 263 8.2 -0.6
Liberal Democrats Phil Edwardson 207 6.4 +0.8
TUSC Simon Jenkins 70 2.2 N/A
Majority 1,125 34.75
Turnout 3,237 25.01 -3.97
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Sheffield City Council: Labour and Green coalition to run authority". BBC. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  2. ^ "City council and parish council election results | Sheffield City Council". www.sheffield.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
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