# 1965 Sheffield City Council election

The 1965 Sheffield City Council election was held 13 May 1965. One third of the council was up for election, with as many as four double vacancies in the wards of Crookesmoor, Owlerton, Walkley and Woodseats. The Conservatives managed to gain one of the Walkley seats up for election, as the only gain of the night. Overall turnout fell by a tenth on the previous year's, to 26.2%.

## Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1965 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 20 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 69.0 | 46.9 | 41,975 | -8.1 |
| Conservative | 9 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 31.0 | 44.4 | 39,804 | +6.1 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 5,622 | +1.6 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 2,144 | +0.4 |
The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
| Party | Party | Previous council | Previous council | New council | New council |
| Party | Party | Cllr | Ald | Cllr | Ald |
| | Labour | 55 | 18 | 54 | 18 |
| | Conservatives | 20 | 7 | 21 | 7 |
| | Liberals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Communists | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 75 | 25 | 75 | 25 |
| Total | Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 35 | 11 | 33 | 11 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 46 | 46 | 44 | 44 |

## Ward results

Attercliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Robins | 1,430 | 83.5 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | Eric Straw | 282 | 16.5 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,148 | 67.0 | +1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,712 | 13.0 | −4.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 | |
Brightside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Arthur Longmore | 1,246 | 89.2 | +4.0 |
| | Communist | Barry Bracken | 150 | 10.7 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,096 | 78.5 | +8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,396 | 11.8 | −5.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.0 | |
Broomhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Raymond Hadfield | 2,908 | 63.0 | −5.6 |
| | Labour | Dennis Dunn | 887 | 19.2 | −0.6 |
| | Liberal | Robin Young | 822 | 17.8 | +6.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,021 | 43.8 | −4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,617 | 34.2 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -2.5 | |
Burngreave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Pate | 1,374 | 62.6 | −6.3 |
| | Conservative | Irvine Patnick | 674 | 30.7 | −0.3 |
| | Communist | Cyril Morton | 147 | 6.7 | +6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 700 | 31.9 | −6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,195 | 21.8 | −4.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.0 | |
Cathedral :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Doris Mulhearn | 1,492 | 74.2 | −9.1 |
| | Conservative | George Beardshaw | 519 | 25.8 | +9.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 973 | 48.4 | −18.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,011 | 21.8 | −5.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -9.1 | |
Crookesmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Brian Pritchard | 1,263 | 48.4 | −10.2 |
| | Labour | John Tomlinson | 1,209 | | |
| | Conservative | Agnes Edeson | 738 | 28.3 | −6.8 |
| | Conservative | David Stephenson | 725 | | |
| | Liberal | Peter Metcalfe | 399 | 15.3 | +15.3 |
| | Liberal | Keith Jackson | 386 | | |
| | Communist | Roy Barrett | 209 | 8.0 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 471 | 20.1 | −3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,609 | 29.0 | +2.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.7 | |
Darnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Arnold Wood | 1,950 | 55.8 | −3.5 |
| | Conservative | Kathleen Circuit | 955 | 27.3 | +2.3 |
| | Liberal | Joseph Hinchcliffe | 366 | 10.5 | +1.1 |
| | Communist | Alan Ecclestone | 220 | 6.3 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 995 | 28.5 | −5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,491 | 19.4 | −5.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.9 | |
Ecclesall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Harold Hebblethwaite | 4,578 | 75.6 | −7.5 |
| | Liberal | Brian Bell | 881 | 14.5 | +14.5 |
| | Labour | Annie Britton | 598 | 9.9 | −7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,697 | 61.0 | −5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,057 | 36.6 | +2.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -11.0 | |
Firth Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harry Hall | 1,600 | 55.9 | −4.5 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Cook | 1,160 | 40.5 | +5.6 |
| | Communist | Bob Moody | 104 | 3.6 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 440 | 15.3 | −10.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,864 | 22.7 | −7.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.0 | |
Hallam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gordon Wragg | 4,080 | 63.0 | +5.8 |
| | Labour | Bernard Kidd | 1,404 | 21.7 | −6.3 |
| | Liberal | David Chambers | 993 | 15.3 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,676 | 41.3 | +12.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,477 | 36.8 | −2.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +6.0 | |
Handsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Leonard Cope | 2,892 | 54.4 | −2.8 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Crewe | 1,689 | 31.8 | +3.2 |
| | Liberal | Kenneth Peace | 730 | 13.7 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,203 | 22.6 | −6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,311 | 24.2 | −4.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.0 | |
Heeley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Martha Strafford | 2,011 | 46.8 | −9.6 |
| | Conservative | Pat Santhouse | 1,483 | 34.5 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal | Graham Oxley | 604 | 14.0 | +3.5 |
| | Communist | Edna Ashworth | 200 | 4.6 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 528 | 12.3 | −13.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,298 | 34.0 | −4.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -6.9 | |
Hillsborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Claude Toplis | 2,775 | 58.4 | +7.0 |
| | Labour | George Wilson | 1,978 | 41.6 | −7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 797 | 16.8 | +14.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,753 | 34.5 | −5.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +7.0 | |
Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Armitage | 2,088 | 92.0 | +1.2 |
| | Communist | John Hukin | 182 | 8.0 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,906 | 84.0 | +2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,270 | 14.3 | −4.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 | |
Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Reginald Munn | 1,334 | 57.1 | −10.9 |
| | Conservative | Rupert Bishop | 934 | 40.0 | +7.9 |
| | Communist | Joe Stevenson | 69 | 2.9 | +2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 400 | 17.1 | −18.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,337 | 24.3 | −3.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -9.4 | |
Nether Edge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Charles Macdonald | 2,479 | 58.7 | +4.1 |
| | Labour | Valerie Potts | 1,069 | 25.3 | −5.2 |
| | Liberal | Dennis Boothroyd | 675 | 16.0 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,410 | 33.4 | +9.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,223 | 34.7 | +0.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +4.6 | |
Nether Shire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charles Simms | 1,894 | 92.1 | +0.6 |
| | Communist | Howard Hill | 161 | 7.8 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,733 | 84.3 | +1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,055 | 15.7 | −6.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.6 | |
Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thornton Lambert | 5,821 | 62.2 | +5.0 |
| | Labour | Frank Hooley | 3,529 | 37.7 | −5.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,292 | 24.5 | +10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,350 | 37.1 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +5.0 | |
Owlerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roy Thwaites | 1,591 | 54.0 | −13.6 |
| | Labour | John Yeardley | 1,531 | | |
| | Conservative | Horace Bestall | 1,079 | 36.6 | +7.8 |
| | Communist | Dave Jeffery | 277 | 9.4 | +5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 452 | 17.4 | −21.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,947 | 23.5 | −2.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -10.7 | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joseph Ashton | 1,509 | 76.2 | −4.1 |
| | Conservative | June Harris | 325 | 16.4 | −3.2 |
| | Communist | George Caborn | 145 | 7.3 | +7.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,184 | 59.8 | −0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,979 | 18.6 | −4.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.4 | |
Sharrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Hill | 1,711 | 50.7 | −5.3 |
| | Conservative | Joseph Barber | 1,660 | 49.2 | +5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 51 | 1.5 | −10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,371 | 34.7 | −2.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.3 | |
Southey Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hector Bright | 2,002 | 87.7 | −2.8 |
| | Communist | Raymond Southall | 280 | 12.3 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,722 | 75.4 | −5.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,282 | 13.8 | −7.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.8 | |
Tinsley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tom Cruise | 1,198 | 70.8 | −7.8 |
| | Conservative | Joan Willows | 341 | 20.2 | +5.0 |
| | Liberal | Colin Andrews | 152 | 9.0 | +2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 857 | 50.7 | −12.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,691 | 18.2 | −5.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -6.4 | |
Walkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Bennett | 1,736 | 52.7 | −14.1 |
| | Conservative | Raymond Corfield | 1,557 | 47.3 | +14.1 |
| | Labour | Joe Albaya | 1,426 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 131 | 5.4 | −28.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,293 | 27.5 | +2.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +14.1 | |
Woodseats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Frank Adams | 3,767 | 63.2 | +12.9 |
| | Conservative | Walter Morrison | 3,752 | | |
| | Labour | Marie Hogg | 2,189 | 36.7 | −6.5 |
| | Labour | F. Smith | 1,972 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,578 | 26.5 | +19.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,956 | 38.5 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +9.7 | |