# 1966 Sheffield City Council election

The 1966 Sheffield City Council elections were held in May, with one third of the council up for election and double vacancies in five wards - Cathedral, Ecclesall, Manor, Tinsley and Woodseats. There were no changes in seats, with overall turnout slumping to a low of 22.5% being the main story of the night.

## Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1966 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.3 | 48.1 | 36,939 | +1.2 |
| Conservative | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 | 42.9 | 32,918 | -1.5 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 4,510 | -0.4 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 1,867 | +0.0 |
| Nationalist Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 523 | +0.7 |
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 | 54 | 18 | 54 | 18 |
| | Conservatives | 21 | 7 | 21 | 7 |
| | Liberals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Communists | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Nationalists | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 75 | 25 | 75 | 25 |
| Total | Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 33 | 11 | 33 | 11 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 |

## Ward results

Attercliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. Goodenough | 1,127 | 84.4 | +0.9 |
| | Conservative | Frank Woodger | 208 | 15.6 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 919 | 68.8 | +1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,335 | 10.5 | −2.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.9 | |
Brightside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Henry Sturrock | 1,177 | 88.8 | −0.5 |
| | Communist | Arthur Tingle | 149 | 11.2 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,028 | 77.6 | −1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,326 | 11.2 | −0.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.5 | |
Broomhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Jackson | 2,443 | 70.1 | +7.1 |
| | Labour | Harry Firth | 601 | 17.2 | −1.9 |
| | Liberal | C. Cremar | 439 | 12.6 | −5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,842 | 52.9 | +9.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,483 | 25.8 | −8.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +4.5 | |
Burngreave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Reggie Ellis | 1,223 | 71.7 | +9.1 |
| | Conservative | Guy Walker | 396 | 23.2 | −7.5 |
| | Communist | W. March | 87 | 5.1 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 827 | 48.5 | +16.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,706 | 16.8 | −5.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.3 | |
Cathedral :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Enid Hattersley | 1,131 | 76.0 | +1.8 |
| | Labour | Joseph Albaya | 963 | | |
| | Conservative | Jack Kerton | 203 | 13.6 | −12.2 |
| | Nationalist Party | Robert Taylor | 154 | 10.3 | +10.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 928 | 62.4 | 14.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,488 | 17.1 | −4.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.0 | |
Crookesmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Tomlinson | 1,126 | 59.2 | +10.7 |
| | Conservative | Agnes Edeson | 629 | 33.0 | +4.8 |
| | Communist | T. Barrett | 148 | 7.8 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 497 | 26.1 | +6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,903 | 22.1 | −6.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.9 | |
Darnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frederick Hattersley | 1,832 | 61.0 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | Kathleen Circuit | 838 | 27.9 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal | Colin Andrews | 169 | 5.6 | −4.8 |
| | Communist | Alan Ecclestone | 165 | 5.5 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 994 | 33.1 | +4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,004 | 16.8 | −2.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 | |
Ecclesall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Neill | 4,060 | 65.9 | −9.7 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Cook | 3604 | | |
| | Liberal | Brian Bell | 1,249 | 20.3 | +5.7 |
| | Labour | Leon Harris | 852 | 13.8 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3208 | 52.1 | −9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,161 | 37.3 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -7.7 | |
Firth Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charles Hayward | 1,368 | 57.9 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative | John Levick | 915 | 38.7 | −1.8 |
| | Communist | Robert Moody | 79 | 3.3 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 453 | 19.2 | +3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,362 | 19.2 | −3.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.9 | |
Hallam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alan Blake | 3,419 | 64.8 | +1.8 |
| | Labour | Valerie Potts | 1,156 | 21.9 | +0.2 |
| | Liberal | Alan Thompson | 703 | 13.3 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,263 | 42.9 | +1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,278 | 30.1 | −6.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 | |
Handsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Salmons | 2,652 | 60.2 | +5.8 |
| | Conservative | Marvyn Moore | 1,245 | 28.3 | −3.5 |
| | Liberal | Ken Peace | 504 | 11.4 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,407 | 32.0 | +9.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,401 | 19.6 | −4.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.6 | |
Heeley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Jones | 2,137 | 51.9 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | Charles Davison | 1,281 | 31.1 | −3.4 |
| | Liberal | Graham Oxley | 530 | 14.1 | +0.0 |
| | Communist | Edna Ashworth | 116 | 2.8 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 856 | 20.8 | +8.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,114 | 32.9 | −1.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.2 | |
Hillsborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Meade | 2,389 | 49.9 | +8.3 |
| | Conservative | Irvine Patnick | 2,223 | 46.4 | −11.9 |
| | Nationalist Party | J. Judge | 173 | 3.6 | +3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 166 | 3.5 | −13.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,785 | 32.1 | −2.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +10.1 | |
Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Nicholls | 1,551 | 84.4 | −7.6 |
| | Labour | John Cornwell | 1,430 | | |
| | Communist | John Hukin | 287 | 15.6 | +7.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,264 | 68.8 | −15.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,838 | 11.6 | −2.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -7.6 | |
Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roy Munn | 1,248 | 65.8 | +8.7 |
| | Conservative | David Stephenson | 564 | 29.7 | −10.2 |
| | Communist | M. Carlisle | 84 | 4.4 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 684 | 36.1 | +19.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,896 | 19.4 | −4.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +9.4 | |
Nether Edge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Harry Mercer | 2,165 | 62.7 | +4.0 |
| | Labour | R. Walker | 732 | 21.2 | −4.1 |
| | Liberal | Dennis Boothroyd | 558 | 16.1 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,433 | 41.5 | +8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,455 | 28.5 | −6.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +4.0 | |
Nether Shire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charles Moseley | 1,560 | 84.6 | −7.6 |
| | Communist | Ken Hattersley | 285 | 15.4 | +7.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,275 | 69.1 | −15.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,845 | 14.3 | −1.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -7.6 | |
Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Patricia Santhouse | 5,300 | 65.7 | +3.4 |
| | Labour | James Pearson | 2,765 | 34.3 | −3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,535 | 31.4 | +6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,065 | 31.7 | −5.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +3.4 | |
Owlerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Watson | 1,225 | 54.5 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Madge Kerton | 559 | 24.9 | −11.7 |
| | Liberal | George Harry Manley | 308 | 13.7 | +13.7 |
| | Communist | Dave Jeffries | 154 | 6.8 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 666 | 29.6 | +12.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,246 | 18.0 | −5.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.1 | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dennis Dunn | 1,250 | 75.2 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative | June Harris | 322 | 19.4 | +3.0 |
| | Communist | Cyril Morton | 89 | 5.3 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 928 | 55.8 | −4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,661 | 14.5 | −4.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.0 | |
Sharrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Annie Britton | 1,988 | 55.9 | +5.2 |
| | Conservative | Martyn Atkinson | 1,567 | 44.1 | −5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 421 | 11.8 | +10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,555 | 35.7 | +1.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.2 | |
Southey Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Arnold Crosby | 1,366 | 85.9 | −1.8 |
| | Communist | Raymond Southall | 224 | 14.1 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,142 | 71.8 | −3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,590 | 9.9 | −3.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.8 | |
Tinsley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tom Lowe | 1,070 | 75.7 | +4.8 |
| | Labour | George Wilson | 1,021 | | |
| | Conservative | Eric Turner | 344 | 24.3 | +4.2 |
| | Conservative | Joan Willows | 291 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 726 | 51.3 | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,414 | 15.9 | −2.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.3 | |
Walkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jack Towns | 1,349 | 57.4 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | B. Lee | 804 | 34.2 | −13.0 |
| | Nationalist Party | H. Jones | 196 | 8.3 | +8.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 545 | 23.2 | +17.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,349 | 19.9 | −7.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.8 | |
Woodseats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Beardshaw | 3,433 | 62.4 | −0.8 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Crewe | 3,357 | | |
| | Labour | Bernard Kidd | 2,064 | 37.5 | +0.8 |
| | Labour | George Machin | 2,043 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,369 | 24.9 | −1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,497 | 35.8 | −2.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -0.8 | |