# 1963 Sheffield City Council election

The 1963 Sheffield City Council election was held on 9 May 1963, with one third up for vote and two vacancies in Attercliffe and Tinsley. The election, boasting a record field of candidates, seen Labour win back all their 1960 losses as well as gaining Hillsborough. The Ratepayers Association's failure to contest these elections meant their sole representation on the council, as one of the Firth Park councillors, was lost. Overall turnout was unchanged from the previous years, at 31%.

## Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1963 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 21 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 77.8 | 52.7 | 58,335 | +6.1 |
| Conservative | 6 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 22.2 | 33.7 | 37,341 | -3.0 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10.3 | 11,436 | -1.4 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2,065 | -0.2 |
| Union Movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1,501 | +0.1 |
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 | 50 | 17 | 55 | 18 |
| | Conservatives | 24 | 8 | 20 | 7 |
| | Liberals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Union Movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Ratepayers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 75 | 25 | 75 | 25 |
| Total | Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 25 | 9 | 35 | 11 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 34 | 34 | 46 | 46 |

## Ward results

Attercliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. Goodenough | 1,970 | 71.0 | −7.1 |
| | Labour | William Twigg | 1,554 | | |
| | Liberal | A. Oxby | 337 | 12.1 | +12.1 |
| | Conservative | William Keen | 321 | 11.6 | −1.3 |
| | Conservative | Ruth Hawson | 283 | | |
| | Liberal | Kathleen Hinchcliffe | 255 | | |
| | Union Movement | Robert Taylor | 147 | 5.3 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,217 | 59.4 | −5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,775 | 19.9 | +1.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -9.6 | |
Brightside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Henry Sturrock | 1,865 | 78.1 | +6.0 |
| | Communist | Henry Hardwick | 305 | 12.8 | +3.3 |
| | Union Movement | Peter Bashforth | 217 | 9.1 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,560 | 65.3 | +6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,387 | 20.9 | −1.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 | |
Broomhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Jackson | 2,880 | 59.7 | −14.7 |
| | Labour | J. Birkhead | 1,015 | 21.0 | −4.5 |
| | Liberal | Emily Holt | 929 | 19.2 | +19.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,865 | 38.6 | −10.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,824 | 32.6 | +3.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -5.1 | |
Burngreave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Thorpe | 2,368 | 70.8 | +6.5 |
| | Conservative | Frank Adams | 974 | 29.1 | −6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,394 | 41.7 | +13.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,342 | 31.7 | +1.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.5 | |
Cathedral :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Enid Hattersley | 2,213 | 87.7 | +9.2 |
| | Union Movement | John Wood | 309 | 12.2 | +12.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,904 | 75.5 | +18.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,522 | 27.5 | −0.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 | |
Crookesmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roy Hattersley | 2,117 | 60.3 | −4.5 |
| | Conservative | Ivan Harrington | 914 | 26.0 | −5.3 |
| | Liberal | Alan Thompson | 374 | 10.6 | +10.6 |
| | Communist | Nellie Connole | 104 | 2.9 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,203 | 34.3 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,509 | 33.2 | −2.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.4 | |
Darnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | C. Price | 2,835 | 55.9 | +9.3 |
| | Conservative | Noel Taylor | 1,032 | 20.3 | −4.0 |
| | Liberal | Joseph Hinchcliffe | 850 | 16.8 | −2.8 |
| | Communist | Alan Ecclestone | 351 | 6.9 | +0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,803 | 35.6 | +13.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,068 | 27.2 | +0.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.6 | |
Ecclesall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Neill | 4,739 | 82.4 | −5.2 |
| | Labour | Leon Harris | 1,009 | 17.5 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,730 | 64.9 | −10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,748 | 34.8 | −0.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -5.2 | |
Firth Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charles Hayward | 2,601 | 63.3 | +10.9 |
| | Conservative | Ida Crowther | 1,363 | 33.2 | +33.2 |
| | Union Movement | H. Jones | 144 | 3.5 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,238 | 30.1 | +22.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,108 | 31.8 | −0.5 |
| | Labour gain from Ratepayers | Labour gain from Ratepayers | Swing | -11.1 | |
Hallam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alan Blake | 3,840 | 56.1 | +1.6 |
| | Labour | Kenneth Brack | 1,727 | 25.2 | +7.8 |
| | Liberal | George Harry Manley | 1,282 | 18.7 | −9.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,113 | 30.8 | +4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,849 | 40.8 | +0.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -3.1 | |
Handsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Salmons | 3,730 | 58.4 | +6.5 |
| | Conservative | Charles Macdonald | 1,503 | 23.5 | −4.2 |
| | Liberal | Ken Peace | 1,155 | 18.1 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,227 | 34.8 | +10.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,388 | 31.8 | −1.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.3 | |
Heeley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Jones | 2,889 | 55.0 | +6.3 |
| | Conservative | John Barraclough | 1,427 | 27.1 | −3.7 |
| | Liberal | Graham Oxley | 799 | 15.2 | −0.4 |
| | Communist | Joe Stevenson | 140 | 2.6 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,462 | 27.8 | +10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,255 | 43.4 | +1.1 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.0 | |
Hillsborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Meade | 2,971 | 44.6 | +10.2 |
| | Conservative | Connie Dodson | 2,244 | 33.7 | −2.0 |
| | Liberal | Alan Crapper | 1,437 | 21.6 | −8.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 727 | 10.9 | +9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,652 | 48.6 | +3.3 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.1 | |
Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | C. John | 2,983 | 79.1 | −8.4 |
| | Liberal | David Turner | 487 | 12.9 | +12.9 |
| | Communist | John Hukin | 299 | 7.9 | −4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,496 | 66.2 | −8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,769 | 24.0 | +4.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -10.6 | |
Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roy Munn | 2,286 | 64.9 | +10.2 |
| | Conservative | H. Maw | 1,152 | 32.7 | +6.9 |
| | Union Movement | P. Wild | 81 | 2.3 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,134 | 32.2 | +3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,519 | 34.2 | +1.5 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.6 | |
Nether Edge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Harry Mercer | 2,178 | 48.5 | −0.5 |
| | Labour | Roy Thwaites | 1,227 | 27.3 | +1.6 |
| | Liberal | Dennis Boothroyd | 1,080 | 24.1 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 951 | 21.2 | −2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,485 | 35.9 | −2.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -1.0 | |
Nether Shire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charles Moseley | 2,728 | 91.7 | +37.7 |
| | Communist | Howard Hill | 248 | 8.3 | +3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,480 | 83.3 | +51.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,976 | 22.1 | −9.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +17.2 | |
Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National Liberal | E. Tindall | 5,099 | 54.6 | −1.7 |
| | Labour | Frank Hooley | 3,195 | 34.2 | +4.9 |
| | Liberal | Gordon Wallace | 1,041 | 11.1 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,904 | 20.4 | −6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,335 | 37.6 | +0.4 |
| | National Liberal hold | National Liberal hold | Swing | -3.3 | |
Owlerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Watson | 2,262 | 65.1 | +16.2 |
| | Conservative | Horace Bestall | 926 | 26.6 | +0.8 |
| | Communist | Dave Jeffery | 195 | 5.6 | +1.8 |
| | Union Movement | J. Judge | 93 | 2.7 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,336 | 38.4 | +15.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,476 | 30.2 | −2.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.7 | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Norman Goodchild | 2,404 | 83.7 | +16.8 |
| | Conservative | Raymond Hadfield | 468 | 16.3 | −5.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,936 | 67.4 | +21.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,872 | 27.0 | −0.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +10.9 | |
Sharrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | P. Ryder | 2,101 | 53.4 | +8.1 |
| | Conservative | Alexander Leitch | 1,569 | 39.9 | +0.8 |
| | Union Movement | Barbara Wood | 265 | 6.7 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 532 | 13.5 | +7.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,935 | 38.2 | +2.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.6 | |
Southey Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Arnold Crosby | 3,390 | 88.9 | +13.0 |
| | Communist | Jim Hudson | 423 | 11.1 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,967 | 77.8 | +18.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,813 | 22.4 | −1.4 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.5 | |
Tinsley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tom Lowe | 2,193 | 68.9 | −10.4 |
| | Labour | Tom Cruise | 2,084 | | |
| | Liberal | W. Hartill Jr. | 622 | 19.5 | +19.5 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Santhouse | 367 | 11.5 | −9.1 |
| | Liberal | Joyce Peace | 288 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,462 | 49.4 | −9.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,182 | 31.3 | +4.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -14.9 | |
Walkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jack Towns | 2,244 | 58.4 | −0.0 |
| | Conservative | W. Nowill | 1,353 | 35.2 | −0.7 |
| | Union Movement | Francis Hamley | 245 | 6.4 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 891 | 23.2 | +0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,842 | 31.3 | +3.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.3 | |
Woodseats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Lawther | 2,992 | 49.5 | −4.1 |
| | Labour | Dora Fitter | 2,012 | 33.3 | +3.1 |
| | Liberal | Colin Wood | 1,043 | 17.2 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 980 | 16.2 | −7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,047 | 38.7 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -3.6 | |