# 1976 Sheffield City Council election

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 6 May 1976. One third of the council was up for election.

## Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1976 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 20 | 0 | -3 | -3 | 64.5 | 45.4 | 68,660 | +0.3 |
| Conservative | 9 | +2 | 0 | +2 | 29.0 | 38.6 | 58,323 | -2.6 |
| Liberal | 2 | +1 | 0 | +1 | 6.1 | 10.6 | 15,992 | -2.4 |
| Ratepayers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 7,521 | N/A |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 536 | -0.2 |
| British National | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 220 | N/A |
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
| Party | Party | Previous council | New council |
| | Labour | 66 | 63 |
| | Conservatives | 20 | 22 |
| | Liberal | 4 | 5 |
| | Ratepayers | 0 | 0 |
| | Communist | 0 | 0 |
| | British National | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 90 | 90 | 90 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 42 | 36 |

## Ward results

Attercliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Daphne Billings | 1,708 | 75.6 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | Caroline Viner | 552 | 24.4 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,156 | 51.2 | +3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,260 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.5 | |
Beauchief :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Danny George* | 5,175 | 71.3 | −0.5 |
| | Labour | Colin Radcliffe | 1,419 | 19.5 | +2.8 |
| | Liberal | Hazel Clarke | 661 | 9.1 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,756 | 51.8 | −3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,255 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -1.6 | |
Birley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tom Ratcliffe* | 3,222 | 54.9 | −1.5 |
| | Conservative | Gordon Millward | 2,076 | 35.3 | −5.4 |
| | Ratepayers | A. Senior | 574 | 9.8 | +9.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,146 | 19.6 | +3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,872 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 | |
Brightside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Wilson* | 2,347 | 60.6 | −3.8 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Williams | 1,072 | 27.7 | +4.8 |
| | Ratepayers | Sandra McTear | 455 | 11.7 | +11.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,275 | 32.9 | −8.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,874 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.3 | |
Broomhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Irvine Patnick* | 3,943 | 68.6 | +10.3 |
| | Labour | Frank White | 1,802 | 31.3 | +8.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,141 | 37.3 | +1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,745 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 | |
Burngreave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Malcolm Johnson* | 2,381 | 53.5 | +3.4 |
| | Labour | B. Flanagan | 1,661 | 37.3 | −7.4 |
| | Conservative | Emma Sizer | 343 | 7.7 | +3.4 |
| | Communist | Alvin Jenkinson | 60 | 1.3 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 720 | 16.2 | +10.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,445 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +5.4 | |
Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Horton* | 1,994 | 64.1 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative | Alice Burrows | 578 | 18.6 | −2.9 |
| | Ratepayers | B. Hopkinson | 467 | 15.0 | +15.0 |
| | Communist | Violet Gill | 73 | 2.3 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,416 | 45.5 | +2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,112 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 | |
Chapel Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | David Chadwick | 4,078 | 63.2 | +15.0 |
| | Labour | Arthur Bradbury* | 1,561 | 24.2 | −8.7 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Scott | 814 | 12.6 | −6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,517 | 39.0 | +23.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,453 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +11.8 | |
Darnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sidney Dyson* | 2,297 | 55.0 | −3.7 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Rhodes | 1,546 | 37.0 | −4.3 |
| | Liberal | Dennis Boothroyd | 334 | 8.0 | +8.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 751 | 18.0 | +0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,177 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.3 | |
Dore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Heslop* | 4,657 | 70.6 | −9.0 |
| | Conservative | Jack Thompson | 4,232 | | |
| | Labour | Robert Jones | 1,243 | 18.8 | −1.6 |
| | Labour | Alan Wigfield | 1,064 | | |
| | Liberal | Susan Petszaft | 699 | 10.6 | +10.6 |
| | Liberal | K. Salt | 668 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,979 | 51.8 | −7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,563 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -3.7 | |
Ecclesall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Neill* | 4,225 | 63.9 | −4.9 |
| | Labour | James Moore | 939 | 14.2 | −0.6 |
| | Liberal | Patrick Smith | 725 | 11.0 | −5.3 |
| | Ratepayers | W. Needham | 718 | 10.8 | +10.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,286 | 49.7 | −2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,607 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -2.1 | |
Firth Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Clive Betts | 3,928 | 58.6 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal | J. Maling | 1,753 | 26.1 | +7.1 |
| | Conservative | John Chandler | 1,020 | 15.2 | −8.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,175 | 32.5 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,701 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.6 | |
Gleadless :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mike Bower | 3,719 | 49.0 | +0.6 |
| | Conservative | Stuart Dawson | 2,872 | 37.8 | −5.1 |
| | Ratepayers | Mary Harrison | 507 | 6.7 | +6.7 |
| | Liberal | Bob Mumford | 496 | 6.5 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 847 | 11.2 | +5.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,594 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.8 | |
Hallam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gordon Wragg* | 4,825 | 69.5 | +5.3 |
| | Labour | Leon Harris | 1,449 | 20.9 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal | Jean Mason | 662 | 9.5 | −6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,376 | 48.6 | +4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,936 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.3 | |
Handsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Elsie Smith | 2,309 | 46.2 | −13.7 |
| | Conservative | Evelyn Millward | 1,505 | 30.1 | −1.8 |
| | Liberal | Alfred Sellars | 762 | 15.2 | +7.0 |
| | Ratepayers | M. Sawie | 418 | 8.4 | +8.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 804 | 16.1 | −11.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,994 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.9 | |
Heeley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Winifred Golding* | 2,886 | 49.0 | −2.6 |
| | Conservative | G. Tonks | 2,119 | 36.0 | −1.8 |
| | Ratepayers | W. Cooper | 522 | 8.9 | +8.9 |
| | Liberal | Robert Jackson | 357 | 6.0 | −4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 767 | 13.0 | −0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,884 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.4 | |
Hillsborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Hutton | 3,109 | 45.7 | −1.4 |
| | Labour | Malcolm Leary | 2,830 | 41.6 | −1.9 |
| | Ratepayers | T. Thompson | 477 | 7.0 | +7.0 |
| | Liberal | Fleur Woolley | 380 | 5.6 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 279 | 4.1 | +0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,796 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +0.2 | |
Intake :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Arnold Wood* | 2,852 | 50.2 | +3.5 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Parkin | 1,862 | 32.8 | +2.1 |
| | Ratepayers | Mildred Hollingsworth | 493 | 8.7 | +8.7 |
| | Liberal | Alan Thompson | 475 | 8.3 | −14.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 990 | 17.4 | +1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,682 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 | |
Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dora Fitter* | 2,690 | 74.0 | −0.5 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Cook | 672 | 18.5 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal | F. Robson | 179 | 4.9 | −2.5 |
| | Communist | John Hukin | 93 | 2.5 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,018 | 55.5 | −4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,634 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.4 | |
Mosborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mary Foulds* | 2,164 | 63.3 | −0.5 |
| | Conservative | Moira Disney | 1,253 | 36.6 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 911 | 26.8 | −1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,417 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.5 | |
Nether Edge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jean Grindrod* | 2,961 | 58.9 | +0.7 |
| | Labour | C. Morley | 1,289 | 25.6 | +3.4 |
| | Ratepayers | L. Swann | 778 | 15.5 | +15.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,672 | 33.3 | −2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,028 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -1.3 | |
Nether Shire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Eddison* | 2,713 | 69.2 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative | Anne Marie Roebuck | 1,053 | 26.9 | −2.0 |
| | Communist | Kenneth Hattersley | 152 | 3.9 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,660 | 42.3 | +3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,918 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.9 | |
Netherthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Doris Mulhearn* | 2,196 | 61.1 | −1.2 |
| | Conservative | Moira Hattersley | 964 | 26.8 | −0.2 |
| | British National | J. Judge | 220 | 6.1 | +6.1 |
| | Liberal | Susan Bowns | 215 | 6.0 | −4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,232 | 34.3 | −1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,595 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.5 | |
Owlerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mary Kirk* | 2,671 | 68.0 | +19.6 |
| | Conservative | Zena Thompson | 1,016 | 25.9 | −11.0 |
| | Liberal | Susan Taffinder | 237 | 6.0 | −8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,655 | 42.1 | +30.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,924 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +15.3 | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sam Wall* | 3,161 | 70.0 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Hutton | 970 | 21.5 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal | F. McKinnon | 287 | 6.3 | −4.3 |
| | Communist | R. Paulucy | 96 | 2.1 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,191 | 48.5 | −3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,514 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.7 | |
Sharrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ian Baxter* | 1,802 | 53.2 | −0.9 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Seaton | 893 | 26.3 | −2.2 |
| | Liberal | Michael Ellis | 381 | 11.2 | −2.5 |
| | Ratepayers | Edith Bush | 249 | 7.3 | +7.3 |
| | Communist | Neville Taylor | 62 | 1.8 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 909 | 26.9 | +1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,387 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.6 | |
South Wortley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mary Saddington | 2,984 | 45.3 | −6.9 |
| | Labour | John Laurent | 2,846 | 43.2 | −4.5 |
| | Liberal | D. Stuart | 754 | 11.4 | +11.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 138 | 2.1 | −2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,584 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -1.2 | |
Southey Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sandra Davies | 2,754 | 76.4 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative | D. Walker | 848 | 23.5 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,906 | 52.9 | −3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,602 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.9 | |
Stocksbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roy Couldwell* | 1,945 | 42.8 | −19.0 |
| | Ratepayers | Barrie Jones | 1,485 | 32.6 | +32.6 |
| | Conservative | N. Hogton | 1,116 | 24.5 | −13.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 460 | 10.2 | −13.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,546 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -25.8 | |
Walkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Billings* | 2,263 | 54.9 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative | W. Eccles | 1,300 | 31.6 | −6.1 |
| | Ratepayers | F. Memmott | 378 | 9.2 | +9.2 |
| | Liberal | A. Gray | 176 | 4.3 | −7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 963 | 23.3 | +7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,117 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.0 | |

## By-elections between 1976 and 1978

Ecclesall By-Election 28 January 1977 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Dunsmore | 1,985 | 73.9 | +10.0 |
| | Liberal | M. McCaig | 699 | 26.0 | +15.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,286 | 47.9 | −1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,684 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -2.5 | |
Nether Edge By-Election 28 January 1977 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Verhaert | 1,341 | 71.2 | +12.3 |
| | Liberal | Patrick Smith | 541 | 28.7 | +28.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 800 | 42.5 | +9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,882 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -8.2 | |
Manor By-Election 12 August 1977 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Colin Radcliffe | 1,101 | 63.6 | −10.4 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Rhodes | 519 | 29.9 | +11.4 |
| | Liberal | Robert Mumford | 59 | 3.4 | −1.5 |
| | Communist | John Hukin | 33 | 1.9 | −0.6 |
| | British National | Stephen Varley | 20 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 582 | 33.7 | −21.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,732 | 11.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -10.9 | |