# 1964 Sheffield City Council election

The 1964 Sheffield City Council election was held on 7 May 1964 with one third of the council up for election. The election campaign was quieter than most, with fewer parties contesting, and a smaller number of candidates than recent years (64 stood). The election saw no change in seats and a slightly reduced turnout of 29%.

## Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1964 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 55.0 | 54,585 | +2.3 |
| Conservative | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 38.3 | 38,084 | +4.6 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 4,644 | -5.6 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2,005 | +0.2 |
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 | 55 | 18 |
| | Conservatives | 20 | 7 | 20 | 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 | 35 | 11 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 |

## Ward results

Attercliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Twigg | 1,856 | 78.4 | +7.4 |
| | Conservative | Ruth Hawson | 308 | 13.0 | +1.4 |
| | Liberal | Wilfred Dunderdale | 203 | 8.6 | −3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,548 | 65.4 | +6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,367 | 17.3 | −2.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.0 | |
Brightside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dora Fitter | 1,722 | 85.2 | +7.1 |
| | Communist | Henry Hardwick | 298 | 14.7 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,424 | 70.5 | +5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,020 | 17.4 | −3.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 | |
Broomhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Peile | 3,015 | 68.5 | +8.8 |
| | Labour | Marie Hogg | 873 | 19.8 | −1.2 |
| | Liberal | Winifred Holt | 510 | 11.6 | −7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,142 | 48.7 | +10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,398 | 30.2 | −2.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +5.0 | |
Burngreave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alf Wild | 1,855 | 68.9 | −1.9 |
| | Conservative | Frank Adams | 836 | 31.1 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,019 | 37.9 | −3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,691 | 26.0 | −5.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.9 | |
Cathedral :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Sharpe | 2,094 | 83.3 | −4.4 |
| | Conservative | Catherine Campbell | 420 | 16.7 | +16.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,674 | 66.6 | −8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,514 | 26.9 | −0.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -10.5 | |
Crookesmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Maurice Roberts | 1,467 | 58.6 | −1.7 |
| | Conservative | Irvine Patnick | 878 | 35.1 | +9.0 |
| | Communist | Derek Quinn | 156 | 6.2 | +3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 589 | 23.5 | −10.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,501 | 26.6 | −6.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.3 | |
Darnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Owen | 2,677 | 59.3 | +3.4 |
| | Conservative | Frank Burrow | 1,129 | 25.0 | +4.7 |
| | Liberal | Joseph Hinchcliffe | 424 | 9.4 | −7.4 |
| | Communist | Alan Ecclestone | 280 | 6.2 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,548 | 34.3 | −1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,510 | 24.5 | −2.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.6 | |
Ecclesall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Daniel O'Neill | 4,610 | 83.1 | +0.7 |
| | Labour | Joseph Albaya | 935 | 16.8 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,675 | 66.3 | +1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,545 | 33.6 | −1.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 | |
Firth Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Norman Bentley | 2,292 | 60.3 | −3.0 |
| | Conservative | Raymond Hadfield | 1,325 | 34.9 | +1.7 |
| | Communist | Rob Moody | 182 | 4.8 | +4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 967 | 25.4 | −4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,799 | 29.7 | −2.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.3 | |
Hallam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Reginald Ashmore | 3,855 | 57.1 | +1.1 |
| | Labour | John Morley | 1,888 | 28.0 | +2.8 |
| | Liberal | David Chambers | 1,002 | 14.8 | −3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,967 | 29.1 | −1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,745 | 39.1 | −1.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -0.8 | |
Handsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Albert Richardson | 3,447 | 57.3 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | Charles Macdonald | 1,720 | 28.6 | +5.1 |
| | Liberal | Ken Peace | 848 | 14.1 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,727 | 28.7 | −6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,015 | 28.9 | −2.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.1 | |
Heeley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Sewell | 2,616 | 56.4 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | John Barraclough | 1,401 | 30.2 | +3.1 |
| | Liberal | Graham Oxley | 489 | 10.5 | −4.6 |
| | Communist | Joe Stevenson | 129 | 2.8 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,215 | 26.2 | −1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,635 | 38.0 | −5.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.8 | |
Hillsborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Arnold | 2,810 | 51.4 | +17.6 |
| | Labour | Roy Thwaites | 2,659 | 48.6 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 151 | 2.7 | −8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,469 | 40.0 | −8.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +6.8 | |
Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Austin Conroy | 2,657 | 90.8 | +11.6 |
| | Communist | John Hukin | 269 | 9.2 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,388 | 81.6 | +15.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,926 | 18.9 | −5.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.2 | |
Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Horton | 1,863 | 68.0 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative | Rupert Bishop | 877 | 32.0 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 986 | 36.0 | +3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,740 | 27.7 | −6.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.8 | |
Nether Edge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ivan Harrington | 2,309 | 54.6 | +6.0 |
| | Labour | Frank Hooley | 1,290 | 30.5 | +3.1 |
| | Liberal | Dennis Boothroyd | 631 | 14.9 | −9.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,019 | 24.1 | +2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,230 | 34.2 | −1.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 | |
Nether Shire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Fred Staton | 2,664 | 91.6 | −0.1 |
| | Communist | Howard Hill | 245 | 8.4 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,419 | 83.2 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,909 | 22.0 | −0.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.1 | |
Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Blake | 5,150 | 57.2 | +2.6 |
| | Labour | Brian Pritchard | 3,845 | 42.7 | +8.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,305 | 14.5 | −5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,995 | 36.0 | −1.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -2.9 | |
Owlerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Mate | 2,148 | 67.6 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative | Horace Bestall | 915 | 28.8 | +2.2 |
| | Communist | Dave Jeffrey | 113 | 3.5 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,233 | 38.8 | +0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,176 | 26.2 | −4.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.1 | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charles Knowles | 1,985 | 80.3 | −3.3 |
| | Conservative | June Harris | 485 | 19.6 | +3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,500 | 60.7 | −6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,470 | 23.3 | −3.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.3 | |
Sharrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Vera Boyd | 2,071 | 56.0 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative | Joseph Barber | 1,623 | 43.9 | +4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 448 | 12.1 | −1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,694 | 36.9 | −1.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.6 | |
Southey Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Winifred Golding | 3,195 | 90.5 | +1.6 |
| | Communist | Jim Hudson | 333 | 9.4 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,862 | 81.1 | +3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,528 | 21.0 | −1.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.6 | |
Tinsley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Norman Eldred | 1,842 | 78.6 | +9.7 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Santhouse | 354 | 15.1 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal | Colin Wood | 146 | 6.2 | −13.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,488 | 63.5 | 14.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,342 | 24.1 | −7.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.0 | |
Walkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Cooper | 2,004 | 66.8 | +8.4 |
| | Conservative | Connie Dodson | 996 | 33.2 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,008 | 33.6 | +10.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,000 | 24.9 | −6.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.2 | |
Woodseats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alexander Leitch | 3,068 | 50.3 | +0.8 |
| | Labour | John Tomlinson | 2,640 | 43.3 | +10.0 |
| | Liberal | David Turner | 391 | 6.4 | −10.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 428 | 7.0 | −9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,099 | 39.5 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -4.6 | |

## By-elections between 1964 and 1965

Burngreave By-election 18 June 1964 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Reggie Ellis | 1,149 | 69.2 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative | Frank Adams | 512 | 30.8 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 637 | 38.4 | +0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,661 | 16.0 | −10.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.3 | |
Crookesmoor By-election 18 June 1964 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Tomlinson | 932 | 62.8 | +4.2 |
| | Conservative | Irvine Patnick | 399 | 26.9 | −8.2 |
| | Liberal | Ken Peace | 153 | 10.3 | +10.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 533 | 35.9 | +12.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,484 | 15.8 | −7.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.2 | |