# 1998 Sheffield City Council election

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election, and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.

## Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1998 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 16 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 55.2 | 50.2 | 50,109 | +9.1 |
| Labour | 13 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 44.8 | 35.6 | 35,521 | -8.1 |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 11,749 | -1.5 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1,216 | +0.6 |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 565 | ±0.0 |
| Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 387 | -0.2 |
| Ind. Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 95 | ±0.0 |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 82 | New |
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 76 | New |
| Socialist Workers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 58 | New |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
| Party | Party | Previous council | New council |
| | Labour | 55 | 50 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 31 | 36 |
| | Conservatives | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 87 | 87 | 87 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 23 | 13 |

## Ward results

Beauchief :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Moore* | 3,134 | 65.4 | +8.1 |
| | Labour | Robert Pemberton | 1,099 | 22.9 | −5.5 |
| | Conservative | Peter Smith | 561 | 11.7 | −2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,035 | 42.4 | +13.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,794 | 32.8 | −4.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +6.8 | |
Birley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ron Shepherd | 1,658 | 52.8 | −9.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Glossop | 1,084 | 34.5 | +8.8 |
| | Conservative | Evelyn Millward | 400 | 12.7 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 574 | 18.3 | −17.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,142 | 21.6 | −4.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -8.9 | |
Brightside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alf Meade* | 1,214 | 55.5 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Harston | 728 | 33.3 | −5.2 |
| | Conservative | Phillip Kirby | 162 | 7.4 | +2.4 |
| | Socialist Labour | Robert Morris | 82 | 3.7 | +3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 486 | 22.2 | +4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,186 | 18.2 | −5.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.1 | |
Broomhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Whitehouse | 1,905 | 50.4 | +18.3 |
| | Labour | Richard Eastall* | 1,083 | 28.7 | −16.3 |
| | Conservative | Graham King | 662 | 17.5 | −5.3 |
| | Green | Joe Otten | 128 | 3.4 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 822 | 21.7 | +8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,778 | 25.1 | −3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +10.0 | |
Burngreave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Watson* | 724 | 36.5 | −18.7 |
| | Independent Labour | James Jamison | 565 | 28.4 | +2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Haq Nawaz | 359 | 18.1 | +5.6 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Cherry | 177 | 8.9 | +2.2 |
| | Green | Bernard Little | 84 | 4.2 | +4.2 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Ms M Woodward | 76 | 3.8 | +3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 159 | 18.4 | −24.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,985 | 20.8 | −6.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -10.8 | |
Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mike King | 885 | 56.4 | −8.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jim Morland | 364 | 23.2 | +7.4 |
| | Conservative | Michael Young | 123 | 7.8 | +0.2 |
| | Socialist Alternative | Rebecca Fryer | 103 | 6.5 | −1.7 |
| | Green | Graham Wroe | 95 | 6.0 | +2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 521 | 33.2 | −16.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,570 | 15.6 | −5.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -8.0 | |
Chapel Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Francis Butler* | 3,086 | 65.2 | +6.0 |
| | Labour | Mark Wilde | 1,421 | 30.0 | −6.2 |
| | Conservative | Michael Boot | 226 | 4.8 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,665 | 35.2 | +12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,733 | 26.4 | −2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +6.1 | |
Darnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R Murray | 1,761 | 54.0 | −5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Azim | 1,257 | 38.5 | +7.5 |
| | Conservative | Qari Siddique | 245 | 7.5 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 504 | 15.4 | −5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,263 | 23.0 | +0.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -6.2 | |
Dore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Ross* | 3,757 | 59.1 | +19.8 |
| | Conservative | John Berry | 1,999 | 31.4 | −13.6 |
| | Labour | M Squires | 599 | 9.4 | −6.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,758 | 27.6 | +21.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,355 | 41.9 | −0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +16.7 | |
Ecclesall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Davison* | 3,437 | 59.5 | +11.1 |
| | Conservative | John Harthman | 1,616 | 28.0 | −4.0 |
| | Labour | Sandra Robinson | 724 | 12.5 | −7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,821 | 31.5 | +15.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,777 | 36.9 | +5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +7.5 | |
Firth Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joan Barton* | 1,532 | 63.1 | −0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | F Khan | 618 | 25.4 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative | Neville Paling | 277 | 11.4 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 914 | 37.6 | +0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,427 | 20.3 | −3.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 | |
Hallam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Duncan Kime* | 3,488 | 61.4 | +9.0 |
| | Conservative | Charles Wallis | 1,459 | 25.7 | −2.8 |
| | Labour | Martin Newsome | 730 | 12.8 | −6.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,029 | 35.7 | +11.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,677 | 38.2 | −2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +5.9 | |
Handsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ray Satur* | 1,660 | 54.7 | −10.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Howard Middleton | 1,036 | 34.1 | +10.0 |
| | Conservative | Laurence Hayward | 338 | 11.1 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 624 | 20.6 | −20.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,034 | 21.2 | −4.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -10.2 | |
Heeley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Ayris* | 2,258 | 57.1 | +7.2 |
| | Labour | Andy Kershaw | 1,540 | 38.9 | −6.7 |
| | Conservative | Eric Smith | 158 | 4.0 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 718 | 18.1 | +13.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,956 | 29.0 | −5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +6.9 | |
Hillsborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Tosseano* | 2,581 | 58.7 | +3.8 |
| | Labour | Gill Furniss | 1,580 | 35.9 | −4.0 |
| | Conservative | Molly Goldring | 238 | 5.4 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,001 | 22.7 | +7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,399 | 30.9 | −4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +3.9 | |
Intake :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Louise Truman | 1,960 | 55.2 | +23.0 |
| | Labour | Freda White* | 1,328 | 37.4 | −18.5 |
| | Conservative | Eric Kirby | 259 | 7.3 | −4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 632 | 17.8 | −5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,547 | 24.3 | +0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +20.7 | |
Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jan Fiore* | 895 | 57.7 | −8.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frank Taylor | 477 | 30.7 | +12.4 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Watson | 108 | 6.9 | −0.2 |
| | Socialist Alternative | Alistair Tice | 71 | 4.6 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 418 | 26.9 | −20.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,551 | 17.6 | −3.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -10.3 | |
Mosborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ian Saunders* | 2,258 | 51.8 | −8.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anders Hanson | 1,284 | 29.5 | +6.8 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Clayton | 720 | 16.5 | +1.3 |
| | Ind. Conservative | Colin Taylor | 95 | 2.2 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 974 | 22.3 | −14.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,357 | 16.9 | −3.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -7.4 | |
Nether Edge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew White | 2,176 | 52.4 | +3.1 |
| | Labour | P Proctor | 1,438 | 34.6 | −2.7 |
| | Conservative | Ian Ramsay | 287 | 6.9 | −1.5 |
| | Green | Andy D'Agorne | 254 | 6.1 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 738 | 17.7 | +5.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,155 | 31.5 | −8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +2.9 | |
Nether Shire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Doreen Newton* | 1,260 | 53.3 | −7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Tomlinson | 940 | 39.7 | +6.7 |
| | Conservative | Marjorie Kirby | 164 | 6.9 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 320 | 13.5 | −14.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,364 | 20.1 | −3.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -7.0 | |
Netherthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Holmes | 1,895 | 58.1 | +7.3 |
| | Labour | Mike Bower* | 1,067 | 32.7 | −7.8 |
| | Green | Barry New | 165 | 5.0 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Cook | 74 | 2.3 | −0.6 |
| | Socialist Workers | Ms J Grunsell | 58 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 828 | 25.4 | +15.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,259 | 26.7 | −3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +7.5 | |
Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gail Smith | 2,089 | 56.2 | +3.7 |
| | Labour | James Moore* | 1,375 | 37.0 | −3.5 |
| | Conservative | Frank Woodger | 255 | 6.8 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 714 | 19.2 | +7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,719 | 32.1 | −6.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +3.6 | |
Owlerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trefor Morgan | 1,100 | 47.1 | +16.5 |
| | Labour | George Mathews* | 1,081 | 46.3 | −13.7 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Mahoney | 154 | 6.6 | −2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19 | 0.8 | −28.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,335 | 20.5 | −2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +15.1 | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Doris Mulhern* | 779 | 50.9 | −9.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | K Joyce | 439 | 28.7 | +11.4 |
| | Socialist Alternative | Ken Douglas | 213 | 13.9 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative | Michael Ginn | 99 | 6.5 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 340 | 22.2 | −21.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,530 | 14.1 | −5.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -10.6 | |
Sharrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jean Cromar | 1,110 | 53.0 | −11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia White | 628 | 30.0 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative | A Lander | 206 | 9.8 | +2.0 |
| | Green | Mervyn Smith | 149 | 7.1 | +7.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 482 | 23.0 | −13.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,093 | 16.7 | −4.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -6.6 | |
South Wortley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victoria Bowden* | 3,147 | 62.8 | +3.8 |
| | Labour | Adam Hurst | 1,284 | 25.6 | −4.0 |
| | Conservative | Ms B Gaimster | 437 | 8.7 | −2.7 |
| | Green | Michael Maas | 142 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,863 | 37.2 | +7.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,010 | 27.4 | −2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +3.9 | |
Southey Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | P Rose | 1,237 | 61.5 | −12.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Tomlinson | 700 | 34.8 | +15.2 |
| | Conservative | George Kirtley | 74 | 3.7 | −2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 537 | 26.7 | −27.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,011 | 19.2 | −2.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -13.8 | |
Stocksbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Brelsford | 1,689 | 64.5 | +8.5 |
| | Labour | A Chapman | 774 | 29.6 | −7.8 |
| | Conservative | Anne Smith | 153 | 5.8 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 915 | 35.0 | +16.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,616 | 24.6 | −2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +8.1 | |
Walkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Milton* | 2,493 | 58.9 | +5.6 |
| | Labour | Alan Garner | 1,425 | 33.6 | −9.4 |
| | Green | Nicola Freeman | 199 | 4.7 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | Peter Smith | 118 | 2.8 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,068 | 25.2 | +14.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,235 | 30.4 | −6.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +7.5 | |

## By-elections between 1998 and 1999

Park by-election, 14 January 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Taylor | 838 | 48.6 | +19.9 |
| | Labour | | 737 | 42.8 | −8.1 |
| | Socialist Alternative | | 104 | 6.0 | −7.9 |
| | Conservative | | 24 | 1.4 | −5.1 |
| | Independent Green | Pete Hartley | 20 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 101 | 5.8 | −16.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,723 | 18.4 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +14.0 | |