# 2011 Sheffield City Council election

Sheffield City Council elections took place on 5 May 2011. There were 28 seats up for election, one third of the council. The last election left the council with no overall control. Since the previous election, Liberal Democrat councillor Ben Curran, and Lib Dem-turned-independent Frank Taylor had defected to Labour leaving both parties equal at 41 councillors each. This election saw Labour regain control of the council that they lost in 2006, with nine gains from the Lib Dems. Overall turnout was 41.8%.
Councillors elected in 2007 Sheffield Council election defended their seats this year.

## Election result

Sheffield City Council Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 21 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 75.0 | 47.9 | 78,147 | +12.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 21.4 | 25.9 | 42,305 | -10.3 |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11.7 | 19,016 | -2.9 |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 11.2 | 18,322 | +4.9 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2,914 | -1.0 |
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1,266 | +0.4 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 647 | -3.4 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 300 | +0.1 |
| Socialist Equality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 116 | N/A |
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 | 41 | 50 | 9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 41 | 32 | 9 |
| | Greens | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | Total | 84 | 84 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 0 | 16 |

## Ward results
### Arbourthorne

Arbourthorne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Robson* | 2,938 | 58.9 | +11.8 |
| | Green | Jennyfer Marie Andrea Barnard | 965 | 19.3 | +15.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Tutt | 566 | 11.3 | −16.1 |
| | Conservative | Peter Smith | 517 | 10.3 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,973 | 39.6 | +19.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,986 | 39.3 | −15.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Beauchief & Greenhill

Beauchief & Greenhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon William Clement-Jones* | 2,496 | 40.8 | −3.0 |
| | Labour | Ajaz Ahmed | 2,121 | 34.7 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative | Michelle Grant | 566 | 9.2 | −3.1 |
| | Green | Christina Hespe | 317 | 5.2 | +1.2 |
| | UKIP | Bob Sheridan | 266 | 4.3 | N/A |
| | BNP | John Winston Beatson | 262 | 4.3 | −4.0 |
| | Independent | Martin Brighton | 81 | 1.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 375 | 6.1 | −6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,109 | 45.1 | −15.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Beighton

Beighton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Chris Rosling-Josephs* | 2,986 | 61.2 | +17.0 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Diane Clayton | 991 | 20.3 | +0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andy Hinman | 570 | 11.7 | −12.4 |
| | Green | Julian Brandram | 333 | 6.8 | +4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,995 | 40.9 | +20.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4880 | 37.0 | −26.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Birley

Birley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Denise Fox* | 3,250 | 65.7 | +20.7 |
| | Conservative | Susan Elizabeth Hayward | 683 | 13.8 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barrie William Jervis | 514 | 10.4 | −10.7 |
| | Green | Frank Plunkett | 500 | 10.1 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,567 | 51.9 | +28.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,947 | 38.5 | −27.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Broomhill

Broomhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stuart Ian Wattam | 1,741 | 34.6 | +12.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Edward Whitehouse* | 1,371 | 27.2 | −19.4 |
| | Green | Bernard James Little | 1,315 | 26.1 | +8.8 |
| | Conservative | Michael Lawrence Ginn | 505 | 10.0 | −1.7 |
| | UKIP | Pat Sullivan | 104 | 2.0 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 370 | 7.4 | −16.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,036 | 37.8 | −20.7 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Burngreave

Burngreave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ibrar Hussain* | 3,982 | 67.3 | +9.4 |
| | TUSC | Maxine Bowler | 831 | 14.0 | +3.8 |
| | Green | Christopher John Sissons | 447 | 7.5 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Russell Craig Cutts | 408 | 6.9 | −2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Javid Khan | 250 | 4.2 | −11.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,151 | 53.3 | +10.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,918 | 38.5 | −16.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Central

Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Jillian Creasy* | 2,530 | 42.9 | +17.5 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Akbar | 2,337 | 39.6 | +6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Iltaf Hussain | 631 | 10.7 | −21.4 |
| | Conservative | Emma Waters | 403 | 6.8 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 293 | 5.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,801 | 31.0 | −17.0 |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |

### Crookes

Crookes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Geoff Smith | 2,916 | 39.6 | +19.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Hesketh* | 2,397 | 32.5 | −19.5 |
| | Green | Julian Rupert Crossland Briggs | 1,174 | 15.9 | +5.6 |
| | Conservative | John Derwent Swift Levick | 874 | 11.9 | −5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 519 | 7.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,361 | 52.8 | −20.2 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Darnall

Darnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harry Harpham* | 3,706 | 69.0 | +19.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tasadique Mohammed | 522 | 9.7 | −18.8 |
| | UKIP | Charlotte Elizabeth Arnott | 510 | 9.5 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative | Ian Randolph Hiller | 328 | 6.1 | −1.9 |
| | Green | Adrian John Hawley | 303 | 5.6 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,184 | 59.3 | +38.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,369 | 35.6 | −21.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Dore & Totley

Dore & Totley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joseph Otten | 3,248 | 42.9 | −7.6 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Kevin Gage | 2,419 | 32.0 | −1.4 |
| | Labour | Jen Henderson | 1,368 | 18.1 | +9.3 |
| | Green | Rita Louise Wilcock | 530 | 7.0 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 829 | 10.9 | −6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,565 | 56.2 | −20.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### East Ecclesfield

East Ecclesfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Steven Wilson | 2,926 | 47.1 | +9.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victoria Margaret Bowden* | 2,150 | 34.6 | −2.3 |
| | Conservative | Russell Marsh-Smith | 421 | 6.8 | −7.0 |
| | BNP | Jordan Michael Pont | 385 | 6.2 | −3.3 |
| | Green | Kaye Horsfield | 333 | 5.3 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 776 | 12.5 | +11.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,215 | 43.2 | −22.8 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Ecclesall

Ecclesall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diana Stimely | 3,390 | 40.7 | −17.0 |
| | Labour | Neale Gibson-Abo-Anber | 2,160 | 25.9 | +12.7 |
| | Conservative | Christina Alison Stark | 1,587 | 19.0 | +0.2 |
| | Green | Arun Mathur | 1,187 | 14.2 | +6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,230 | 14.8 | −24.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,324 | 56.5 | −17.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Firth Park

Firth Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Christopher Weldon* | 3,331 | 75.1 | +18.4 |
| | Conservative | Judith Ross Burkinshaw | 402 | 9.0 | −2.5 |
| | Green | Leela Simms | 367 | 8.3 | +4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Graham Harston | 334 | 7.5 | −8.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,929 | 66.1 | +25.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,434 | 32.5 | −19.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Fulwood

Fulwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Paul Sangar* | 3,095 | 40.0 | −14.6 |
| | Labour | Catherine Anne Walsh | 1,880 | 24.3 | +11.8 |
| | Conservative | Alan Ryder | 1,646 | 21.2 | −2.6 |
| | Green | Judith Fiona Rutnam | 1,121 | 14.5 | +7.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,215 | 15.7 | −15.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,742 | 54.1 | −13.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Gleadless Valley

Gleadless Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tim Rippon | 3,187 | 51.3 | +10.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Denise Ann Reaney* | 1,845 | 29.7 | −3.7 |
| | Green | Steve Barnard | 703 | 11.3 | +1.2 |
| | Conservative | Jenny Grant | 290 | 4.6 | −4.1 |
| | TUSC | Alan Thorton Munro | 186 | 3.0 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,342 | 21.6 | +14.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,211 | 44.3 | −15.9 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Graves Park

Graves Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Auckland* | 2,621 | 40.6 | −3.2 |
| | Labour | Bob Pemberton | 2,485 | 38.5 | +8.2 |
| | Conservative | Trevor Grant | 895 | 13.8 | −3.8 |
| | Green | David Maurice Hayes | 308 | 4.8 | +0.7 |
| | TUSC | Keith Raymond Endean | 147 | 2.3 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 136 | 2.1 | −11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,456 | 48.2 | −21.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Hillsborough

Hillsborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bob Johnson | 3,312 | 54.5 | +15.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Ayris* | 1,765 | 29.1 | −9.2 |
| | Green | Chris McMahon | 586 | 9.6 | +4.8 |
| | Conservative | Steven Antony Lawton | 411 | 6.8 | −4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,547 | 25.5 | +25.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,074 | 44.6 | −21.4 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Manor Castle

Manor Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jenny Armstrong* | 2,732 | 73.0 | +17.6 |
| | Green | Graham Stephen Wroe | 420 | 11.2 | +6.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Katie Condliffe | 340 | 9.1 | −16.4 |
| | Conservative | Miles David Anthony Waters | 253 | 6.8 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,312 | 61.7 | +31.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,745 | 30.1 | −21.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Mosborough

Mosborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Charles Barker* | 3,069 | 54.0 | +16.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elaine Hinman | 1,762 | 31.0 | −3.6 |
| | Conservative | Gabrielle Pitfield | 608 | 10.7 | −6.6 |
| | Green | Anwen Fryer | 248 | 4.4 | +3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,307 | 23.0 | +20.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,687 | 41.9 | −22.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Nether Edge

Nether Edge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Qurban Hussain | 3,160 | 44.1 | +12.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jayne Dore | 2,175 | 30.3 | −16.9 |
| | Green | Rob Cole | 1,105 | 15.4 | +4.6 |
| | Conservative | Roz Malandrinos | 363 | 5.1 | −3.1 |
| | Independent | Richard Brian Ward | 219 | 3.1 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Jeffrey Stephen Shaw | 145 | 2.0 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 985 | 13.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,167 | 53.5 | −20.3 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Richmond

Richmond :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Campbell* | 3,070 | 67.0 | +17.8 |
| | Conservative | Andrew James Sneddon | 517 | 11.3 | −1.0 |
| | Green | Richard Anthony Roper | 508 | 11.1 | +9.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Wieslawa Masters | 487 | 10.6 | −11.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,553 | 55.7 | +28.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,582 | 35.0 | −22.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Shiregreen & Brightside

Shiregreen & Brightside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Price* | 3,097 | 71.2 | +21.6 |
| | Conservative | Eric Kirby | 463 | 10.6 | −0.4 |
| | Green | Steve Michael Brady | 451 | 10.4 | +7.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Tosseano | 338 | 7.8 | −9.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,629 | 60.5 | +28.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,344 | 31.4 | −22.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Southey

Southey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Leigh Michael Bramall* | 2,927 | 72.4 | +19.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Tosseano | 403 | 10.0 | −9.1 |
| | Conservative | James Edward Gould | 365 | 9.0 | −2.1 |
| | Green | Eamonn Charles Ward | 347 | 8.6 | +5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,524 | 62.4 | +28.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,042 | 30.0 | −22.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Stannington

Stannington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vickie Priestley* | 2,540 | 38.9 | −8.0 |
| | Labour | Max Telfer | 2,535 | 38.8 | +15.6 |
| | Conservative | Nigel Stuart Bonson | 856 | 13.1 | −4.7 |
| | Green | Mike Maas | 602 | 9.2 | +3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5 | 0.1 | −23.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,533 | 46.2 | −23.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Stocksbridge & Upper Don

Stocksbridge & Upper Don :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Philip Wood | 2,321 | 37.0 | +9.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Charles Brelsford* | 1,790 | 28.5 | −6.0 |
| | UKIP | Grant Antony French | 950 | 15.1 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative | Nigel John Owen | 868 | 13.8 | −6.4 |
| | Green | Dan Lyons | 352 | 5.6 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 531 | 8.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,281 | 43.3 | −24.7 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Walkley

Walkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nikki Sharpe | 3,056 | 47.2 | +9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Penny Baker* | 1,892 | 29.2 | −11.8 |
| | Green | Jim Wilson | 727 | 11.2 | +2.6 |
| | UKIP | Richard John Ratcliffe | 301 | 4.7 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative | Kirsten Hurrell | 275 | 4.3 | −3.8 |
| | Socialist Equality | Simon Peter Walker | 116 | 1.8 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Chaz Lockett | 102 | 1.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,164 | 18.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,469 | 31.2 | −32.5 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### West Ecclesfield

West Ecclesfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alf Meade | 2,497 | 43.1 | +8.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Hooper* | 2,308 | 39.9 | −3.5 |
| | Conservative | Hilary Ann Gay | 620 | 10.7 | −7.3 |
| | Green | Kathy Aston | 366 | 6.3 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 189 | 3.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,791 | 41.4 | −24.6 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Woodhouse

Woodhouse :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mick Rooney* | 3,057 | 62.9 | +15.9 |
| | UKIP | Jonathan Arnott | 638 | 13.1 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Les Abrahams | 505 | 10.4 | −11.5 |
| | Conservative | Laurence George Eyes Hayward | 482 | 9.9 | −4.6 |
| | Green | John Francis Grant | 177 | 3.6 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,419 | 49.8 | −7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,859 | 36.6 | +11.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |