# 1995 Sheffield City Council election

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 5 May 1995. One third of the council was up for election.

## Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1995 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 22 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 73.3 | 47.4 | 61,546 | +6.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 26.7 | 38.9 | 50,583 | -3.2 |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 14,761 | -1.9 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1,082 | -0.4 |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 983 | +0.5 |
| Militant Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 794 | +0.2 |
| Ind. Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 104 | N/A |
| International Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37 | 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 | 56 | 58 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 22 | 25 |
| | Conservatives | 8 | 4 |
| | Independent Labour | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 87 | 87 | 87 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 25 | 29 |

## Wards

Beauchief :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Sangar* | 3,569 | 60.0 | −4.5 |
| | Labour | Grant Blackwell | 1,701 | 28.6 | +6.7 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Trueman | 672 | 11.3 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,868 | 31.4 | −11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,942 | 40.6 | −8.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -5.6 | |
Birley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Elsie Smith** | 3,054 | 63.6 | +8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Plant | 1,240 | 25.8 | −5.5 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Pigott | 510 | 10.6 | −3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,814 | 37.8 | +14.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,804 | 40.6 | +4.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.0 | |
Elsie Smith was a sitting councillor for Darnall ward
Brightside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Webster | 2,079 | 54.6 | +7.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gail Smith* | 1,610 | 42.2 | −3.3 |
| | Conservative | Michael Quirke | 121 | 3.2 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 469 | 12.4 | +10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,810 | 30.0 | −3.7 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +5.1 | |
The Liberal Democrats had gained the Brightside seat in a by-election
Broomhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Judith Belcher | 2,054 | 44.8 | +6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janice Sidebottom | 1,389 | 30.3 | −1.6 |
| | Conservative | Warwick Cornford* | 950 | 20.7 | −3.5 |
| | Green | Joseph Otten | 188 | 4.1 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 665 | 14.5 | +8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,581 | 27.6 | −7.0 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.0 | |
Burngreave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Jones** | 1,346 | 41.3 | −19.8 |
| | Independent Labour | James Jamison* | 983 | 30.1 | +30.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Asif Yaqub | 719 | 22.0 | +2.6 |
| | Conservative | David Knight | 213 | 6.5 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 363 | 11.2 | −30.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,261 | 29.2 | +1.3 |
| | Labour gain from Independent Labour | Labour gain from Independent Labour | Swing | -24.9 | |
Stephen Jones was a sitting councillor for Nether Shire ward James Jamison was previously elected as a Labour councillor
Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Patricia Midgley** | 1,884 | 75.3 | +8.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Auckland | 326 | 13.0 | −6.3 |
| | Conservative | Ann Smith | 163 | 6.5 | −2.7 |
| | Green | Graham Wroe | 91 | 3.6 | −0.8 |
| | International Communist | Christopher Marsden | 37 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,558 | 62.3 | +14.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,501 | 22.2 | −3.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.3 | |
Patricia Midgley was a sitting councillor for Nether Edge ward
Chapel Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joan Trickett* | 3,667 | 58.5 | −2.6 |
| | Labour | Eldon Hanson | 2,379 | 38.0 | +4.4 |
| | Conservative | Peter Smith | 217 | 3.4 | −1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,288 | 20.5 | −7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,263 | 34.6 | −5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -3.5 | |
Darnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kashaf Walayat | 2,058 | 48.1 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Martin | 1,646 | 38.5 | +6.2 |
| | Conservative | Laurence Hayward | 344 | 8.0 | −4.7 |
| | Green | Gordon Ferguson | 229 | 5.3 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 412 | 9.6 | −5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,277 | 29.1 | −1.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.6 | |
Dore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Fox | 2,538 | 40.6 | −4.5 |
| | Conservative | John Paul Harthman | 2,393 | 38.3 | +2.3 |
| | Labour | Richard Pearce | 1,310 | 21.0 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 145 | 2.3 | −6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,241 | 39.3 | −6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | -3.4 | |
Ecclesall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Dunkley | 2,963 | 46.4 | +4.2 |
| | Conservative | Angela Elaine Fry* | 1,856 | 29.1 | −4.8 |
| | Labour | Judith Gwynn | 1,563 | 24.5 | +5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,107 | 17.3 | +9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,382 | 40.5 | −5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.5 | |
Firth Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ian Leedham | 2,238 | 66.7 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | Alan Law* | 2,176 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Azim | 907 | 27.0 | +0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Cutts | 803 | | |
| | Conservative | Mary Hyatt | 208 | 6.2 | −2.3 |
| | Conservative | Qari Siddique | 167 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,269 | 39.7 | +0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,353 | 25.1 | −3.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 | |
Hallam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leonard Hesketh | 2,683 | 43.3 | −7.1 |
| | Conservative | Charles Wallis | 1,877 | 30.3 | −1.4 |
| | Labour | Michael Smith | 1,466 | 23.6 | +8.0 |
| | Green | Peter Scott | 172 | 2.8 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 806 | 13.0 | −5.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,198 | 41.7 | −8.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | -2.8 | |
Handsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Marjorie Barker | 3,038 | 66.3 | +16.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Louise Truman | 1,212 | 26.4 | −13.7 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Clayton | 334 | 7.3 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,862 | 39.9 | +30.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,584 | 32.0 | −3.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +15.0 | |
Heeley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Beverley Ann Wright | 2,439 | 48.9 | +8.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Watson | 2,317 | 46.5 | −6.0 |
| | Conservative | Eric Prescott Smith | 229 | 4.6 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 122 | 2.4 | −10.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,985 | 35.4 | −7.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.2 | |
Hillsborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alison MacFarlane | 2,528 | 48.5 | −2.3 |
| | Labour | Barnaby Mynott | 2,296 | 44.0 | +7.3 |
| | Conservative | Joyce Gairnster | 391 | 7.5 | −3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 232 | 4.5 | −9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,215 | 35.4 | −6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -4.8 | |
Intake :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Lawton* | 2,390 | 50.3 | +4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Tutt | 2,101 | 44.2 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative | Francis Woodger | 263 | 5.5 | −5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 289 | 6.1 | +1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,754 | 31.7 | −2.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.5 | |
Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Jordan* | 1,609 | 65.9 | −0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Denton | 480 | 19.6 | −5.6 |
| | Militant Labour | Steven Tice | 200 | 8.2 | +8.2 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Watson | 153 | 6.2 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,129 | 46.3 | +4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,442 | 26.7 | −3.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 | |
Mosborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Chris Rosling-Josephs | 3,938 | 62.5 | +10.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allan Wisbey | 1,370 | 21.7 | −12.0 |
| | Conservative | Kay Hill | 886 | 14.1 | +0.2 |
| | Ind. Conservative | Colin Taylor | 104 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,568 | 40.8 | +22.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,298 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +11.1 | |
Nether Edge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andrew Hinman | 2,334 | 45.0 | +10.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ali Qadar | 2,320 | 44.7 | −5.3 |
| | Conservative | Brian Trueman | 534 | 10.3 | +0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14 | 0.3 | −14.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,188 | 37.6 | −3.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.6 | |
Nether Shire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Eddison | 2,230 | 67.4 | +11.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter MacLoughlin | 866 | 26.2 | −9.7 |
| | Conservative | Marjorie Kirby | 213 | 6.4 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,372 | 41.2 | +21.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,309 | 26.7 | −5.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +10.5 | |
Netherthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Antony Arber* | 1,993 | 52.7 | +14.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Howard Middleton | 1,387 | 36.6 | +3.1 |
| | Green | Barry New | 235 | 6.2 | −3.7 |
| | Conservative | Andrew McTurk Cook | 168 | 4.4 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 546 | 16.1 | +11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,783 | 30.0 | −1.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.7 | |
Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank White* | 2,217 | 48.0 | +1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ruth Dawson | 1,979 | 42.8 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative | Albert Marsden | 424 | 9.2 | −5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 238 | 5.2 | −2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,620 | 37.6 | −2.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.2 | |
Owlerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Bamford | 2,025 | 67.4 | +8.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Markus Sova | 735 | 24.4 | −3.6 |
| | Conservative | Clive Dearden | 245 | 8.1 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,290 | 43.0 | +12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,005 | 24.4 | −5.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.1 | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Vivienne Nicholson* | 1,568 | 56.7 | +6.7 |
| | Militant Labour | Kenneth Douglas | 594 | 21.5 | +0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Hughes | 450 | 16.3 | −5.0 |
| | Conservative | Michael Ginn | 153 | 5.5 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 974 | 35.2 | +6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,765 | 22.2 | −4.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.9 | |
Sharrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohammad Nazir | 1,941 | 57.7 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew White | 1,198 | 35.6 | +1.8 |
| | Conservative | Michael Anthony Young | 226 | 6.7 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 743 | 22.1 | +0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,365 | 35.9 | +4.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.4 | |
South Wortley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Bagshaw* | 3,703 | 56.7 | −3.1 |
| | Labour | Bernard Steer | 2,310 | 35.3 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | Gary Meggitt | 520 | 7.9 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,397 | 21.4 | −8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,533 | 35.9 | −6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -4.1 | |
Southey Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anthony Damms* | 2,231 | 78.7 | +11.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wayne Morton | 461 | 16.2 | −7.8 |
| | Conservative | David Marriott | 143 | 5.0 | −3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,770 | 62.5 | +19.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,835 | 25.0 | −2.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +9.5 | |
Stocksbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Pears | 1,692 | 53.7 | −1.3 |
| | Labour | Joan Brown* | 1,297 | 41.1 | +4.6 |
| | Conservative | Anne Smith | 163 | 5.2 | −3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 395 | 12.6 | −5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,152 | 29.6 | −9.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -2.9 | |
Walkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Terry Barrow | 2,558 | 47.0 | +4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diane Leek* | 2,527 | 46.4 | −2.6 |
| | Conservative | Molly Goldring | 192 | 3.5 | −1.7 |
| | Green | Nicola Watson | 167 | 3.1 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 31 | 0.6 | −6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +3.7 | |
The Liberal Democrats had gained the Walkley seat in a by-election