# 1962 Sheffield City Council election

Sheffield's 1962 Municipal elections were held on 10 May 1962. One-third of the council and vacancies in Moor and Park were up for election. Previous to this election, there had been two by-elections in June for Hallam and Woodseats, which the Conservatives safely held. The election saw a record number of 84 candidates, with the Liberals contesting half of the city's wards and the Communists and the Union Movement over a third. The increased presence of the Liberals helped them to triple their vote on the previous year's, and nearly see to a gain in Hillsborough. There were, however, no seats exchanged for the second year running. Turnout was 31.8%, down slightly on the previous year.

## Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1962 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.1 | 46.6 | 51,664 | -3.7 |
| Conservative and Liberal Unionist | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.9 | 36.7 | 40,614 | -5.8 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11.7 | 12,913 | +8.8 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2,256 | +0.2 |
| Ratepayers Association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1,860 | -0.2 |
| Union Movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1,374 | +1.0 |
| Municipal Reform | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 93 | -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 | 50 | 17 | 50 | 17 |
| | Conservative-Liberals | 24 | 8 | 24 | 8 |
| | Ratepayers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | Liberals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Union Movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Municipal Reform | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 75 | 25 | 75 | 25 |
| Total | Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 25 | 9 | 25 | 9 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 |

## Ward results

Attercliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Robins | 1,986 | 78.1 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | Ruth Hawson | 327 | 12.8 | −11.0 |
| | Union Movement | Robert Taylor | 229 | 9.0 | +9.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,659 | 65.3 | +13.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,542 | 18.2 | +1.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.5 | |
Brightside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Arthur Longmore | 1,822 | 72.1 | −9.5 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | Roger Cooke | 334 | 13.2 | −5.1 |
| | Communist | Harry Hardwick | 238 | 9.4 | +9.4 |
| | Union Movement | Peter Bashforth | 131 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,488 | 58.9 | −4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,525 | 21.9 | +1.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.2 | |
Broomhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | Ruben Viner | 3,261 | 74.4 | −4.9 |
| | Labour | R. Day | 1,121 | 25.6 | +4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,140 | 48.8 | −9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,382 | 29.1 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold | Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | -4.9 | |
Burngreave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Pate | 1,946 | 64.3 | −0.9 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | Frank Adams | 1,078 | 35.6 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 868 | 28.7 | −1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,024 | 30.0 | +3.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.9 | |
Cathedral :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Doris Mulhearn | 1,963 | 78.5 | −0.8 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | M. Shirtcliffe | 536 | 21.4 | +0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,427 | 57.1 | −1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,499 | 27.5 | +0.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.8 | |
Crookesmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harold Lambert | 2,522 | 64.8 | +7.0 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | Ivan Harrington | 1,222 | 31.4 | −4.2 |
| | Communist | Nellie Connole | 148 | 3.8 | −2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,300 | 33.4 | +11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,892 | 35.5 | −0.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.6 | |
Darnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Arnold Wood | 2,398 | 46.6 | −14.3 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | Noel Taylor | 1,253 | 24.4 | −5.7 |
| | Liberal | Barrie Dobson | 1,005 | 19.5 | +19.5 |
| | Communist | Alan Ecclestone | 313 | 6.1 | −2.9 |
| | Union Movement | Derek King | 172 | 3.3 | +3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,145 | 22.3 | −8.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,141 | 27.1 | +1.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.3 | |
Ecclesall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | Harold Hebblethwaite | 5,198 | 87.6 | +0.8 |
| | Labour | Roy Munn | 734 | 12.4 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,464 | 75.2 | +1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,932 | 35.7 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold | Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +0.8 | |
Firth Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Molloy | 2,196 | 52.4 | +0.3 |
| | Ratepayers Association | G. Windle | 1,860 | 44.4 | −3.5 |
| | Union Movement | Roy Crookes | 131 | 3.1 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 336 | 8.0 | +3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,187 | 32.4 | −1.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.9 | |
Hallam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | Gordon Wragg | 3,595 | 54.4 | −18.5 |
| | Liberal | Robert Jackson | 1,859 | 28.1 | +28.1 |
| | Labour | J. Birkhead | 1,148 | 17.4 | −9.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,736 | 26.3 | −19.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,602 | 39.9 | +3.5 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold | Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | -23.3 | |
Handsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Leonard Cope | 3,374 | 51.8 | −6.2 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | Frederick Naylor | 1,804 | 27.7 | −14.3 |
| | Liberal | Kenneth Peace | 1,336 | 20.5 | +20.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,570 | 24.1 | +8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,514 | 33.4 | −0.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.0 | |
Heeley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Martha Strafford | 2,505 | 48.6 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | John Barraclough | 1,590 | 30.9 | −4.3 |
| | Liberal | Graham Oxley | 803 | 15.6 | +0.1 |
| | Communist | John Chapman | 164 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
| | Union Movement | John Wood | 89 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 915 | 17.7 | +3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,151 | 42.3 | −1.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.8 | |
Hillsborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | Claude Toplis | 2,224 | 35.7 | −23.1 |
| | Labour | William Meade | 2,141 | 34.4 | −6.7 |
| | Liberal | Alan Crapper | 1,854 | 29.8 | +29.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 83 | 1.3 | −16.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,219 | 45.3 | +6.9 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold | Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | -8.2 | |
Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Armitage | 2,670 | 87.6 | +10.1 |
| | Communist | John Hukin | 379 | 12.4 | +6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,291 | 75.1 | +13.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,049 | 19.2 | −10.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.0 | |
Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Reg Munn | 2,010 | 54.7 | −8.5 |
| | Labour | Peter Horton | 1,831 | | |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | D. Sheath | 950 | 25.8 | −10.9 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | Raymond Hadfield | 862 | | |
| | Liberal | I. Greenfield | 560 | 15.2 | +15.2 |
| | Liberal | A. Greenfield | 539 | | |
| | Union Movement | Charles Hyles | 153 | 4.2 | +4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,060 | 28.8 | +2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,673 | 32.7 | +0.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 | |
Nether Edge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | Dane Clissold | 2,352 | 49.0 | −10.0 |
| | Labour | Kenneth Brack | 1,232 | 25.7 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal | Dennis Boothroyd | 1,211 | 25.2 | +9.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,120 | 23.3 | −10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,795 | 38.4 | +3.4 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold | Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | -5.3 | |
Nether Shire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charles Simms | 2,323 | 53.9 | −12.9 |
| | Liberal | John Weightman | 931 | 21.6 | +21.6 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | Ida Crowther | 833 | 19.3 | −7.7 |
| | Communist | Howard Hill | 219 | 5.1 | −1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,392 | 32.3 | −7.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,306 | 31.9 | +5.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -17.2 | |
Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | Thornton Lambert | 5,147 | 56.4 | −1.1 |
| | Labour | Victor Francis | 2,673 | 29.3 | −4.8 |
| | Liberal | Ben Thorpe | 1,311 | 14.3 | +5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,474 | 27.1 | +3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,131 | 37.1 | −3.3 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold | Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +1.8 | |
Owlerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Yeardley | 1,860 | 48.8 | −8.3 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | Irvine Patnick | 985 | 25.8 | −7.7 |
| | Liberal | Fred Crookes | 648 | 17.0 | +17.0 |
| | Communist | David Jeffrey | 143 | 3.7 | +3.7 |
| | Municipal Reform | Harry Hoyle | 93 | 2.4 | −6.9 |
| | Union Movement | William Kimber | 80 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 875 | 23.0 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,809 | 32.6 | −2.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.2 | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joseph Ashton | 2,017 | 66.9 | −0.7 |
| | Labour | Norman Goodchild | 1,959 | | |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | S. Bell | 641 | 21.3 | −1.5 |
| | Communist | George Caborn | 356 | 11.8 | +2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,376 | 45.6 | +0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,014 | 27.6 | −0.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.4 | |
Sharrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Hill | 1,792 | 45.3 | −6.7 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | L. Nicholson | 1,545 | 39.1 | +3.3 |
| | Liberal | Gordon Wallace | 427 | 10.8 | +3.5 |
| | Union Movement | Barbara Wood | 190 | 4.8 | +4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 247 | 6.2 | −10.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,954 | 36.1 | −4.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.0 | |
Southey Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hector Bright | 3,132 | 75.9 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | Rhonda Beard | 698 | 16.9 | −2.7 |
| | Communist | Terence Devey | 296 | 7.2 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,434 | 59.0 | +5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,126 | 23.8 | −1.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 | |
Tinsley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ron Ironmonger | 2,250 | 79.4 | +5.3 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | Patricia Santhouse | 585 | 20.6 | −5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,665 | 58.8 | +10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,835 | 26.4 | −0.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.3 | |
Walkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Bennett | 2,047 | 58.4 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | Connie Dodson | 1,257 | 35.9 | −2.2 |
| | Union Movement | Francis Hamley | 199 | 5.7 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 790 | 22.5 | +3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,503 | 28.2 | −1.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.6 | |
Woodseats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | Walter Morrison | 3,199 | 53.6 | −7.0 |
| | Labour | Dora Fitter | 1,802 | 30.2 | +0.9 |
| | Liberal | Colin Wood | 968 | 16.2 | +6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,397 | 23.4 | −7.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,969 | 38.2 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold | Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | -3.9 | |