# 1994 Sheffield City Council election

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 5 May 1994. One third of the council was up for election. Since the previous election, three by-elections had taken place, resulting in two Lib Dem gains from Labour in Brightside and Walkley and a successful hold of a Dore seat by the Conservatives. This, along with a defection from Burngreave councillor James Jamison, left Labour down three, the Liberal Democrats up two and the Conservatives unchanged going into this election.

## Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1994 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 12 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 37.5 | 42.1 | 64,208 | +14.4 |
| Labour | 20 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 62.5 | 41.2 | 62,741 | +3.0 |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0.0 | 13.3 | 20,291 | -19.1 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1,903 | -0.3 |
| Save Our Park and Services | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1,613 | N/A |
| Militant Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 682 | +0.3 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 505 | N/A |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 385 | N/A |
| Communist League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35 | 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 | 64 | 56 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 11 | 22 |
| | Conservatives | 11 | 8 |
| | Independent Labour | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 87 | 87 | 87 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 41 | 25 |

## Ward results

Beauchief :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Moore* | 4,652 | 64.5 | +7.7 |
| | Labour | Barry Birks | 1,577 | 21.9 | +4.9 |
| | Conservative | Michael Young | 859 | 11.9 | −14.2 |
| | Save Our Park and Services | Violet Needham | 120 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,075 | 42.6 | +11.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,208 | 49.3 | +3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.4 | |
Birley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Donald Gow* | 3,039 | 55.1 | +7.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Louise Truman | 1,724 | 31.3 | +14.4 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Pigott | 749 | 13.6 | −21.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,315 | 23.8 | +10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,512 | 36.1 | +9.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.7 | |
Brightside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alfred Meade** | 2,076 | 47.6 | −7.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joyce Brodie | 1,986 | 45.5 | +29.1 |
| | Conservative | Michael Quirke | 210 | 4.8 | −23.6 |
| | Save Our Park and Services | Alan Shipley | 90 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 90 | 2.1 | −24.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,362 | 33.7 | +14.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -18.3 | |
Alfred Meade was a sitting councillor for Stocksbridge ward
Broomhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Richard Eastall* | 2,179 | 38.4 | +5.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leonard Hesketh | 1,809 | 31.9 | +14.9 |
| | Conservative | Charles Wallis | 1,372 | 24.2 | −18.5 |
| | Green | Joseph Otten | 191 | 3.4 | −3.7 |
| | Save Our Park and Services | Lorette Bilby | 120 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 370 | 6.5 | −3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,671 | 34.6 | +4.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.7 | |
Burngreave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Watson* | 1,986 | 61.1 | +0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Katherine Milson | 630 | 19.4 | +1.5 |
| | Independent | Donald Sparkes | 345 | 10.6 | +10.6 |
| | Conservative | David Knight | 251 | 7.7 | −14.1 |
| | Communist League | Antony Hunt | 35 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,356 | 41.7 | +3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,247 | 27.9 | +7.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.3 | |
Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Horton* | 1,963 | 67.0 | +3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew McKerrow | 567 | 19.3 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative | Anne Smith | 270 | 9.2 | −11.8 |
| | Green | Graham Wroe | 130 | 4.4 | +4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,396 | 47.7 | +5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,930 | 25.4 | +6.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.1 | |
Chapel Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Francis Butler | 4,529 | 61.1 | +0.2 |
| | Labour | Laurence Kingham* | 2,489 | 33.6 | +7.0 |
| | Conservative | Michael Boot | 393 | 5.3 | −7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,040 | 27.5 | −6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,411 | 40.4 | +7.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -3.4 | |
Darnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Choudry Walayat* | 2,110 | 47.1 | −4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Theresa Hainey | 1,448 | 32.3 | +20.6 |
| | Conservative | Laurence Hayward | 571 | 12.7 | −16.9 |
| | Green | Gordon Ferguson | 348 | 7.8 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 662 | 14.8 | −7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,477 | 30.3 | +8.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -12.4 | |
Dore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Ross | 3,292 | 45.1 | +27.2 |
| | Conservative | John Harthman* | 2,627 | 36.0 | −28.8 |
| | Labour | Michael King | 1,248 | 17.1 | −0.2 |
| | Save Our Park and Services | Joyce Baptie | 124 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 665 | 9.1 | −37.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,291 | 45.3 | +6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +28.0 | |
Ecclesall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Davison | 3,022 | 42.2 | +20.4 |
| | Conservative | Stuart Dawson* | 2,433 | 33.9 | −26.0 |
| | Labour | Lawrence Samuels | 1,334 | 18.6 | +2.8 |
| | Save Our Park and Services | Philip Eastwood | 375 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 589 | 8.3 | −29.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,164 | 45.5 | +6.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +23.2 | |
Firth Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joan Barton* | 2,726 | 65.4 | +2.2 |
| | Labour | Alan Law | 2,300 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Cutts | 1,090 | 26.1 | +16.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ruth Dawson | 898 | | |
| | Conservative | Steven Clark | 354 | 8.5 | −18.6 |
| | Conservative | Fiona Leach | 243 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,210 | 39.3 | +3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,170 | 28.6 | +6.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -7.1 | |
Hallam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Duncan Kime | 3,729 | 50.4 | +25.2 |
| | Conservative | Graham Lawson* | 2,350 | 31.7 | −24.6 |
| | Labour | William Barnard | 1,159 | 15.6 | +1.0 |
| | Green | Peter Scott | 162 | 2.2 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,379 | 18.7 | −12.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,400 | 50.0 | +10.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +24.9 | |
Handsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Raymond Satur | 2,553 | 50.0 | −0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Ogden | 2,050 | 40.1 | +20.4 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Clayton | 501 | 9.8 | −20.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 503 | 9.9 | −10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,104 | 35.6 | +10.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -10.3 | |
Heeley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Ayris | 3,282 | 52.5 | +19.8 |
| | Labour | Roy Darke* | 2,534 | 40.5 | −4.9 |
| | Conservative | Francis Woodger | 297 | 4.7 | −17.2 |
| | Save Our Park and Services | Hilary Pickin | 136 | 2.2 | +2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 748 | 12.5 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,249 | 43.3 | +15.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +12.3 | |
Hillsborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Tosseano | 3,179 | 50.8 | +19.8 |
| | Labour | Audrey Hilbert | 2,300 | 36.7 | +1.2 |
| | Conservative | Michael Hayman | 659 | 10.5 | −19.1 |
| | Save Our Park and Services | Avril Critchley | 122 | 1.9 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 879 | 14.1 | +9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,260 | 41.8 | +9.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +9.3 | |
Intake :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Freda White | 2,449 | 45.4 | +2.4 |
| | Labour | David Lawton | 2,428 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Tutt | 2,177 | 40.4 | +22.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Watson | 2,039 | | |
| | Conservative | Michael Pinder | 595 | 11.0 | −28.3 |
| | Conservative | Jack Thompson | 523 | | |
| | Save Our Park and Services | Margaret Stuart | 171 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 272 | 5.0 | +1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,392 | 33.8 | +8.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -10.1 | |
Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Janet Fiore | 1,880 | 66.7 | +5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Denton | 709 | 25.2 | +8.9 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Watson | 227 | 8.0 | −14.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,171 | 41.5 | +2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,816 | 30.4 | +9.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.8 | |
Mosborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ian Saunders* | 4,144 | 52.3 | +6.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Hatcher | 2,670 | 33.7 | +18.8 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Pigott | 1,102 | 13.9 | −25.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,474 | 18.6 | +12.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,916 | 31.5 | +8.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -6.1 | |
Nether Edge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Doreen Huddard | 2,989 | 50.0 | +1.1 |
| | Labour | Qurban Hussain* | 2,090 | 35.0 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | Marjorie Kirby | 567 | 9.5 | −7.5 |
| | Green | R. Southworth | 229 | 3.8 | +0.1 |
| | Save Our Park and Services | A. Dronfield | 99 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 899 | 15.1 | −3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,974 | 41.3 | +5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -1.8 | |
Nether Shire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Doreen Newton | 2,238 | 56.0 | +4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wayne Morton | 1,434 | 35.9 | +10.7 |
| | Conservative | E. Platts | 328 | 8.2 | −14.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 804 | 20.1 | −6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,000 | 31.7 | +8.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.3 | |
Netherthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Bower* | 1,849 | 38.2 | −12.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Anginotti | 1,624 | 33.5 | +16.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Howard Middleton | 1,561 | | |
| | Labour | Michael Smith | 1,455 | | |
| | Green | Barry New | 477 | 9.9 | −0.7 |
| | Independent Labour | P. Wallace | 385 | 8.0 | +8.0 |
| | Conservative | Maureen Neill | 265 | 5.5 | −16.6 |
| | Save Our Park and Services | J. Green | 156 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
| | Independent Labour | P. Hughes | 139 | | |
| | Independent | R. Clare | 86 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 225 | 4.7 | −23.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,842 | 31.8 | +10.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +14.4 | |
Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Moore* | 2,333 | 46.6 | +6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | B. Noonan | 1,954 | 39.0 | +12.5 |
| | Conservative | Michael Ginn | 723 | 14.4 | −18.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 379 | 7.6 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,010 | 40.2 | +6.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.2 | |
Owlerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Mathews* | 2,166 | 58.8 | +5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | M. Sloane | 1,031 | 28.0 | +12.4 |
| | Conservative | Clive Dearden | 344 | 9.3 | −19.0 |
| | Green | Paul Mitchell | 141 | 3.8 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,135 | 30.8 | +5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,682 | 29.4 | +7.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.6 | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Doris Mulhearn* | 1,655 | 50.0 | −11.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Hughes | 706 | 21.3 | +6.7 |
| | Militant Labour | Kenneth Douglas | 682 | 20.6 | +20.6 |
| | Conservative | Paul Anderton | 265 | 8.0 | −16.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 949 | 28.7 | −8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,308 | 26.2 | +9.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -8.9 | |
Sharrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | C. McDonald | 2,103 | 55.1 | −0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew White | 1,289 | 33.8 | +13.8 |
| | Conservative | Anne Smith | 252 | 6.6 | −15.4 |
| | Save Our Park and Services | W. Pickin | 100 | 2.6 | +2.6 |
| | Independent | Simon Rawlins | 74 | 1.9 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 814 | 21.3 | −12.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,818 | 31.4 | +9.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -7.0 | |
South Wortley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victoria Bowden | 4,645 | 59.8 | +8.3 |
| | Labour | John Webster* | 2,343 | 30.2 | +6.9 |
| | Conservative | Lynn Wilson | 783 | 10.1 | −15.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,302 | 29.6 | +3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,771 | 42.3 | +7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +0.7 | |
Southey Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Patricia Nelson* | 2,182 | 67.4 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alison MacFarlane | 777 | 24.0 | +10.6 |
| | Conservative | David Marriott | 278 | 8.6 | −10.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,405 | 43.4 | −4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,237 | 27.7 | +6.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.2 | |
Stocksbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Chadwick | 2,283 | 55.0 | +15.7 |
| | Labour | Sylvia Parry | 1,517 | 36.5 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative | I. Marshall | 354 | 8.5 | −15.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 766 | 18.4 | +15.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,154 | 39.3 | +8.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +8.0 | |
Walkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Milton | 2,931 | 49.0 | +27.1 |
| | Labour | James Bamford | 2,519 | 42.1 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative | Veronica Hague | 312 | 5.2 | −24.0 |
| | Green | Nicola Watson | 225 | 3.8 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 412 | 6.9 | −7.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,987 | 41.0 | +11.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +14.4 | |