# 1999 Sheffield City Council election

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 6 May 1999 with one third of the council was up for election. Previous to this election, there had been a by-election in Park, resulting in a Liberal Democrat gain from Labour, effectively cancelling out the concurrent defection of sitting Stocksbridge councillor Alan Pears from the Lib Dems to Labour. The election saw the Liberal Democrats gain control of the council - the first time since its formation for it not to be controlled by Labour. The results themselves were more favourable to Labour than recent elections. However, they suffered double-digit losses, with the Liberal Democrats sustaining their recent election surges.

## Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1999 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 18 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 62.1 | 50.6 | 60,512 | +0.4 |
| Labour | 11 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 45,278 | +2.3 |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 11,045 | -2.5 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1,319 | -0.1 |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 597 | ±0.0 |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 287 | +0.1 |
| Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 204 | -0.2 |
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 114 | ±0.0 |
| Socialist Workers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 61 | +0.1 |
| Ind. Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 59 | -0.1 |
| Independent Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41 | 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 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 36 | 47 |
| | Labour | 50 | 39 |
| | Conservatives | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 87 | 87 | 87 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 13 | 7 |

## Ward results

Beauchief :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andy Sangar* | 3,806 | 66.2 | +0.8 |
| | Labour | Andy Hinman** | 1,435 | 25.0 | +2.1 |
| | Conservative | Frank Woodger | 505 | 8.8 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,371 | 41.2 | −1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,746 | 39.9 | +7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -1.3 | |
Andy Hinman was a sitting councillor for Nether Edge ward
Birley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Baker | 2,408 | 51.8 | +17.3 |
| | Labour | Elsie Smith* | 2,034 | 43.8 | −9.0 |
| | Conservative | Evelyn Millward | 204 | 4.4 | −8.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 374 | 8.0 | −10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,646 | 33.0 | +11.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +13.1 | |
Brightside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Webster* | 1,581 | 55.6 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeff Staniforth | 1,053 | 37.0 | +3.7 |
| | Conservative | Marjorie Kirby | 131 | 4.6 | −2.8 |
| | Socialist Labour | Robert Morris | 77 | 2.7 | −1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 528 | 18.6 | −3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,842 | 25.1 | +6.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.8 | |
Broomhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janice Sidebottom | 2,369 | 54.3 | +3.9 |
| | Labour | Barbara Belcher* | 1,360 | 31.2 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative | Graham King | 507 | 11.6 | −5.9 |
| | Green | Joseph Otten | 124 | 2.8 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,009 | 23.1 | +1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,360 | 30.0 | +4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +0.7 | |
Burngreave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Steve Jones* | 1,329 | 50.0 | +13.5 |
| | Independent Labour | James Jamison | 597 | 22.5 | −5.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Haq Nawaz | 396 | 14.9 | −3.2 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Bryan | 173 | 6.5 | −2.4 |
| | Green | Chris Sissons | 81 | 3.0 | −1.2 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Alison Brown | 80 | 3.0 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 732 | 27.5 | +9.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,656 | 30.0 | +9.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +9.7 | |
Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Pat Midgley* | 1,497 | 67.6 | +11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jim Morland | 467 | 21.1 | −2.1 |
| | Conservative | Michael Young | 112 | 5.0 | −2.8 |
| | Green | Graham Wroe | 74 | 3.3 | −2.7 |
| | Socialist Alternative | Rebecca Fryer | 65 | 2.9 | −3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,030 | 46.5 | +13.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,215 | 24.9 | +9.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.6 | |
Chapel Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Oxley | 3,269 | 63.4 | −1.8 |
| | Labour | Matthew Tracey | 1,646 | 31.9 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative | Paula Axelby | 243 | 4.7 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,623 | 31.5 | −3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,158 | 29.0 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -1.8 | |
Darnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terry McElligott | 2,049 | 49.3 | +10.8 |
| | Labour | Kashaf Walayat* | 1,895 | 45.5 | −8.5 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Pigott | 215 | 5.2 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 154 | 3.7 | −11.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,159 | 31.4 | +8.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +9.6 | |
Dore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Hill | 3,773 | 59.2 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative | John Berry | 1,754 | 27.5 | −3.9 |
| | Labour | Robert Earp | 848 | 13.3 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,019 | 31.7 | +4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,375 | 42.3 | +0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +2.0 | |
Ecclesall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Dunkley* | 3,962 | 59.7 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative | John Harthman | 1,674 | 25.2 | −2.8 |
| | Labour | Sandra Robinson | 1,004 | 15.1 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,288 | 34.4 | +2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,640 | 42.9 | +6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.5 | |
Firth Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ilyas Khan* | 1,686 | 56.9 | −6.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Heeley | 1,084 | 36.6 | +11.2 |
| | Conservative | Neville Paling | 194 | 6.5 | −4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 602 | 20.3 | −17.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,964 | 26.0 | +5.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -8.7 | |
Hallam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Hesketh* | 3,600 | 55.8 | −5.6 |
| | Conservative | Sidney Cordle | 1,909 | 29.6 | +3.9 |
| | Labour | Donald Henderson | 945 | 14.6 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,691 | 26.2 | −9.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,454 | 44.3 | +6.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -4.7 | |
Handsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Marjorie Barker* | 2,414 | 62.3 | +7.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Howard Middleton | 1,204 | 31.1 | −3.0 |
| | Conservative | Laurence Hayward | 257 | 6.6 | −4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,210 | 31.2 | +10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,875 | 27.8 | +6.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.3 | |
Heeley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tessa Hainey | 2,679 | 58.3 | +1.2 |
| | Labour | Andy Kershaw | 1,580 | 34.4 | −4.5 |
| | Conservative | Celia Dutton | 120 | 2.6 | −1.4 |
| | Green | Denise Craghill | 114 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
| | Socialist Labour | Tony Horsefield | 103 | 2.2 | +2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,099 | 23.9 | +5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,596 | 34.7 | +5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +2.8 | |
Hillsborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alison Macfarlane* | 2,805 | 60.7 | +2.0 |
| | Labour | Harry Harpham | 1,473 | 31.9 | −4.0 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Seaton | 233 | 5.0 | −0.4 |
| | Green | Chris Mahone | 110 | 2.4 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,332 | 28.8 | +6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,621 | 33.0 | +2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +3.0 | |
Intake :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frank Taylor | 2,377 | 52.0 | −3.2 |
| | Labour | Martin Lawton* | 1,957 | 42.8 | +5.4 |
| | Conservative | Eric Kirby | 234 | 5.1 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 420 | 9.2 | −8.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,568 | 32.1 | +7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -4.3 | |
Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gillian Furniss | 1,241 | 64.6 | +6.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Sheridan | 529 | 27.5 | −3.2 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Watson | 90 | 4.7 | −2.2 |
| | Socialist Alternative | Alistair Tice | 61 | 3.2 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 712 | 37.0 | +10.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,921 | 23.5 | +5.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.0 | |
Mosborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Chris Rosling-Joseph* | 2,947 | 50.9 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Fox** | 2,179 | 37.6 | +8.1 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Clayton | 604 | 10.4 | −6.1 |
| | Ind. Conservative | Colin Taylor | 59 | 1.0 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 768 | 13.3 | −9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,789 | 22.8 | +5.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.5 | |
Peter Fox was a sitting councillor for Dore ward
Nether Edge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pat White | 2,661 | 54.2 | +1.8 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Khan | 1,755 | 35.8 | +1.2 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Cherry | 236 | 4.8 | −2.1 |
| | Green | Mervyn Smith | 252 | 5.1 | −1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 906 | 18.5 | +0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,904 | 38.0 | +6.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +0.3 | |
Nether Shire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bill Eddison* | 1,707 | 58.9 | +5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Tomlinson | 1,031 | 35.6 | −4.1 |
| | Conservative | Phillip Kirby | 123 | 4.2 | −2.7 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Shirley Frost | 34 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 676 | 23.3 | +9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,895 | 25.2 | +5.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.8 | |
Netherthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Dixon | 1,719 | 51.0 | −7.1 |
| | Labour | Tony Arber* | 1,322 | 39.2 | +6.5 |
| | Green | Barry New | 176 | 5.2 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative | Ian Ramsey | 91 | 2.7 | +0.4 |
| | Socialist Workers | Phil Turner | 61 | 1.8 | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 397 | 11.8 | −13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,369 | 29.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -6.8 | |
Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Auckland | 2,280 | 57.0 | +0.8 |
| | Labour | Frank White* | 1,483 | 37.1 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative | Peter Smith | 236 | 5.9 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 797 | 19.9 | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,999 | 35.2 | +3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +0.3 | |
Owlerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mark Wilde | 1,669 | 49.4 | +2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wayne Morton | 1,480 | 43.8 | −2.5 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Mahoney | 121 | 3.6 | −3.0 |
| | Socialist Labour | Brian Fisher | 107 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 189 | 5.6 | +4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,377 | 30.5 | +10.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dave Willis | 1,391 | 51.4 | +22.7 |
| | Labour | Viv Nicholson* | 1,165 | 43.1 | −7.8 |
| | Socialist Alternative | Ken Douglas | 78 | 2.9 | −11.0 |
| | Conservative | Simon Shepherd | 48 | 1.8 | −4.7 |
| | Green | Peter Hartley | 23 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 226 | 8.3 | −13.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,705 | 27.4 | +13.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +15.2 | |
Sharrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohammed Nazir* | 1,650 | 59.7 | +6.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lai Wah Wong | 750 | 27.1 | −2.9 |
| | Conservative | Joan Graham | 186 | 6.7 | −3.1 |
| | Green | Martin D'Agorne | 137 | 4.9 | −2.2 |
| | Independent Green | Michael Jennings | 41 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 900 | 32.5 | +9.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,764 | 22.8 | +6.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.8 | |
South Wortley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Bagshaw* | 3,888 | 64.6 | +1.8 |
| | Labour | Steve Caban | 1,626 | 27.0 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Paul Clewes | 504 | 8.4 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,262 | 37.6 | +0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,018 | 33.0 | +5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +0.2 | |
Southey Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tony Damms* | 1,784 | 70.1 | +8.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fern Newman | 677 | 26.6 | −8.2 |
| | Conservative | George Kirtley | 83 | 3.2 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,107 | 43.5 | +16.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,544 | 25.7 | +6.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.4 | |
Stocksbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Davis | 2,182 | 75.6 | +11.1 |
| | Labour | Alan Pears* | 582 | 20.2 | −9.4 |
| | Conservative | Morris Upton | 122 | 4.2 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,600 | 55.4 | +20.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,886 | 27.3 | +2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +10.2 | |
Alan Pears was previously elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor
Walkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Harston | 2,444 | 54.6 | −4.3 |
| | Labour | Terry Barrow* | 1,663 | 37.2 | +3.6 |
| | Green | Nicola Freeman | 228 | 5.1 | +0.4 |
| | Conservative | Gordan Millward | 136 | 3.0 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 781 | 17.5 | −7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,471 | 32.5 | +2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -3.9 | |

## By-elections between 1999 and 2000

Chapel Green by-election, 7 July 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Fox | 1,711 | 53.2 | −10.2 |
| | Labour | | 1,368 | 42.5 | +10.6 |
| | Conservative | | 138 | 4.3 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 343 | 10.7 | −20.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,217 | 18.1 | −10.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -10.4 | |