# 1992 Sheffield City Council election

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 7 May 1992. One third of the council was up for election.

## Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1992 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 21 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 67.7 | 38.2 | 45,091 | -11.4 |
| Conservative | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16.1 | 32.4 | 38,229 | +8.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 16.1 | 27.7 | 32,623 | +3.0 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1,785 | +0.1 |
| Safer Cycling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 150 | N/A |
| Wealth Redistribution | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 65 | ±0.0 |
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 | 70 | 67 |
| | Conservatives | 11 | 11 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 6 | 9 |
| Total | Total | 87 | 87 | 87 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 53 | 47 |

## Ward results

Beauchief :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Hughes | 3,884 | 56.8 | −3.0 |
| | Conservative | Francis Woodger | 1,785 | 26.1 | +3.3 |
| | Labour | David Lawton | 1,164 | 17.0 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,099 | 30.7 | −6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,833 | 45.8 | −6.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | -3.1 | |
Birley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Val Shepherd* | 1,990 | 48.1 | −13.0 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Pigott | 1,447 | 34.9 | +13.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Audrey Ashworth | 701 | 16.9 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 543 | 13.2 | −26.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,138 | 26.5 | −8.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -13.1 | |
Brightside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Price* | 1,384 | 55.2 | −13.9 |
| | Conservative | Marjorie Kirby | 711 | 28.4 | +12.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Davis | 411 | 16.4 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 673 | 26.8 | −26.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,506 | 19.2 | −8.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -13.2 | |
Broomhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Levick | 2,025 | 42.7 | +3.7 |
| | Labour | Robert Quick | 1,563 | 33.0 | −0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allan Wisbey | 808 | 17.0 | −1.9 |
| | Green | Michael Baker | 339 | 7.1 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 462 | 9.7 | +4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,735 | 30.5 | −3.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +2.0 | |
Burngreave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Phyllis Smith* | 1,501 | 60.2 | −5.4 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Cook | 544 | 21.8 | +6.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Katherine Milsom | 447 | 17.9 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 957 | 38.4 | −12.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,492 | 20.6 | −8.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -6.0 | |
Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Thomas Bower* | 1,392 | 63.5 | −11.9 |
| | Conservative | Anne Smith | 460 | 21.0 | +8.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Melvin Lockey | 340 | 15.5 | +3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 938 | 42.5 | −20.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,192 | 19.2 | −10.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -10.1 | |
Chapel Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Chadwick | 3,704 | 60.9 | +5.2 |
| | Labour | Eldon Hanson | 1,617 | 26.6 | −10.5 |
| | Conservative | Michael Boot | 763 | 12.5 | +5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,087 | 34.3 | +15.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,084 | 33.1 | −7.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +7.8 | |
Darnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sandra Robinson* | 1,683 | 51.4 | −5.8 |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Kennedy | 968 | 29.6 | +12.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Motahir Ali | 383 | 11.7 | −1.9 |
| | Green | Christine Ferguson | 239 | 7.3 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 715 | 21.8 | −18.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,273 | 22.1 | −8.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -9.1 | |
Dore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Heslop* | 4,106 | 64.8 | +12.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Richmond | 1,134 | 17.9 | −3.1 |
| | Labour | Michael King | 1,098 | 17.3 | −9.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,972 | 46.9 | +20.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,338 | 38.9 | −5.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +7.7 | |
Ecclesall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bobbie Fleming* | 3,675 | 59.9 | +14.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Ross | 1,341 | 21.8 | −1.4 |
| | Labour | Timothy Plant | 969 | 15.8 | −5.5 |
| | Safer Cycling | Simon Gershon | 150 | 2.4 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,334 | 38.1 | +15.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,135 | 38.8 | −6.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +7.9 | |
Firth Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Marilyn Mitchell | 1,944 | 63.2 | −7.7 |
| | Conservative | Raymond Howard | 833 | 27.1 | +15.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ali Qadar | 296 | 9.6 | −7.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,111 | 36.1 | −17.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,073 | 22.4 | −10.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -11.4 | |
Hallam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Jackson* | 3,529 | 56.3 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Pratt | 3,389 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Knight | 1,581 | 25.2 | +3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Davison | 1,376 | | |
| | Labour | Mary Balbi | 918 | 14.6 | −6.5 |
| | Labour | Richard Roper | 794 | | |
| | Green | Peter Scott | 242 | 3.8 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,808 | 31.1 | +0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,270 | 39.7 | −9.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +0.2 | |
Handsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dennis Metcalfe | 1,809 | 50.2 | −10.8 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Clayton | 1,083 | 30.0 | +12.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anita Morris | 712 | 19.7 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 726 | 20.2 | −19.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,604 | 24.7 | −9.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -11.6 | |
Heeley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Hayes | 1,876 | 45.4 | −13.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Ayris | 1,349 | 32.7 | +11.2 |
| | Conservative | Maureen Neill | 904 | 21.9 | +2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 527 | 12.7 | −24.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,129 | 27.8 | −6.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -12.3 | |
Hillsborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kali Mountford | 1,718 | 35.5 | −14.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Tosseano | 1,504 | 31.0 | +9.8 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Seaton | 1,436 | 29.6 | +6.0 |
| | Green | Peter Wood | 185 | 3.8 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 214 | 4.5 | −21.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,843 | 31.9 | −4.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -11.9 | |
Intake :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Janet Wilson | 1,711 | 43.0 | −13.4 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Fitzpatrick | 1,567 | 39.3 | +14.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Alston | 704 | 17.7 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 144 | 3.7 | −28.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,982 | 25.5 | −6.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -14.0 | |
Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kenneth Curran | 1,239 | 61.5 | −12.0 |
| | Labour | William Jordan* | 1,238 | | |
| | Conservative | Albert Marsden | 446 | 22.1 | +9.4 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Watson | 386 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Bridge | 328 | 16.3 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Davis | 301 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 792 | 39.4 | −20.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,013 | 21.2 | −11.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -10.7 | |
Mosborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dorothy Walton* | 2,614 | 45.7 | −11.0 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Pigott | 2,255 | 39.4 | +12.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Louise Truman | 851 | 14.9 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 614 | 6.3 | −23.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,720 | 23.1 | −7.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -11.9 | |
Nether Edge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gregory Connor | 2,532 | 48.9 | +15.2 |
| | Labour | Janet Fiore* | 1,568 | 30.3 | −10.9 |
| | Conservative | Qari Siddique | 882 | 17.0 | −8.1 |
| | Green | Nicola Watson | 194 | 3.7 | +3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 964 | 18.6 | +11.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,176 | 35.5 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +13.0 | |
Nether Shire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jane Bird | 1,510 | 51.9 | −17.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Doreen Huddart | 734 | 25.2 | +8.3 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Cherry | 665 | 22.8 | +9.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 776 | 26.7 | −25.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,909 | 22.9 | −8.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -12.9 | |
Netherthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anne Phelps | 1,457 | 50.4 | −9.9 |
| | Conservative | David Knight | 640 | 22.1 | +7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew McKerrow | 486 | 16.8 | +2.2 |
| | Green | Barry New | 308 | 10.6 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 817 | 28.3 | −17.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,891 | 21.3 | −6.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -8.8 | |
Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Edward Lamb** | 1,777 | 40.6 | −14.9 |
| | Conservative | Nicola Wilde | 1,433 | 32.8 | +9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Tutt | 1,161 | 26.5 | +5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 344 | 7.8 | −24.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,371 | 34.0 | −6.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -12.1 | |
Edward Lamb was a sitting councillor for Heeley ward
Owlerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Jones | 1,501 | 53.7 | −13.4 |
| | Conservative | Philip Kirby | 791 | 28.3 | +12.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Taylor | 435 | 15.6 | −1.6 |
| | Green | Paul Mitchell | 65 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 710 | 25.4 | −24.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,792 | 21.9 | −9.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -13.0 | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alice Sargent* | 1,369 | 61.1 | −13.8 |
| | Conservative | Mary Hyatt | 544 | 24.3 | +13.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Hughes | 328 | 14.6 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 825 | 36.8 | −24.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,241 | 16.7 | −9.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -13.5 | |
Sharrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Pye* | 1,363 | 55.3 | −7.6 |
| | Conservative | Paul Makin | 542 | 22.0 | +5.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew White | 493 | 20.0 | +3.0 |
| | Wealth Redistribution | Simon Rawlins | 65 | 2.6 | -0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 821 | 33.3 | −12.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,463 | 22.0 | −5.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -6.4 | |
South Wortley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arthur Dunworth | 3,376 | 51.5 | +8.1 |
| | Conservative | Lynn Wilson | 1,646 | 25.1 | +4.8 |
| | Labour | Mark Denton | 1,528 | 23.3 | −13.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,730 | 26.4 | +19.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,550 | 34.9 | −6.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.6 | |
Southey Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Butler** | 1,696 | 67.3 | −10.9 |
| | Conservative | Michael Young | 486 | 19.3 | +10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Francis Pierce | 339 | 13.4 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,210 | 48.0 | −17.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,521 | 21.0 | −10.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -10.5 | |
John Butler was a sitting councillor for Norton ward
Stocksbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maureen Brelsford | 1,309 | 39.3 | +2.6 |
| | Labour | Alan Law* | 1,227 | 36.8 | −11.0 |
| | Conservative | Anne Smith | 795 | 23.8 | +8.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 82 | 2.5 | −8.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,331 | 30.6 | −3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +6.8 | |
Walkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jean Cromar* | 1,905 | 43.9 | −12.0 |
| | Conservative | Veronica Hague | 1,268 | 29.2 | +11.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Blythe | 952 | 21.9 | +3.1 |
| | Green | Janette Moon | 213 | 4.9 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 637 | 14.7 | −22.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,338 | 29.2 | −5.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -11.6 | |

## By-elections between 1992 and 1994

Brightside By-Election 8 October 1992 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gail Smith | 1,330 | 50.6 | +34.2 |
| | Labour | Alan Law | 924 | 35.2 | −20.0 |
| | Conservative | Marjorie Kirby | 374 | 14.2 | −14.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 406 | 15.4 | −11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,628 | 20.1 | +0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +27.1 | |
Dore By-Election 8 October 1992 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Harthman | 2,165 | 52.6 | −12.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Ross | 1,462 | 35.5 | +17.6 |
| | Labour | Mike King | 486 | 11.8 | −5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 703 | 17.1 | −29.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,113 | 25.2 | −13.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -14.9 | |
Walkley By-Election 26 November 1992 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diane Leek | 1,529 | 42.0 | +20.1 |
| | Labour | Jim Bamford | 1,345 | 37.0 | −6.9 |
| | Conservative | Veronica Hague | 594 | 16.3 | −12.9 |
| | Green | Nicola Watson | 170 | 4.7 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 184 | 5.1 | −9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,638 | 24.5 | −4.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +13.5 | |
Walkley By-Election 14 January 1993 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diane Leek | 2,526 | 58.5 | +16.5 |
| | Labour | Jim Bamford | 1,434 | 33.2 | −3.8 |
| | Conservative | Veronica Hague | 262 | 6.1 | −10.2 |
| | Green | Nicola Watson | 170 | 1.9 | −2.8 |
| | Revolutionary Communist | Colin O'Malley | 18 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,092 | 25.3 | +20.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,321 | 29.1 | +4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +10.1 | |