# 2008 Sheffield City Council election

Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 1 May 2008. There were 30 seats up for election - one of the three councillors from each ward, plus two seats from Labour councillors who had stepped down. Liberal Democrats made several gains, regaining control of the council for the first time since losing it in 2002. The overall turnout for this election was 36.8%.

## Councillors before and after the election

| Ward | Incumbent Elected | Incumbent | Elected |
| Arbourthorne | 2004 | Julie Dore | Julie Dore |
| Beauchief & Greenhill | 2004 | Anthony Holmes | Louise McCann |
| Beighton | 2004 | Ian Saunders | Ian Saunders |
| Birley | 2004 | Bryan Lodge | Bryan Lodge |
| Broomhill | 2004 | Paul Scriven | Paul Scriven |
| Burngreave | 2004 | Jackie Drayton | Jackie Drayton |
| Central | 2004 | Jean Cromar | Robert Murphy |
| Crookes | 2004 | Brian Holmes | Brian Holmes |
| Darnall | 2004 | Mary Lea | Mary Lea |
| Dore and Totley | 2004 | Anne Smith | Colin Ross |
| East Ecclesfield | 2004 | Patricia Fox | Patricia Fox |
| Ecclesall | 2004 | Sylvia Dunkley | Sylvia Dunkley |
| Firth Park | 2004 | Joan Barton | Joan Barton |
| Fulwood | 2004 | John Knight | John Knight |
| Gleadless Valley | 2004 | Terry Fox | Frank Taylor |
| Graves Park | 2004 | Peter Moore | Peter Moore |
| Hillsborough | 2004 | Robert MacDonald | Joe Taylor |
| Manor Castle | 2004 | Pat Midgley | Pat Midgley |
| Mosborough (1) | 2004 | Mike Peat | Gail Smith |
| Mosborough (2) | 2006 | Sam Wall | Chris Tutt |
| Nether Edge | 2004 | Ali Qadar | Ali Qadar |
| Richmond (1) | 2004 | Martin Lawton | Martin Lawton |
| Richmond (2) | 2006 | Liz Naylor | Lynn Rooney |
| Shiregreen and Brightside | 2004 | Jane Bird | Jane Bird |
| Southey | 2004 | Tony Damms | Tony Damms |
| Stannington | 2004 | Arthur Dunworth | Arthur Dunworth |
| Stocksbridge and Upper Don | 2004 | Martin Davis | Jack Clarkson |
| Walkley | 2004 | Diane Leek | Diane Leek |
| West Ecclesfield | 2004 | Kathleen Chadwick | Kathleen Chadwick |
| Woodhouse | 2004 | Marjorie Barker | Marjorie Barker |

## Election result

Sheffield City Council Election Result 2008 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 17 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 56.7 | 36.9 | 50,282 | +3.0 |
| Labour | 12 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 40.0 | 30.0 | 40,939 | -4.8 |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.0 | 16.0 | 21,857 | +1.5 |
| Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3.3 | 9.1 | 12,446 | -0.5 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 5,489 | +0.7 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2,114 | -0.2 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1,799 | N/A |
| Left List | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1,089 | N/A |
| Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 271 | +0.1 |
The Liberal Democrats gained five seats from their position following the 2004 election, but also regained a seat lost to an Independent via defection in Stocksbridge & Upper Don.
| Party | Party | Previous council | New council |
| | Liberal Democrats | 39 | 45 |
| | Labour | 41 | 36 |
| | Green | 2 | 3 |
| | Conservatives | 1 | 0 |
| | Independent Liberal Democrat | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 84 | 84 | 84 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 0 | 6 |

## Ward results
### Arbourthorne

Arbourthorne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Julie Dore* | 1,606 | 41.5 | −14.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Cowbury | 1,094 | 28.3 | +6.2 |
| | Conservative | Peter Smith | 727 | 18.8 | +4.8 |
| | Green | Jennyfer Barnard | 445 | 11.5 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 512 | 13.2 | −20.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,872 | 32.0 | +2.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Beauchief & Greenhill

Beauchief & Greenhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Louise McCann | 2,096 | 39.6 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | Neil Cleeveley | 1,451 | 27.4 | −4.2 |
| | Conservative | Michelle Grant | 941 | 17.8 | +2.8 |
| | BNP | John Beatson | 525 | 9.9 | +0.5 |
| | Green | David Hayes | 275 | 5.2 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 645 | 12.2 | +5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,288 | 39.0 | −0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Beighton

Beighton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ian Saunders* | 1,730 | 42.9 | −5.6 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Clayton | 1,234 | 30.6 | +5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tracey Williams | 746 | 18.5 | +1.8 |
| | Green | Andrew Brandram | 318 | 7.9 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 496 | 12.3 | −10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,028 | 31.0 | −0.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Birley

Birley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bryan Lodge* | 2,095 | 48.1 | −5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ben Curran | 952 | 21.8 | +5.5 |
| | Conservative | Gordon Millward | 872 | 20.0 | +4.8 |
| | Green | Francis Plunkett | 438 | 10.1 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,143 | 26.2 | −11.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,357 | 34.4 | +0.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Broomhill

Broomhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Scriven* | 1,329 | 46.7 | +1.3 |
| | Green | Rob Cole | 756 | 26.6 | −0.6 |
| | Labour | Zoe Sykes | 401 | 14.1 | −2.7 |
| | Conservative | Michael Ginn | 359 | 12.6 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 573 | 20.1 | +1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,845 | 24.5 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Burngreave

Burngreave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jackie Drayton* | 2,369 | 50.5 | −1.1 |
| | Left List | Maxine Bowler | 1,089 | 23.2 | −0.8 |
| | Green | Christopher Sissons | 638 | 13.6 | +5.4 |
| | Conservative | Rashid Zaman | 593 | 12.6 | +3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,280 | 27.3 | −0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,689 | 32.0 | −4.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Central

Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Rob Murphy | 1,611 | 40.2 | +4.6 |
| | Labour | Mohammad Maroof | 1,563 | 39.0 | +8.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Azim | 522 | 13.0 | −9.8 |
| | Conservative | June Ledbury | 311 | 7.8 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 48 | 1.2 | −3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,007 | 31.0 | ±0.0 |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Crookes

Crookes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Holmes* | 2,690 | 52.9 | −0.9 |
| | Conservative | Robert Sheridan | 1,045 | 20.6 | +3.3 |
| | Green | Julian Briggs | 698 | 13.7 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | Qurban Hussain | 651 | 12.8 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,645 | 32.4 | −4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,084 | 38.0 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Darnall

Darnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mary Lea* | 2,039 | 44.3 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Misbah Chowdhury | 1,484 | 32.2 | +21.0 |
| | Conservative | Anne Corke | 439 | 9.5 | +0.9 |
| | UKIP | Charlotte Arnott | 414 | 9.0 | +1.2 |
| | Green | Julie White | 228 | 5.0 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 555 | 12.1 | −11.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,604 | 34.0 | −0.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Dore & Totley

Dore & Totley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Ross | 3,606 | 48.6 | −3.6 |
| | Conservative | Anne Smith* | 3,231 | 43.6 | +8.1 |
| | Labour | Javed Khan | 275 | 3.7 | −2.3 |
| | Green | Rita Wilcock | 183 | 2.5 | −1.5 |
| | UKIP | James Laurie | 124 | 1.7 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 375 | 5.1 | −11.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,419 | 56.1 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### East Ecclesfield

East Ecclesfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Fox* | 2,314 | 43.0 | +5.9 |
| | Labour | Angela Weatherall | 1,622 | 30.2 | −5.2 |
| | BNP | Shirley Collins | 677 | 12.6 | −0.5 |
| | Conservative | Paula Mayfield | 582 | 10.8 | +1.6 |
| | Green | Lamia Safir | 181 | 3.4 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 692 | 12.9 | +11.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,376 | 38.4 | +8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Ecclesall

Ecclesall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Dunkley* | 3,893 | 58.2 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | Michael Young | 1,630 | 24.4 | −1.2 |
| | Green | Jason Leman | 615 | 9.2 | −1.8 |
| | Labour | Jack Scott | 547 | 8.1 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,263 | 33.9 | +6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,685 | 47.0 | +1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Firth Park

Firth Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joan Barton* | 1,813 | 47.5 | −6.0 |
| | BNP | Michael Smith | 742 | 19.5 | +2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Morris | 547 | 14.3 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | Paul Rymill | 377 | 9.9 | −0.4 |
| | Green | Jonathan Cook | 257 | 6.7 | −0.6 |
| | Independent | Maria-Barbara Noack | 78 | 2.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 971 | 25.5 | −10.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,814 | 30.0 | ±0.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Fulwood

Fulwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Knight* | 2,893 | 54.9 | −1.2 |
| | Conservative | Alan Ryder | 1,434 | 27.2 | −0.3 |
| | Labour | Isobel Bowler | 432 | 8.2 | +0.9 |
| | Green | Stephen Hitchens | 374 | 7.1 | −0.1 |
| | UKIP | Patricia Sullivan | 139 | 2.6 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,459 | 27.7 | −0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,272 | 44.0 | −2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Gleadless Valley

Gleadless Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frank Taylor | 2,183 | 42.1 | +3.1 |
| | Labour | Terence Fox* | 1,821 | 35.1 | −3.0 |
| | Green | Gareth Roberts | 781 | 15.1 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Grant | 400 | 7.7 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 362 | 7.0 | +6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,185 | 39.0 | −0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Graves Park

Graves Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Moore* | 2,519 | 47.1 | +3.4 |
| | Labour | Robert Pemberton | 1,105 | 20.7 | −5.4 |
| | Conservative | Trevor Grant | 885 | 16.5 | +1.7 |
| | Green | Richard Roper | 345 | 6.5 | −1.5 |
| | Socialist Alternative | Alan Munro | 271 | 5.1 | +1.4 |
| | UKIP | Pauline Arnott | 226 | 4.2 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,417 | 26.5 | +8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,348 | 41.0 | +0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Hillsborough

Hillsborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joe Taylor | 2,739 | 49.9 | +5.5 |
| | Labour | Robert Macdonald* | 1,620 | 29.5 | −5.9 |
| | BNP | Eric Collins | 491 | 8.9 | +0.2 |
| | Green | Christopher McMahon | 346 | 6.3 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative | Neil Everest | 292 | 5.3 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,119 | 20.4 | +11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,488 | 41.8 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Manor Castle

Manor Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Patricia Midgley* | 1,621 | 52.9 | −7.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Croft | 687 | 22.4 | +5.4 |
| | Conservative | Christina Stark | 400 | 13.1 | +3.2 |
| | Green | Graham Wroe | 357 | 11.6 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 934 | 30.5 | −13.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,065 | 27.3 | −0.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Mosborough

Mosborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gail Smith | 2,451 | 50.8 | +17.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Tutt | 2,019 | 41.9 | +8.1 |
| | Labour | Sarah Cullen | 1,660 | 34.4 | −7.3 |
| | Labour | Andrew Peat* | 1,626 | 33.7 | −8.0 |
| | Conservative | Evelyn Millward | 746 | 15.5 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Pigott | 561 | 11.6 | −3.7 |
| | Green | Anwen Fryer | 290 | 6.0 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 359 | 7.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,822 | 37.7 | +4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Nether Edge

Nether Edge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ali Qadar* | 2,661 | 44.6 | +5.6 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Hafiz | 2,165 | 36.3 | +5.5 |
| | Green | Mervyn Smith | 780 | 13.1 | −6.7 |
| | Conservative | Rosita Malandrinos | 359 | 6.0 | −4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 496 | 8.3 | +0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,965 | 47.0 | +7.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Richmond

Richmond :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lynn Rooney | 1,759 | 44.4 | −7.4 |
| | Labour | Martin Lawton* | 1,693 | 42.8 | −9.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anders Hanson | 736 | 18.6 | +2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Masters | 699 | 17.7 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative | Ian Fey | 618 | 15.6 | +4.1 |
| | UKIP | Leslie Arnott | 618 | 15.6 | +6.2 |
| | Conservative | Maureen Neill | 560 | 14.1 | +2.6 |
| | Green | Eamonn Ward | 439 | 11.1 | +5.3 |
| | UKIP | Jennifer-Marie Ruchat | 356 | 9.0 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 957 | 24.2 | −11.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,959 | 31.0 | −0.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Shiregreen & Brightside

Shiregreen & Brightside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jane Bird* | 1,757 | 44.1 | −7.6 |
| | BNP | Tracey Smith | 846 | 21.3 | −2.5 |
| | Conservative | Eric Kirby | 451 | 11.3 | +3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tasadique Mohammed | 350 | 8.8 | −2.3 |
| | Independent | Glynn Tipper | 350 | 8.8 | N/A |
| | Green | Steve Brady | 227 | 5.7 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 911 | 22.9 | −5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,981 | 30.0 | −0.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Southey

Southey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tony Damms* | 1,695 | 41.9 | −11.9 |
| | BNP | John Sheldon | 1,031 | 25.5 | +6.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Bowden | 716 | 17.7 | +3.9 |
| | Conservative | Russell Cutts | 437 | 10.8 | +1.6 |
| | Green | Gemma Lock | 162 | 4.0 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 664 | 16.4 | −18.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,041 | 30.7 | +1.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Stannington

Stannington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arthur Dunworth* | 2,713 | 46.7 | −2.7 |
| | Labour | Alf Meade | 1,314 | 22.6 | −3.0 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Lee | 883 | 15.2 | −1.2 |
| | BNP | Martin Stevens | 547 | 9.4 | N/A |
| | Green | Martin Bradshaw | 351 | 6.0 | −2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,399 | 24.1 | +0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,808 | 41.0 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Stocksbridge & Upper Don

Stocksbridge & Upper Don :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jack Clarkson | 2,258 | 39.0 | −0.3 |
| | Independent | Martin Davis* | 1,371 | 23.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Matt Dixon | 1,076 | 18.6 | +1.0 |
| | Labour | Jim Bamford | 761 | 13.4 | −10.8 |
| | Green | Angela Roberts | 327 | 5.6 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 887 | 15.3 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,793 | 40.7 | +4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Stocksbridge & Upper Don was a regain for the Liberal Democrats, after the sitting councillor became an Independent.

### Walkley

Walkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diane Leek* | 2,679 | 49.6 | +8.2 |
| | Labour | Veronica Hardstaff | 1,899 | 35.2 | −5.5 |
| | Green | James Wilson | 540 | 10.0 | −1.6 |
| | Conservative | George Ledbury | 283 | 5.2 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 780 | 14.4 | +13.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,401 | 40.0 | +1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### West Ecclesfield

West Ecclesfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Chadwick* | 2,763 | 52.4 | +0.1 |
| | Labour | Max Telfer | 1,130 | 21.5 | −9.4 |
| | BNP | Malcolm Woodhead | 630 | 12.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Robert McIlveen | 552 | 10.5 | −0.7 |
| | Green | Kathryn Aston | 193 | 3.7 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,633 | 31.0 | +9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,268 | 37.4 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Woodhouse

Woodhouse :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Marjorie Barker* | 2,041 | 47.6 | −5.8 |
| | Conservative | Laurence Hayward | 700 | 16.3 | +4.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Bingham | 661 | 15.4 | +2.6 |
| | UKIP | Jonathan Arnott | 593 | 13.8 | −2.0 |
| | Green | John Grant | 291 | 6.8 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,341 | 31.3 | −6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,286 | 33.0 | +0.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

## By-elections between 2008 and 2010

East Ecclesfield By-Election 30 April 2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Taylor | 2,239 | 44.3 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | Zoe Sykes | 1,420 | 28.1 | −2.1 |
| | BNP | John Sheldon | 719 | 14.2 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | John Hattersley | 564 | 11.2 | +0.4 |
| | Green | Mia Safir | 107 | 2.1 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 819 | 16.2 | +3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,049 | 36.0 | −2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.6 | |