# 1986 Sheffield City Council election

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 8 May 1986. One third of the council was up for election. Since the 1984 election, the Conservatives had successfully defended two seats in Broomhill and Labour had held one of their Park seats in by-elections the following year.

## Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1986 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 22 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 73.3 | 53.7 | 75,901 | -0.9 |
| Alliance | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 25.3 | 35,810 | +4.8 |
| Conservative | 5 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 16.6 | 20.0 | 28,267 | -4.6 |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 700 | N/A |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 279 | N/A |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 224 | +0.1 |
| Revolutionary Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 128 | New |
| Christian Ecology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 84 | New |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 64 | -0.2 |
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 | 61 | 63 |
| | Conservatives | 17 | 15 |
| | SDP–Liberal Alliance | 9 | 9 |
| Total | Total | 87 | 87 | 87 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 35 | 39 |

## Ward results

Beauchief :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Seaton | 2,466 | 39.6 | −14.7 |
| | Labour | George Munn** | 2,319 | 37.2 | +11.0 |
| | Alliance (SDP) | John White | 1,440 | 23.1 | +3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 147 | 2.4 | −25.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,225 | 40.6 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -12.8 | |
George Munn was a sitting councillor for Darnall ward
Birley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Donald Gow | 3,622 | 65.5 | +1.6 |
| | Alliance (SDP) | Cyril Skipworth | 1,152 | 20.8 | +6.6 |
| | Conservative | George Salter | 750 | 13.6 | −8.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,470 | 44.7 | +2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,524 | 34.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.5 | |
Brightside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rae Whitfield* | 2,940 | 76.0 | +5.7 |
| | Alliance (SDP) | George Wilson | 604 | 15.6 | −2.8 |
| | Conservative | Simon Braggs | 325 | 8.4 | −2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,336 | 60.4 | +8.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,869 | 29.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.2 | |
Broomhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Woodcock | 2,222 | 39.8 | +4.1 |
| | Alliance (SDP) | Jane Padget | 1,763 | 31.6 | +10.7 |
| | Conservative | Giles Orton | 1,595 | 28.6 | −14.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 459 | 8.2 | +0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,580 | 41.8 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -3.3 | |
Burngreave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Brian Flanagan | 3,237 | 79.6 | +26.4 |
| | Alliance (Liberal) | Khalid Mahmood | 831 | 20.4 | −21.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,406 | 59.2 | +47.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,068 | 32.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +23.9 | |
Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Horton* | 3,179 | 83.9 | +6.0 |
| | Conservative | Joan Graham | 377 | 9.9 | −2.9 |
| | Alliance (SDP) | Muhammad Zahur | 234 | 6.2 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,802 | 74.0 | +8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,790 | 29.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.4 | |
Chapel Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance (Liberal) | Susan Ward | 3,103 | 47.8 | -8.3 |
| | Labour | Peter Duff | 2,970 | 45.7 | +9.0 |
| | Conservative | Mary Hyatt | 418 | 6.4 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 132 | 2.1 | −17.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,491 | 38.9 | |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing | -8.6 | |
Darnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Choudry Walayat | 1,899 | 42.1 | −23.1 |
| | Alliance (Liberal) | Dennis Boothroyd | 1,219 | 27.0 | +13.2 |
| | Independent Labour | Sheila Rehman | 700 | 15.5 | +15.5 |
| | Conservative | Colin Cavill | 686 | 15.2 | −5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 680 | 15.1 | −29.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,504 | 31.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -18.1 | |
Dore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jack Thompson* | 3,271 | 49.4 | −9.0 |
| | Labour | Maureen Whitebrook | 1,853 | 28.0 | +2.6 |
| | Alliance (Liberal) | Edith Fawcett | 1,498 | 22.6 | +6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,418 | 21.4 | −11.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,622 | 40.1 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -5.8 | |
Ecclesall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stuart Dawson | 3,156 | 47.7 | −8.6 |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Richardson | 3,021 | | |
| | Alliance (Liberal) | Arthur Fawthrop | 2,117 | 32.0 | +7.6 |
| | Alliance (Liberal) | Christine Freeman | 1,975 | | |
| | Labour | Roy Darke | 1,343 | 20.3 | +1.1 |
| | Labour | Jeane Cromar | 1,335 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,039 | 15.7 | +10.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,616 | 42.3 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -8.1 | |
Firth Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joan Barton* | 3,470 | 80.6 | +3.4 |
| | Conservative | Angela Knight | 517 | 12.0 | +1.2 |
| | Independent | Nisar Qureshi | 279 | 6.5 | +6.5 |
| | Revolutionary Communist | Carolyn Pryce | 39 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,953 | 68.6 | +3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,305 | 30.8 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.1 | |
Hallam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ian Fey | 2,885 | 40.5 | −14.4 |
| | Alliance (SDP) | John Knight | 2,489 | 34.9 | +10.4 |
| | Labour | Christopher Walker | 1,749 | 24.5 | +4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 396 | 5.6 | −24.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,123 | 48.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -12.4 | |
Handsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kenneth Hartley | 3,582 | 69.2 | +3.3 |
| | Alliance (SDP) | Marguerite Crangle | 803 | 15.5 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Clayton | 707 | 13.6 | −7.2 |
| | Christian Ecology | Roger Dunn | 84 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,779 | 53.7 | +8.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,176 | 34.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.5 | |
Heeley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mukesh Savani* | 3,117 | 58.6 | −2.4 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Asiam | 1,091 | 20.5 | −5.9 |
| | Alliance (SDP) | Raymond Mellor | 1,058 | 19.9 | +7.4 |
| | Revolutionary Communist | Steven Brown | 47 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,026 | 38.1 | +3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,313 | 35.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 | |
Hillsborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Penelope Peysner | 3,235 | 50.2 | −1.6 |
| | Alliance (Liberal) | Francis Butler | 1,996 | 31.0 | +6.4 |
| | Conservative | Michael Warner | 1,213 | 18.8 | −4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,239 | 19.2 | −8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,444 | 42.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.0 | |
Intake :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Deborah Matthews | 3,188 | 61.2 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Bradbury | 1,153 | 22.1 | −4.4 |
| | Alliance (SDP) | Francis Pierce | 866 | 16.6 | +2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,035 | 39.1 | +6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,207 | 32.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.3 | |
Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Howard Capelin* | Unopposed | N/A | −82.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | N/A | N/A | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | N/A | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Mosborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ian Saunders | 3,758 | 65.1 | −1.9 |
| | Conservative | Evelyn Millward | 1,022 | 17.7 | −3.9 |
| | Alliance (SDP) | Hilary Gooch | 995 | 17.2 | +5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,736 | 47.4 | +2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,775 | 28.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.0 | |
Nether Edge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Qurban Hussain | 2,386 | 39.1 | −4.0 |
| | Conservative | Christine Smith* | 1,854 | 30.4 | −9.2 |
| | Alliance (Liberal) | George Manley | 1,628 | 26.7 | +11.4 |
| | Green | Jane Beharrell | 224 | 3.7 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 532 | 8.7 | +5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,092 | 43.9 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.6 | |
Nether Shire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Wigfield* | 3,453 | 78.4 | +7.8 |
| | Alliance (SDP) | George Clayton | 585 | 13.3 | −4.9 |
| | Conservative | John Harrington | 366 | 8.3 | −2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,868 | 65.1 | +12.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,404 | 33.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.3 | |
Netherthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Steinke | 2,986 | 73.6 | +3.0 |
| | Alliance (Liberal) | Peter McNutt | 1,072 | 26.4 | +8.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,914 | 47.2 | −5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,058 | 32.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.6 | |
Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Moore* | 3,406 | 63.7 | +0.9 |
| | Conservative | Nigel Ball | 971 | 18.1 | −6.6 |
| | Alliance (Liberal) | Anita Norris | 967 | 18.1 | +5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,435 | 45.6 | +7.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,344 | 39.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.7 | |
Owlerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Mathews* | 2,918 | 74.0 | −0.7 |
| | Alliance (Liberal) | Philip Taylor | 583 | 14.8 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative | Lorna Banham | 440 | 11.1 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,335 | 59.2 | −2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,941 | 29.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.9 | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Doris Mulhearn* | 2,901 | 82.8 | −0.2 |
| | Alliance (Liberal) | Donald Smith | 332 | 9.5 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | Cissie Reynolds | 269 | 7.7 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,569 | 73.3 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,502 | 24.7 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.7 | |
Sharrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ruth Midgley | 2,440 | 64.7 | −4.3 |
| | Alliance (SDP) | Mohammed Malik | 648 | 17.2 | −10.8 |
| | Conservative | Anne Smith | 577 | 15.3 | +15.3 |
| | Communist | Walter Hartley | 64 | 1.7 | −1.2 |
| | Revolutionary Communist | Edmund Price | 42 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,792 | 47.5 | +6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,771 | 31.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.2 | |
South Wortley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance (Liberal) | Philip Howson* | 3,601 | 47.7 | +8.1 |
| | Labour | John Buckley | 2,730 | 36.1 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Conboy | 1,223 | 16.2 | −9.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 871 | 11.6 | +7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,554 | 41.7 | |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing | +3.5 | |
Southey Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Patricia Nelson | Unopposed | N/A | −85.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | N/A | N/A | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | N/A | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Stocksbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance (Liberal) | Malcolm Brelsford* | 1,896 | 47.6 | -0.7 |
| | Labour | John Johnston | 1,664 | 41.8 | −0.0 |
| | Conservative | Beryl Fleming | 420 | 10.5 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 232 | 5.8 | −0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,980 | 38.2 | |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing | -0.3 | |
Walkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Carol Bullement | 3,334 | 53.9 | −8.4 |
| | Alliance (SDP) | David Brown | 2,330 | 37.7 | +15.3 |
| | Conservative | Paul Makin | 515 | 8.3 | −7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,004 | 16.2 | −23.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,179 | 42.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -11.8 | |