# 1978 Sheffield City Council election

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 4 May 1978. One third of the council was up for election.

## Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1978 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 21 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 67.7 | 50.2 | 75,051 | +4.8 |
| Conservative | 8 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 25.8 | 40.9 | 61,093 | +2.3 |
| Liberal | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 6.4 | 8.0 | 11,960 | -2.6 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 709 | N/A |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 490 | -0.1 |
| British Movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 66 | New |
| Workers Revolutionary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 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 |
| | Labour | 63 | 60 |
| | Conservatives | 22 | 24 |
| | Liberal | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | 0 | 0 |
| | Communist | 0 | 0 |
| | British Movement | 0 | 0 |
| | Workers' Revolutionary | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 90 | 90 | 90 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 36 | 30 |

## Ward results

Attercliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harry Firth* | 1,402 | 78.7 | +3.1 |
| | Labour | David Brown | 1,388 | | |
| | Conservative | A. Calow | 378 | 21.2 | −3.2 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Freeman | 364 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,010 | 57.5 | +6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,532 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 | |
Beauchief :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Eric Crewe* | 5,297 | 75.8 | +4.3 |
| | Labour | Richard Caborn | 1,685 | 24.1 | +4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,612 | 51.7 | −0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,982 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -0.1 | |
Birley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John G Marshall* | 3,218 | 61.2 | +6.3 |
| | Conservative | B. Lomas | 2,035 | 38.7 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,183 | 22.5 | +2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,253 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.4 | |
Brightside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bill Michie* | 2,673 | 69.1 | +8.5 |
| | Conservative | M. McGrath | 1,193 | 30.8 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,193 | 38.3 | +5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,874 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.7 | |
Broomhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Graham Cheetham* | 3,217 | 59.1 | −9.5 |
| | Labour | J. Bride | 1,550 | 28.5 | −2.8 |
| | Liberal | Martin Hayes-Allen | 672 | 12.3 | +12.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,667 | 30.6 | −6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,439 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -3.3 | |
Burngreave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Francis Butler* | 3,133 | 63.7 | +10.2 |
| | Labour | Helen Jackson | 1,435 | 29.2 | −8.1 |
| | Conservative | Emma Sizer | 310 | 6.3 | −1.4 |
| | Communist | Alvin Jenkinson | 38 | 0.8 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,698 | 34.5 | +18.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,916 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +9.1 | |
Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Skinner | 2,416 | 77.7 | +13.6 |
| | Conservative | I. Saunders | 646 | 20.8 | +2.2 |
| | Communist | Violet Gill | 47 | 1.5 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,770 | 56.9 | +11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,109 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.7 | |
Chapel Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Geoffrey Griffiths | 3,938 | 58.3 | −4.9 |
| | Labour | Tom Steel* | 2,115 | 31.3 | +7.1 |
| | Conservative | E. King | 696 | 10.3 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,823 | 27.0 | −12.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,749 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | -6.0 | |
Darnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Prince* | 2,300 | 59.5 | +4.5 |
| | Labour | Reg Munn** | 2,230 | | |
| | Conservative | Sid Cordle | 1,272 | 33.1 | −3.9 |
| | Conservative | Maisie Hyatt | 1,247 | | |
| | Liberal | David Johnson | 296 | 7.4 | −0.6 |
| | Liberal | Dennis Boothroyd | 265 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,028 | 26.4 | +8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,610 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.2 | |
Reg Munn was a sitting councillor for Castle ward
Dore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jack Thompson* | 4,749 | 73.2 | +2.6 |
| | Labour | Tom Woodhead** | 1,733 | 26.7 | +7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,016 | 46.5 | −5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,482 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -2.6 | |
Tom Woodhead was a sitting councillor for Intake.
Ecclesall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Pinder* | 4,041 | 68.6 | +4.7 |
| | Labour | Joan Brown | 1,099 | 18.6 | +4.4 |
| | Liberal | P. Pughe-Morgan | 753 | 12.8 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,942 | 50.0 | +0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,893 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +0.1 | |
Firth Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joan Barton | 3,878 | 66.4 | +7.8 |
| | Conservative | K. Rodgers | 1,257 | 21.5 | +6.3 |
| | Liberal | J. Maling | 700 | 12.0 | −14.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,621 | 44.9 | +12.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,835 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 | |
Gleadless :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Albert Richardson* | 3,961 | 48.3 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative | W. Bush | 3,884 | 47.4 | +9.6 |
| | Liberal | Robert Mumford | 348 | 4.2 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 77 | 0.9 | −10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,193 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.2 | |
Hallam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Jackson* | 4,600 | 70.9 | +1.4 |
| | Labour | Dennis Brown | 1,885 | 29.0 | +8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,715 | 41.9 | −6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,485 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -3.4 | |
Handsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Nicholls* | 2,944 | 60.2 | +14.0 |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Kennedy | 1,650 | 33.7 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal | Alfred Sellars | 294 | 6.0 | −9.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,294 | 26.5 | +10.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,888 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.2 | |
Heeley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | F. Rodgers | 3,088 | 50.9 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Rhodes | 2,535 | 41.8 | +5.8 |
| | Liberal | J. Elston | 319 | 5.2 | −0.8 |
| | Communist | Neville Taylor | 119 | 1.9 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 553 | 9.1 | −3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,061 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.9 | |
Hillsborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. Banham | 3,660 | 52.8 | +7.1 |
| | Labour | Alf Meade* | 3,274 | 47.2 | +5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 386 | 5.6 | +1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,934 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +0.7 | |
Intake :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roger Barton** | 3,745 | 58.4 | +8.2 |
| | Conservative | J. Howard | 2,411 | 37.6 | +4.8 |
| | Liberal | P. Clements | 259 | 4.0 | −4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,334 | 20.8 | +3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,415 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 | |
Roger Barton was a sitting councillor for Nether Shire
Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Armitage* | 2,740 | 76.3 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative | Roger Barnsley | 747 | 20.8 | +2.3 |
| | Communist | John Hukin | 73 | 2.0 | −0.5 |
| | Workers Revolutionary | P. Littlehales | 32 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,993 | 55.5 | 0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,592 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.0 | |
Mosborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dorothy Walton* | 2,929 | 70.7 | +7.4 |
| | Conservative | L. Hinchliffe | 1,210 | 29.2 | −7.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,719 | 41.5 | +14.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,139 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.4 | |
Nether Edge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Verhaert* | 2,588 | 56.4 | −2.5 |
| | Labour | F. Woodbine | 1,493 | 32.5 | +6.9 |
| | Liberal | K. Salt | 504 | 11.0 | +11.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,095 | 23.9 | −9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,651 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -4.7 | |
Nether Shire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Wigfield | 2,778 | 66.2 | −3.0 |
| | Conservative | L. Smith | 1,323 | 31.5 | +4.6 |
| | Communist | Kenneth Hattersley | 97 | 2.3 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,455 | 34.7 | −7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,198 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.8 | |
Netherthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harold Lambert* | 2,315 | 67.8 | +6.7 |
| | Conservative | Moira Hattersley | 1,034 | 30.3 | +3.5 |
| | British Movement | N. Gale | 66 | 1.9 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,281 | 37.5 | +3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,415 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.6 | |
Owlerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jack Watson* | 2,750 | 71.7 | +3.7 |
| | Conservative | P. Stafford | 1,083 | 28.2 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,667 | 43.5 | +1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,833 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Jones* | 3,471 | 77.9 | +7.9 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Hutton | 926 | 20.8 | −0.7 |
| | Communist | R. Paulucy | 60 | 1.3 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,545 | 57.1 | +8.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,457 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.3 | |
Sharrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Howard Knight | 1,951 | 65.7 | +12.5 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Seaton | 960 | 32.3 | +6.0 |
| | Communist | Brian Turley | 56 | 1.9 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 991 | 33.4 | +6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,967 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.2 | |
South Wortley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. Mason | 3,554 | 56.7 | +11.4 |
| | Labour | M. Rudd | 2,710 | 43.2 | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 844 | 13.5 | +11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,264 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +5.7 | |
Southey Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Blunkett* | 3,423 | 80.0 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative | M. Toy | 856 | 20.0 | −3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,567 | 60.0 | +7.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,279 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.5 | |
Stocksbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anthony Sweeney* | 1,460 | 35.9 | −6.9 |
| | Conservative | Barrie Jones | 1,156 | 28.4 | +3.9 |
| | Liberal | A. Cooke | 744 | 18.3 | +18.3 |
| | Independent | R. Challis | 709 | 17.4 | +17.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 304 | 7.5 | −2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,069 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.4 | |
Walkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Wood | 2,630 | 59.0 | +4.1 |
| | Conservative | M. Maxworthy | 1,825 | 40.9 | +9.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 805 | 18.1 | −5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,455 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.6 | |