# 1980 Sheffield City Council election

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 1 May 1980. The whole council was up for election, with the Attercliffe ward now merged into Darnall and Gleadless ward changed to Norton.

## Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1980 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 60 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 68.9 | 52.9 | 85,603 | +0.1 |
| Conservative | 18 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 20.7 | 34.0 | 55,079 | -1.3 |
| Liberal | 9 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 10.3 | 12.3 | 19,933 | +0.9 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 938 | +0.2 |
| S.D.P. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 168 | N/A |
| National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 88 | N/A |
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 | 62 | 60 |
| | Conservatives | 22 | 18 |
| | Liberal | 6 | 9 |
| | Communist | 0 | 0 |
| | S.D.P. | 0 | 0 |
| | National Front | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 90 | 87 | 87 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 34 | 33 |

## Ward results

Beauchief :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Danny George* | 4,487 | 65.9 | −3.4 |
| | Conservative | Cliff Godber* | 4,389 | | |
| | Conservative | Susan Batiste* | 4,377 | | |
| | Labour | D. Hutchinson | 2,315 | 34.0 | +3.3 |
| | Labour | G. Hague | 2,290 | | |
| | Labour | P. Reading | 2,231 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,062 | 31.9 | −6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,667 | 46.4 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -3.3 | |
Birley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Fisher* | 3,567 | 66.5 | +5.3 |
| | Labour | Frank White | 3,557 | | |
| | Labour | John Marshall* | 3,547 | | |
| | Conservative | B. Lomas | 1,799 | 33.5 | +5.0 |
| | Conservative | J. Young | 1,766 | | |
| | Conservative | R. Kelsey | 1,740 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,748 | 33.0 | +0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,366 | 36.6 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.1 | |
Brightside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Price* | 2,570 | 75.8 | +8.6 |
| | Labour | Bill Michie* | 2,510 | | |
| | Labour | George Wilson* | 2,452 | | |
| | Conservative | Victoria Sellers | 819 | 24.1 | +1.8 |
| | Conservative | Gordon Millward | 756 | | |
| | Conservative | John Chapman | 739 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,633 | 51.7 | +6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,389 | 30.8 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 | |
Broomhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Irvine Patnick* | 2,438 | 50.3 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Graham Cheetham* | 2,406 | | |
| | Conservative | Marvyn Moore* | 2,381 | | |
| | Liberal | Martin Hayes-Allen | 1,211 | 25.0 | +5.1 |
| | Labour | Joan Brown* | 1,197 | 24.7 | −6.5 |
| | Labour | J. Relton | 1,160 | | |
| | Liberal | E. Huntley | 1,138 | | |
| | Labour | T. Treffry | 1,130 | | |
| | Liberal | J. Holmes | 1,082 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,170 | 25.3 | +7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,846 | 37.8 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -1.8 | |
Burngreave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Francis Butler* | 3,002 | 51.4 | +11.4 |
| | Liberal | Malcolm Johnson* | 2,713 | | |
| | Liberal | David Johnson | 2,678 | | |
| | Labour | F. Woodbine* | 2,286 | 39.1 | −5.2 |
| | Labour | B. Bush | 2,180 | | |
| | Labour | G. Machin | 2,073 | | |
| | Conservative | Moira Hattersley | 428 | 7.3 | −6.9 |
| | Conservative | Colin Barnsley | 421 | | |
| | Conservative | I. Dudley | 417 | | |
| | Communist | Stephen Howell | 123 | 2.1 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 392 | 12.3 | +8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5839 | 43.8 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +8.3 | |
Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Reg Munn* | 3,222 | 75.0 | +0.1 |
| | Labour | David Skinner* | 3,152 | | |
| | Labour | Peter Horton* | 3,146 | | |
| | Conservative | Katherine Pinder | 712 | 16.5 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative | A. Saunders | 697 | | |
| | Conservative | Ian Saunders | 681 | | |
| | Liberal | Christopher Fenn | 241 | 5.6 | −1.3 |
| | Liberal | E. Fenn | 238 | | |
| | Communist | J. Hudson | 122 | 2.8 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,434 | 58.5 | +0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,297 | 29.7 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 | |
Chapel Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | David Chadwick* | 4,334 | 61.0 | +8.3 |
| | Liberal | Geoffrey Griffiths* | 4,010 | | |
| | Liberal | Roger Wilson | 3,595 | | |
| | Labour | Tom Steel | 2,207 | 31.1 | +2.6 |
| | Labour | G. Birch | 2,022 | | |
| | Labour | Lawrence Kingham | 2,007 | | |
| | Conservative | E. Holmes | 556 | 7.8 | −11.0 |
| | Conservative | F. Meakin | 536 | | |
| | Conservative | D. Meakin | 523 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,388 | 29.9 | +5.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,097 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +2.8 | |
Darnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Prince* | 3,096 | 62.7 | +2.8 |
| | Labour | David Brown* | 3,081 | | |
| | Labour | George Munn* | 3,009 | | |
| | Conservative | Colin Cavill | 1,264 | 25.6 | −2.6 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Rhodes | 1,238 | | |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Kennedy | 1,237 | | |
| | Liberal | Dennis Boothroyd | 577 | 11.7 | −0.1 |
| | Liberal | M. Francis | 576 | | |
| | Liberal | Michael Ogden | 512 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,745 | 37.1 | +5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,937 | 34.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.7 | |
Dore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Heslop* | 4,737 | 63.9 | −3.1 |
| | Conservative | Pat Santhouse* | 4,653 | | |
| | Conservative | Jack Thompson* | 4,473 | | |
| | Labour | Angela Smith | 1,965 | 26.5 | −6.5 |
| | Labour | Win Francis | 1,963 | | |
| | Labour | A. Lyne | 1,926 | | |
| | Liberal | C. Holmes | 713 | 9.6 | +9.6 |
| | Liberal | Edward Mullin | 578 | | |
| | Liberal | T. Robinson | 567 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,508 | 37.4 | +3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,415 | 46.1 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +1.7 | |
Ecclesall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Dunsmore* | 4,959 | 69.8 | +8.8 |
| | Conservative | John Neill* | 4,899 | | |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Freeman | 4,844 | | |
| | Labour | D. Lyons | 1,125 | 15.8 | −0.9 |
| | Labour | D. Payne | 1,100 | | |
| | Labour | L. Skinner | 1,085 | | |
| | Liberal | Arthur Fawthrop | 1,020 | 14.3 | −7.9 |
| | Liberal | P. Cruickshank | 980 | | |
| | Liberal | J. Laming | 973 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,719 | 54.0 | +15.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,104 | 46.5 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +4.8 | |
Firth Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Clive Betts* | 4,448 | 81.1 | +13.6 |
| | Labour | Terry Butler* | 4,218 | | |
| | Labour | Joan Barton* | 4,174 | | |
| | Conservative | Lorna Banham | 657 | 12.0 | −8.9 |
| | Conservative | H. Bailey | 648 | | |
| | Conservative | B. Tomlinson | 620 | | |
| | Liberal | B. Goodison | 434 | 7.9 | −3.6 |
| | Liberal | K. Howson | 376 | | |
| | Liberal | G. Trickett* | 354 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,517 | 69.1 | +22.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,481 | 39.4 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +11.2 | |
Hallam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Jackson* | 4,485 | 67.3 | +10.6 |
| | Conservative | R. Hobson* | 4,365 | | |
| | Conservative | Gordon Wragg* | 4,357 | | |
| | Labour | Dennis Brown | 1,368 | 20.5 | −9.9 |
| | Labour | E. Ellis | 1,359 | | |
| | Labour | A. Bacon | 1,314 | | |
| | Liberal | Jean Mason | 812 | 12.2 | −0.6 |
| | Liberal | G. Jacobs | 761 | | |
| | Liberal | A. Tonge | 738 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,989 | 46.8 | +20.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,665 | 47.2 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +10.2 | |
Handsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Nicholls* | 3,595 | 70.3 | +3.1 |
| | Labour | Elsie Smith* | 3,576 | | |
| | Labour | Janet Fiore | 3,511 | | |
| | Conservative | Bernard Kennedy | 1,514 | 29.6 | −3.1 |
| | Conservative | Evelyn Millward | 1,459 | | |
| | Conservative | J. Dunsmore | 1,402 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,997 | 40.7 | +6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,109 | 36.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 | |
Heeley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Winifred Golding* | 3,948 | 59.0 | +2.2 |
| | Labour | John Senior* | 3,932 | | |
| | Labour | Donald Lemons | 3,842 | | |
| | Conservative | Sid Cordle | 2,144 | 32.0 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative | G. Dyer | 2,100 | | |
| | Conservative | Maisie Hyatt | 1,978 | | |
| | Liberal | Donald Smith | 457 | 6.8 | −2.1 |
| | Communist | Neville Taylor | 145 | 2.1 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,698 | 27.0 | +2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,694 | 42.8 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 | |
Hillsborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alf Meade | 3,879 | 53.3 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | D. Morgan | 3,666 | | |
| | Labour | Gordon Mills | 3,658 | | |
| | Conservative | William Travis | 3,400 | 46.7 | −1.9 |
| | Conservative | A. Banham* | 3,383 | | |
| | Conservative | A. Slack | 3,342 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 258 | 6.6 | +3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,279 | 48.5 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.9 | |
Intake :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joe Thomas* | 3,853 | 59.8 | −5.5 |
| | Labour | Mike Bower* | 3,772 | | |
| | Labour | Steve Jones | 3,768 | | |
| | Conservative | G. Bolton | 2,076 | 32.2 | −2.4 |
| | Conservative | P. Cavanagh | 1,914 | | |
| | Conservative | D. Clover | 1,844 | | |
| | Liberal | H. Wallace | 510 | 7.9 | +7.9 |
| | Liberal | A. Eggleston | 440 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,692 | 27.6 | −3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,439 | 41.7 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 | |
Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dora Fitter* | 3,194 | 76.1 | +3.4 |
| | Labour | Colin Radcliffe* | 3,076 | | |
| | Labour | Gerald Bermingham | 2,974 | | |
| | Conservative | George Booth | 595 | 14.2 | −5.4 |
| | Conservative | Roger Barnsley | 510 | | |
| | Conservative | Pat Barnsley | 467 | | |
| | Liberal | Jacqueline Butler | 260 | 6.2 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal | Philip Taylor | 213 | | |
| | Communist | John Hukin | 147 | 3.5 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,379 | 61.9 | +8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,196 | 30.4 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.4 | |
Mosborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dorothy Walton* | 3,626 | 71.9 | +2.5 |
| | Labour | S. Dootson* | 3,529 | | |
| | Labour | Mary Anne Foulds* | 3,493 | | |
| | Conservative | G. Ranson | 1,413 | 28.0 | −2.6 |
| | Conservative | L. Napier | 1,332 | | |
| | Conservative | A. O'Donnell | 1,315 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,080 | 43.9 | +5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,039 | 34.4 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 | |
Nether Edge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Connie Dodson* | 3,231 | 53.7 | +6.7 |
| | Conservative | Paul Verhaert* | 3,171 | | |
| | Conservative | Christine Smith* | 3,152 | | |
| | Labour | Albert Richardson* | 2,175 | 36.2 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | E. Sargent | 2,100 | | |
| | Labour | Marilyn Tsiorvas | 2,079 | | |
| | Liberal | K. Salt | 605 | 10.0 | −8.6 |
| | Liberal | I. Johnson | 586 | | |
| | Liberal | Patrick Smith | 564 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 977 | 17.5 | +4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,011 | 42.3 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 | |
Nether Shire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roger Barton* | 3,465 | 77.1 | +5.9 |
| | Labour | Philip Moscrop* | 3,438 | | |
| | Labour | Alan Wigfield* | 3,364 | | |
| | Conservative | D. Housley | 896 | 19.9 | −6.1 |
| | Conservative | Paul Mort | 881 | | |
| | Conservative | Edith Bush | 877 | | |
| | Communist | Paul Mackey | 132 | 2.9 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,468 | 57.2 | +12.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,493 | 35.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.0 | |
Netherthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Enid Hattersley* | 3,274 | 70.8 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | Harold Lambert* | 3,265 | | |
| | Labour | John Laurent | 3,091 | | |
| | Conservative | J. Elliss | 1,179 | 25.5 | −3.1 |
| | Conservative | Paul Makin | 1,177 | | |
| | Conservative | J. Dero | 1,157 | | |
| | S.D.P. | K. Bell | 168 | 3.6 | +3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,912 | 45.3 | +5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,621 | 35.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 | |
Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Fidler* | 3,720 | 61.6 | +7.2 |
| | Labour | B. Glenn* | 3,685 | | |
| | Labour | Sam Wall* | 3,472 | | |
| | Conservative | L. Moir | 1,823 | 30.2 | −6.5 |
| | Conservative | Maureen Neill | 1,803 | | |
| | Conservative | J. Ormerod | 1,761 | | |
| | Liberal | Robert Mumford | 497 | 8.2 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,649 | 31.4 | +13.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,040 | 43.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.8 | |
Owlerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Burrows | 3,201 | 74.6 | +0.9 |
| | Labour | Helen Jackson | 3,017 | | |
| | Labour | J. Coulby | 2,997 | | |
| | Conservative | Frank Brookes | 1,001 | 23.3 | −2.9 |
| | Conservative | Stuart Dawson | 911 | | |
| | Conservative | P. Stafford | 882 | | |
| | National Front | R. Crookes | 88 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,200 | 51.3 | +3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,290 | 33.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.9 | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Jones* | 3,752 | 84.2 | +10.3 |
| | Labour | Phillip Grisdale* | 3,678 | | |
| | Labour | Doris Mulhearn* | 3,559 | | |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Hutton | 578 | 13.0 | −5.4 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Beatson | 569 | | |
| | Conservative | Ian Beatson | 561 | | |
| | Communist | R. Paulucy | 125 | 2.8 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,981 | 71.2 | +15.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,455 | 31.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.8 | |
Sharrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Butler | 2,630 | 64.6 | +4.3 |
| | Labour | Howard Knight* | 2,622 | | |
| | Labour | Alf Wood* | 2,599 | | |
| | Conservative | W. Price | 1,293 | 31.8 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Seaton | 1,238 | | |
| | Conservative | T. Thompson | 1,225 | | |
| | Communist | Brian Turley | 144 | 3.5 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,306 | 32.8 | +0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,067 | 31.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.1 | |
South Wortley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Howard* | 2,950 | 38.9 | −0.3 |
| | Labour | F. Rodgers* | 2,758 | | |
| | Labour | Harry Hanwell | 2,700 | | |
| | Conservative | Sylvia Cowley* | 2,651 | 35.0 | −4.9 |
| | Conservative | D. Warren | 2,635 | | |
| | Conservative | E. Vawser | 2,228 | | |
| | Liberal | Philip Howson | 1,974 | 26.0 | +5.2 |
| | Liberal | P. Weston | 1,851 | | |
| | Liberal | M. Travis | 1,774 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49 | 3.9 | +3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,575 | 44.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.6 | |
Southey Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Blunkett* | 3,606 | 87.7 | +8.6 |
| | Labour | Sandra Davies* | 3,276 | | |
| | Labour | Dorothy Podlesny* | 3,275 | | |
| | Conservative | Derek Eastwood | 503 | 12.2 | −8.6 |
| | Conservative | Hedley Oldfield | 472 | | |
| | Conservative | Patricia Oldfield | 444 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,772 | 75.5 | +17.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,109 | 32.8 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.6 | |
Stocksbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | A. Cooke* | 3,286 | 52.2 | −6.5 |
| | Liberal | M. Heraty | 2,504 | | |
| | Liberal | June Hibberd | 2,434 | | |
| | Labour | Anthony Sweeney* | 1,540 | 24.5 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative | N. Horton | 1,464 | 23.3 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative | Barrie Jones | 1,334 | | |
| | Conservative | R. Homer | 1,303 | | |
| | Labour | S. Donoghue | 1,280 | | |
| | Labour | E. Guest | 1,222 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 894 | 27.7 | −9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,290 | 54.0 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | -4.6 | |
Walkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Billings* | 3,829 | 65.9 | +4.5 |
| | Labour | William Owen* | 3,752 | | |
| | Labour | Paul Wood* | 3,713 | | |
| | Conservative | P. Booler | 1,977 | 34.0 | −4.5 |
| | Conservative | G. Parkin | 1,937 | | |
| | Conservative | M. Rogers | 1,905 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,736 | 31.9 | −8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,806 | 42.8 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 | |