| Election Name: | 1961 Sheffield City Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1960 Sheffield City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1960 |
| Next Election: | 1962 Sheffield City Council election |
| Next Year: | 1962 |
| Seats For Election: | 25 councillors to Sheffield City Council |
| Election Date: | 11 May 1961 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 18 |
| Seat Change1: | 0 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seat Change2: | 0 |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Majority party | |
| Posttitle: | Majority party after election |
| Before Election: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 1961 Sheffield City Council election was held on 11 May 1961, with a third up for election plus a double vacancy in Owlerton. The results were largely a reversal of the previous election; a higher turnout - 35%, up significantly from the previous year's low of 25% - brought a much stronger Labour result with the seats they'd lost the preceding year held comfortably. All seats were contested and successfully defended this year, seeing no change in the make-up of the council.[1]
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
| valign=top colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 30px" | New council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cllr | Ald | Cllr | Ald | ||
| Labour | 50 | 17 | 50 | 17 | |
| Conservative-Liberals | 24 | 8 | 24 | 8 | |
| Ratepayers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Liberals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Municipal Reform | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Union Movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 75 | 25 | 75 | 25 | |
| 100 | 100 | ||||
| Working majority | |||||