Election Name: | 1965 Sheffield City Council election |
Country: | England |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 1964 Sheffield City Council election |
Previous Year: | 1964 |
Next Election: | 1966 Sheffield City Council election |
Next Year: | 1966 |
Seats For Election: | 29 councillors to Sheffield City Council |
Election Date: | 13 May 1965 |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats1: | 20 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats2: | 9 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Map Size: | 400px |
Majority party | |
Posttitle: | Majority party after election |
Before Election: | Labour Party (UK) |
After Election: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 1965 Sheffield City Council election was held 13 May 1965. One third of the council was up for election, with as many as four double vacancies in the wards of Crookesmoor, Owlerton, Walkley and Woodseats. The Conservatives managed to gain one of the Walkley seats up for election, as the only gain of the night. Overall turnout fell by a tenth on the previous year's, to 26.2%.[1]
The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Party | valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 30px" | New council | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cllr | Ald | Cllr | Ald | ||
Labour | 55 | 18 | 54 | 18 | |
Conservatives | 20 | 7 | 21 | 7 | |
Liberals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Communists | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 75 | 25 | 75 | 25 | |
100 | 100 | ||||
Working majority | |||||