Election Name: | 1975 Sheffield City Council election |
Country: | England |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 1973 Sheffield City Council election |
Previous Year: | 1973 |
Next Election: | 1976 Sheffield City Council election |
Next Year: | 1976 |
Seats For Election: | 33 of 90 seats to Sheffield City Council |
Majority Seats: | 46 |
Election Date: | 1 May 1975 |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats1: | 23 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats2: | 8 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
Seats3: | 2 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Map Size: | 400px |
Majority party | |
Posttitle: | Majority party after election |
Before Election: | Labour Party (UK) |
After Election: | Labour Party (UK) |
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 1 May 1975. One third of the council was up for election.
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 69 | 66 | |||
Conservatives | 18 | 20 | |||
Liberals | 3 | 4 | |||
Communist | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 90 | 90 | |||
Working majority |
Joseph Thomas was a sitting councillor for Gleadless ward