1995 Sheffield City Council election explained

Election Name:1995 Sheffield City Council election
Country:England
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:1994 Sheffield City Council election
Previous Year:1994
Next Election:1996 Sheffield City Council election
Next Year:1996
Seats For Election:30 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council
Majority Seats:44
Election Date:5 May 1995
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats1:22
Seat Change1:2
Party2:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Seats2:8
Seat Change2:3
Party3:Conservative Party (UK)
Seats3:0
Seat Change3:4
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 5 May 1995. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result

|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || Militant Labour| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0.0| align="right" | 0.6| align="right" | 794| align="right" | +0.2|-|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || International Communist| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0.0| align="right" | 0.0| align="right" | 37| align="right" | New|-

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"Partyvalign=top style="width: 30px"Previous councilvalign=top style="width: 30px"New council
Labour5658
Liberal Democrats 2225
Conservatives84
Independent Labour10
Total8787
Working majority

Wards

Elsie Smith was a sitting councillor for Darnall ward

The Liberal Democrats had gained the Brightside seat in a by-election

Stephen Jones was a sitting councillor for Nether Shire wardJames Jamison was previously elected as a Labour councillor

|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || International Communist| Christopher Marsden| align="right" | 37| align="right" | 1.5| align="right" | +1.5|-Patricia Midgley was a sitting councillor for Nether Edge ward

|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || Militant Labour| Steven Tice| align="right" | 200| align="right" | 8.2| align="right" | +8.2|-

|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || Militant Labour| Kenneth Douglas| align="right" | 594| align="right" | 21.5| align="right" | +0.9|-

The Liberal Democrats had gained the Walkley seat in a by-election