| Election Name: | 1996 Sheffield City Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1995 Sheffield City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1995 |
| Next Election: | 1998 Sheffield City Council election |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
| Seats For Election: | 30 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 44 |
| Election Date: | 3 May 1996 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 17 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats2: | 12 |
| Seat Change2: | 6 |
| Party3: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seat Change3: | 3 |
| 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 3 May 1996. One third of the council was up for election.
|- 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" | 648| align="right" | ±0.0|-
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 | 58 | 55 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 25 | 31 | |||
| Conservatives | 4 | 1 | |||
| Total | 87 | 87 | |||
| Working majority | |||||
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || Militant Labour| Peter Fryer| align="right" | 172| align="right" | 8.2| align="right" | +8.2|-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || Militant Labour| Alistair Tice| align="right" | 163| align="right" | 8.6| align="right" | +0.4|-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || Militant Labour| Ken Douglas| align="right" | 313| align="right" | 14.9| align="right" | -6.6|-