| Election Name: | 2006 Sheffield City Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2004 Sheffield City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2007 Sheffield City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
| Seats For Election: | One third of seats (29 of 84) to Sheffield City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 43 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2006 |
| Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats1: | 14 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats2: | 14 |
| Seat Change2: | 0 |
| Party4: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Party5: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seat Change5: | 0 |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Majority party | |
| Posttitle: | Majority party after election |
| Before Election: | Labour |
| After Election: | Labour |
Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 4 May 2006 with polling stations open between 7am and 10pm. One third of council seats were up for election; one in each ward, plus one additional seat in Ecclesall due to a resignation. The overall turnout this year was 34.5%, down considerably from the previous year's general election turnout at 43.9 per cent turnout in Sheffield.[1]
| Ward | Incumbent Elected | Incumbent | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbourthorne | 2004 | Timothy Rippon | Timothy Rippon | |
| Beauchief & Greenhill | 2004 | Clive Skelton | Clive Skelton | |
| Beighton | 2004 | Helen Mirfin-Boukouris | Helen Mirfin-Boukouris | |
| Birley | 2004 | Michael Pye | Michael Pye | |
| Broomhill | 2004 | Shaffaq Mohammed | Shaffaq Mohammed | |
| Burngreave | 2004 | Steve Jones | Steve Jones | |
| Central | 2004 | Mohammad Azim | Bernard Little | |
| Crookes | 2004 | Sylvia Anginotti | Sylvia Anginotti | |
| Darnall | 2004 | Mohammad Altaf | Mazher Iqbal | |
| Dore & Totley | 2004 | Keith Hill | Keith Hill | |
| East Ecclesfield | 2004 | Graham Oxley | Graham Oxley | |
| Ecclesall 1 | 2004 | Roger Davison | Roger Davison | |
| Ecclesall 2 | 2004 | Kate Dawson | Michael Reynolds | |
| Firth Park | 2004 | Alan Law | Alan Law | |
| Fulwood | 2004 | Janice Sidebottom | Janice Sidebottom | |
| Gleadless Valley | 2004 | Garry Weatherall | Garry Weatherall | |
| Graves Park | 2004 | Barrie Jervis | Robert McCann | |
| Hillsborough | 2004 | Janet Bragg | Janet Bragg | |
| Manor Castle | 2004 | Janet Wilson | Janet Wilson | |
| Mosborough | 2004 | Samuel Wall | Samuel Wall | |
| Nether Edge | 2004 | Patricia White | Patricia White | |
| Richmond | 2004 | Terry Barrow | Elizabeth Naylor | |
| Shiregreen & Brightside | 2004 | Peter Rippon | Peter Rippon | |
| Southey | 2004 | Gillian Furniss | Gillian Furniss | |
| Stannington | 2004 | David Baker | David Baker | |
| Stocksbridge & Upper Don | 2004 | Alison Brelsford | Alison Brelsford | |
| Walkley | 2004 | Jonathan Harston | Jonathan Harston | |
| West Ecclesfield | 2004 | Trevor Bagshaw | Trevor Bagshaw | |
| Woodhouse | 2004 | Raymond Satur | Raymond Satur |
This result has 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 | 44 | 44 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 37 | 36 | |||
| Conservatives | 2 | 2 | |||
| Green | 1 | 2 | |||
| Total | 84 | 84 | |||
| Working majority | |||||