2010 Sheffield City Council election explained

Election Name:2010 Sheffield City Council election
Country:England
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:2008 Sheffield City Council election
Previous Year:2008
Next Election:2011 Sheffield City Council election
Next Year:2011
Seats For Election:One third of seats (28 of 84) to Sheffield City Council
Majority Seats:43
Election Date:6 May 2010
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats1:16
Seat Change1:3
Party2:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Seats2:12
Seat Change2:2
Party4:Green Party of England and Wales
Seats4:0
Seat Change4:1
Party5:Independent Liberal Democrat
Seats5:0
Seat Change5:0
Map Size:400px
Majority party
Posttitle:Majority party after election
Before Election:Liberal Democrats
After Election:No Overall Control

Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 6 May 2010. There were 28 seats up for election in 2010, one of the three councillors from each ward. Since the previous election, Liberal Democrat councillor Frank Taylor had defected to an Independent leaving the Liberal Democrats with 44 councillors. Turnout was up dramatically with it being held alongside the general election, to 62.6%. The higher turnout helped mainly Labour against their electoral rivals, who managed to return the council to no overall control with three gains.[1] This was bolstered by the newly elected Liberal Democrat in Walkley defecting to Labour immediately after being elected.[2]

Election result

The Labour Party gained two seats from their position following the 2006 election, but also regained a seat lost to the Liberal Democrats through a double vacancy election in Mosborough.

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

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Liberal Democratsalign=center 44align=center 42 align=center 2
Labouralign=center 36align=center 39 align=center 3
Greensalign=center 3align=center 2align=center 1
Independent Liberal Democratalign=center 1align=center 1align=center 0
Total8484
Working majority

Ward results

Broomhill

Bernard Little was a sitting councillor for Central ward.

East Ecclesfield

Garry Weatherall was a sitting councillor for Gleadless Valley ward.

Mosborough

Mosborough was a regain for the Labour Party, after the Liberal Democrats had won a double vacancy election in 2008.

Nether Edge

Tim Rippon was a sitting councillor for Arbourthorne ward.

Woodhouse

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sheffield 2010 election results . sheffield.gov.uk . 2011-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111118155248/http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/elections/election-results/2010 . 18 November 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
  2. News: 2010-09-17 . Lib Dem councillor defects to Labour Party in Sheffield . 2024-03-06 . BBC News . en-GB.