| Election Name: | 2012 Sheffield City Council election |
| Flag Image: | Coat of arms of Sheffield City Council.png |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2011 Sheffield City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2011 |
| Next Election: | 2014 Sheffield City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Seats For Election: | One third of seats (28 of 84) to Sheffield City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 43 |
| Election Date: | 3 May 2012 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 21 |
| Seat Change1: | 9 |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seat Change2: | 9 |
| Party4: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | 0 |
| Party5: | United Kingdom Independence Party |
| 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 3 May 2012 [1] as part of the 2012 United Kingdom local elections.
There were 28 seats up for election, one third of the council. The last election in 2011 gave Labour a majority over the Liberal Democrats with 49 councillors. However, one Independent councillor joined Labour after the election, giving the party 50 seats.[2]
Four main parties fielded a full slate of 28 candidates. UKIP also put up a full slate, but Steve Moxon was disendorsed as the party's candidate for Dore and Totley.[3] Labour were defending 11 seats, all of which they successfully held in 2011. The Liberal Democrats were defending 16 seats, 10 of which they lost to Labour in 2011. The Greens were defending 1 seat, which they held in 2011. The Conservatives, UKIP and the smaller parties had no councillors.
The Labour Party gained ten seats from their position following the 2008 election, but this included a seat gained already gained from the Liberal Democrats via defection in Gleadless Valley.
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 | valign=top style="width: 30px" | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | align=center | 50 | align=center | 59 | align=center | 9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | align=center | 32 | align=center | 23 | align=center | 9 | |
| Greens | align=center | 2 | align=center | 2 | align=center | 0 | |
| Total | 84 | 84 | |||||
| Working majority | |||||||
Steve Moxon was disendorsed by UKIP prior to the election, but still appeared on the ballot paper as the UKIP candidate.
The result in Gleadless Valley did not change the numbers on the council, as the sitting Liberal Democrat councillor had previously defected to Labour.
Death of Liberal Democrat Cllr Janice Sidebottom.
Death of Labour Cllr John Robson.