| Election Name: | 2016 Sheffield City Council election |
| Flag Image: | Coat of arms of Sheffield City Council.png |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2015 Sheffield City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2015 |
| Next Election: | 2018 Sheffield City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Seats For Election: | All 84 seats to Sheffield City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 43 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 2016 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 57 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 58,099 |
| Percentage1: | 39.1% |
| Swing1: | 2.0% |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats2: | 19 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 31,392 |
| Percentage2: | 21.1% |
| Swing2: | 4.6% |
| Party4: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Seats4: | 4 |
| Seat Change4: | 0 |
| Popular Vote4: | 19,921 |
| Percentage4: | 13.4% |
| Swing4: | 1.4% |
| Party5: | UK Independence Party |
| Seats5: | 4 |
| Seat Change5: | 0 |
| Popular Vote5: | 22,716 |
| Percentage5: | 15.3% |
| Swing5: | 1.5% |
| Map Size: | 320px |
| Majority party | |
| Posttitle: | Majority party after election |
| Before Election: | Labour |
| After Election: | Labour |
Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 5 May 2016, alongside nationwide local elections. All 84 seats were up for election, 3 per ward, after several electoral boundaries were changed. Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party contested all 84 seats. The Conservatives fielded 55 candidates, UKIP 43, TUSC 23 and Yorkshire First 1. There was also 1 independent candidate.[1] Voters in the Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Parliamentary constituency also elected Gill Furniss MP, in a by-election triggered by the death of her husband Harry Harpham MP.[2]
The 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 | 59 | align=center | 57 | align=center | 2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | align=center | 17 | align=center | 19 | align=center | 2 | |
| Green | align=center | 4 | align=center | 4 | align=center | 0 | |
| UKIP | align=center | 4 | align=center | 4 | align=center | 0 | |
| Total | 84 | 84 | |||||
| Working majority | |||||||
Richard Shaw, Julie Gledhill and Roy Munn were sitting Beauchief & Greenhill councillors.
Helen Mirfin-Boukouris, Ian Saunders and Chris Rosling-Josephs were sitting Beighton councillors.
Bryan Lodge, Denise Fox and Karen McGowan were sitting Birley councillors.
Aodan Marken and Brian Webster were sitting Broomhill councillors.
Jackie Drayton and Talib Hussain were sitting Burngreave councillors.
Robert Murphy was a sitting Central councillor.
Anne Murphy was a sitting Crookes councillor.
Mazher Iqbal and Mary Lea were sitting Darnall councillors.
Colin Ross, Joe Otten and Martin Smith were sitting Dore & Totley councillors.
Steve Wilson and Pauline Andrews were sitting East Ecclesfield councillors.Sioned-Mair Richards was a sitting Shiregreen & Brightside councillor.
Roger Davison and Shaffaq Mohammed were sitting Ecclesall councillors.
Alan Law was a sitting Firth Park councillor.
Sue Alston, Andrew Sangar and Cliff Woodcraft were sitting Fulwood councillors.
Lewis Dagnall was a sitting Central councillor, Chris Peace and Cate McDonald were sitting Gleadless Valley councillors.
Ian Auckland and Steve Ayris were sitting Graves Park councillors.
Bob Johnson, George Lindars-Hammond and Josie Paszek were sitting Hillsborough councillors.
Pat Midgley and Terry Fox were sitting Manor Castle councillors.
Tony Downing, David Barker and Isobel Bowler were sitting Mosborough councillors, Denise Reaney was a sitting Graves Park councillor.
Nasima Akther and Mohammad Maroof were sitting Nether Edge councillors.
Julie Dore and Jack Scott were sitting Park & Arbourthorne councillors.
Mike Drabble was a sitting Arbourthorne councillor, Dianne Hurst was a sitting Darnall councillor, Peter Rippon was a sitting Shiregreen & Brightside councillor.
Peter Price was a sitting Shiregreen & Brightside councillor, Garry Weatherall was a sitting Firth Park councillor.
Tony Damms and Leigh Bramall were sitting Southey councillors, Jayne Dunn was a sitting Broomhill councillor.
David Baker and Vickie Priestley were sitting Stannington councillors, Penny Baker was a sitting Ecclesall councillor.
Jack Clarkson, Keith Davis and Richard Crowther were sitting Stocksbridge & Upper Don councillors, Katie Condliffe was a sitting Stannington councillor.
Olivia Blake, Ben Curran and Neale Gibson were sitting Walkley councillors.
Adam Hurst, John Booker and Zoe Sykes were sitting West Ecclesfield councillors.
Michael Rooney and Jackie Satur were sitting Woodhouse councillors, Paul Wood was a sitting Richmond councillor.
Death of Labour Cllr Isobel Bowler.
Resignation of Labour Cllr Leigh Bramall.
Resignation of Labour Cllr Nasima Akther.
Resignation of Labour Cllr Helen Mirfin-Boukouris.