2022 Sheffield City Council election explained

Election Name:2022 Sheffield City Council election
Flag Image:Coat of arms of Sheffield City Council.png
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:2021 Sheffield City Council election
Previous Year:2021
Next Election:2023 Sheffield City Council election
Next Year:2023
Seats For Election:One third of seats (28 of 84) to Sheffield City Council
Majority Seats:43
Election Date:5 May 2022
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Leader1:Terry Fox
Seats1:15
Seat Change1:1
Popular Vote1:52,175
Percentage1:40.6%
Swing1: 4.0%
Party2:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Leader2:Shaffaq Mohammed
Seats2:9
Seat Change2:0
Popular Vote2:28,031
Percentage2:21.8%
Swing2: 0.6%
Party4:Green Party of England and Wales
Leader4:Douglas Johnson
Seats4:4
Seat Change4:1
Popular Vote4:27,245
Percentage4:21.2%
Swing4: 0.8%
Party5:Conservative Party (UK)
Leader5:Lewis Chinchen
Seats5:0
Seat Change5:0
Popular Vote5:16,803
Percentage5:13.1%
Swing5: 5.3%
Map Size:500px
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Election:No Overall Control (Lab/Grn coalition)
After Election:No Overall Control (Lab/Lib/Grn Committee System)

The 2022 Sheffield City Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Sheffield City Council in England, as part of the nationwide local elections. One seat from each ward was up for election.

This was the first election held since the formation of a Labour-Green coalition,[1] which was established in 2021 following the loss of Labour's overall majority on the council. Following the election the council remains No Overall Control.

Overall election result

valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 100px"Partyvalign=top style="width: 126px"Previous councilvalign=top style="width: 94px"New council[2] valign=top style="width: 30px"+/-
Labouralign=center 40align=center 39align=center 1
Liberal Democratsalign=center 29align=center 29align=center -
Greenalign=center 13align=center 14align=center 1
Conservativealign=center 1align=center 1align=center -
Independentalign=center 1align=center 1align=center -
Total8484
Working majority

Ward results

Incumbents are denoted by an asterisk (*). Turnout includes rejected ballots.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sheffield City Council: Labour and Green coalition to run authority . . 12 April 2022 . 12 April 2022.
  2. Web site: City council and parish council election results Sheffield City Council . 2022-08-17 . www.sheffield.gov.uk.