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.
valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 100px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 126px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 94px" | New council[2] | valign=top style="width: 30px" | +/- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | align=center | 40 | align=center | 39 | align=center | 1 | |
Liberal Democrats | align=center | 29 | align=center | 29 | align=center | - | |
Green | align=center | 13 | align=center | 14 | align=center | 1 | |
Conservative | align=center | 1 | align=center | 1 | align=center | - | |
Independent | align=center | 1 | align=center | 1 | align=center | - | |
Total | 84 | 84 | |||||
Working majority |
Incumbents are denoted by an asterisk (*). Turnout includes rejected ballots.