Sheffield City Council election, 2014

Sheffield City Council election, 2014
England
22 May 2014

29 of 84 seats to Sheffield City Council
43 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrat
Seats won 18 6
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease4

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party UKIP Green
Seats won 3 2
Seat change Increase3 Increase2

Map showing the results of the 2014 Sheffield City Council elections.

Majority party before election

Labour

Majority party after election

Labour

Sheffield City Council elections took place on 22 May 2014, alongside nationwide local elections and European elections.

There were 29 seats up for election, one third of the council with a double vacancy in Walkley.

With a Labour majority of 36 and defending 19 seats, it was almost mathematically impossible for Labour to lose control of the council, as Labour would have needed to lose all 19 of those 19 seats to lose control. Even then Labour would still have been the largest party.

Sheffield City Council Election, 2014
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 18 2 3 Decrease1 62.1 36.8 54,596 Decrease10.1
  UKIP 3 3 0 Increase3 10.3 22.8 33,765 Increase12.3
  Liberal Democrat 6 1 5 Decrease4 20.7 17.8 26,409 Decrease4.2
  Green 2 2 0 Increase2 6.9 12.7 18,816 Increase2.3
  Conservative 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 7.1 10,483 Decrease1.1
  TUSC 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.2 3,187 Increase1.2
  Independents 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.7 970 Decrease0.2

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

Party Previous council New council +/-
Labour 60 59 Decrease1
Liberal Democrats 22 18 Decrease4
Greens 2 4 Increase2
UKIP 0 3 Increase3
Conservatives 0 0 Steady0
Total 84 84
Working majority  18   17 

Defections

Since the 2010 when these seats were last contested, 2 Liberal Democrats defected to Labour (Seats in Walkley and Beauchief & Greenhill).

Deaths and by-elections

A Liberal Democrat councillor for Fulwood died, with the by-election resulting in a Lib Dem hold.

A Labour councillor for Manor & Castle died, with the by-election resulting in a Labour hold.

References

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