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| election_name = Sheffield City Council election, 1965 |
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| country = England |
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| type = Parliamentary |
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| ongoing = no |
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| previous_election = [[Sheffield City Council election, 1964]] |
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| previous_year = [[Sheffield City Council election, 1964|1964]] |
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| next_election = [[Sheffield City Council election, 1966]] |
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| next_year = [[Sheffield City Council election, 1966|1966]] |
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| seats_for_election = 29 councillors to [[Sheffield City Council]] |
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| election_date = 13 May 1965 |
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| party1 = Labour Party (UK) |
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| seats1 = 20 |
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| party2 = Conservative Party (UK) |
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| seats2 = 9 |
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| title = Majority party |
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| posttitle = Majority party after election |
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| before_election = [[Labour Party (UK)]] |
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This year's [[Sheffield City Council]] election was held 13 May 1965. One third of the council was up for election, with as many as four double vacancies in the wards of Crookesmoor, Owlerton, Walkley and Woodseats. The [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] managed to gain one of the Walkley seats up for election, as the only gain of the night. Overall turnout fell by a tenth on the [[Sheffield Municipal election, 1964|previous year]]'s, to 26.2%.<ref name="results">{{cite web| url = https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B1BWkO-jL09UOWZlMjEyM2UtMTkxNy00M2FkLWE3MjAtNTViNzI2MjBhYmY4&hl=en_US | title = Sheffield Local Elections 1960–1995 scans | accessdate = 2011-12-02}}</ref> |
This year's [[Sheffield City Council]] election was held 13 May 1965. One third of the council was up for election, with as many as four double vacancies in the wards of Crookesmoor, Owlerton, Walkley and Woodseats. The [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] managed to gain one of the Walkley seats up for election, as the only gain of the night. Overall turnout fell by a tenth on the [[Sheffield Municipal election, 1964|previous year]]'s, to 26.2%.<ref name="results">{{cite web| url = https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B1BWkO-jL09UOWZlMjEyM2UtMTkxNy00M2FkLWE3MjAtNTViNzI2MjBhYmY4&hl=en_US | title = Sheffield Local Elections 1960–1995 scans | accessdate = 2011-12-02}}</ref> |
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This year's Sheffield City Council election was held 13 May 1965. One third of the council was up for election, with as many as four double vacancies in the wards of Crookesmoor, Owlerton, Walkley and Woodseats. The Conservatives managed to gain one of the Walkley seats up for election, as the only gain of the night. Overall turnout fell by a tenth on the previous year's, to 26.2%.[1]
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 20 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 69.0 | 46.9 | 41,975 | -8.1% | |
Conservative | 9 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 31.0 | 44.4 | 39,804 | +6.1% | |
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 5,622 | +1.6% | |
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 2,144 | +0.4% |
The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
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Cllr | Ald | Cllr | Ald | ||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Labour | 55 | 18 | 54 | 18 |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Conservatives | 20 | 7 | 21 | 7 |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Liberals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of Great Britain/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Communists | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 75 | 25 | 75 | 25 | |
100 | 100 | ||||
Working majority | 35 | 11 | 33 | 11 | |
46 | 44 |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Robins | 1,430 | 83.5 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | Eric Straw | 282 | 16.5 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 1,148 | 67.0 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,712 | 13.0 | -4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Arthur Longmore | 1,246 | 89.2 | +4.0 | |
Communist | Barry Bracken | 150 | 10.7 | -4.0 | |
Majority | 1,096 | 78.5 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,396 | 11.8 | -5.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Raymond Hadfield | 2,908 | 63.0 | -5.6 | |
Labour | Dennis Dunn | 887 | 19.2 | -0.6 | |
Liberal | Robin Young | 822 | 17.8 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 2,021 | 43.8 | -4.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,617 | 34.2 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Pate | 1,374 | 62.6 | -6.3 | |
Conservative | Irvine Patnick | 674 | 30.7 | -0.3 | |
Communist | Cyril Morton | 147 | 6.7 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 700 | 31.9 | -6.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,195 | 21.8 | -4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Doris Mulhearn | 1,492 | 74.2 | -9.1 | |
Conservative | George Beardshaw | 519 | 25.8 | +9.1 | |
Majority | 973 | 48.4 | -18.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,011 | 21.8 | -5.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian Pritchard | 1,263 | 48.4 | -10.2 | |
Labour | John Tomlinson | 1,209 | |||
Conservative | Agnes Edeson | 738 | 28.3 | -6.8 | |
Conservative | David Stephenson | 725 | |||
Liberal | Peter Metcalfe | 399 | 15.3 | +15.3 | |
Liberal | Keith Jackson | 386 | |||
Communist | Roy Barrett | 209 | 8.0 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 471 | 20.1 | -3.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,609 | 29.0 | +2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Arnold Wood | 1,950 | 55.8 | -3.5 | |
Conservative | Kathleen Circuit | 955 | 27.3 | +2.3 | |
Liberal | Joseph Hinchcliffe | 366 | 10.5 | +1.1 | |
Communist | Alan Ecclestone | 220 | 6.3 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 995 | 28.5 | -5.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,491 | 19.4 | -5.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Harold Hebblethwaite | 4,578 | 75.6 | -7.5 | |
Liberal | Brian Bell | 881 | 14.5 | +14.5 | |
Labour | Annie Britton | 598 | 9.9 | -7.0 | |
Majority | 3,697 | 61.0 | -5.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,057 | 36.6 | +2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -11.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Hall | 1,600 | 55.9 | -4.5 | |
Conservative | Andrew Cook | 1,160 | 40.5 | +5.6 | |
Communist | Bob Moody | 104 | 3.6 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 440 | 15.3 | -10.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,864 | 22.7 | -7.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gordon Wragg | 4,080 | 63.0 | +5.8 | |
Labour | Bernard Kidd | 1,404 | 21.7 | -6.3 | |
Liberal | David Chambers | 993 | 15.3 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 2,676 | 41.3 | +12.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,477 | 36.8 | -2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Leonard Cope | 2,892 | 54.4 | -2.8 | |
Conservative | Thomas Crewe | 1,689 | 31.8 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | Kenneth Peace | 730 | 13.7 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 1,203 | 22.6 | -6.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,311 | 24.2 | -4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Martha Strafford | 2,011 | 46.8 | -9.6 | |
Conservative | Pat Santhouse | 1,483 | 34.5 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | Graham Oxley | 604 | 14.0 | +3.5 | |
Communist | Edna Ashworth | 200 | 4.6 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 528 | 12.3 | -13.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,298 | 34.0 | -4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Claude Toplis | 2,775 | 58.4 | +7.0 | |
Labour | George Wilson | 1,978 | 41.6 | -7.0 | |
Majority | 797 | 16.8 | +14.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,753 | 34.5 | -5.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Armitage | 2,088 | 92.0 | +1.2 | |
Communist | John Hukin | 182 | 8.0 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 1,906 | 84.0 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,270 | 14.3 | -4.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Reginald Munn | 1,334 | 57.1 | -10.9 | |
Conservative | Rupert Bishop | 934 | 40.0 | +7.9 | |
Communist | Joe Stevenson | 69 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 400 | 17.1 | -18.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,337 | 24.3 | -3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Macdonald | 2,479 | 58.7 | +4.1 | |
Labour | Valerie Potts | 1,069 | 25.3 | -5.2 | |
Liberal | Dennis Boothroyd | 675 | 16.0 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 1,410 | 33.4 | +9.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,223 | 34.7 | +0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Simms | 1,894 | 92.1 | +0.6 | |
Communist | Howard Hill | 161 | 7.8 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 1,733 | 84.3 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,055 | 15.7 | -6.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thornton Lambert | 5,821 | 62.2 | +5.0 | |
Labour | Frank Hooley | 3,529 | 37.7 | -5.0 | |
Majority | 2,292 | 24.5 | +10.0 | ||
Turnout | 9,350 | 37.1 | +1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roy Thwaites | 1,591 | 54.0 | -13.6 | |
Labour | John Yeardley | 1,531 | |||
Conservative | Horace Bestall | 1,079 | 36.6 | +7.8 | |
Communist | Dave Jeffery | 277 | 9.4 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 452 | 17.4 | -21.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,947 | 23.5 | -2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -10.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joseph Ashton | 1,509 | 76.2 | -4.1 | |
Conservative | June Harris | 325 | 16.4 | -3.2 | |
Communist | George Caborn | 145 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
Majority | 1,184 | 59.8 | -0.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,979 | 18.6 | -4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Hill | 1,711 | 50.7 | -5.3 | |
Conservative | Joseph Barber | 1,660 | 49.2 | +5.3 | |
Majority | 51 | 1.5 | -10.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,371 | 34.7 | -2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hector Bright | 2,002 | 87.7 | -2.8 | |
Communist | Raymond Southall | 280 | 12.3 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 1,722 | 75.4 | -5.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,282 | 13.8 | -7.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tom Cruise | 1,198 | 70.8 | -7.8 | |
Conservative | Joan Willows | 341 | 20.2 | +5.0 | |
Liberal | Colin Andrews | 152 | 9.0 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 857 | 50.7 | -12.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,691 | 18.2 | -5.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Bennett | 1,736 | 52.7 | -14.1 | |
Conservative | Raymond Corfield | 1,557 | 47.3 | +14.1 | |
Labour | Joe Albaya | 1,426 | |||
Majority | 131 | 5.4 | -28.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,293 | 27.5 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +14.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Frank Adams | 3,767 | 63.2 | +12.9 | |
Conservative | Walter Morrison | 3,752 | |||
Labour | Marie Hogg | 2,189 | 36.7 | -6.5 | |
Labour | F. Smith | 1,972 | |||
Majority | 1,578 | 26.5 | +19.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,956 | 38.5 | -1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.7 |