2023 Sheffield City Council election

2023 Sheffield City Council election
One third of seats (28 of 84) to Sheffield City Council; 43 seats needed for a majority
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Incumbent Leader; Terry Fox; Labour; No overall control	; ;

The 2023 Sheffield City Council election is a local election in the United Kingdom that is set to take place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Sheffield City Council in England, as part of the nationwide local elections. One seat is up for election in each ward, with the exception of Manor Castle which is electing two councillors.

Going into the election, there is No Overall Control over the Sheffield City Council, and there has not been a majority party since Labour lost its majority in 2021.^[3]

Electoral Process

The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year. Councillors are elected via first-past-the-post voting, with each ward represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.^[4]

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Sheffield aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.^[5]

Candidates

Asterisks (*) denote incumbent councillors seeking re-election.^[6]^[7]

Beauchief & Greenhill

Beauchief & Greenhill
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Shaw*	2207
	Labour Co-op	Mary Bishop	1505
	Green	Gill Black	454
	Conservative	Scott Darby	379
	Reform UK	Pete Reilly	180
	TUSC	Leah Byatt	68
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Beighton

Beighton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Horner	1879
	Labour	Michael Chilton	1298
	Conservative	Salieu Favour Bah	367
	Green	Stewart Kemp	162
	TUSC	Mark Dixey	99
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Birley

Birley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Denise Fox*	1594
	Conservative	Steven Winstone	573
	Green	Alan Yearsley	344
	Liberal Democrats	James Ellwood	277
	Independent	Anne Barr	189
	TUSC	Simon Moulton	49
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Broomhill & Sharrow Vale

Broomhill & Sharrow Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Angela Argenzio*	2601
	Labour Co-op	Lewis Dagnall	1705
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Gilbert	326
	Conservative	Gordon Millward	257
	TUSC	Noah Eden	139
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Burngreave

Burngreave
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Talib Hussain*	2299
	Green	Mustafa Ahmed	437
	Liberal Democrats	Jordan Barry	314
	Conservative	Oluwaseun Ajao	234
	TUSC	Simon Jenkins	79
	Reform UK	Khalil Al-Asad	70
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

City

City
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Ruth Mersereau*	1119
	Labour	Gareth Slater	626
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Wright	110
	Conservative	Matthew Chapman	102
	TUSC	Alexander Helie	93
	Yorkshire	Gareth Shanks	45
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Crookes & Crosspool

Crookes & Crosspool
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Huggan*	2734
	Labour Co-op	John Wright	2547
	Green	Oscar Idle	908
	Conservative	Roger Barnsley	333
	TUSC	Joseph Hibbert	113
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Darnall

Darnall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Mary Lea*	2188
	Liberal Democrats	Adil Mohammed	441
	Conservative	Theresa Morrison	315
	Green	Eamonn Ward	173
	TUSC	Diane Spencer	94
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Dore & Totley

Dore & Totley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Otten*	3744
	Labour	Dominic Ridler	1159
	Conservative	Joanne Lowe	963
	Green	Bex Whyman	759
	TUSC	Bridget Gilbert	53
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

East Ecclesfield

East Ecclesfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Reiss	1741
	Labour Co-op	Bridget Kelly	1633
	Conservative	Oliver O'Brien	500
	Green	Rosie Trevillion	263
	TUSC	Harry Lomas	102
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Ecclesall

Ecclesall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Masters*	3400
	Green	Peter Gilbert	2680
	Labour	Lisa Markham	1676
	Conservative	Elizabeth Finney	502
	TUSC	Jemima Johnson	101
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Firth Park

Firth Park
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Abdul Khayum*	1571
	Green	Joydu Al-Mahfuz	439
	Conservative	Sara Chinchen	320
	Liberal Democrats	Shelley Cockayne	199
	SDP	April Worrall	183
	TUSC	Joanna Hall	84
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Fulwood

Fulwood
Party		Candidate	Votes
	TUSC	John Bunn	78
	Labour	Matthew Killeya	1810
	Green	Dylan Lewis-Creser	752
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Sangar*	3427
	Conservative	Christine Saunders	500
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Gleadless Valley

Gleadless Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Shirley Clayton	324
	Labour	Mia Drazaic	1729
	Liberal Democrats	John Dryden	284
	TUSC	Daniel Smith	172
	Green	Paul Turpin*	2094
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Graves Park

Graves Park
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Thomas Atkin	800
	TUSC	Liam Ball	113
	Conservative	Christopher Garratt	432
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Mahroof	2228
	Labour	Amy Frances Mount	1980
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Hillsborough

Hillsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Patricia Barnsley	447
	Labour Co-op	George Lindars-Hammond*	2032
	Green	Toby Mallinson	2434
	Liberal Democrats	Will Sapwell	263
	TUSC	Rory Smith	106
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Manor Castle

Two seats are up for election in Manor Castle.

Manor Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Zoe Boston	249
	Independent	Justin Buxton	108
	Yorkshire	Jack Carrington	434
	Green	Catherine Fish	584
	Green	Ruth Flagg-Abbey	654
	Conservative	Isaac Howarth	309
	Independent	Dan Kahn	28
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Kenning	206
	Independent	Helen McIlroy	78
	Labour Co-op	Laura Moynahan	1508
	Labour Co-op	Sioned-Mair Richards*	1274
	TUSC	Alistair Tice	171
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Mosborough

Mosborough
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Glynis Chapman	1788
	Conservative	Mark Finney	497
	TUSC	Joseph Howard	105
	Labour Co-op	Samantha Nicholson	1546
	Green	Julie White	215
	Independent	Adam Wood
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Nether Edge & Sharrow

Nether Edge & Sharrow
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Bev Bennett	2437
	Conservative	John Chapman	277
	TUSC	Holly Johnston	175
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Lynch	519
	Labour Co-op	Ibby Ullah	3072
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Park & Arbourthorne

Park & Arbourthorne
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Jen Barnard	526
	Conservative	Richard Blyth	575
	TUSC	Jack Jeffery	148
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Kingdom	304
	Labour Co-op	Ben Miskell*	1546
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Richmond

Richmond
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Luke Hunt	304
	Labour	Dianne Hurst*	1666
	Reform UK	Brian Kus	248
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Ross	289
	Conservative	Andrew Smith	569
	TUSC	Susan Statter	112
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Shiregreen & Brightside

Shiregreen & Brightside
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour Co-op	Dawn Dale*	1621
	Green	Joel Gilbert	300
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Leek	228
	Conservative	Zoe Steane	514
	Communist	Ben Ughetti	66
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Southey

Southey
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Lesley Blyth	449
	TUSC	Luke Brownbill	114
	Labour	Mike Chaplin*	1658
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Grum	228
	Green	Andrew Hards	312
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Stannington

Stannington
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Baker*	2783
	Labour	Seun Ebenezer	1247
	Green	Matty Kimber	498
	TUSC	Robert Simpson	80
	Conservative	Ben Woollard	706
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Stocksbridge & Upper Don

Stocksbridge & Upper Don
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Chinchen	1791
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Davey	295
	Labour	Julie Grocutt*	2678
	TUSC	Patricia Prystupa	48
	Green	David Willington	390
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Walkley

Walkley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Laura McClean	2769
	Green	Ash Routh	1767
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Purvis	358
	Conservative	Evelyn Millward	271
	TUSC	Isabelle France	162
	Reform UK	John Davidson	158
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

West Ecclesfield

West Ecclesfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Kathy Aston	227
	Reform UK	John Booker	340
	TUSC	Rebecca Fryer	54
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Hooper*	1856
	Labour	Adam Hurst	1236
	Conservative	Kevin Mahoney	390
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Woodhouse

Woodhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Chris Bragg	290
	TUSC	Joshua Crapper	140
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Edwardson	293
	Labour Co-op	Alison Norris	1706
	Conservative	Anne Smith	643
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

References

^ The one Conservative before the election was Lewis Chinchen
^ The one independent councillor before the election, Sophie Wilson, had been elected in 2021 as a Labour councillor but resigned from the party in March 2022.^[2]

^ "Your councillors by party". Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
^ Williams, Molly (9 March 2022). "Sheffield Labour councillor quits party and calls out 'spineless political opportunism'". The Star. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
^ "How could marginal seats impact Sheffield's local elections?". Now Then Magazine. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
^ "Election Types". Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
^ "Voting". Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
^ "Full list of 2023 local election Sheffield Council candidates revealed". Sheffield Star. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

[2] The one Conservative before the election was Lewis Chinchen

[4] The one independent councillor before the election, Sophie Wilson, had been elected in 2021 as a Labour councillor but resigned from the party in March 2022.^[2]

[1] "Your councillors by party". Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

[3] Williams, Molly (9 March 2022). "Sheffield Labour councillor quits party and calls out 'spineless political opportunism'". The Star. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

[5] "How could marginal seats impact Sheffield's local elections?". Now Then Magazine. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

[6] "Election Types". Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

[7] "Voting". Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

[8] "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

[9] "Full list of 2023 local election Sheffield Council candidates revealed". Sheffield Star. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

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