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2024 Sheffield City Council election
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29 out of 84 seats to Sheffield City Council
43 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Tom Hunt Shaffaq Mohammed Douglas Johnson
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Green
Last election 39 seats, 39.6% 29 seats, 26.2% 14 seats, 19.4%
Seats before 30 29 14
Seats won 15 7 6
Seats after 36 27 14
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 2 Steady
Popular vote 51,574 28,106 28,561
Percentage 39.8% 21.7% 22.0%
Swing Increase 0.2% Decrease 4.5% Increase 2.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party
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Leader Lewis Chinchen
Party Independent Conservative
Last election 1 seat, 0.0% 1 seat, 10.8%
Seats before 9 1
Seats won 1 0
Seats after 7 0
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 1
Popular vote 5,336 12,064
Percentage 4.1% 9.3%
Swing Increase 3.8% Decrease 1.5%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Sheffield City Council election
Leader before election

Tom Hunt
Labour
No overall control

Leader after election

Tom Hunt
Labour
No overall control

The 2024 Sheffield City Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. There were 29 of the 84 members of Sheffield City Council in South Yorkshire up for election, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in Firth Park ward.[1] The council remained under no overall control.

Background

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Sheffield is a typically strong council for the Labour Party. Labour governed the council as a majority from its creation in 1974 until 1999, when the Liberal Democrats won their first majority on the council.[2] Labour regained their majority in 2003 after a brief period of no overall control, but lost their majority in 2007.[2] The Liberal Democrats governed again in 2008, but Labour won a majority in 2011.[3] They maintained control of the council until 2021, after which they formed a coalition with the Green Party.[4] In the previous election, Labour won 14 seats with 39.6% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats won 11 with 26.2%, and the Green Party won 4 with 19.4%. Following the election, Labour formed a coalition with the Liberal Democrats and Green Party.[5]

The seats up for election in 2024 were last contested in 2021; because of the delay of all local elections due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the seats are up for election after 3 years rather than the usual 4. In that election, Labour won 13 seats (down 8) with 36.6% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats won 9 (up 3) with 21.2%, the Green Party won 6 (up 5) with 20.4%, the Conservatives won 1 (up 1) with 18.4%, and UKIP lost the seat they were defending with 0.2%.

Previous council composition

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After 2023 election Before 2024 election[6] After 2024 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 39 Labour 30 Labour 36
Liberal Democrats 29 Liberal Democrats 29 Liberal Democrats 27
Green 14 Green 14 Green 14
Conservative 1 Conservative 1 Conservative 0
Independent 1 Independent 9 Independent 7

Changes 2023–2024:

  • September 2023: Tony Damms, Terry Fox, Denise Fox, Julie Grocutt, Dianne Hurst, Bryan Lodge, and Garry Weatherall suspended from Labour[a][5]
  • October 2023: Paul Wood leaves Labour to sit as an independent[a][7]
  • November 2023: Vickie Priestley (Liberal Democrats) dies; by-election held January 2024[8]
  • January 2024: Will Sapwell (Liberal Democrats) wins by-election[9]
  • March 2024: Abtisam Mohamed (Labour) resigns; seat left vacant until 2024 election[10]

Summary

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The council remained under no overall control. Labour made a net increase of five seats, consolidating their position as the largest party. The Conservatives lost their only seat on the council.[11]

Election result

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Sheffield City Council's composition following the 2024 local elections
2024 Sheffield City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 15 Increase 5 51.7 22 36 42.9 51,574 39.8 +0.2
  Liberal Democrats 7 Decrease 2 24.1 20 27 32.1 28,106 21.7 –4.5
  Green 6 Steady 20.7 8 14 16.7 28,561 22.0 +2.6
  Independent 1 Decrease 2 3.4 6 7 8.3 5,336 4.1 +3.8
  Conservative 0 Decrease 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 12,064 9.3 –1.5
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,864 2.2 –0.1
  Heritage 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 362 0.3 N/A
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 502 0.4 –0.4
  Communist 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 69 0.1 ±0.0

Ward results

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The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Sheffield City Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2024.[12] Sitting councillors standing for re–election are marked with an asterisk (*).

Beauchief & Greenhill

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Beauchief & Greenhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sophie Thornton* 1,937 42.7 –3.3
Labour Hafeas Rehman 1,446 31.9 +0.5
Green Gill Black 574 12.7 +3.2
Conservative Anne Smith 394 8.7 +0.8
Heritage Claire Newman 104 2.3 N/A
TUSC Daniel Smith 81 1.8 +0.4
Majority 491 10.8 –4.5
Turnout 4,536 33.1 –1.7
Registered electors 13,790
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease1.9

Beighton

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Beighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ann Woolhouse* 1,355 37.4 –12.0
Labour Lisa Banes 1,353 37.3 +3.2
Conservative Shirley Clayton 579 16.0 +6.4
Green Stewart Kemp 255 7.0 +2.7
TUSC Mark Dixey 83 2.3 –0.3
Majority 2 0.1 –15.3
Turnout 3,625 27.7 –1.2
Registered electors 13,228
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease5.9

Birley

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Birley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matthew Dwyer 1,520 47.6 –5.1
Independent David Cronshaw 647 20.3 N/A
Conservative Steven Winstone 378 11.8 –8.1
Green Alan Yearsley 308 9.7 –1.7
Liberal Democrats Willis Marshall 288 9.0 –0.2
TUSC Andrea Ugolini 49 1.5 –0.1
Majority 873 27.4 –6.3
Turnout 3,190 25.6 +1.3
Registered electors 12,495
Labour gain from Independent

Broomhill & Sharrow Vale

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Broomhill & Sharrow Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Brian Holmshaw* 2,963 51.0 –0.7
Labour Co-op Abdiaziz Ducaleh 1,951 33.6 –0.3
Liberal Democrats Patrick Gilbert 355 6.1 –0.4
Conservative Joanne Lowe 278 4.8 –0.3
TUSC Edward Boyle 137 2.4 –0.4
Independent Mike Pomranz 126 2.2 N/A
Majority 1,012 17.4 –0.4
Turnout 5,810 36.9 +5.3
Registered electors 15,848
Green hold Swing Decrease0.2

Burngreave

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Burngreave
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Safiya Saeed* 1,780 45.1 –21.9
Green Mustafa Ahmed 894 22.6 +9.9
Independent Mohammed Nisar 612 15.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats James Ellwood 302 7.6 –1.5
Conservative Alma Thule 241 6.1 –0.7
TUSC Hollie Buisson 119 3 +0.7
Majority 886 22.4 –31.8
Turnout 3,948 27.1 +3.4
Registered electors 14,710
Labour hold Swing Decrease15.9

City

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City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Douglas Johnson* 1,362 51.4 –2.0
Labour Thomas Evans 901 34.0 +4.1
Conservative Ashish Bhandari 162 6.1 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Shelley Cockayne 141 5.3 ±0.0
TUSC Maddie Rooney 86 3.2 –1.2
Majority 461 17.4 –6.1
Turnout 2,652 20.8 +5.8
Registered electors 12,842
Green hold Swing Decrease3.0

Crookes & Crosspool

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Crookes & Crosspool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Ruth Milsom* 3,310 48.3 +9.9
Liberal Democrats Jordan Barry 2,188 31.9 –9.9
Green Oscar Idle 972 14.2 +0.5
Conservative Marina Round 305 4.5 –0.5
TUSC Joseph Hibbert 77 1.1 –0.6
Majority 1,122 16.4 N/A
Turnout 6,852 51.0 +5.4
Registered electors 13,518
Labour Co-op hold Swing Increase9.6

Darnall

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Darnall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Qais al-Ahdal 2,402 52.9 N/A
Labour Sajid Ghafur 1,223 27.0 –41.1
Liberal Democrats Philip Winn 394 8.7 –5.0
Green Joydu al–Mahfuz 311 6.9 +1.5
Conservative Muzafar Rahman 207 4.6 –5.2
Majority 1,179 25.9 N/A
Turnout 4,537 33.1 +9.2
Registered electors 13,835
Independent gain from Labour

Dore & Totley

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Dore & Totley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Atkinson 3,283 51.3 –4.8
Labour Sam Savory 1,390 21.7 +4.3
Conservative Zoe Steane 879 13.7 –0.7
Green Bex Winter 796 12.4 +1.0
TUSC Luke Brownbill 56 0.9 +0.1
Majority 1,893 29.6 –9.1
Turnout 6,404 44.0 –1.6
Registered electors 14,649
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease4.6

East Ecclesfield

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East Ecclesfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Woodcock* 1,906 42.3 +1.7
Labour Co-op Bridget Kelly 1,705 38.3 –0.2
Conservative Kevin Mahoney 475 10.7 –1.1
Green Rosie Trevillion 271 6.1 –0.1
TUSC Rebecca Fryer 99 2.2 –0.2
Majority 201 4.5 +1.9
Turnout 4,456 32.3 +1.4
Registered electors 13,894
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase1.0

Ecclesall

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Ecclesall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Peter Gilbert 3,147 37.7 +5.6
Liberal Democrats Roger Davison* 2,751 33.0 –7.7
Labour Lisa Markham 1,915 23.0 +2.9
Conservative Gordon Millward 453 5.4 –0.6
TUSC Noah Eden 74 0.9 –0.3
Majority 396 4.7 N/A
Turnout 8,340 52.8 –0.3
Registered electors 15,887
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Increase6.7

Firth Park

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Firth Park (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Nikki Belfield 1,605 60.3 +4.1
Labour Co-op Fran Belbin* 1,585 59.6 +3.4
Green Eamonn Ward 438 16.5 +0.8
Green Colin McCulloch 381 14.3 −1.4
Conservative Brendon Colk 310 11.6 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Julia Wright 222 8.3 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Brown 212 8.0 +0.9
Independent John Booker 201 7.6 N/A
TUSC Joanna Hall 185 7.0 +4.0
Conservative Aliou Diallo 184 6.9 −4.5
Turnout 3,046 21.2 +1.5
Registered electors 14,380
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold

Fulwood

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Fulwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Alston* 2,952 48.2 –4.0
Labour Winko Kyaw Oo 1,610 26.3 –1.3
Green Judith Rutnam 975 15.9 +4.4
Conservative Thomas Wilson 506 8.3 +0.7
TUSC John Bunn 78 1.3 +0.1
Majority 1,342 21.9 –2.7
Turnout 6,121 46.8 +0.5
Registered electors 13,177
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease1.4

Gleadless Valley

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Gleadless Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Alexi Dimond* 2,462 52.2 +6.7
Labour Co-op Bethany Cheshire 1,607 34.0 –3.6
Conservative Brett Colk 281 6.0 –1.0
Liberal Democrats John Dryden 238 5.0 –1.2
TUSC Simon Jenkins 132 2.8 –0.9
Majority 855 18.1 +10.2
Turnout 4,720 35.3 +0.9
Registered electors 13,465
Green hold Swing Increase5.2

Graves Park

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Graves Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rob Bannister 1,954 36.4 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Tariq Zaman 1,856 34.5 –5.6
Green Thomas Atkin–Withers 1,043 19.4 +5.0
Conservative Chris Garratt 396 7.4 –0.4
TUSC Liam Ball 126 2.3 +0.3
Majority 98 1.8 N/A
Turnout 5,375 40.2 –1.7
Registered electors 13,458
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Increase3.2

Hillsborough

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Hillsborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Christine Gilligan Kubo* 2,726 51.3 +5.2
Labour Bren Twomey 1,763 33.2 –5.3
Conservative Patricia Barnsley 363 6.8 –1.7
Liberal Democrats Chris Lynch 213 4.0 –1.0
Heritage John Hartley 126 2.4 N/A
TUSC Leah Byatt 118 2.2 +0.4
Majority 963 18.1 +10.5
Turnout 5,309 36.2 –0.2
Registered electors 14,721
Green hold Swing Increase5.3

Manor Castle

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Manor Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Elle Dodd 1,881 57.6 +13.7
Green Ruth Flagg–Abbey 603 18.4 –0.6
Conservative Seun Ajao 308 9.4 +0.4
Independent Craig Judson 175 5.4 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Kenning 170 5.2 –2.1
TUSC Alistair Tice 128 3.9 –1.1
Majority 1,278 39.1 N/A
Turnout 3,265 22.0 +1.4
Registered electors 14,938
Labour Co-op hold Swing Increase7.2

Mosborough

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Mosborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Downing* 2,035 49.0 +11.8
Liberal Democrats Jonny Dixon 1,523 36.7 –6.4
Conservative Eve Millward 415 10.0 –2.0
Green Julie White 150 3.6 –1.6
TUSC Rory Smith 28 0.7 –1.8
Majority 512 12.3 N/A
Turnout 4,151 31.2 +0.4
Registered electors 13,499
Labour hold Swing Increase9.1

Nether Edge & Sharrow

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Nether Edge & Sharrow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Maroof Raouf* 2,662 40.8 +3.2
Labour Co-op Derek Martin 2,549 39.1 –8.3
Liberal Democrats Nasar Raoof 501 7.7 –0.3
Independent Fayyaz Shah Ji 381 5.8 N/A
Conservative John Chapman 253 3.9 –0.4
TUSC Bridget Gilbert 172 2.6 –0.1
Majority 113 1.7 N/A
Turnout 6,581 42.9 +0.7
Registered electors 15,362
Green hold Swing Increase5.8

Park & Arbourthorne

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Park & Arbourthorne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mia Drazaic 1,607 50.8 +0.9
Green Billie Turner 486 15.4 –1.6
Conservative Richard Blyth 467 14.8 –3.8
Liberal Democrats Ann Kingdom 273 8.6 –1.2
SDP Annie Stoker 175 5.5 N/A
TUSC Jack Jeffery 153 4.8 ±0.0
Majority 1,121 35.5 +4.2
Turnout 3,161 24.4 +0.4
Registered electors 13,090
Labour gain from Independent Swing Increase1.3

Richmond

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Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Barker* 1,728 53.7 +1.4
Reform UK Brian Kus 502 15.6 +7.8
Conservative Christine Saunders 401 12.5 –5.3
Green Luke Hunt 339 10.5 +1.0
Liberal Democrats Adil Mohammed 124 3.9 –5.2
TUSC Sue Statter 124 3.9 +0.4
Majority 1,226 38.1 +3.6
Turnout 3,218 23.5 +0.4
Registered electors 13,798
Labour hold Swing Decrease3.2

Shiregreen & Brightside

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Shiregreen & Brightside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Mark Rusling 1,547 54.5 –5.8
Conservative Roger Barnsley 434 15.3 –3.8
Green Joel Gilbert 387 13.6 +2.4
Independent Tracy Booker 202 7.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Rachel Barker 180 6.3 –2.2
TUSC Patricia Prystupa 88 3.1 N/A
Majority 1,113 39.2 –2.0
Turnout 2,838 20.9 +1.2
Registered electors 13,664
Labour Co-op hold Swing Decrease1.0

Southey

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Southey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gareth Slater 1,438 52.4 –7.7
Green Andrew Hards 376 13.7 +2.4
Conservative Andrew Smith 319 11.6 –4.7
Independent Tony Damms* 318 11.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kevin Grum 196 7.1 –1.2
TUSC Harry Lomas 99 3.6 –0.5
Majority 1,052 38.3 –8.6
Turnout 2,746 19.7 ±0.0
Registered electors 14,018
Labour gain from Independent Swing Decrease5.1

Stannington

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Stannington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Williams* 1,959 40.2 –12.2
Labour Co-op Lewis Blake Dagnall 1,589 32.6 +9.1
Green Chris Bragg 692 14.2 +4.8
Conservative Isaac Howarth 521 10.7 –2.6
TUSC Robert Simpson 110 2.3 +0.8
Majority 370 7.6 –21.2
Turnout 4,871 34.3 –2.9
Registered electors 14,304
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease10.7

Stocksbridge & Upper Don

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Stocksbridge & Upper Don
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Whittaker 2,399 49.6 –1.7
Conservative Matthew Dixon 1,341 27.7 –6.6
Green David Willington 607 12.5 +5.0
Liberal Democrats Susan Davidson 398 8.2 +2.6
TUSC Claire Wraith 95 2.0 +1.1
Majority 1,058 21.9 +4.9
Turnout 4,840 33.7 –2.4
Registered electors 14,495
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.5

Walkley

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Walkley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op John Wright 2,789 50.2 –0.4
Green Dylan Lewis–Creser 1,782 32.1 –0.2
Liberal Democrats Alex Purvis 332 5.8 –0.5
Conservative Liam Neilson 296 5.3 +0.4
TUSC Isabelle France 166 3.0 ±0.0
Heritage Tim Grindley 132 2.4 N/A
Communist Ben Ughetti 69 1.2 N/A
Majority 1,007 18.8 +0.4
Turnout 5,365 37.5 +1.1
Registered electors 14,925
Labour Co-op gain from Green Swing Decrease0.1

West Ecclesfield

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West Ecclesfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ann Whitaker* 1,662 40.4 –4.8
Labour Co-op Tom Blandford 1,584 38.5 +8.4
Conservative Scott Darby 465 11.3 +1.8
Green Kathy Aston 288 7.0 +1.5
TUSC Christie Littlewood 112 2.7 +1.4
Majority 78 1.9 –13.2
Turnout 4,111 30.8 ±0.0
Registered electors 13,463
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease6.6

Woodhouse

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Woodhouse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Mick Rooney* 1,810 57.8 +2.3
Conservative Mary Love 453 14.5 –6.4
Green Hannah Nicklin 311 9.9 +0.5
Independent Jack Carrington 272 8.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Charles Edwardson 195 6.2 –3.3
TUSC Joshua Crapper 89 2.8 –1.8
Majority 1,357 43.4 +8.8
Turnout 3,130 24.6 +0.4
Registered electors 12,780
Labour Co-op hold Swing Increase4.4

References

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  1. ^ a b Part of the Sheffield Community Councillors Group, which is not registered as a political party.
  1. ^ "NOTICE OF CASUAL VACANCY - Firth Park ward" (PDF). Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Sheffield City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  3. ^ "BBC News - Election 2011 - England council elections - Sheffield". BBC News. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Election 2021: Sheffield City Council moves to no overall control as leader ousted". BBC News. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  5. ^ a b Williams, Molly (12 September 2023). "Green and Lib Dem councillors 'disappointed' by Sheffield Labour suspensions". The Star. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Your Councillors by Party". Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  7. ^ Armstrong, Julia (25 October 2023). "Sheffield Labour Muslim councillors condemn "Israel's relentless indiscriminate bombing of Gaza"". The Star. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  8. ^ Harrison, Harry (9 November 2023). "Vickie Priestley: Sadness as Sheffield Council announce death of serving Stannington councillor". The Star. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Stannington Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  10. ^ Boothroyd, David. "In like Flintshire". LocalCouncils.co.uk.
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