1992 Sheffield City Council election

1992 Sheffield City Council election
31 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council; 44 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 1992 Sheffield City Council elections.
Majority party before election; Labour Party (UK);	Majority party after election ; Labour Party (UK);

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 7 May 1992. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1992
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	21	0	3	-3	67.7	38.2	45,091	-11.4
Conservative	5	1	1	0	16.1	32.4	38,229	+8.9
Liberal Democrats	5	3	0	+3	16.1	27.7	32,623	+3.0
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.5	1,785	+0.1
Safer Cycling	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	150	N/A
Wealth Redistribution	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	65	±0.0

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	70	67
	Conservatives	11	11
	Liberal Democrats	6	9
Total		87	87
Working majority		53	47

Ward results

Beauchief ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Hughes	3,884	56.8	−3.0
	Conservative	Francis Woodger	1,785	26.1	+3.3
	Labour	David Lawton	1,164	17.0	−0.3
Majority			2,099	30.7	−6.3
Turnout			6,833	45.8	−6.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	-3.1

Birley ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Val Shepherd*	1,990	48.1	−13.0
	Conservative	Margaret Pigott	1,447	34.9	+13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Ashworth	701	16.9	−0.4
Majority			543	13.2	−26.3
Turnout			4,138	26.5	−8.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.1

Brightside^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Price*	1,384	55.2	−13.9
	Conservative	Marjorie Kirby	711	28.4	+12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Davis	411	16.4	+1.3
Majority			673	26.8	−26.5
Turnout			2,506	19.2	−8.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.2

Broomhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Levick	2,025	42.7	+3.7
	Labour	Robert Quick	1,563	33.0	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Wisbey	808	17.0	−1.9
	Green	Michael Baker	339	7.1	−1.6
Majority			462	9.7	+4.1
Turnout			4,735	30.5	−3.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+2.0

Burngreave^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phyllis Smith*	1,501	60.2	−5.4
	Conservative	Andrew Cook	544	21.8	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Milsom	447	17.9	+3.5
Majority			957	38.4	−12.1
Turnout			2,492	20.6	−8.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.0

Castle^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Bower*	1,392	63.5	−11.9
	Conservative	Anne Smith	460	21.0	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Melvin Lockey	340	15.5	+3.6
Majority			938	42.5	−20.3
Turnout			2,192	19.2	−10.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.1

Chapel Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Chadwick	3,704	60.9	+5.2
	Labour	Eldon Hanson	1,617	26.6	−10.5
	Conservative	Michael Boot	763	12.5	+5.4
Majority			2,087	34.3	+15.7
Turnout			6,084	33.1	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+7.8

Darnall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Robinson*	1,683	51.4	−5.8
	Conservative	Dorothy Kennedy	968	29.6	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Motahir Ali	383	11.7	−1.9
	Green	Christine Ferguson	239	7.3	+0.7
Majority			715	21.8	−18.2
Turnout			3,273	22.1	−8.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.1

Dore^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Heslop*	4,106	64.8	+12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Richmond	1,134	17.9	−3.1
	Labour	Michael King	1,098	17.3	−9.1
Majority			2,972	46.9	+20.8
Turnout			6,338	38.9	−5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.7

Ecclesall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bobbie Fleming*	3,675	59.9	+14.4
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Ross	1,341	21.8	−1.4
	Labour	Timothy Plant	969	15.8	−5.5
	Safer Cycling	Simon Gershon	150	2.4	+2.4
Majority			2,334	38.1	+15.8
Turnout			6,135	38.8	−6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.9

Firth Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marilyn Mitchell	1,944	63.2	−7.7
	Conservative	Raymond Howard	833	27.1	+15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ali Qadar	296	9.6	−7.6
Majority			1,111	36.1	−17.6
Turnout			3,073	22.4	−10.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.4

Hallam^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Jackson*	3,529	56.3	+3.6
	Conservative	Anthony Pratt	3,389
	Liberal Democrats	John Knight	1,581	25.2	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Davison	1,376
	Labour	Mary Balbi	918	14.6	−6.5
	Labour	Richard Roper	794
	Green	Peter Scott	242	3.8	−0.2
Majority			1,808	31.1	+0.5
Turnout			6,270	39.7	−9.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.2

Handsworth^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Metcalfe	1,809	50.2	−10.8
	Conservative	Shirley Clayton	1,083	30.0	+12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Morris	712	19.7	−1.8
Majority			726	20.2	−19.3
Turnout			3,604	24.7	−9.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.6

Heeley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Hayes	1,876	45.4	−13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Ayris	1,349	32.7	+11.2
	Conservative	Maureen Neill	904	21.9	+2.2
Majority			527	12.7	−24.6
Turnout			4,129	27.8	−6.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.3

Hillsborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kali Mountford	1,718	35.5	−14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Tosseano	1,504	31.0	+9.8
	Conservative	Thomas Seaton	1,436	29.6	+6.0
	Green	Peter Wood	185	3.8	−1.8
Majority			214	4.5	−21.4
Turnout			4,843	31.9	−4.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.9

Intake^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Wilson	1,711	43.0	−13.4
	Conservative	Andrew Fitzpatrick	1,567	39.3	+14.6
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Alston	704	17.7	−1.2
Majority			144	3.7	−28.0
Turnout			3,982	25.5	−6.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-14.0

Manor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Curran	1,239	61.5	−12.0
	Labour	William Jordan*	1,238
	Conservative	Albert Marsden	446	22.1	+9.4
	Conservative	Andrew Watson	386
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Bridge	328	16.3	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Davis	301
Majority			792	39.4	−20.4
Turnout			2,013	21.2	−11.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.7

Mosborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Walton*	2,614	45.7	−11.0
	Conservative	Thomas Pigott	2,255	39.4	+12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Truman	851	14.9	−1.7
Majority			614	6.3	−23.8
Turnout			5,720	23.1	−7.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.9

Nether Edge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gregory Connor	2,532	48.9	+15.2
	Labour	Janet Fiore*	1,568	30.3	−10.9
	Conservative	Qari Siddique	882	17.0	−8.1
	Green	Nicola Watson	194	3.7	+3.7
Majority			964	18.6	+11.1
Turnout			5,176	35.5	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+13.0

Nether Shire^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Bird	1,510	51.9	−17.6
	Liberal Democrats	Doreen Huddart	734	25.2	+8.3
	Conservative	Anthony Cherry	665	22.8	+9.3
Majority			776	26.7	−25.9
Turnout			2,909	22.9	−8.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.9

Netherthorpe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Phelps	1,457	50.4	−9.9
	Conservative	David Knight	640	22.1	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew McKerrow	486	16.8	+2.2
	Green	Barry New	308	10.6	−0.2
Majority			817	28.3	−17.4
Turnout			2,891	21.3	−6.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.8

Norton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Lamb**	1,777	40.6	−14.9
	Conservative	Nicola Wilde	1,433	32.8	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Tutt	1,161	26.5	+5.5
Majority			344	7.8	−24.2
Turnout			4,371	34.0	−6.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.1

Edward Lamb was a sitting councillor for Heeley ward

Owlerton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jones	1,501	53.7	−13.4
	Conservative	Philip Kirby	791	28.3	+12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Taylor	435	15.6	−1.6
	Green	Paul Mitchell	65	2.3	+2.3
Majority			710	25.4	−24.5
Turnout			2,792	21.9	−9.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.0

Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alice Sargent*	1,369	61.1	−13.8
	Conservative	Mary Hyatt	544	24.3	+13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Hughes	328	14.6	+0.6
Majority			825	36.8	−24.1
Turnout			2,241	16.7	−9.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.5

Sharrow^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Pye*	1,363	55.3	−7.6
	Conservative	Paul Makin	542	22.0	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew White	493	20.0	+3.0
	Wealth Redistribution	Simon Rawlins	65	2.6	-0.8
Majority			821	33.3	−12.6
Turnout			2,463	22.0	−5.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.4

South Wortley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Dunworth	3,376	51.5	+8.1
	Conservative	Lynn Wilson	1,646	25.1	+4.8
	Labour	Mark Denton	1,528	23.3	−13.0
Majority			1,730	26.4	+19.3
Turnout			6,550	34.9	−6.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+1.6

Southey Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Butler**	1,696	67.3	−10.9
	Conservative	Michael Young	486	19.3	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Pierce	339	13.4	+0.9
Majority			1,210	48.0	−17.7
Turnout			2,521	21.0	−10.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.5

John Butler was a sitting councillor for Norton ward

Stocksbridge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Brelsford	1,309	39.3	+2.6
	Labour	Alan Law*	1,227	36.8	−11.0
	Conservative	Anne Smith	795	23.8	+8.4
Majority			82	2.5	−8.6
Turnout			3,331	30.6	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+6.8

Walkley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Cromar*	1,905	43.9	−12.0
	Conservative	Veronica Hague	1,268	29.2	+11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Blythe	952	21.9	+3.1
	Green	Janette Moon	213	4.9	−2.4
Majority			637	14.7	−22.4
Turnout			4,338	29.2	−5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.6

By-elections between 1992 and 1994

Brightside By-Election 8 October 1992^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gail Smith	1,330	50.6	+34.2
	Labour	Alan Law	924	35.2	−20.0
	Conservative	Marjorie Kirby	374	14.2	−14.2
Majority			406	15.4	−11.4
Turnout			2,628	20.1	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+27.1

Dore By-Election 8 October 1992^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Harthman	2,165	52.6	−12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Ross	1,462	35.5	+17.6
	Labour	Mike King	486	11.8	−5.5
Majority			703	17.1	−29.8
Turnout			4,113	25.2	−13.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-14.9

Walkley By-Election 26 November 1992^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Leek	1,529	42.0	+20.1
	Labour	Jim Bamford	1,345	37.0	−6.9
	Conservative	Veronica Hague	594	16.3	−12.9
	Green	Nicola Watson	170	4.7	−0.2
Majority			184	5.1	−9.6
Turnout			3,638	24.5	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+13.5

Walkley By-Election 14 January 1993^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Leek	2,526	58.5	+16.5
	Labour	Jim Bamford	1,434	33.2	−3.8
	Conservative	Veronica Hague	262	6.1	−10.2
	Green	Nicola Watson	170	1.9	−2.8
	Revolutionary Communist	Colin O'Malley	18	0.4	+0.4
Majority			1,092	25.3	+20.1
Turnout			4,321	29.1	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+10.1

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac "Sheffield Local Elections 1973-1995 scans". Retrieved 20 June 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Local elections: Sheffield, 1992 by-elections". Retrieved 1 June 2012.
^ "Local elections: Sheffield, 1993 by-elections". Retrieved 1 July 2012.

[results-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac "Sheffield Local Elections 1973-1995 scans". Retrieved 20 June 2011.

[resultsby-2] "Local elections: Sheffield, 1992 by-elections". Retrieved 1 June 2012.

[3] "Local elections: Sheffield, 1993 by-elections". Retrieved 1 July 2012.

[1]

[2]

[3]

v t e (1991 ←) 1992 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1993)
Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Bolton Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
District councils (England)	Adur Amber Valley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Bath Bedford Blackburn Brentwood Brighton Bristol Broadland Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Carlisle Cheltenham Cherwell Chester Chorley Colchester Congleton Craven Crawley Crewe and Nantwich Daventry Derby Eastbourne Eastleigh Ellesmere Port and Neston Elmbridge Epping Forest Exeter Fareham Gillingham Gloucester Gosport Great Grimsby Great Yarmouth Halton Harlow Harrogate Hartlepool Hart Hastings Havant Hereford Hertsmere Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Kingston upon Hull Leominster Lincoln Macclesfield Maidstone Milton Keynes Mole Valley Newcastle-under-Lyme North Hertfordshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oxford Pendle Penwith Peterborough Portsmouth Preston Purbeck Reading Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor Scunthorpe Shrewsbury and Atcham Slough South Bedfordshire South Cambridgeshire South Herefordshire South Lakeland Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Swale Tamworth Tandridge Thamesdown Three Rivers Thurrock Tunbridge Wells Watford Waveney Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Woking Wokingham Worcester Worthing Wyre Forest York
District councils (Scotland)	Aberdeen Angus Annandale and Eskdale Argyll and Bute Badenoch and Strathspey Banff and Buchan Bearsden and Milngavie Berwickshire Caithness Clackmannan Clydebank Clydesdale Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Cumnock and Doon Valley Cunninghame Dumbarton Dundee Dunfermline East Kilbride East Lothian Eastwood Edinburgh Ettrick and Lauderdale Falkirk Glasgow Gordon Hamilton Inverclyde Inverness Kilmarnock and Loudoun Kincardine and Deeside Kirkcaldy Kyle and Carrick Lochaber Midlothian Monklands Moray Motherwell Nairn Nithsdale North East Fife Perth and Kinross Renfrew Ross and Cromarty Roxburgh Skye and Lochalsh Stewartry Stirling Strathkelvin Sutherland Tweeddale West Lothian Wigtown
See also: UK General election

v t e Council elections in South Yorkshire
Barnsley	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Doncaster	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2017 2021
Rotherham	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2021 2024
Sheffield	1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
South Yorkshire CC	1973 1977 1981 Abolished
West Riding CC	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
Metro Mayor	2018 2022 2024
See also: Wards Boundary changes