Council elections
2006 Sheffield City Council election
Map showing the results of the 2006 Sheffield City Council elections.
Majority party before election
Labour
Majority party after election
Labour
Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 4 May 2006 with polling stations open between 7am and 10pm. One third of council seats were up for election; one in each ward, plus one additional seat in Ecclesall due to a resignation. The overall turnout this year was 34.5%, down considerably from the previous year's general election turnout at 43.9 per cent turnout in Sheffield.[ 1]
Councillors before and after the election
Ward
Incumbent Elected
Incumbent
Elected
Arbourthorne
2004
Timothy Rippon
Timothy Rippon
Beauchief & Greenhill
2004
Clive Skelton
Clive Skelton
Beighton
2004
Helen Mirfin-Boukouris
Helen Mirfin-Boukouris
Birley
2004
Michael Pye
Michael Pye
Broomhill
2004
Shaffaq Mohammed
Shaffaq Mohammed
Burngreave
2004
Steve Jones
Steve Jones
Central
2004
Mohammad Azim
Bernard Little
Crookes
2004
Sylvia Anginotti
Sylvia Anginotti
Darnall
2004
Mohammad Altaf
Mazher Iqbal
Dore & Totley
2004
Keith Hill
Keith Hill
East Ecclesfield
2004
Graham Oxley
Graham Oxley
Ecclesall 1
2004
Roger Davison
Roger Davison
Ecclesall 2
2004
Kate Dawson
Michael Reynolds
Firth Park
2004
Alan Law
Alan Law
Fulwood
2004
Janice Sidebottom
Janice Sidebottom
Gleadless Valley
2004
Garry Weatherall
Garry Weatherall
Graves Park
2004
Barrie Jervis
Robert McCann
Hillsborough
2004
Janet Bragg
Janet Bragg
Manor Castle
2004
Janet Wilson
Janet Wilson
Mosborough
2004
Samuel Wall
Samuel Wall
Nether Edge
2004
Patricia White
Patricia White
Richmond
2004
Terry Barrow
Elizabeth Naylor
Shiregreen & Brightside
2004
Peter Rippon
Peter Rippon
Southey
2004
Gillian Furniss
Gillian Furniss
Stannington
2004
David Baker
David Baker
Stocksbridge & Upper Don
2004
Alison Brelsford
Alison Brelsford
Walkley
2004
Jonathan Harston
Jonathan Harston
West Ecclesfield
2004
Trevor Bagshaw
Trevor Bagshaw
Woodhouse
2004
Raymond Satur
Raymond Satur
Election result
Sheffield City Council Election Result 2006
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
Liberal Democrats
14
0
1
-1
48.3
34.0
42,533
+3.2
Labour
14
0
0
0
48.3
33.7
42,191
-0.7
Conservative
0
0
0
0
0.0
15.0
18,765
-0.8
Green
1
1
0
+1
3.4
10.9
13,621
-1.9
BNP
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.3
2,906
-0.9
UKIP
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.3
2,849
+0.8
Respect
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.0
1,208
N/A
CPA
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.3
395
N/A
Independent
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.3
337
-0.3
Socialist Alternative
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.2
206
+0.1
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Party
Previous council
New council
Labour
44
44
Liberal Democrats
37
36
Conservatives
2
2
Green
1
2
Total
84
84
Working majority
4
4
Ward results
Arbourthorne
Beauchief & Greenhill
Beighton
Birley
Broomhill
Burngreave
Central
Crookes
Darnall
Dore & Totley
East Ecclesfield
Ecclesall
Firth Park
Fulwood
Gleadless Valley
Graves Park
Hillsborough
Manor Castle
Mosborough
Nether Edge
Richmond
Shiregreen & Brightside
Southey
Stannington
Stocksbridge & Upper Don
Walkley
West Ecclesfield
Woodhouse
References