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1961 Sheffield City Council election
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 1961 Sheffield City Council election |
| country | England |
| type | Parliamentary |
| ongoing | no |
| party_colour | yes |
| previous_election | 1960 Sheffield City Council election |
| previous_year | 1960 |
| next_election | 1962 Sheffield City Council election |
| next_year | 1962 |
| seats_for_election | 25 councillors to Sheffield City Council |
| election_date | 11 May 1961 |
| party1 | Labour Party (UK) |
| seats1 | 18 |
| seat_change1 | 0 |
| party2 | Conservative Party (UK) |
| seats2 | 7 |
| seat_change2 | 0 |
| map_size | 400px |
| title | Majority party |
| posttitle | Majority party after election |
| before_election | Labour Party (UK) |
| after_election | Labour Party (UK) |
The 1961 Sheffield City Council election was held on 11 May 1961, with a third up for election plus a double vacancy in Owlerton. The results were largely a reversal of the previous election; a higher turnout - 35%, up significantly from the previous year's low of 25% - brought a much stronger Labour result with the seats they'd lost the preceding year held comfortably. All seats were contested and successfully defended this year, seeing no change in the make-up of the council.
Election result
|seats % = 72.0 |votes % = 50.3 |plus/minus = +6.5 |seats % = 28.0 |votes % = 42.5 |plus/minus = -10.0 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 2.9 |plus/minus = +1.9 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.9 |plus/minus = -0.3 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.8 |plus/minus = +1.4 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.3 |plus/minus = +0.3 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.2 |plus/minus = +0.2
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
| Party | Previous council | New council | Cllr | Ald | Cllr | Ald | Labour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" | Conservative and Liberal Unionist}}; width: 3px;" | Independent (politician)}}; width: 3px;" | Liberal Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" | Communist Party of Great Britain}}; width: 3px;" | Independent (politician)}}; width: 3px;" | Union Movement}}; width: 3px;" | Total | 75 | 25 | 75 | 25 | 100 | 100 | Working majority | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 50 | 17 | 50 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative-Liberals | 24 | 8 | 24 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ratepayers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Municipal Reform | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Union Movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ward results
By-elections between 1961 and 1962
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