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1967 Sheffield City Council election

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FieldValue
election_name1967 Sheffield City Council election
countryEngland
typeParliamentary
ongoingno
party_colouryes
previous_election1966 Sheffield City Council election
previous_year1966
next_election1968 Sheffield City Council election
next_year1968
seats_for_electionAll 81 councillors to Sheffield City Council
election_date11 May 1967
party1Labour Party (UK)
seats141
seat_change10
party2Conservative Party (UK)
seats239
seat_change20
party3Independent (politician)
seats31
seat_change30
map_imageFile:1967 Sheffield City Council election map-en.png
map_size400px
titleMajority party
posttitleMajority party after election
before_electionLabour Party (UK)
after_electionLabour Party (UK)

Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 11 May 1967. The entire council was up for election, following changes to the city borders, which extended into parts of Derbyshire, and extensive boundary changes and reorganisation of the wards. The wards Cathedral, Crookesmoor, Moor, Norton, Tinsley and Woodseats were abolished, with the new wards of Beauchief, Castle, Dore, Gleadless, Intake and Netherthorpe created. These, along with the inclusion of the Birley and Mosborough wards from neighbouring areas, brought the councillor total to 81 - up six from previous.

The election itself seen a historic night for the Conservatives, as they followed the national pattern of inflicting heavy losses onto the ruling Labour Party, coming as close to one seat away from seeing Labour lose their 33-strong majority with which they went into the election with. In Mosborough an Independent was elected on a platform of opposition to the takeover of the ward by Sheffield, whilst his counterpart in Birley finished last, but with a respectable 21%.

Overall turnout was a concern in this election, following the downward trend in turnout, resulting in the previous year's record low turnout of 22%. Hopes that this 'mini-election' - as it was dubbed - being the opportunity to decide on the council's control might draw a greater turnout than recent years, were fulfilled as turnout improved dramatically to 33.4%, the highest since 1961.

Election result

|seats % = 50.6 |votes % = 38.2 |plus/minus = |seats % = 48.1 |votes % = 50.4 |plus/minus = |seats % = 1.2 |votes % = 1.9 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 4.4 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 4.2 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.8 |plus/minus =

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

PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAldLabour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Conservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Independent (politician)}}; width: 3px;"Communist Party of Great Britain}}; width: 3px;"Liberal Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"National Front (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Total75258127100108Working majority
Labour54184118
Conservatives217399
Independent0010
Communists0000
Liberals0000
National Front0000

Ward results

By-elections between 1967 and 1968

References

References

  1. "Sheffield Local Elections 1960–1995 scans".
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