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1975 Sheffield City Council election
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 1975 Sheffield City Council election |
| country | England |
| type | Parliamentary |
| ongoing | no |
| party_colour | yes |
| previous_election | 1973 Sheffield City Council election |
| previous_year | 1973 |
| next_election | 1976 Sheffield City Council election |
| next_year | 1976 |
| seats_for_election | 33 of 90 seats to Sheffield City Council |
| majority_seats | 46 |
| election_date | 1 May 1975 |
| party1 | Labour Party (UK) |
| seats1 | 23 |
| seat_change1 | 3 |
| party2 | Conservative Party (UK) |
| seats2 | 8 |
| seat_change2 | 2 |
| party3 | Liberal Party (UK) |
| seats3 | 2 |
| seat_change3 | 1 |
| map_size | 400px |
| title | Majority party |
| posttitle | Majority party after election |
| before_election | Labour Party (UK) |
| after_election | Labour Party (UK) |
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 1 May 1975. One third of the council was up for election.
Election result
|seats % = 69.7 |votes % = 45.1 |plus/minus = -9.8 |seats % = 24.2 |votes % = 41.2 |plus/minus = +12.5 |seats % = 6.0 |votes % = 13.0 |plus/minus = +0.4 |seats % = 0 |votes % = 0.6 |plus/minus = -0.7
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
| Party | Previous council | New council | Labour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" | Conservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" | Liberal Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" | Communist Party of Great Britain}}; width: 3px;" | Total | 90 | 90 | Working majority | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 69 | 66 | ||||||||||||
| Conservatives | 18 | 20 | ||||||||||||
| Liberals | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Communist | 0 | 0 |
Ward results
Joseph Thomas was a sitting councillor for Gleadless ward
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