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1979 Sheffield City Council election
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 1979 Sheffield City Council election |
| country | England |
| type | Parliamentary |
| ongoing | no |
| party_colour | yes |
| previous_election | 1978 Sheffield City Council election |
| previous_year | 1978 |
| next_election | 1980 Sheffield City Council election |
| next_year | 1980 |
| seats_for_election | 33 of 90 seats to Sheffield City Council |
| majority_seats | 46 |
| election_date | 3 May 1979 |
| party1 | Labour Party (UK) |
| seats1 | 22 |
| seat_change1 | 2 |
| party2 | Conservative Party (UK) |
| seats2 | 9 |
| seat_change2 | 2 |
| party3 | Liberal Party (UK) |
| seats3 | 2 |
| seat_change3 | 0 |
| 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 3 May 1979. One third of the council was up for election.
Election result
|seats % = 66.6 |votes % = 52.8 |plus/minus = +2.6 |seats % = 27.3 |votes % = 35.3 |plus/minus = -5.6 |seats % = 6.0 |votes % = 11.4 |plus/minus = +3.4 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.4 |plus/minus = +0.1 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = -0.4
This result has 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;" | Independent (politician)}}; width: 3px;" | Total | 90 | 90 | Working majority | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 60 | 62 | ||||||||||||||
| Conservatives | 24 | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| Liberal | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Communist | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Independent | 0 | 0 |
Ward results
Don Sparkes was previously elected as a Liberal councillor
Harry Hanwell was a sitting councillor for Owlerton ward
References
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