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2010 Sheffield City Council election

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Field	Value
election_name	2010 Sheffield City Council election
country	England
type	Parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	yes
previous_election	2008 Sheffield City Council election
previous_year	2008
next_election	2011 Sheffield City Council election
next_year	2011
seats_for_election	One third of seats (28 of 84) to Sheffield City Council
majority_seats	43
election_date	6 May 2010
party1	Labour Party (UK)
seats1	16
seat_change1	3
party2	Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats2	12
seat_change2	2
party4	Green Party of England and Wales
seats4	0
seat_change4	1
party5	Independent Liberal Democrat
seats5	0
seat_change5	0
map_image	Sheffield local election map 2010.gif
map_size	400px
map_caption	Map showing the results of the 2010 Sheffield City Council elections.
title	Majority party
posttitle	Majority party after election
before_election	Liberal Democrats
after_election	No Overall Control

Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 6 May 2010. There were 28 seats up for election in 2010, one of the three councillors from each ward. Since the previous election, Liberal Democrat councillor Frank Taylor had defected to an Independent leaving the Liberal Democrats with 44 councillors. Turnout was up dramatically with it being held alongside the general election, to 62.6%. The higher turnout helped mainly Labour against their electoral rivals, who managed to return the council to no overall control with three gains. This was bolstered by the newly elected Liberal Democrat in Walkley defecting to Labour immediately after being elected.

Election result

The Labour Party gained two seats from their position following the 2006 election, but also regained a seat lost to the Liberal Democrats through a double vacancy election in Mosborough.

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

Party	Previous council	New council	+/-	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}; width: 3px;"		44	42	2	Labour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"		36	39	3	Green Party of England and Wales}}; width: 3px;"		3	2	1	Independent Liberal Democrat}}; width: 3px;"		1	1	0	Total	84	84	Working majority
Liberal Democrats
Labour
Greens
Independent Liberal Democrat

Ward results

Arbourthorne

Beauchief & Greenhill

Beighton

Birley

Broomhill

Bernard Little was a sitting councillor for Central ward.

Burngreave

Central

Crookes

Darnall

Dore & Totley

East Ecclesfield

Garry Weatherall was a sitting councillor for Gleadless Valley ward.

Ecclesall

Firth Park

Fulwood

Gleadless Valley

Graves Park

Hillsborough

Manor Castle

Mosborough

Mosborough was a regain for the Labour Party, after the Liberal Democrats had won a double vacancy election in 2008.

Nether Edge

Tim Rippon was a sitting councillor for Arbourthorne ward.

Richmond

Shiregreen & Brightside

Southey

Stannington

Stocksbridge & Upper Don

Walkley

West Ecclesfield

Woodhouse

By-elections between 2010 and 2011

References

"Sheffield 2010 election results". sheffield.gov.uk.
(2010-09-17). "Lib Dem councillor defects to Labour Party in Sheffield". BBC News.
(2010-08-27). "Woodhouse By-Election". [[Sheffield City Council]].
(2010-10-21). "Manor Castle By-Election". [[Sheffield City Council]].

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