1964 Sheffield City Council election

1964 Sheffield City Council election
25 councillors to Sheffield City Council
Majority party before election; Labour Party (UK);	Majority party after election ; Labour Party (UK);

The 1964 Sheffield City Council election was held on 7 May 1964 with one third of the council up for election. The election campaign was quieter than most, with fewer parties contesting, and a smaller number of candidates than recent years (64 stood). The election saw no change in seats and a slightly reduced turnout of 29%.^[1]

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1964
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	18	72.0	55.0	54,585	+2.3
Conservative	7	28.0	38.3	38,084	+4.6
Liberal	0	0.0	4.7	4,644	-5.6
Communist	0	0.0	2.0	2,005	+0.2

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

Party		Previous council		New council
Party		Cllr	Ald	Cllr	Ald
	Labour	55	18	55	18
	Conservatives	20	7	20	7
	Liberals	0	0	0	0
	Communists	0	0	0	0
Total		75	25	75	25
Total		100		100
Working majority		35	11	35	11
Working majority		46		46

Ward results

Attercliffe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Twigg	1,856	78.4	+7.4
	Conservative	Ruth Hawson	308	13.0	+1.4
	Liberal	Wilfred Dunderdale	203	8.6	−3.6
Majority			1,548	65.4	+6.0
Turnout			2,367	17.3	−2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.0

Brightside^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dora Fitter	1,722	85.2	+7.1
	Communist	Henry Hardwick	298	14.7	+2.0
Majority			1,424	70.5	+5.1
Turnout			2,020	17.4	−3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.5

Broomhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Peile	3,015	68.5	+8.8
	Labour	Marie Hogg	873	19.8	−1.2
	Liberal	Winifred Holt	510	11.6	−7.7
Majority			2,142	48.7	+10.0
Turnout			4,398	30.2	−2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.0

Burngreave^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alf Wild	1,855	68.9	−1.9
	Conservative	Frank Adams	836	31.1	+1.9
Majority			1,019	37.9	−3.8
Turnout			2,691	26.0	−5.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.9

Cathedral^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Sharpe	2,094	83.3	−4.4
	Conservative	Catherine Campbell	420	16.7	+16.7
Majority			1,674	66.6	−8.9
Turnout			2,514	26.9	−0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.5

Crookesmoor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maurice Roberts	1,467	58.6	−1.7
	Conservative	Irvine Patnick	878	35.1	+9.0
	Communist	Derek Quinn	156	6.2	+3.3
Majority			589	23.5	−10.7
Turnout			2,501	26.6	−6.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.3

Darnall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Owen	2,677	59.3	+3.4
	Conservative	Frank Burrow	1,129	25.0	+4.7
	Liberal	Joseph Hinchcliffe	424	9.4	−7.4
	Communist	Alan Ecclestone	280	6.2	−0.7
Majority			1,548	34.3	−1.2
Turnout			4,510	24.5	−2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.6

Ecclesall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel O'Neill	4,610	83.1	+0.7
	Labour	Joseph Albaya	935	16.8	−0.7
Majority			3,675	66.3	+1.4
Turnout			5,545	33.6	−1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.7

Firth Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Bentley	2,292	60.3	−3.0
	Conservative	Raymond Hadfield	1,325	34.9	+1.7
	Communist	Rob Moody	182	4.8	+4.8
Majority			967	25.4	−4.7
Turnout			3,799	29.7	−2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.3

Hallam^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Ashmore	3,855	57.1	+1.1
	Labour	John Morley	1,888	28.0	+2.8
	Liberal	David Chambers	1,002	14.8	−3.8
Majority			1,967	29.1	−1.7
Turnout			6,745	39.1	−1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.8

Handsworth^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Richardson	3,447	57.3	−1.1
	Conservative	Charles Macdonald	1,720	28.6	+5.1
	Liberal	Ken Peace	848	14.1	−4.0
Majority			1,727	28.7	−6.1
Turnout			6,015	28.9	−2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.1

Heeley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Sewell	2,616	56.4	+1.4
	Conservative	John Barraclough	1,401	30.2	+3.1
	Liberal	Graham Oxley	489	10.5	−4.6
	Communist	Joe Stevenson	129	2.8	+0.1
Majority			1,215	26.2	−1.6
Turnout			4,635	38.0	−5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.8

Hillsborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Arnold	2,810	51.4	+17.6
	Labour	Roy Thwaites	2,659	48.6	+3.9
Majority			151	2.7	−8.2
Turnout			5,469	40.0	−8.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.8

Manor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Austin Conroy	2,657	90.8	+11.6
	Communist	John Hukin	269	9.2	+1.2
Majority			2,388	81.6	+15.4
Turnout			2,926	18.9	−5.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.2

Moor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Horton	1,863	68.0	+3.0
	Conservative	Rupert Bishop	877	32.0	−0.7
Majority			986	36.0	+3.7
Turnout			2,740	27.7	−6.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.8

Nether Edge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ivan Harrington	2,309	54.6	+6.0
	Labour	Frank Hooley	1,290	30.5	+3.1
	Liberal	Dennis Boothroyd	631	14.9	−9.1
Majority			1,019	24.1	+2.9
Turnout			4,230	34.2	−1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.4

Nether Shire^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Staton	2,664	91.6	−0.1
	Communist	Howard Hill	245	8.4	+0.1
Majority			2,419	83.2	−0.2
Turnout			2,909	22.0	−0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.1

Norton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Blake	5,150	57.2	+2.6
	Labour	Brian Pritchard	3,845	42.7	+8.5
Majority			1,305	14.5	−5.9
Turnout			8,995	36.0	−1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.9

Owlerton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mate	2,148	67.6	+2.5
	Conservative	Horace Bestall	915	28.8	+2.2
	Communist	Dave Jeffrey	113	3.5	−2.0
Majority			1,233	38.8	+0.4
Turnout			3,176	26.2	−4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.1

Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Knowles	1,985	80.3	−3.3
	Conservative	June Harris	485	19.6	+3.3
Majority			1,500	60.7	−6.7
Turnout			2,470	23.3	−3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.3

Sharrow^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vera Boyd	2,071	56.0	+2.7
	Conservative	Joseph Barber	1,623	43.9	+4.0
Majority			448	12.1	−1.4
Turnout			3,694	36.9	−1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.6

Southey Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Winifred Golding	3,195	90.5	+1.6
	Communist	Jim Hudson	333	9.4	−1.6
Majority			2,862	81.1	+3.3
Turnout			3,528	21.0	−1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.6

Tinsley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Eldred	1,842	78.6	+9.7
	Conservative	Patricia Santhouse	354	15.1	+3.6
	Liberal	Colin Wood	146	6.2	−13.3
Majority			1,488	63.5	14.1
Turnout			2,342	24.1	−7.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.0

Walkley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Cooper	2,004	66.8	+8.4
	Conservative	Connie Dodson	996	33.2	−2.0
Majority			1,008	33.6	+10.4
Turnout			3,000	24.9	−6.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.2

Woodseats^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Leitch	3,068	50.3	+0.8
	Labour	John Tomlinson	2,640	43.3	+10.0
	Liberal	David Turner	391	6.4	−10.8
Majority			428	7.0	−9.2
Turnout			6,099	39.5	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.6

By-elections between 1964 and 1965

Burngreave By-election 18 June 1964^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reggie Ellis	1,149	69.2	+0.3
	Conservative	Frank Adams	512	30.8	−0.3
Majority			637	38.4	+0.5
Turnout			1,661	16.0	−10.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.3

Crookesmoor By-election 18 June 1964^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Tomlinson	932	62.8	+4.2
	Conservative	Irvine Patnick	399	26.9	−8.2
	Liberal	Ken Peace	153	10.3	+10.3
Majority			533	35.9	+12.4
Turnout			1,484	15.8	−7.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.2

References

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