Sheffield City Council election, 1961

The elections were held on the 11 May 1961, with a third up for election plus a double vacancy in Owlerton. The results were largely a reversal of the previous election; a higher turnout - 35%, up significantly from the previous year's low of 25% - brought a much stronger Labour result with the seats they'd lost the preceding year held comfortably. All seats were contested and successfully defended this year, seeing no change in the make-up of the council.^[1]

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1961
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	18	0	0	0	72.0	50.3	56,101	+6.5%
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	7	0	0	0	28.0	42.5	47,426	-10.0%
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.9	3,263	+1.9%
	Ratepayers Association	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.9	2,126	-0.3%
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.8	2,043	+1.4%
	Municipal Reform	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	392	+0.3%
	Union Movement	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	164	+0.3%

This result has 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	50	17	50	17
	Conservative-Liberals	24	8	24	8
	Ratepayers	1	0	1	0
	Liberals	0	0	0	0
	Communist	0	0	0	0
	Municipal Reform	0	0	0	0
	Union Movement	0	0	0	0
Total		75	25	75	25
Total		100		100
Working majority		25	9	25	9
Working majority		34		34

Ward results

Attercliffe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Scott	1,865	76.1	+2.6
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	William Keen	584	23.8	-2.6
Majority			1,281	52.3	+5.2
Turnout			2,449	16.9	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.6

Brightside^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert Redgate	1,937	81.7	N/A
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Roger Cooke	434	18.3	N/A
Majority			1,503	63.4	N/A
Turnout			2,371	20.4	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Broomhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Jack Peile	3,501	79.3	-1.9
	Labour	J. Birkhead	912	20.7	+1.9
Majority			2,589	58.7	-3.7
Turnout			4,413	29.0	+3.7
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	-1.9

Burngreave^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Wild	1,915	65.3	+2.9
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Dane Clissold	1,018	34.7	-2.9
Majority			897	30.6	+5.7
Turnout			2,933	26.7	+6.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.9

Cathedral^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Sharpe	2,084	79.3	+6.8
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Ivan Harrington	543	20.7	-6.8
Majority			1,541	58.7	+13.6
Turnout			2,627	27.2	+7.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.8

Crookesmoor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Watson	2,306	57.8	-1.3
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Gordon Wragg	1,419	35.5	-5.3
	Communist	David Jeffrey	265	6.6	+6.6
Majority			887	22.2	+4.0
Turnout			3,990	35.7	+9.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.0

Darnall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Owen	2,949	60.9	+2.0
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Noel Taylor	1,454	30.0	-11.0
	Communist	William Newton	437	9.0	+9.0
Majority			1,495	30.9	+13.0
Turnout			4,840	25.3	+5.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.5

Ecclesall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Daniel O'Neill	4,812	86.8	-2.1
	Labour	Peter Horton	732	13.2	+2.1
Majority			4,080	73.6	-4.2
Turnout			5,544	33.4	+3.3
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	-2.1

Firth Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Bentley	2,311	52.1	+5.2
	Ratepayers Association	G. Windle	2,126	47.9	-5.2
Majority			185	4.1	-5.2
Turnout			4,437	33.9	+8.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.2

Hallam^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Reginald Ashmore	4,357	73.0	+5.7
	Labour	R. Day	1,612	27.0	+9.3
Majority			2,745	46.0	-3.6
Turnout			5,969	36.3	+4.2
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	-1.8

Handsworth^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Richardson	3,769	58.0	+3.3
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	S. Bell	2,731	42.0	-3.3
Majority			1,038	16.0	+6.6
Turnout			6,500	33.8	+12.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.3

Heeley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Sewell	2,615	49.3	+1.6
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	John Barraclough	1,866	35.2	-17.0
	Liberal	Robert Jackson	818	15.4	+15.4
Majority			749	14.1	+9.6
Turnout			5,299	44.1	+10.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.3

Hillsborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Kenneth Arnold	3,640	58.9	-6.2
	Labour	William Meade	2,153	41.1	+6.2
Majority			932	17.8	-12.3
Turnout			5,238	38.4	+5.1
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	-6.2

Manor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Austin Conroy	3,640	77.4	-2.7
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Raymond Hadfield	762	16.2	-3.6
	Communist	John Hukin	299	6.3	+6.3
Majority			2,878	61.2	+0.9
Turnout			4,701	29.2	+10.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.4

Moor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Florence Roebuck	2,318	63.2	+14.6
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Robert Lawther	1,346	36.7	-14.6
Majority			972	26.5	+23.7
Turnout			3,664	32.3	+11.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+14.6

Nether Edge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Lionel Farris	2,598	59.1	-15.4
	Labour	Kenneth Brack	1,103	25.1	-0.3
	Liberal	Dennis Boothroyd	694	15.8	+15.8
Majority			1,495	34.0	-15.1
Turnout			4,395	35.1	+7.9
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	-7.5

Nether Shire^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Staton	2,422	66.8	N/A
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Ida Crowther	980	27.0	N/A
	Communist	Howard Hill	221	6.1	N/A
Majority			1,442	39.8	N/A
Turnout			3,623	26.6	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Norton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	William Blake	5,620	57.4	-11.0
	Labour	Joseph Ashton	3,332	34.0	+2.5
	Liberal	Ben Thorpe	832	8.5	+8.5
Majority			2,288	23.4	-13.4
Turnout			9,784	40.4	+8.9
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	-6.7

Owlerton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mate	2,413	57.1	+4.0
	Labour	John Yeardley	2,146
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Irvine Patnick	1,421	33.6	-13.3
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Frank Adams	1,140
	Municipal Reform	Harry Hoyle	392	9.3	+9.3
Majority			992	23.5	+17.3
Turnout			4,226	35.2	+10.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.6

Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Knowles	2,092	67.6	N/A
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Alistair Forsyth	706	22.8	N/A
	Communist	George Caborn	296	9.6	N/A
Majority			1,386	44.8	N/A
Turnout			3,094	28.2	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Sharrow^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vera Boyd	2,354	52.1	+5.7
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	L. Nicholson	1,615	35.7	-17.9
	Liberal	George Swift	330	7.3	+7.3
	Communist	John Chapman	221	4.9	+4.9
Majority			739	16.3	+9.0
Turnout			4,520	40.3	+10.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.8

Southey Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Winifred Golding	3,235	73.4	-13.6
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Gordon Herringshaw	865	19.6	+19.6
	Communist	Terence Devey	304	6.9	-6.0
Majority			2,370	53.8	-20.3
Turnout			4,404	25.3	+12.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-16.6

Tinsley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Eldred	2,203	74.1	+10.0
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	W. Baxter	771	25.9	-10.0
Majority			1,432	48.1	+20.0
Turnout			2,974	27.0	+8.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.0

Walkley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Cooper	2,124	57.4	+6.5
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Connie Dodson	1,410	38.1	-11.0
	Union Movement	Francis Hamley	164	4.4	+4.4
Majority			714	19.3	+17.5
Turnout			3,698	29.5	+6.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.7

Woodseats^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	W. Pallett	3,528	60.6	-10.5
	Labour	L. Ward	1,705	29.3	+0.4
	Liberal	Colin Wood	589	10.1	+10.1
Majority			1,823	31.3	-10.8
Turnout			5,822	38.3	+7.2
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	-5.4

By-elections between 1961 and 1962

Hallam By-election 29 June 1961^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Gordon Wragg	2,063	66.0	-7.0
	Liberal	Robert Jackson	1,064	34.0	+34.0
Majority			999	32.0	-14.0
Turnout			3,127	19.0	-13.2
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	-20.5

Woodseats By-election 29 June 1961^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Robert Lawther	2,088	59.6	-1.0
	Labour	L. Ward	829	23.7	-5.6
	Liberal	Colin Wood	515	14.7	+4.6
	Union Movement	John Wood	70	2.0	+2.0
Majority			1,259	35.9	+4.6
Turnout			3,502	23.0	-15.3
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	+2.3

References

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