1965 Sheffield City Council election

1965 Sheffield City Council election

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29 councillors to Sheffield City Council
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Seats won 20 9 Seat change 1 1
Majority party before election Labour Party (UK) Majority party after election Labour Party (UK)

This year's Sheffield City Council election was held 13 May 1965. One third of the council was up for election, with as many as four double vacancies in the wards of Crookesmoor, Owlerton, Walkley and Woodseats. The Conservatives managed to gain one of the Walkley seats up for election, as the only gain of the night. Overall turnout fell by a tenth on the previous year's, to 26.2%.^[1]

Election result[]

Sheffield Local Election Result 1965

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	20	0	1	-1	69.0	46.9	41,975	-8.1%
	Conservative	9	1	0	+1	31.0	44.4	39,804	+6.1%
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0.0	6.3	5,622	+1.6%
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.4	2,144	+0.4%

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

Party		Previous council		New council
		Cllr	Ald	Cllr	Ald
	Labour	55	18	54	18
	Conservatives	20	7	21	7
	Liberals	0	0	0	0
	Communists	0	0	0	0
Total		75	25	75	25
		100		100
Working majority		35	11	33	11
		46		44

Ward results[]

Attercliffe^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Robins	1,430	83.5	+5.1
	Conservative	Eric Straw	282	16.5	+3.4
Majority			1,148	67.0	+1.6
Turnout			1,712	13.0	-4.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.8

Brightside^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Longmore	1,246	89.2	+4.0
	Communist	Barry Bracken	150	10.7	-4.0
Majority			1,096	78.5	+8.0
Turnout			1,396	11.8	-5.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.0

Broomhill^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Hadfield	2,908	63.0	-5.6
	Labour	Dennis Dunn	887	19.2	-0.6
	Liberal	Robin Young	822	17.8	+6.2
Majority			2,021	43.8	-4.9
Turnout			4,617	34.2	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.5

Burngreave^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Pate	1,374	62.6	-6.3
	Conservative	Irvine Patnick	674	30.7	-0.3
	Communist	Cyril Morton	147	6.7	+6.7
Majority			700	31.9	-6.0
Turnout			2,195	21.8	-4.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.0

Cathedral^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doris Mulhearn	1,492	74.2	-9.1
	Conservative	George Beardshaw	519	25.8	+9.1
Majority			973	48.4	-18.2
Turnout			2,011	21.8	-5.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.1

Crookesmoor^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Pritchard	1,263	48.4	-10.2
	Labour	John Tomlinson	1,209
	Conservative	Agnes Edeson	738	28.3	-6.8
	Conservative	David Stephenson	725
	Liberal	Peter Metcalfe	399	15.3	+15.3
	Liberal	Keith Jackson	386
	Communist	Roy Barrett	209	8.0	+1.8
Majority			471	20.1	-3.4
Turnout			2,609	29.0	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.7

Darnall^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arnold Wood	1,950	55.8	-3.5
	Conservative	Kathleen Circuit	955	27.3	+2.3
	Liberal	Joseph Hinchcliffe	366	10.5	+1.1
	Communist	Alan Ecclestone	220	6.3	+0.1
Majority			995	28.5	-5.8
Turnout			3,491	19.4	-5.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.9

Ecclesall^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Hebblethwaite	4,578	75.6	-7.5
	Liberal	Brian Bell	881	14.5	+14.5
	Labour	Annie Britton	598	9.9	-7.0
Majority			3,697	61.0	-5.2
Turnout			6,057	36.6	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-11.0

Firth Park^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Hall	1,600	55.9	-4.5
	Conservative	Andrew Cook	1,160	40.5	+5.6
	Communist	Bob Moody	104	3.6	-1.1
Majority			440	15.3	-10.1
Turnout			2,864	22.7	-7.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.0

Hallam^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Wragg	4,080	63.0	+5.8
	Labour	Bernard Kidd	1,404	21.7	-6.3
	Liberal	David Chambers	993	15.3	+0.5
Majority			2,676	41.3	+12.1
Turnout			6,477	36.8	-2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.0

Handsworth^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard Cope	2,892	54.4	-2.8
	Conservative	Thomas Crewe	1,689	31.8	+3.2
	Liberal	Kenneth Peace	730	13.7	-0.3
Majority			1,203	22.6	-6.0
Turnout			5,311	24.2	-4.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.0

Heeley^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martha Strafford	2,011	46.8	-9.6
	Conservative	Pat Santhouse	1,483	34.5	+4.3
	Liberal	Graham Oxley	604	14.0	+3.5
	Communist	Edna Ashworth	200	4.6	+1.9
Majority			528	12.3	-13.9
Turnout			4,298	34.0	-4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.9

Hillsborough^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Claude Toplis	2,775	58.4	+7.0
	Labour	George Wilson	1,978	41.6	-7.0
Majority			797	16.8	+14.0
Turnout			4,753	34.5	-5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.0

Manor^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Armitage	2,088	92.0	+1.2
	Communist	John Hukin	182	8.0	-1.2
Majority			1,906	84.0	+2.4
Turnout			2,270	14.3	-4.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.2

Moor^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Munn	1,334	57.1	-10.9
	Conservative	Rupert Bishop	934	40.0	+7.9
	Communist	Joe Stevenson	69	2.9	+2.9
Majority			400	17.1	-18.9
Turnout			2,337	24.3	-3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.4

Nether Edge^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Macdonald	2,479	58.7	+4.1
	Labour	Valerie Potts	1,069	25.3	-5.2
	Liberal	Dennis Boothroyd	675	16.0	+1.1
Majority			1,410	33.4	+9.3
Turnout			4,223	34.7	+0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

Nether Shire^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Simms	1,894	92.1	+0.6
	Communist	Howard Hill	161	7.8	-0.6
Majority			1,733	84.3	+1.2
Turnout			2,055	15.7	-6.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.6

Norton^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thornton Lambert	5,821	62.2	+5.0
	Labour	Frank Hooley	3,529	37.7	-5.0
Majority			2,292	24.5	+10.0
Turnout			9,350	37.1	+1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.0

Owlerton^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Thwaites	1,591	54.0	-13.6
	Labour	John Yeardley	1,531
	Conservative	Horace Bestall	1,079	36.6	+7.8
	Communist	Dave Jeffery	277	9.4	+5.8
Majority			452	17.4	-21.4
Turnout			2,947	23.5	-2.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.7

Park^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Ashton	1,509	76.2	-4.1
	Conservative	June Harris	325	16.4	-3.2
	Communist	George Caborn	145	7.3	+7.3
Majority			1,184	59.8	-0.9
Turnout			1,979	18.6	-4.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.4

Sharrow^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hill	1,711	50.7	-5.3
	Conservative	Joseph Barber	1,660	49.2	+5.3
Majority			51	1.5	-10.6
Turnout			3,371	34.7	-2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.3

Southey Green^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hector Bright	2,002	87.7	-2.8
	Communist	Raymond Southall	280	12.3	+2.8
Majority			1,722	75.4	-5.7
Turnout			2,282	13.8	-7.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.8

Tinsley^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Cruise	1,198	70.8	-7.8
	Conservative	Joan Willows	341	20.2	+5.0
	Liberal	Colin Andrews	152	9.0	+2.7
Majority			857	50.7	-12.8
Turnout			1,691	18.2	-5.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.4

Walkley^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Bennett	1,736	52.7	-14.1
	Conservative	Raymond Corfield	1,557	47.3	+14.1
	Labour	Joe Albaya	1,426
Majority			131	5.4	-28.1
Turnout			3,293	27.5	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+14.1

Woodseats^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Adams	3,767	63.2	+12.9
	Conservative	Walter Morrison	3,752
	Labour	Marie Hogg	2,189	36.7	-6.5
	Labour	F. Smith	1,972
Majority			1,578	26.5	+19.5
Turnout			5,956	38.5	-1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.7

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