1967 Sheffield City Council election

Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 11 May 1967. The entire council was up for election, following changes to the city borders, which extended into parts of Derbyshire, and extensive boundary changes and reorganisation of the wards. The wards Cathedral, Crookesmoor, Moor, Norton, Tinsley and Woodseats were abolished, with the new wards of Beauchief, Castle, Dore, Gleadless, Intake and Netherthorpe created. These, along with the inclusion of the Birley and Mosborough wards from neighbouring areas, brought the councillor total to 81 - up six from previous.

1967 Sheffield City Council election

11 May 1967
All 81 councillors to Sheffield City Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Independent Seats won 41 39 1 Seat change 0 0 0
Majority party before election Labour Party (UK) Majority party after election Labour Party (UK)

The election itself seen a historic night for the Conservatives, as they followed the national pattern of inflicting heavy losses onto the ruling Labour Party, coming as close to one seat away from seeing Labour lose their 33-strong majority with which they went into the election with. In Mosborough an Independent was elected on a platform of opposition to the takeover of the ward by Sheffield, whilst his counterpart in Birley finished last, but with a respectable 21%.

Overall turnout was a concern in this election, following the downward trend in turnout, resulting in the previous year's record low turnout of 22%. Hopes that this 'mini-election' - as it was dubbed - being the opportunity to decide on the council's control might draw a greater turnout than recent years, were fulfilled as turnout improved dramatically to 33.4%, the highest since 1961.

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1967

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	41	0	0	0	50.6	38.2	55,472
	Conservative	39	0	0	0	48.1	50.4	73,276
	Independent	1	0	0	0	1.2	1.9	1,542
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	4.4	6,416
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0.0	4.2	6,097
	National Front	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	1,239

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	54	18	41	18
	Conservatives	21	7	39	9
	Independent	0	0	1	0
	Communists	0	0	0	0
	Liberals	0	0	0	0
	National Front	0	0	0	0
Total		75	25	81	27
		100		108
Working majority		33	11	1	9
		44		10

Ward results

Attercliffe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Robins	2,744	71.1	N/A
	Labour	Norman Eldred	2,644
	Labour	Harry Firth	2,585
	Conservative	Eric Straw	1,115	28.9	N/A
	Conservative	Eric Turner	1,080
	Conservative	Joan Willows	1,073
Majority			1,629	42.2	N/A
Turnout			3,859	22.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Beauchief

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Adams	6,182	71.5	N/A
	Conservative	George Beardshaw	6,178
	Conservative	Thomas Crewe	6,109
	Labour	Kenneth Morgan	2,463	28.5	N/A
Majority			3,719	43.0	N/A
Turnout			8,645	49.7	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Birley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elsie Richardson	2,325	40.5	N/A
	Conservative	Pauline Minns	2,197	38.3	N/A
	Labour	Leonard Stones	2,196
	Labour	George Fisher	2,181
	Conservative	Myrtle Jackson	2,167
	Independent	Laurence Gillatt	1,211	21.1	N/A
Majority			29	2.2	N/A
Turnout			5,733	29.3	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Brightside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Longmore	2,019	51.4	N/A
	Labour	Henry Sturrock	1,990
	Labour	George Wilson	1,573
	Conservative	Jennifer Levick	1,157	29.5	N/A
	Conservative	Charles Hughes	1,077
	Conservative	Rhonda Beard	1,072
	National Front	Robert Taylor	387	9.8	N/A
	Communist	Arthur Tingle	362	9.2	N/A
	National Front	George Clark	316
Majority			416	20.3	N/A
Turnout			3,925	25.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Broomhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Jackson	4,189	77.2	N/A
	Conservative	Raymond Hadfield	4,175
	Conservative	Jack Peile	4,080
	Labour	Frances Gathercole	1,238	22.8	N/A
Majority			2,842	54.4	N/A
Turnout			5,427	33.9	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Burngreave

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reggie Ellis	1,876	46.2	N/A
	Labour	John Pate	1,859
	Conservative	Jack Osborne	1,812	44.6	N/A
	Conservative	Heather McKenzie	1,808
	Conservative	Pamela Bishop	1,740
	Labour	Harry Hall	1,726
	Communist	Jim Ashurst	373	9.2	N/A
Majority			51	1.6	N/A
Turnout			4,061	27.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reg Munn	1,757	51.3	N/A
	Labour	Peter Horton	1,703
	Labour	Roy Munn	1,673
	Conservative	Stanley Butler	1,235	36.1	N/A
	Conservative	Simon Newall	1,180
	Conservative	Edwin Stephenson	1,124
	Communist	Edna Ashworth	430	12.5	N/A
Majority			438	15.2	N/A
Turnout			3,422	26.4	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Darnall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Hattersley	2,426	55.7	N/A
	Labour	William Owen	2,377
	Labour	Arnold Wood	2,355
	Conservative	T. H. Cooper	1,929	44.3	N/A
	Conservative	Francis Brookes	1,910
	Conservative	Joseph Barber	1,903
Majority			426	11.4	N/A
Turnout			4,355	27.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Dore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Blake	5,115	77.8	N/A
	Conservative	Thornton Lambert	5,044
	Conservative	Patricia Santhouse	5,004
	Labour	Philip Grisdale	1,459	22.2	N/A
Majority			3,545	55.6	N/A
Turnout			6,574	43.4	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ecclesall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Neill	5,539	68.8	N/A
	Conservative	Daniel O'Neill	5,347
	Conservative	Andrew Cook	5,252
	Liberal	Brian Bell	1,381	17.1	N/A
	Labour	Leon Harris	1,132	14.0	N/A
Majority			3,871	51.7	N/A
Turnout			8,052	42.8	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Firth Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Levick	2,224	39.9	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Oxley	2,131
	Labour	Tom Lowe	2,125	38.1	N/A
	Conservative	Madge Kerton	2,099
	Labour	Charles Hayward	2,096
	Labour	Adrian Molloy	2,047
	Liberal	Francis Butler	696	12.5	N/A
	Communist	Barry Bracken	531	9.5	N/A
Majority			35	1.8	N/A
Turnout			5,576	31.6	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Gleadless

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martyn Atkinson	4,065	55.4	N/A
	Conservative	David Heslop	4,029
	Conservative	Charles Davison	3,832
	Labour	William Twigg	2,408	32.8	N/A
	Labour	John Cornwell	2,386
	Labour	Alfred Wood	2,309
	Liberal	Colin Andrews	856	11.7	N/A
Majority			1,424	22.6	N/A
Turnout			7,329	50.5	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hallam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Blake	4,866	78.4	N/A
	Conservative	Gordon Wragg	4,824
	Conservative	Guy Walker	4,782
	Labour	Valerie Potts	1,339	21.6	N/A
Majority			3,443	56.8	N/A
Turnout			6,205	38.8	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Handsworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard Cope	2,273	50.6	N/A
	Conservative	William Hyde	2,221	49.4	N/A
	Conservative	George Hutchinson	2,188
	Labour	Alf Wild	2,031
	Labour	George Nicholls	1,973
	Conservative	Jack Kerton	1,968
Majority			157	1.2	N/A
Turnout			4,494	33.3	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Heeley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Garlick	3,915	48.8	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Earl	3,908
	Conservative	Michael Swain	3,607
	Labour	Peter Jones	3,333	41.5	N/A
	Labour	Eric Stephenson	2,935
	Labour	Norma Milne	2,855
	Communist	Robert Moody	776	9.7	N/A
Majority			274	7.2	N/A
Turnout			8,024	42.2	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hillsborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Arnold	4,394	59.5	N/A
	Conservative	Constance Dodson	4,237
	Conservative	Irvine Patnick	4,230
	Labour	William Meade	2,984	40.4	N/A
	Labour	Jack Watson	2,548
	Labour	Albert Morris	2,546
Majority			1,246	19.1	N/A
Turnout			7,378	47.0	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Intake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dennis Johnson	2,945	51.9	N/A
	Conservative	Marvyn Moore	2,873
	Conservative	Frank Woodger	2,831
	Labour	George Salmons	2,725	48.1	N/A
	Labour	Joseph Albaya	2,689
	Labour	John Tomlinson	2,579
Majority			106	3.9	N/A
Turnout			5,670	35.3	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Armitage	2,104	45.8	N/A
	Labour	Dora Fitter	2,059
	Labour	George Machin	1,673
	Conservative	Francis Smith	1,530	33.3	N/A
	Conservative	David Newman	1,478
	Conservative	Malcolm Smith	1,418
	Communist	John Hukin	963	20.9	N/A
Majority			143	12.5	N/A
Turnout			4,597	26.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Mosborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Colin Neild	1,542	37.8	N/A
	Labour	Mary Foulds	1,480	35.8	N/A
	Labour	Dorothy Walton	1,459
	Labour	Ernest Bingham	1,398
	Conservative	Vivien Holmstrom	1,076	26.4	N/A
	Conservative	Claude Toplis	974
Majority			383	2.0	N/A
Turnout			4,077	30.8	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Nether Edge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Mercer	4,229	65.1	N/A
	Conservative	Ivan Harrington	4,219
	Conservative	Charles MacDonald	4,197
	Labour	James Pearson	1,203	18.5	N/A
	Liberal	Michael Snook	1,063	16.4	N/A
Majority			2,994	46.6	N/A
Turnout			6,495	35.9	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Nether Shire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Simms	2,165	37.7	N/A
	Labour	Charles Moseley	2,113
	Labour	Fred Staton	2,032
	Conservative	Graham Cheetham	1,887	32.9	N/A
	Conservative	Ida Crowther	1,825
	Conservative	Charles Hughes	1,556
	Liberal	Albert Hattersley	948	16.5	N/A
	Communist	Ken Hattersley	741	12.9	N/A
Majority			145	4.8	N/A
Turnout			5,741	35.4	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Netherthorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Enid Hattersley	1,820	47.3	N/A
	Labour	Doris Mulhearn	1,744
	Labour	Marie Rodgers	1,707
	Conservative	John Banham	1,432	37.2	N/A
	Conservative	Agnes Edeson	1,420
	Conservative	R. A. Stead	1,169
	Communist	Roy Barrett	598	15.5	N/A
Majority			275	10.1	N/A
Turnout			3,850	26.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Owlerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Thwaites	2,173	46.5	N/A
	Labour	Hector Bright	2,136
	Labour	John Yeardley	1,950
	Conservative	Nesta Bennett	1,426	30.5	N/A
	Conservative	Joseph Griffiths	1,413
	Conservative	Harold Needham	1,344
	Communist	Dave Jeffrey	541	11.6	N/A
	Liberal	R. Hurst	527	11.3	N/A
Majority			524	16.0	N/A
Turnout			4,667	25.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Ashton	1,974	51.7	N/A
	Labour	Charles Knowles	1,902
	Labour	Dennis Dunn	1,878
	Conservative	Raymond Brown	1,289	33.8	N/A
	Conservative	June Harris	1,288
	Conservative	Ralph Davies	1,266
	Communist	Cyril Morton	553	14.5	N/A
Majority			589	17.9	N/A
Turnout			3,816	25.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Sharrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Barnsley	2,101	40.3	N/A
	Conservative	David Pinder	2,056
	Labour	Vera Boyd	2,048	39.3	N/A
	Labour	Annie Britton	2,016
	Conservative	John Goodram	2,000
	Labour	Godfrey Hill	1,955
	Liberal	Dennis Boothroyd	626	12.0	N/A
	National Front	Barrie Bolton	437	8.4	N/A
	National Front	Alan Holmes	225
Majority			40	1.0	N/A
Turnout			5,212	37.5	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Southey Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arnold Crosby	1,798	52.1	N/A
	Labour	Winifred Golding	1,730
	Labour	Francis O'Shaughnessy	1,666
	Conservative	Ian Disley	1,104	32.0	N/A
	Conservative	Leonard Scott	991
	Conservative	Joyce Kenning	965
	Communist	Raymond Southall	548	15.9	N/A
Majority			562	20.1	N/A
Turnout			3,450	21.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Walkley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Towns	2,102	45.5	N/A
	Conservative	Leslie Hesp	2,102	45.5	N/A
	Labour	Maurice Roberts	2,101
	Labour	Bernard Kidd	2,046
	Conservative	David Lister	1,987
	Conservative	Joyce Palmer	1,974
	National Front	Geoffrey Wilding	415	9.0	N/A
	National Front	Michael Calton	332
Majority			56	0.0	N/A
Turnout			4,619	28.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

By-elections between 1967 and 1968

Broomhill By-election 29 June 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Myrtle Jackson	1,833	74.1	−3.1
	Conservative	Graham Cheetham	1,772
	Liberal	J. Garb	419	16.9	+16.9
	National Front	Alan Holmes	220	8.9	+8.9
Majority			1,353	57.2	+2.8
Turnout			2,472	18.3	−15.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing	-10.0

Ecclesall By-election 29 June 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Agnes Edeson	2,250	77.1	+8.3
	Liberal	Brian Bell	521	17.9	+0.8
	Labour	Adrian Molloy	145	5.0	−9.0
Majority			1,729	59.2	+7.6
Turnout			2,916	20.0	−22.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.8

Hillsborough By-election 29 June 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Lee	2,716	57.7	−1.8
	Labour	William Meade	1,862	39.5	−0.9
	?	P. Hurst	80	1.7	+1.7
	Independent	Laurence Gillat	50	1.0	+1.0
Majority			854	18.2	−0.9
Turnout			4,708	31.7	−15.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.4