2016 Sheffield City Council election

2016 Sheffield City Council election
5 May 2016
All 84 seats to Sheffield City Council
43 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats won 57 19
Seat change 2 2
Popular vote 58,099 31,392
Percentage 39.1% 21.1%
Swing 2.0% 4.6%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Green UKIP
Seats won 4 4
Seat change 0 0
Popular vote 19,921 22,716
Percentage 13.4% 15.3%
Swing 1.4% 1.5%
Map showing the election results. Each ward represents 3 seats, and seats with multiple parties are coloured accordingly.
Majority party before election

Labour

 Majority party after election

Labour

Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 5 May 2016, alongside nationwide local elections. All 84 seats were up for election, 3 per ward, after several electoral boundaries were changed. Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party contested all 84 seats. The Conservatives fielded 55 candidates, UKIP 43, TUSC 23 and Yorkshire First 1. There was also 1 independent candidate. Voters in the Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Parliamentary constituency also elected Gill Furniss MP, in a by-election triggered by the death of her husband Harry Harpham MP.

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