2012 Sheffield City Council election
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Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 [1] as part of the 2012 United Kingdom local elections.
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One third of seats (28 of 84) to Sheffield City Council 43 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the results of the 2012 Sheffield City Council elections. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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There were 28 seats up for election, one third of the council. The last election in 2011 gave Labour a majority over the Liberal Democrats with 49 councillors. However, one Independent councillor joined Labour after the election, giving the party 50 seats.[2]
Four main parties fielded a full slate of 28 candidates. UKIP also put up a full slate, but Steve Moxon was disendorsed as the party's candidate for Dore and Totley.[3] Labour were defending 11 seats, all of which they successfully held in 2011. The Liberal Democrats were defending 16 seats, 10 of which they lost to Labour in 2011. The Greens were defending 1 seat, which they held in 2011. The Conservatives, UKIP and the smaller parties had no councillors.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 21 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 75.0 | 46.9 | 61,036 | -1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 6 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 21.4 | 22.0 | 28,605 | -3.9 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 13,612 | +8.7 | |
Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 10.4 | 13,607 | -0.8 | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 10,724 | -3.5 | |
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1,266 | +0.2 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1,222 | +0.7 | |
English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 174 | New | |
The Labour Party gained ten seats from their position following the 2008 election, but this included a seat gained already gained from the Liberal Democrats via defection in Gleadless Valley.
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | +/- | |
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Labour | 50 | 59 | 9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 32 | 23 | 9 | |
Greens | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 84 | 84 | ||
Working majority | 16 | 34 |