The 1960 Sheffield local elections were held on 12 May 1960, with one third of the council up for election, as well as a double vacancy for the Ecclesall ward. The elections seen heavy swings against the ruling Labour Party, resulting in four losses and further narrow defends in wards Labour had represented consistently for a considerable amount of time. The seats Labour lost were Heeley, Moor and Sharrow to the Conservative-Liberals and Firth Park became the first ever win for the Ratepayers Association. Weather was blamed for Labour's slump, with one article labelling it as 'the year of Tory weather', recording a low of 25% turnout.[1]
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Sheffield Local Election Result 1960
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
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Labour |
14 |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
53.8 |
43.8 |
34,107 |
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Conservative and Liberal Unionist |
11 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
42.3 |
52.5 |
40,869 |
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Ratepayers Association |
1 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
3.8 |
2.2 |
1,760 |
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Liberal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
792 |
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Communist |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.4 |
298 |
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Party |
Previous council |
New council |
Cllr |
Ald |
Cllr |
Ald |
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Labour |
54 |
18 |
50 |
17 |
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Conservative-Liberals |
21 |
7 |
24 |
8 |
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Ratepayers |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Liberals |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Communist |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
75 |
25 |
75 |
25 |
100 |
100 |
Working majority |
33 |
11 |
25 |
9 |
44 |
34 |
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