The final Municipal elections for Sheffield - soon to be abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 - were held in May 1972, with one third up for vote, as well as an extra vacancy in Brightside.
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1972 Sheffield City Council election|
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Map showing the results of the election in each ward. Colours denote the winning party as shown in the main table of results. |
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The election seen Labour further their stranglehold on the council with four gains from the Conservatives, as they repeated the previous year's wins. One of the notable casualties from last year, Irvine Patnick, managed re-election via re-location to the safe Conservative ward of Broomhill. The Liberals, standing the lowest number of candidates (3) in over a decade, were rewarded for focusing their efforts on retaining their sole representation on the council, as they easily defended their by-election-won seat of Burngreave, more than sextupling their majority there. Labour were reported to be overjoyed to see the return of former councillor, and veteran of the party, Joe Albaya in Intake, after over a decade's absence.[1]
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Sheffield Local Election Result 1972
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
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Labour |
21 |
4 |
0 |
+4 |
75.0 |
56.4 |
63,440 |
-5.3 |
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Conservative |
6 |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
21.4 |
37.2 |
41,831 |
+4.4 |
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Liberal |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3.6 |
4.3 |
4,870 |
+0.2 |
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Communist |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.9 |
1,082 |
+0.1 |
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Ratepayers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.9 |
986 |
+0.9 |
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Independent Ex-Service |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
220 |
0.0 |
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The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
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Party |
Previous council |
New council |
Cllr |
Ald |
Cllr |
Ald |
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Labour |
57 |
23 |
61 |
23 |
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Conservatives |
23 |
4 |
19 |
4 |
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Liberals |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Communists |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Ratepayers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Independent Ex-Service |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
81 |
27 |
81 |
27 |
108 |
108 |
Working majority |
33 |
19 |
41 |
19 |
52 |
60 |
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