2016 Sheffield City Council election
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.
The result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:Retiring councillors
Labour
- Ibrar Hussain, Burngreave
- Geoff Smith, Crookes
- Sheila Constance, Firth Park
- Steve Jones, Gleadless Valley
- Jenny Armstrong, Manor Castle
- Nikki Bond, Nether Edge
- John Campbell, Richmond
- Lynn Rooney, Richmond
- Gill Furniss, Southey
- Ray Satur, Woodhouse
Liberal Democrats
- Rob Frost, Crookes
- Katie Condliffe, Stannington
Greens
- Sarah Jane Smalley, Central
Ward results
Beauchief & Greenhill
Beighton
Birley
Burngreave
City
Crookes & Crosspool
Darnall
Dore & Totley
East Ecclesfield
Ecclesall
Firth Park
Fulwood
Gleadless Valley
Graves Park
Hillsborough
Manor Castle
Mosborough
Nether Edge & Sharrow
Park & Arbourthorne
Richmond
Shiregreen & Brightside
Southey
Stannington
Stocksbridge & Upper Don
Walkley
West Ecclesfield
- Zoe Sykes won on a drawing of lots, shown as gaining an addition vote.
Woodhouse
By-elections between 2016 and 2018
Mosborough
Death of Labour Cllr Isobel Bowler.Southey
Resignation of Labour Cllr Leigh Bramall.Nether Edge and Sharrow
Resignation of Labour Cllr Nasima Akther.Beighton
Resignation of Labour Cllr Helen Mirfin-Boukouris.
