The 2021
Sheffield City Council
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election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Sheffield City Council in England, as part of the
nationwide local elections. The election was originally due to take place on 7 May 2020, but was postponed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
One seat from each ward was up for election.
A delayed local governance referendum (held under the provisions of the Localism Act 2011) also took place at the same time as the local elections.
Overall election result
Three Labour seats had become vacant, and left unfilled since 2019. Michelle Cook (Broomhill & Sharrow Vale) resigned in February 2020,
Olivia Blake
Olivia Frances Blake (born 10 March 1990) is a British Labour politician. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Hallam at the 2019 general election.
Early life
Blake grew up in Otley, a market town north of Leeds, We ...
(Walkley) resigned in March 2020 and Peter Rippon (Richmond) died in December 2020.
The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Local governance referendum results
The local government reform passed, changing the Council model from a cabinet system to a committee system.
Ward results
* = defending councillor
Beauchief & Greenhill
Incumbent
Liberal Democrat
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councillor Bob Pullin did not defend his seat.
Beighton
Incumbent
Labour
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councillor Sophie Wilson chose to contest Park & Arbourthorne ward.
Birley
Broomhill & Sharrow Vale
Burngreave
Incumbent Labour councillor Jackie Drayton did not defend her seat.
City
Crookes & Crosspool
Incumbent
Labour
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
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councillor Anne Murphy chose to contest Manor Castle ward.
Darnall
Dore & Totley
East Ecclesfield
Ecclesall
Firth Park
Fulwood
Gleadless Valley
Incumbent
Labour
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
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councillor Lewis Dagnall did not defend his seat.
Graves Park
Hillsborough
Manor Castle
Anne Murphy was a sitting councillor in Crookes & Crosspool.
Mosborough
Nether Edge & Sharrow
Incumbent
Labour
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
councillor James Steinke did not defend his seat.
Park & Arbourthorne
Sophie Wilson was a sitting councillor in Beighton.
Richmond
There were two seats elected due to a vacancy resulting from the death of Labour councillor Peter Rippon a year earlier. Polling the highest number of votes, David Barker won the three-year term (reduced from four years due to the delayed elections), and Mike Drabble won the two-year term (reduced from three years).
Shiregreen & Brightside
Southey
Stannington
Incumbent
Liberal Democrat
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councillor David Baker did not defend his seat.
Stocksbridge & Upper Don
Jack Clarkson was originally elected for
UKIP
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.
Walkley
The Walkley seat was vacant since the Labour councillor
Olivia Blake
Olivia Frances Blake (born 10 March 1990) is a British Labour politician. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Hallam at the 2019 general election.
Early life
Blake grew up in Otley, a market town north of Leeds, We ...
stood down after being elected to Parliament in 2019.
West Ecclesfield
Woodhouse
By-elections
Firth Park
Notes
References
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