The 1961 Sheffield City Council election was held on 11 May 1961, with a third up for election plus a double vacancy in Owlerton. The results were largely a reversal of the previous election; a higher turnout - 35%, up significantly from the previous year's low of 25% - brought a much stronger Labour result with the seats they'd lost the preceding year held comfortably. All seats were contested and successfully defended this year, seeing no change in the make-up of the council.
Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Labour 50 17 50 17 Conservative-Liberals 24 8 24 8 Ratepayers 1 0 1 0 Liberals 0 0 0 0 Communist 0 0 0 0 Municipal Reform 0 0 0 0 Union Movement 0 0 0 0 Total 75 25 75 25 100 100 Working majority
Ward results
By-elections between 1961 and 1962
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