Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes having taken place since the last election in 2003, reducing the number of seats by 3. This election was the first all-postal vote election held, dramatically improving overall turnout by 14.4% on the previous election to 43.9%. The Labour Party kept its overall majority and continued to run the council, albeit on a much slimmer majority. Previous to the boundary changes, sitting Hillsborough councillor Peter MacLoughlin defected from the Liberal Democrats to an Independent, choosing not to contest this election.
Election result
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 49 44 Liberal Democrats 36 37 Conservatives 1 2 Green 0 1 Independent Liberal Democrat 1 0 Total 87 84 Working majority
Ward results Arbourthorne Julie Dore and John Robson were sitting councillors for Park, Timothy Rippon was a sitting councillor for Southey Green, Robert McCann was a sitting councillor for Intake, Christopher Tutt was a sitting councillor for Norton
Beauchief & Greenhill James Hanson was a sitting councillor for Owlerton
Beighton Christopher Rosling-Josephs was a sitting councillor for Mosborough
Birley Bryan Lodge, Angela Smith and Michael Pye were sitting councillors for Birley
Broomhill Paul Scriven and Alan Whitehouse were sitting councillors for Broomhill
Burngreave Jacqueline Drayton, Ibrar Hussain and Stephen Jones were sitting councillors for Burngreave
Central Jean Cromar and Mohammad Nazir were sitting councillors for Sharrow, Mohammed Khan was a sitting councillor for Firth Park
Crookes Brian Holmes and Sylvia Anginotti were sitting councillors for Netherthorpe, Leonard Hesketh was a sitting councillor for Hallam
Darnall Mary Lea and Mohammed Altaf were sitting councillors for Darnall, Harry Harpham was a sitting councillor for Manor
Dore & Totley Anne Smith, Keith Hill and Colin Ross were sitting councillors for Dore
East Ecclesfield Patricia Fox and Graham Oxley were sitting councillors for Chapel Green, Victoria Bowden was a sitting councillor for South Wortley, Beverley Wright was a sitting councillor for Norton
Ecclesall Sylvia Dunkley, Ruth Dawson and Roger Davison were sitting councillors for Ecclesall
Firth Park Joan Barton and Alan Law were sitting councillors for Firth Park, Christopher Weldon was a sitting councillor for Owlerton
Fulwood John Knight was a sitting councillor for Hallam, Andrew Sangar was a sitting councillor for Beauchief, Janice Sidebottom was a sitting councillor for Broomhill
Gleadless Valley Terence Fox was a sitting councillor for Heeley, Garry Weatherall was a sitting councillor for Norton
Graves Park Peter Moore was a sitting councillor for Beauchief
Hillsborough Robert MacDonald and Janet Bragg were sitting councillors for Hillsborough, Alfred Meade was a sitting councillor for Brightside
Manor Castle Patricia Midgley and Janet Wilson were sitting councillors for Castle, Janet Fiore was a sitting councillor for Manor
Mosborough Samuel Wall was a sitting councillor for Mosborough
Nether Edge Ali Qadar, Andrew White and Patricia White were sitting councillors for Nether Edge
Richmond Martin Lawton and John Campbell were sitting councillors for Intake, Terry Barrow was a sitting councillor for Darnall
Shiregreen & Brightside Jane Bird and Peter Rippon were sitting councillors for Nether Shire, Peter Price was a sitting councillor for Brightside, Michael Davis was a sitting councillor for Beauchief
Southey Anthony Damms was a sitting councillor for Southey Green, Gillian Furniss was a sitting councillor for Manor
Stannington Arthur Dunworth and David Baker were sitting councillors for South Wortley, John Webster was a sitting councillor for Brightside, Steven Wilson was a sitting councillor for Southey Green
Stocksbridge & Upper Don Martin Davis and Martin Brelsford were sitting councillors for Stocksbridge
Walkley Diane Leek, Veronica Hardstaff and Jonathan Harston were sitting councillors for Walkley, Stephen Ayris was a sitting councillor for Netherthorpe
West Ecclesfield Kathleen Chadwick was a sitting councillor for Chapel Green
Woodhouse Marjorie Barker, Michael Rooney and Raymond Satur were sitting councillors for Handsworth
By-elections between 2004 and 2006
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