2012 Sheffield City Council election

2012 Sheffield City Council election

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One third of seats (28 of 84) to Sheffield City Council 43 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Seats won 21 6 Seat change 9 9   Third party Fourth party   Party Green UKIP Seats won 1 0 Seat change 0 0
Map showing the results of the 2012 Sheffield City Council elections.
Majority party before election Labour Majority party after election Labour

Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 ^[1] as part of the 2012 United Kingdom local elections.

There were 28 seats up for election, one third of the council. The last election in 2011 gave Labour a majority over the Liberal Democrats with 49 councillors. However, one Independent councillor joined Labour after the election, giving the party 50 seats.^[2]

Four main parties fielded a full slate of 28 candidates. UKIP also put up a full slate, but Steve Moxon was disendorsed as the party's candidate for Dore and Totley.^[3] Labour were defending 11 seats, all of which they successfully held in 2011. The Liberal Democrats were defending 16 seats, 10 of which they lost to Labour in 2011. The Greens were defending 1 seat, which they held in 2011. The Conservatives, UKIP and the smaller parties had no councillors.