Sheffield City Council election, 2004

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All 84 seats to Sheffield City Council
43 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Labour	Liberal Democrat
Seats won	44	37
Seat change	5	1

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Conservative	Green
Seats won	2	1
Seat change	1	1

Map showing the results of the 2004 Sheffield City Council elections.

Majority party before election

Labour

Majority party after election

Labour

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.

This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

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