Sheffield City Council election, 2011

Sheffield City Council election, 2011

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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 Democrat Seats won 21 6 Seat change 9 9   Third party Fourth party   Party Green Conservative Seats won 1 0 Seat change 0 0
Map showing the results of the 2011 Sheffield City Council elections.
Majority party before election No Overall Control Majority party after election Labour

No Overall Control

Labour

Sheffield City Council elections took place on 5 May 2011. There were 28 seats up for election, one third of the council. The last election left the council with no overall control. Since the previous election, Liberal Democrat councillor Ben Curran, and Lib Dem-turned-independent Frank Taylor had defected to Labour leaving both parties equal at 41 councillors each. This election saw Labour regain control of the council that they lost in 2006, with nine gains from the Lib Dems. Overall turnout was 41.8%.

Councillors elected in Sheffield Council election, 2007 defended their seats this year.

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