Labour have lost their grip on Sheffield City Council with the following wards changing hands in the the 2021 local election:
- Lewis Chinchen took the seat from Labour in Stocksbridge and Deepcar making him the first Conservative councillor in 20 years in Sheffield.
- Beighton candidate, Julie Gledhill lost Labour’s seat to Liberal Democrat candidate, Ann Doreen Woolhouse by as little as 42 votes.
- Green Party candidate, Maroof Ahmed gained the seat for Nether Edge and Sharrow from Labour, beating Edward Gareth Slater by just under 1000 votes.
- Gleadless Valley also changed hands from Labour to Green as Alexi James Dimond claims victory.
- Liberal Democrat candidate, Ann Christine Whitaker gained a seat from Labour in West Ecclesfield.
- The Green Party have had a big win in Hillsborough taking the previously Labour seat.
- Walkley has also gained a Green seat with Bernard Little claiming victory over Labour’s Fran Belbin.
- Along with Broomhill and Sharrow Vale claiming another Green victory with Brian Holmshaw beating Labour by less than 100 votes.
