Sheffield: East Ecclesfield – Lib Dem Hold

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Sheffield: Dore and Totley – Lib Dem Hold

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Birley councillor “elated” over re-election

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Birley councillor, Denise Fox, says she is "elated" to have been re-elected in Birley ward.

This comes as Labour continue to look strong as results begin to roll out despite the initial drama over the council leader's resignation.

Cllr Fox said: "I'm elated, it's great to see that the people have confidence in me and want me to continue to work in their ward and be their councillor.

"There are a lot of people that are struggling right now with the cost of living and I hope that we can do all we can to help them"

With that said, speaking on whether she would have liked a Labour majority, Cllr Fox has also spoken about the difficulty in negotiating with other parties due to the lack of a clear majority in the council.

She added: "There are a lot of things that have gone wrong in our city that are out of our control."

Barnsley: Royston – Labour hold

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Jennifer Barker – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 58
Michael Barraclough – Conservative 272
Neil Fisher – Independent 366
Jonathan Paul Hood – Liberal Democrats 97
Pauline Mary McCarthy – Labour 1132

Community, community, community

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Independent candidate Andrew Simon Ray takes Hoyland Milton ward, a first-time candidate who feels "humbled" and "shocked" that over a thousand people chose to vote for him.

His campaign slogan, "community, community, community" led him to his success, he told Sheffield Wire.

With a small team behind him, Coun Ray personally delivered 8000 leaflets to his hometown ward.

Thoughout Covid, he voluntarily delivered prescriptions for 14 weeks, which he called "campaigning without knowing."

After meeting more and more people in this time, as well as out and about and at the pub, he decided to run as an independent candidate.

He told Sheffield Wire he's looking forwards to helping everyday people be heard in the community.

Sheffield: Ecclesall – Lib Dem Hold

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Sheffield: Walkley – Labour Hold

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Barnsley: North East – Labour hold

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Raymond Archer – Independent 462

Ruth Booker – Labour 1069

Tony Devoy – Yorkshire Party 188

Kieran Oldfield – Liberal Democrats 79

Samuel Wilkinson – Conservative 205

Sheffield: Nether Edge and Sharrow – Labour Gain

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Sheffield: Mosborough – Lib Dem Hold

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Sheffield: Hillsborough – Green Hold

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Fox resignation “shouldn’t be surprising”, councillor says

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As the count for the Sheffield local elections continues, the news of Terry Fox's resignation "shouldn't be surprising", a councillor says.

The news followed the leak of a report criticising the council's handling of the tree felling scandal.

Douglas Johnson, the councillor for City Ward and speaker for the Green Group, said: "It shouldn't be a real surprise in the light of the real damming report and the scathing way the council went about dealing with the tree felling in Sheffield."

He says he had expected the announcement to take place after the election results had been published, but that Cllr Fox's resignation was "much better for the city" as it forces the political parties to work together.

Cllr Johnson added: "Terry Fox was, to many people, the very soul of the old Labour that wanted to run Sheffield in a very authoritative way for many years.

"It's almost like it doesn't matter what happens today — the structural change is irreversible."

Meanwhile, Labour Party councillors have been silent regarding the resignation and have not agreed to speak about it.