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Latest updates from Sheffield & Barnsley Local Elections 2024Summary
- Reporters: Amy Britton and Kate McCuskerÂ
- Results should be coming in soon!
- Liberal Democrat, Shaffaq Mohammed, is “disappointed” over losing two seats in Sheffield
- Both seats in Firth Park ward are taken by Labour
- Only Conservative Party seat is taken by Labour in Stockbridge
- Labour maintain their majority hold in Barnsley, while Sheffield still remains hung with no party being able to take enough seats
- Sheffield now joins Manchester and Liverpool in not electing a single Conservative councillor at this year’s local elections
Labour Councillor Steven Green wins control of Monk Bretton
Monk Bretton – Labour hold
With 1078 votes it’s a Labour hold in Sheffield’s Burngreave with Safiya Saeed keeping her seat.
Labour takes Burngreave
We have our first result coming up here shortly in Barnsley.
The Returning Officer has just called for the Monk Bretton candidates to come forward for the announcement.
More to come.
Monk Bretton announcement to come shortly
Labour source says Tony Downing has kept his seat in Mosborough, a ward the party was very anxious about losing, which was very closely contested last time and they were worried the area would swing to the Liberal Democrats.
Labour to hold Mosborough, says source
As we await first result from Sheffield and Barnsley, here’s a quick look at the national picture.
38 out of 107 councils have been declared so far.
– Conservative: 125 seats, -142
– Labour: 351 seats, +65
– Liberal Democrats: 127 seats, +21
– Green: 28 seats, +15
– Independents: 67 seats, +41
National snapshot
Total votes cast: 44967
Postal votes: 24129
Postal turnout: 53.6%
Total turnout: 24.14%
Compared to last year: down from last year by 0.56%
Last year votes: 45569
Total eligible electorate: 186249
Turnout data for Barnsley
Tom Hunt and Ben Miskell have been spotted at the count in Sheffield and seem to be “quietly assured”, according to reporter Peter Spriggs.
Some wards have begun verify their results while the count continues throughout the day.
As the count continues, Labour is hoping to increase their hold over Sheffield.
Labour seem “quietly assured” in Sheffield
Darfield councillor and Labour Group organiser Kevin Osborne told Sheffield Wire he is “hopeful” regarding today’s results.
“There’s always hope. Certainly what we’re hearing on the doorstep is that there’s a great regard for the ‘new-style’ Labour Party that we’re seeing nationally.
“Before in previous elections, there was reference to the previous leader of the Labour Party and that detracts a little bit from local government.
“Thanks to what’s happening nationally, we’re getting a little bit of feedback locally.”
Cllr Osborne won 50% of the vote in 2021.
Labour Group Organiser “hopeful”
Here’s the latest from Sheffield Wire reporter Peter Spriggs:
The count is underway in Sheffield and the ballot papers for the 28 contested wards are rapidly firing across the counting benches.Â
On what is already shaping up to be a triumphant round at the polls for Labour across the country, taking control of Sheffield council would be a huge political scalp for them and a formidable statement of intent to the Tories for the upcoming general election.
However, Labour have had the most seats in Sheffield for a while now, despite not having overall control. Resentments among the electorate over local issues such as the proposed traveller site in Beighton will have the Lib Dems fancying their chances to challenge Labour seats as the most likely rivals for control of Sheffield council.
The outlook in Sheffield
Verification of 18 out of 21 wards are now complete here in Barnsley.
Only Oldtown, Penistone East, Worsborough, and North East are still verifying ballot papers.
Counters who have finished verification have been sent for lunch and will begin the official count at 11:30am.
Count set to begin at 11:30am
The Mayor of South Yorkshire, Oliver Coppard, is feeling confident about Labour’s chances as he attended the Barnsley count this morning.
He said: “It looks like a good night for Labour so far as we can tell. I’ll be interested to see what happens with the mayoral results across the country. I think it’s always going to be difficult when you’ve got somebody like Ben Houchen who had 73% of the vote last time round. The West Midlands will always be a difficult contest for the Labour party.
“But I think we’re fairly confident about the picture nationally. It definitely puts us on course I think for the general election later this year.
“What you hear is that people are frustrated, let down, disappointed and angry about the state of this country. We’re in a broken Britain because of this Tory government and what we’ve seen in the ballot box so far is that people are letting their feelings be known.”
Speaking about his chances in the mayoral vote he said: “I’m hopeful that what we’ve shown over the last two years is that we can do a good job for this region and provide the leadership this region needs.
“When you look at what we’ve done with the airport, the buses, the tram, beds for babies, guaranteeing a bed for every single child under five in South Yorkshire. Those are the things that I think people want to see.
“We’ll find out what people think over the next few hours and I’m hopeful that that will be an endorsement of what we’ve done over the last two years and what we want to do over the next four years as well.”
South Yorkshire mayor confident at Barnsley count
Jack Hunter live from the Barnsley count!
Summary
- Reporters: Amy Britton and Kate McCuskerÂ
- Results should be coming in soon!
- Firth Park ward is electing two councillors following the resignation of Abtisam Mohamed
- With no party having a majority hold over Sheffield, Labour has been heavily campaigning to turn enough wards to achieve more stable control
- Ollie Potts and Peter Spriggs are reporting live from SheffieldÂ
- David Hall, Richard McLaughlin and Jack Hunter are reporting live from Barnsley
Labour Councillor Steven Green wins control of Monk Bretton
Monk Bretton – Labour hold
With 1078 votes it’s a Labour hold in Sheffield’s Burngreave with Safiya Saeed keeping her seat.
Labour takes Burngreave
We have our first result coming up here shortly in Barnsley.
The Returning Officer has just called for the Monk Bretton candidates to come forward for the announcement.
More to come.
Monk Bretton announcement to come shortly
Labour source says Tony Downing has kept his seat in Mosborough, a ward the party was very anxious about losing, which was very closely contested last time and they were worried the area would swing to the Liberal Democrats.
Labour to hold Mosborough, says source
As we await first result from Sheffield and Barnsley, here’s a quick look at the national picture.
38 out of 107 councils have been declared so far.
– Conservative: 125 seats, -142
– Labour: 351 seats, +65
– Liberal Democrats: 127 seats, +21
– Green: 28 seats, +15
– Independents: 67 seats, +41
National snapshot
Total votes cast: 44967
Postal votes: 24129
Postal turnout: 53.6%
Total turnout: 24.14%
Compared to last year: down from last year by 0.56%
Last year votes: 45569
Total eligible electorate: 186249
Turnout data for Barnsley
Tom Hunt and Ben Miskell have been spotted at the count in Sheffield and seem to be “quietly assured”, according to reporter Peter Spriggs.
Some wards have begun verify their results while the count continues throughout the day.
As the count continues, Labour is hoping to increase their hold over Sheffield.
Labour seem “quietly assured” in Sheffield
Darfield councillor and Labour Group organiser Kevin Osborne told Sheffield Wire he is “hopeful” regarding today’s results.
“There’s always hope. Certainly what we’re hearing on the doorstep is that there’s a great regard for the ‘new-style’ Labour Party that we’re seeing nationally.
“Before in previous elections, there was reference to the previous leader of the Labour Party and that detracts a little bit from local government.
“Thanks to what’s happening nationally, we’re getting a little bit of feedback locally.”
Cllr Osborne won 50% of the vote in 2021.
Labour Group Organiser “hopeful”
Here’s the latest from Sheffield Wire reporter Peter Spriggs:
The count is underway in Sheffield and the ballot papers for the 28 contested wards are rapidly firing across the counting benches.Â
On what is already shaping up to be a triumphant round at the polls for Labour across the country, taking control of Sheffield council would be a huge political scalp for them and a formidable statement of intent to the Tories for the upcoming general election.
However, Labour have had the most seats in Sheffield for a while now, despite not having overall control. Resentments among the electorate over local issues such as the proposed traveller site in Beighton will have the Lib Dems fancying their chances to challenge Labour seats as the most likely rivals for control of Sheffield council.
The outlook in Sheffield
Verification of 18 out of 21 wards are now complete here in Barnsley.
Only Oldtown, Penistone East, Worsborough, and North East are still verifying ballot papers.
Counters who have finished verification have been sent for lunch and will begin the official count at 11:30am.
Count set to begin at 11:30am
The Mayor of South Yorkshire, Oliver Coppard, is feeling confident about Labour’s chances as he attended the Barnsley count this morning.
He said: “It looks like a good night for Labour so far as we can tell. I’ll be interested to see what happens with the mayoral results across the country. I think it’s always going to be difficult when you’ve got somebody like Ben Houchen who had 73% of the vote last time round. The West Midlands will always be a difficult contest for the Labour party.
“But I think we’re fairly confident about the picture nationally. It definitely puts us on course I think for the general election later this year.
“What you hear is that people are frustrated, let down, disappointed and angry about the state of this country. We’re in a broken Britain because of this Tory government and what we’ve seen in the ballot box so far is that people are letting their feelings be known.”
Speaking about his chances in the mayoral vote he said: “I’m hopeful that what we’ve shown over the last two years is that we can do a good job for this region and provide the leadership this region needs.
“When you look at what we’ve done with the airport, the buses, the tram, beds for babies, guaranteeing a bed for every single child under five in South Yorkshire. Those are the things that I think people want to see.
“We’ll find out what people think over the next few hours and I’m hopeful that that will be an endorsement of what we’ve done over the last two years and what we want to do over the next four years as well.”
South Yorkshire mayor confident at Barnsley count