Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 4 May 2006 with polling stations open between 7am and 10pm. One third of council seats were up for election; one in each ward, plus one additional seat in Ecclesall due to a resignation. The overall turnout this year was 34.5%, down considerably from the previous year's general election turnout at 43.9 per cent turnout in Sheffield.
Councillors before and after the election Ward Incumbent elected Incumbent Elected Arbourthorne 2004 Timothy Rippon Timothy Rippon Beauchief & Greenhill 2004 Clive Skelton Clive Skelton Beighton 2004 Helen Mirfin-Boukouris Helen Mirfin-Boukouris Birley 2004 Michael Pye Michael Pye Broomhill 2004 Shaffaq Mohammed Shaffaq Mohammed Burngreave 2004 Steve Jones Steve Jones Central 2004 Mohammad Azim Bernard Little Crookes 2004 Sylvia Anginotti Sylvia Anginotti Darnall 2004 Mohammad Altaf Mazher Iqbal Dore & Totley 2004 Keith Hill Keith Hill East Ecclesfield 2004 Graham Oxley Graham Oxley Ecclesall 1 2004 Roger Davison Roger Davison Ecclesall 2 2004 Kate Dawson Michael Reynolds Firth Park 2004 Alan Law Alan Law Fulwood 2004 Janice Sidebottom Janice Sidebottom Gleadless Valley 2004 Garry Weatherall Garry Weatherall Graves Park 2004 Barrie Jervis Robert McCann Hillsborough 2004 Janet Bragg Janet Bragg Manor Castle 2004 Janet Wilson Janet Wilson Mosborough 2004 Samuel Wall Samuel Wall Nether Edge 2004 Patricia White Patricia White Richmond 2004 Terry Barrow Elizabeth Naylor Shiregreen & Brightside 2004 Peter Rippon Peter Rippon Southey 2004 Gillian Furniss Gillian Furniss Stannington 2004 David Baker David Baker Stocksbridge & Upper Don 2004 Alison Brelsford Alison Brelsford Walkley 2004 Jonathan Harston Jonathan Harston West Ecclesfield 2004 Trevor Bagshaw Trevor Bagshaw Woodhouse 2004 Raymond Satur Raymond Satur
Election result
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 44 44 Liberal Democrats 37 36 Conservatives 2 2 Green 1 2 Total 84 84 Working majority
Ward results Arbourthorne
Beauchief & Greenhill
Beighton
Birley
Broomhill
Burngreave
Central
Crookes
Darnall
Dore & Totley
East Ecclesfield
Ecclesall
Firth Park
Fulwood
Gleadless Valley
Graves Park
Hillsborough
Manor Castle
Mosborough
Nether Edge
Richmond
Shiregreen & Brightside
Southey
Stannington
Stocksbridge & Upper Don
Walkley
West Ecclesfield
Woodhouse
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