Sheffield local elections 2023 live: All Sheffield City Council and Barnsley Council updates as they arrive
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With the counting of the votes in the elections for seats on Sheffield City Council starting this morning, results will filter through for each ward throughout the day, with the final results expected to be known by the middle of this afternoon. Elections are also being counted for Barnsley Borough Council’s elections.
We will keep you up to date with all the latest developments on this live blog, as those results come in.
Sheffield 2023 Council election results
Key Events
- Results are being counted throughout the day
- One third of the seats on the council are up for grabs
- Labour and Greens were in control going into the election
Sheffield Council election: ousting of Labour leader overshadows poll results with no change overall
There were no big shocks in today’s Sheffield City Council election results as all the political drama was happening elsewhere.
The announcement this morning (Friday, May 5) that Labour had forced out council leader Coun Terry Fox in the aftermath of the damning Lowcock Report into the tree scandal and put Sheffield Labour into special measures overshadowed the election results in what had been a successful day for all three main parties.
LibDem leader Coun Shaffaq Mohmmed said that the choice for next council leader was between a central party-imposed Labour candidate and himself. South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard said he needed someone in place to work with to tackle issues such as improving public transport and the economy and reaching net zero carbon emissions.
And Green Party deputy leader Coun Angela Argenzio said she expected there would be some kind of negotiation between the political groups.
Full story and reaction:
Terry Fox responds to Labour plans to force him out as leader of Sheffield Council
Councillor Terry Fox has responded to the news that Labour plans to force him out as leader of Sheffield Council.
Labour is forcing him to step down as leader following a series of failures including the street tree scandal and the Fargate shipping containers fiasco.
Coun Fox, who has been a councillor for a total of 22 years since 2002 and leader since 2021, confirmed he would step down with immediate effect and not put himself forward for re-election as leader.
Here’s the full story, by Molly Williams
Who won in your ward? Full list of Sheffield election results 2023
The results are in for the local elections following today’s local election couny in Sheffield.
Today’s results mean Sheffield Council will enter its third year in no overall control.
Here is the full list of results from today.
Shaffaq Mohammed, leader of Sheffield Liberal Democrats, says there is ‘a huge issue of trust and transparency at Sheffield Council’, after the removal by Labour of Coun Terry Fox as leader. He is concerned that the party nationally will put someone in charge. He had been speaking to Julia Armstrong. Here is the video https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8kotvk
South Yorkshire mayor Oliver Coppard’s reacts to day of drama for Labour
Oliver Coppard, the South Yorkshire elected mayor, has been giving his reaction to today’s election results and the removal of Sheffield Council’s leader.
He has said: “ I need someone I can work with at Sheffield Council going forward”
Here he is in video format. He spoke to our local democracy reporter Julia Armstrong.
Penistone West (Barnsley)
PENISTONE WEST Liberal Democrats HOLD
Paula Button-Roberts – Independent 202 Roy Garratt – Conservative 623 David Greenhough – Liberal Democrats 1613 Frances Nixon – Labour and Co-operative Party 810 Richard Trotman – Green 268 Liberal Democrats HOLD
Now comes the reaction
Our local democracy reporters are now putting together the reaction and analysis after this afternoon’s council election counts.
That will follow on this live feed as it comes in.
