2006 Sheffield City Council election

2006 Sheffield City Council election

4 May 2006

One third of seats (29 of 84) to Sheffield City Council
43 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Labour
Seats won 14 14
Seat change 1 0

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Green Conservative
Seats won 1 0
Seat change 1 0

Map showing the results of the 2006 Sheffield City Council elections

Majority party before election

Labour

Majority party after election

Labour

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.