2018 Sheffield City Council election
2018 UK local government election
Elections to Sheffield City Council took place on Thursday 3 May; one of a number of local council elections taking place across England on the same day. These were the first elections since 2016; the normal practice of electing one-third of councillors every year resumed this year, after the previous staging had seen all seats up for election as a result of boundary changes. A number of by-elections had also occurred between the 2016 and 2018 elections.
Election results
Overall election result
Changes in council composition
Ward results
Beauchief & Greenhill
Beighton
Birley
Broomhill & Sharrow Vale
Burngreave
City
Crookes & Crosspool
Darnall
Dore & Totley
East Ecclesfield
O’Rourke was a sitting councillor for City ward.
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