This by-election was called after the resignation of Green councillor Andy Davies, who won the seat in May 2026 by 73 votes from the then leader of the council, Tom Hunt, with 40 per cent to Labour's 39 per cent and Reform UK's 14 per cent. Sheffield elects by thirds: Labour won the ward's other two seats in 2023 and 2024 with 50 per cent each, and the Greens won here in 2021. The ward sits in the Sheffield Central constituency. Six candidates stood.
Every ward and councillor, who runs the council, and each by-election since May.
Sheffield council page →| Party | Share |
|---|---|
| Labour | 53.4% |
| Green | 28.8% |
| Reform UK | 12.5% |
| Liberal Democrats | 2.6% |
| Conservative | 1.4% |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 1.3% |
Sheffield elects its councillors by thirds: a ward's seats are elected in separate years, so they can be held by different parties. This by-election is for one of Walkley's seats. A gain or hold goes by that seat - the party that last won it - not by which party won the ward's most recent contest, which is usually a different seat.
Conservative, Liberal Democrats, Reform UK: fewer than 5 wins in 100 each.
Also on the ballot, not projected to win the seat: other candidates.
How often each candidate wins the seat across 10,000 simulations of this contest - chances of winning, not vote shares.
| Result | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Green | Reform UK | Independents and others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | 2% | 39% | 3% | 40% | 14% | 2% |
| May 2024 | 5% | 50% | 6% | 32% | - | 7% |
| May 2023 | 5% | 50% | 7% | 32% | 3% | 3% |
Winning share of all votes cast in bold. Multi-member wards elect several councillors at once. Includes any county-division contest covering the same ground. The independents-and-others share includes Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (3% in May 2024), Heritage Party (2% in May 2024) and Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (3% in May 2023).
Sheffield is a metropolitan borough: it runs every local service, from schools to bins. Current control: Labour / Green.
Seats under the independents-and-others heading here have been won by independents at elections since 2022.
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Wards coloured by the party that last won them; the by-election ward is outlined. Hover a ward for its last result.
There is no county council above Sheffield. Transport and some strategic functions sit with the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority.
The ward is part of the Sheffield Central constituency. Labour MP Abtisam Mohamed won it at the 2024 general election with 52 per cent of the vote.