UKIP Sheffield Chairman Jonathan Arnott said “I am delighted by this result, which shows that the UK Independence Party is growing fast across the city. These results provide us with a real springboard for the next set of Council and European elections, and I look forward to having our first councillors elected to Sheffield City Council.”The percentage vote shares across the city were as follows – note that ALL other parties’ vote shares fell whilst UKIP increased dramatically.
Lab 46.8% (-1.8)
Lib Dem 22.0% (-3.4)
UKIP 10.5% (+8.7)
Green 10.4% (-0.8)
Conservative 8.2% (-3.4)
Sheffield Local Elections factfile
- UKIP took 10.5% of the vote across Sheffield – up from 1.8% in 2011
- In 10 wards across the city we finished in second place
- UKIP’s best two results were 27.5% in Stocksbridge & Upper Don and 22.1% in Woodhouse
- UKIP finished ahead of the Conservatives in 22 of the 28 Sheffield seats, and ahead of the Green Party in 19 of the 28 seats
- UKIP’s citywide total was 13,652 votes compared with 13,607 for the Greens and 10,722 for the Conservative Party
- UKIP’s share of the vote increased in every seat contested
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