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Sheffield City Council elections took place on 22 May 2014, alongside nationwide local elections and European elections.
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There were 29 seats up for election, one third of the council with a double vacancy in Walkley.
With a Labour majority of 36 and defending 19 seats, it was almost mathematically impossible for Labour to lose control of the council, as Labour would have needed to lose all 19 of those 19 seats to lose control. Even then Labour would still have been the largest party.
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Defections
Since the 2010 when these seats were last contested, 2 Liberal Democrats defected to Labour (Seats in Walkley and Beauchief & Greenhill).
Deaths and by-elections
A Liberal Democrat councillor for Fulwood died, with the by-election resulting in a Lib Dem hold.
A Labour councillor for Manor & Castle died, with the by-election resulting in a Labour hold.