After May 7
No overall control. Labour largest party
Council size: 84 seats · 30 up on May 7
Council · Metropolitan borough
Sheffield
No overall control. Labour largest party after May 7 2026. (Remained no overall control, previously ncc)
What happened on May 7
Seats won and overall control
Reform UK
12 of 84 seats
Won 12 on May 7 · had 0 before
Next election
May 2027
By thirds, three years in four.
Post-May 7 composition
Every party's seat count on the new council
Pre-May-7 composition is the latest OCD snapshot of who held each seat; post is pre minus seats up plus actual winners.
How accurate was the model here?
Our 7 May 2026 forecast for Sheffield
Locked, sha256-witnessed forecast scored against the actual count. See the full national accuracy audit →
Our locked May 7 forecast
The pre-election prediction
This is the seats-on-the-ballot projection we published before polls opened, used here for accuracy comparison only.
All wards
Per-ward forecast vs actual
| Ward | Our top pick | Actual winner | Predicted share | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauchief & Greenhill | Lib Dem | Lib Dem | 32.1% | high |
| Beighton | Lib Dem | Reform UK | 32.5% | high |
| Birley | Reform UK | Reform UK | 28.9% | high |
| Broomhill & Sharrow Vale | Green Party | Green Party | 44.5% | high |
| Burngreave | Labour | Green Party | 29.2% | high |
| City | Green Party | Green Party | 38.1% | high |
| Crookes & Crosspool | Reform UK | Labour | 29.2% | high |
| Darnall | Independent | Independent | 41.2% | high |
| Dore & Totley | Lib Dem | Lib Dem | 37.0% | high |
| East Ecclesfield | Reform UK | Reform UK | 29.0% | high |
| Ecclesall | Green Party | Green Party | 27.8% | high |
| Firth Park | Labour | Reform UK | 31.0% | high |
| Fulwood | Lib Dem | Lib Dem | 36.8% | high |
| Gleadless Valley | Green Party | Green Party | 41.1% | high |
| Graves Park | Lib Dem | Green Party | 29.8% | high |
| Hillsborough | Green Party | Green Party | 36.9% | high |
| Manor Castle | Labour | Green Party | 29.3% | high |
| Mosborough | Lib Dem | Reform UK | 32.0% | high |
| Nether Edge & Sharrow | Green Party | Green Party | 33.8% | high |
| Park & Arbourthorne | Labour | Reform UK | 30.3% | high |
| Richmond | Labour | Reform UK | 33.3% | high |
| Shiregreen & Brightside | Labour | Reform UK | 30.7% | high |
| Southey | Labour | Reform UK | 31.3% | high |
| Stannington | Reform UK | Lib Dem | 28.7% | high |
| Stocksbridge & Upper Don | Reform UK | Reform UK | 30.7% | high |
| Walkley | Labour | Green Party | 29.4% | high |
| West Ecclesfield | Lib Dem | Lib Dem | 32.1% | high |
| Woodhouse | Reform UK | Reform UK | 34.6% | high |