Sheffield City Council elections: will Broomhill and Sharrow Vale stay all-green?
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www.thestar.co.uk— Broomhill and Sharrow Vale is a Green stronghold, the party has three councillors in the ward. In our piece about the key battlegrounds in Sheffield, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) included this ward as the incumbent councillor Brian Holmshaw barely won (with a majority of 77) in 2021. However, it must be noted that in the following years the Green Party won those very easily – in 2023, Cllr Angela Argenzio had a significant majority of 896. Cllr Holmshaw told the LDRS: “I have...
www.thestar.co.uk—Sheffield City Council elections: Greens and Labour battle hard in Nether Edge and Sharrow. Nether Edge and Sharrow is a hard-fought ward, with Labour battling to unseat the Green councillor, the appearance of a new LibDem candidate plus three minor parties standing. A council profile on the ward shows that 26 per cent of children aged up to 19 are in relative low-income families. The national average is 20 per cent. Just over a third of residents have no car and only 29 per cent are in full-time employment. Labour candidate Derek Martin said: “I have lived and worked in Nether Edge...
www.thestar.co.uk—Sheffield City Council elections: the leader of the Green Party is seeking re-election. Neither Cllr Tom Hunt, the leader of the council, nor Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, have to stand this year – but Cllr Douglas Johnson from the Green Party does. Cllr Johnson, the leader of his group, was able to win comfortably in 2021 and now he is aiming to do that again, keeping the City ward a Green ward. He told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): “I’m a councillor for City ward, I was elected in 2016 and again in 2021. “I chair the council’s housing...
www.thestar.co.uk—Sheffield City Council elections: Will LibDems hold on to their monopoly in Ecclesall?. Ecclesall ward is popular with young professionals and their families and students. Ecclesall Road is a long-standing upmarket shopping and entertainment area. The ward is all LibDem but the Greens would like to make headway in the area. Labour are focusing on public transport and their future vision for the city. Lisa Markham, standing for Labour, said: “As a local resident I want to be part of a Labour team which listens to and supports local communities and businesses. We need to work...