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What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Sheffield City Council: Metropolitan district (unitary), England, Yorkshire and The Humber; part of the SCR combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E08000019 (ONS now lists E08000039).

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Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Sheffield for 2026–27: £2,130.23 of a £2,510.16 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

In the last twelve months: 11 opened (10 academy converter, 1 fresh start), 11 closed (10 academy converter, 1 fresh start)

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Sheffield reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Sheffield: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
ServiceBudget
Education services£413.7 million
Highways and transport services£72.0 million
Children's social care£171.5 million
Adult social care£340.8 million
Public health£47.4 million
Housing services (general fund only)£35.8 million
Cultural and related services£27.5 million
Environmental and regulatory services£70.0 million
Planning and development services£23.6 million
Police servicesnone budgeted
Fire and rescue servicesnone budgeted
Central services£36.0 million
Other servicesnone budgeted
Total service expenditure£1,238.4 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Sheffield in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Children in relative poverty after housing costs
31.6% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Average house price
£219,713 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
5.8 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy
57.4 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy
57.4 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions
3.6 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband
94.1% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers
91.2 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

84 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Labour, Liberal Democrats and Greens. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Labour Party 25, Liberal Democrats 22, Green Party (E&W) 20, Reform UK 13, Independent / Other 4.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 84 councillors, by ward
  • Richard Shaw (Liberal Democrats) — Beauchief and Greenhill
  • Simon Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrats) — Beauchief and Greenhill
  • Sophie Crossthorn (Liberal Democrats) — Beauchief and Greenhill
  • Ian Horner (Liberal Democrats) — Beighton
  • Laurence Hayward (Reform UK) — Beighton
  • Stuart Wallace (Reform UK) — Beighton
  • Denise Fox (Independent / Other) — Birley
  • Luke Goddard (Reform UK) — Birley
  • Matthew Dwyer (Labour Party) — Birley
  • Angela Argenzio (Green Party (E&W)) — Broomhill and Sharrow Vale
  • Brian Holmshaw (Green Party (E&W)) — Broomhill and Sharrow Vale
  • Maleiki Haybe (Green Party (E&W)) — Broomhill and Sharrow Vale
  • Mustafa Ahmed (Green Party (E&W)) — Burngreave
  • Safiya Saeed (Labour Party) — Burngreave
  • Talib Hussain (Labour Party) — Burngreave
  • Douglas Johnson (Green Party (E&W)) — City
  • Maia Salman-Lord (Green Party (E&W)) — City
  • Ruth Mersereau (Green Party (E&W)) — City
  • Minesh Parekh (Labour Party) — Crookes and Crosspool
  • Ruth Milsom (Labour Party) — Crookes and Crosspool
  • Tim Huggan (Liberal Democrats) — Crookes and Crosspool
  • Mary Lea (Labour Party) — Darnall
  • Qais Al-Ahdal (Independent / Other) — Darnall
  • Zahira Naz (Labour Party) — Darnall
  • Joe Otten (Liberal Democrats) — Dore and Totley
  • Martin Smith (Liberal Democrats) — Dore and Totley
  • Rebecca Atkinson (Liberal Democrats) — Dore and Totley
  • Alan Woodcock (Liberal Democrats) — East Ecclesfield
  • Robert Reiss (Liberal Democrats) — East Ecclesfield
  • Sean Maloney (Reform UK) — East Ecclesfield
  • Barbara Masters (Liberal Democrats) — Ecclesall
  • Peter Gilbert (Green Party (E&W)) — Ecclesall
  • Tessa Lupton (Green Party (E&W)) — Ecclesall
  • Abdul Khayum (Labour Party) — Firth Park
  • Fran Belbin (Labour Party) — Firth Park
  • Robert Hanson (Reform UK) — Firth Park
  • Andrew Sangar (Liberal Democrats) — Fulwood
  • Cliff Woodcraft (Liberal Democrats) — Fulwood
  • Sue Alston (Liberal Democrats) — Fulwood
  • Alexi Dimond (Green Party (E&W)) — Gleadless Valley
  • Marieanne Elliot (Green Party (E&W)) — Gleadless Valley
  • Paul Turpin (Green Party (E&W)) — Gleadless Valley
  • Mohammed Mahroof (Liberal Democrats) — Graves Park
  • Rob Bannister (Labour Party) — Graves Park
  • Tom Atkin-Withers (Green Party (E&W)) — Graves Park
  • Christine Gilligan Kubo (Green Party (E&W)) — Hillsborough
  • Richard Tinsley (Green Party (E&W)) — Hillsborough
  • Toby Mallinson (Green Party (E&W)) — Hillsborough
  • Elle Dodd (Labour Party) — Manor Castle
  • Laura Moynahan (Labour Party) — Manor Castle
  • Ruth Abbey (Green Party (E&W)) — Manor Castle
  • Glynis Chapman (Liberal Democrats) — Mosborough
  • Joel McGuigan (Reform UK) — Mosborough
  • Tony Downing (Labour Party) — Mosborough
  • Ibby Ullah (Labour Party) — Nether Edge and Sharrow
  • Lynsey Angell (Green Party (E&W)) — Nether Edge and Sharrow
  • Maroof Raouf (Green Party (E&W)) — Nether Edge and Sharrow
  • Ben Miskell (Labour Party) — Park and Arbourthorne
  • Matt Smith (Reform UK) — Park and Arbourthorne
  • Mia Drazaic (Labour Party) — Park and Arbourthorne
  • David Barker (Labour Party) — Richmond
  • Dianne Hurst (Independent / Other) — Richmond
  • Jack Byrom (Reform UK) — Richmond
  • Dawn Dale (Labour Party) — Shiregreen and Brightside
  • Mark Rusling (Labour Party) — Shiregreen and Brightside
  • Mick Lee (Reform UK) — Shiregreen and Brightside
  • Gareth Slater (Independent / Other) — Southey
  • Mike Chaplin (Labour Party) — Southey
  • Yvonne Sykes (Reform UK) — Southey
  • Penny Baker (Liberal Democrats) — Stannington
  • Richard Williams (Liberal Democrats) — Stannington
  • Will Sapwell (Liberal Democrats) — Stannington
  • John Booker (Reform UK) — Stocksbridge and Upper Don
  • John Hesketh (Reform UK) — Stocksbridge and Upper Don
  • Mark Whittaker (Labour Party) — Stocksbridge and Upper Don
  • Andy Davies (Green Party (E&W)) — Walkley
  • John Wright (Labour Party) — Walkley
  • Laura McClean (Labour Party) — Walkley
  • Alan Hooper (Liberal Democrats) — West Ecclesfield
  • Ann Whitaker (Liberal Democrats) — West Ecclesfield
  • Mike Levery (Liberal Democrats) — West Ecclesfield
  • Alison Norris (Labour Party) — Woodhouse
  • Mick Rooney (Labour Party) — Woodhouse
  • Nathaniel Menday (Reform UK) — Woodhouse

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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