47,886 voters in Sheffield’s local elections voted for Green Party candidates, making them the most popular party across the whole of Sheffield. The new expanded group of 20 Green councillors is now preparing to take on more roles to reflect what people in Sheffield voted for, with the LibDem group choosing to exit the council’s administration after losing seats.
Green councillors will now chair committees covering:
- Housing
- Transport, Regeneration and Climate
- Charity Trustee
- Communities, Parks and Leisure
- Adult Health and Social Care
- Planning (co-chair)
- Licensing (co-chair)
Labour councillors will take the rest of the committee chairs.
Green Group leader, Councillor Angela Argenzio, said,
“Green Party councillors will take up places in the Administration with Labour to make sure the city council is run in the best interests of everyone who lives in Sheffield. We have worked hard to negotiate a functioning leadership of the council so that people in Sheffield can receive the best public services we can provide.
“It is obviously disappointing that the LibDem group has chosen to join the Reform councillors in opposing the council’s actions after 4 years of a shared committee administration.
“We are prepared to work with the Labour group to ensure stability. We will continue to champion openness and transparency in council proceedings, benefitting from the committee system where councillors from all parties can have a say and a vote. We will face up to difficult decisions, doing our best to find a balance between different viewpoints.”
“We would like to thank the voters of Sheffield for their message of hope and having faith in us. Green councillors commit to listening to residents and acting in the best interests of the whole population of the city and the planet.”
Notes to editors
- There are now 20 Green councillors on Sheffield City Council, up six in the recent local elections. Greens now also represent residents in Burngreave, Walkley, Manor Castle and Graves Park.
- The vote share across the whole city was: Green 28%; Reform 26%; Labour 20%; LibDem 18%, Conservative 4%.
- The 84 council seats are: Labour 25; LibDem 22; Green 20; Reform 11 (after 2 councillors left the Reform group since May’s election); Others 6
- Greens won 52% of the total vote in the wards comprising Sheffield Central constituency: City Ward, Broomhill & Sharrow Vale, Nether Edge and Sharrow and Walkley.
- Sheffield election results are available at https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/elections/local-elections-results-2026
