Sheffield residents have shared their thoughts on the main issues the council needs to address

The 2026 Sheffield City Council elections take place in just a few weeks time, meaning what each candidate is offering extremely topical.

In Sheffield, 28 seats - a third of the total 84 - will be facing the polls to decide the future make-up of Sheffield City Council.

Early polls predict that a number of Labour seats could fall to Reform next month while there’s also a possibility that the Green Party could gain more influence in the Steel City as well.

Of course things such as polls aren’t always spot on - and plenty can change between now and election day. With that in mind, we asked our readers, regardless of who’s in charge, what changes they’d like to see in the coming years - and this is how they responded.

Miriam Khan put transport near the top of her priorities. She said: “Trams and bus services need to arrive more regularly and more frequently after 6 or 7pm please on weekdays.”

Judith Hanson also highlighted transport as an area for improvement, who said: “Bus reliability.”

Susan Wild agreed, adding: “More buses with less to pay for people.”

Craig Pinder said housing should be a focus, rather than changes to roads and roundabouts. He said: “Housing, health services anything but cycle lanes or roundabouts.”

Martin Moore said: “Transparency in how/where our money is spent.” Mazzy Wills agreed, commenting: “Democracy. Council changing the city in a way I think most people don't like.”

Potholes are also a subject of great scrutiny. The Lib Dems, Greens and Labour have all criticised the council’s private sector roads contractor Amey. As have some in our comments section, including Rob Tew. He said: “Scrap Amey and actually invest in road surfaces.”

Simon Pepa Salts Carey said: “Potholes it's getting silly now and dangerous.”

Angela Hewitt commented: “There are loads of empty buildings around Sheffield, these should be renovated and used for housing instead of building new ones.”

Deborah Harris said: “Scrap building on green belt. Reassess the local plan.”

Marie Marshall said: “Disability access at shops, particularly in Hillsborough where I can’t even get in a post office.”

Matthew Smith added: “Reinstating a staffed library service in all areas of the city.”