These are all the Sheffield ward seats predicted to change hands during May Local Election Results 2026

Leader of the Council Tom Hunt is predicted to lose his seat today

Here are the seats in Sheffield expected to change hands today.

Sheffield is not going to undergo a seismic shift today, such as one party suddenly taking overall control of the council.

But changes expected to come include as many as five new Reform UK councillors - and possibly a new leader.

Cllr Tom Hunt, the leader of Sheffield City Council, is predicted to lose his seat in Walkley to the Greens today.placeholder image
Cllr Tom Hunt, the leader of Sheffield City Council, is predicted to lose his seat in Walkley to the Greens today. | Local Library

Leader of the Council Tom Hunt, Labour, is predicted to lose his seat in Walkey to the Greens.

And not even by a slim margin. Pollcheck suggests Mr Hunt could lose Walkley by 20 points, with almost half of all votes in the ward going Green.

Interestingly, the predicted Reform wins could be by very slim margins. Darnall, Richmond and Birley could swing Reform, but only by less than three per cent each.

Woodhouse and Stocksbridge & Upper Don are likely to be Reform’s firmest strongholds by the end of the day, voting for Farage’s party by double-digit margins.

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Which Sheffield ward seats are likely to change today?

Birley - Reform UK’s Luke Goddard to win, taken from Labour’s Karen Lesley McGowan

Burngreave - Green’s Mustafa Ahmed to win, previously all Labour councillors

Crookes & Crosspool - Lib Dems’ Jordan Barry to win, taken from Labour & Co-Operative’s Minesh Parekh

Darnall - Reform UK’s Timothy Goddard to win, taken from Labour’s Zahira Naz

East Ecclesfield - Lib Dem’s Susan Davidson to win, taken from Labour’s Craig Gamble Pugh

Ecclesall - Green’s Tessa Louise Lupton to win

Nether Edge & Sharrow - Green’s Lyndsey Angell to win, taken from Labour’s Nighat Basharat

Richmond - Reform UK’s Jack Byrom to win

Shiregreen & Brightside - Green’s Joel Gilbert to win, taken from independent Garry Weatherall

Walkley - Green’s Andy Davies to win, taken from Labour’s Tom Hunt (who is also Leader of the Council)

Woodhouse - Reform UK’s Nathaniel Menday to win, taken from Lib Dem’s Willis James Marshall

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