Each ward in Sheffield is represented by three councillors each serving a four year term.
Elections take place 'by thirds' meaning for one of the three places at a time every year for three years with a year off in the fourth.
To illustrate lets look at the Central ward, created in 2004.
The example starts at 2004, due to the
electoral boundaries being changed every seat on the council was up for election. The top three candidates all got a seat, the person with the most votes over all got a 4 year term, 2nd place a three year term and 3rd two years.
The results were
Jean Cromar (Labour) 1,355; Jillian Creasy (Green) 1,305; Mohammad Azim (Liberal Democrat) 1,276;
Leaving the seat with multiparty representation for two years.
2005 was a fallow year with no election, in 2006 Mohammad Azim having got the fewest votes of the three elected defended his seat but was beaten by Bernard Little from the Green party.
This was the only seat on the council to change the party representing it that year.
Having placed second in the 2004 election Jillian Creasy was up for re-election in 2007 and ran a successful campaign to retain her seat.
This of course meant no change to the party make up of the ward.
In 2008 the last of the three seats elected together came up for re-election and was captured by the Green Party.
So as you can see over a whole electoral cycle the representation of a seat can change significantly, although for most wards on Sheffield council things are less dramatic.
There was no election in 2009.
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