Photo: Mick Knapton · CC BY-SA 4.0No party holds a majority on Sheffield City Council
Worrall is run by Sheffield City Council, with Bradfield parish council for local matters. No party holds a majority on Sheffield City Council. Its MP is Olivia Blake (Labour), member for Sheffield Hallam.
£2,549
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Worrall’s politics has changed since 2021
No majority on Sheffield City Council
Labour, the largest group, holds 25 of its 82 seats as elected, 17 short of the 42 needed. The Liberal Democrats hold 23, the Greens 20, Reform UK 13 and independents 1. Who’s in charge ↓
The 2026 vote
Across Worrall’s wards, the Liberal Democrats took 33.8%, Reform UK took 31.9% and the Greens took 15.3% of votes in May 2026. In 2024, the Liberal Democrats had 40.2%. How Worrall has voted ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Worrall is £2,549 for 2026–27; Sheffield City Council keeps 84% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 58% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
No party has a majority
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 42 of Sheffield’s 82 seats to run the council alone.
- Labour25
- Liberal Democrat23
- Green20
- Reform UK13
- Independent1
Latest election: May 2026.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
The councils that run Worrall
One council runs every main service here.
Local matters: allotments, play areas, halls, footpaths and benches; it is consulted on planning and adds a precept to the council tax bill. A town council is a parish council by another name.
100% of Worrall’s residents · Band D precept £44
Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
Website ↗Transport, skills and regeneration across several council areas.
Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: here one council runs every main service.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the parish to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Worrall, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parishParish tierBradfield parish council
- 2Sheffield City Council1 ward · 1 councillorWill Sapwell
- 3Police and crime commissionerSouth Yorkshire Police · elected May 2021Alan Billings
- 4House of CommonsSheffield Hallam
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
1 councillor for 1 ward
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Will SapwellLiberal Democrat · May 2026
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stannington7% in Worrall · 1,320 residents1 seat · May 2026 | 1 | Will Sapwell | May 2026 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Sheffield City Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
The Liberal Democrats have led every council vote since 2021
Share of all votes cast for candidates in Worrall’s wards at each scheduled council election since 2021. A gap is a year with no election here.
Seats won at each election
Show as a table
| Party | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 11.8% | 14.6% | 9.4% | 14.2% | 15.3% |
| Labour | 29% | 28.6% | 23.5% | 32.6% | 13.7% |
| Liberal Democrat | 31.7% | 36.8% | 52.4% | 40.2% | 33.8% |
| Conservative | 24.8% | 14.2% | 13.3% | 10.7% | 4.2% |
| Reform UK | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 31.9% |
In 2026, the Liberal Democrats won 1 of the 1 seats up in Worrall’s wards.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Where a ward elects several councillors at once, each voter has that many votes; all of them count here.
Sheffield council election, May 2026
Results in the wards that make up Worrall, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Worrall’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗7,098 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Worrall is in Sheffield Hallam constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Worrall).
51,601 votes for candidates · majority 8,189
Labour, MP since 12 December 2019.
turnout in July 2024: 51,601 votes from 72,900 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 8,189 of 51,601 votes (15.9%): wider than in 56% of England’s 543 constituencies.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Worrall’s Band D council tax is £2,549 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Sheffield City Council keeps £2,130.23 of a Band D bill (84%); the rest goes to the Bradfield parish council, the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority and the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority.
Band D since 1993
Sheffield’s Band D bill has risen 58% in ten years, from £1,584.87 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £641.25 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in Bradfield, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
South Yorkshire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,000.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with South Yorkshire
| Sheffield | Worrall’s councils | South Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £588 | £528 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £296 | £333 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £124 | £67 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £62 | £45 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £121 | £120 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £47 | £51 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £41 | £37 | £26 |
| Public health | £82 | £94 | £78 |
| Running the council | £62 | £47 | £59 |
| Other | £0 | £2 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,423 | £1,323 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. South Yorkshire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Worrall is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
sheffield.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
sheffield.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Worrall is run
Which council runs Worrall?
Worrall is run by Sheffield City Council.
Does Worrall have a town council?
Yes: Worrall has its own parish-tier council (Bradfield parish council; town councils are parish councils by another name), which adds £44 to a Band D bill in 2026–27.
Who is the MP for Worrall?
Olivia Blake (Labour) is the MP for Sheffield Hallam, which covers Worrall.
How many councillors does Worrall have?
1 ward councillors represent Worrall’s 1 ward.
When are the next elections in Worrall?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Worrall’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Worrall?
Band D council tax in Worrall is £2,549 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Sheffield City Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Labour 25 · Liberal Democrat 23 · Green 20 · Reform UK 13 · Independent 1 of 82 seats; a majority needs 42. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2026 council election in Worrall?
In Worrall’s wards on 7 May 2026, Liberal Democrat 1 of the 1 seats up. The Liberal Democrats had the largest share of votes, 33.8%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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