2004 Sheffield City Council election
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes having taken place since the last election in 2003, reducing the number of seats by 3. This election was the first all-postal vote election held, dramatically improving overall turnout by 14.4% on the previous election to 43.9%. The Labour Party kept its overall majority and continued to run the council, albeit on a much slimmer majority. Previous to the boundary changes, sitting Hillsborough councillor Peter MacLoughlin defected from the Liberal Democrats to an Independent, choosing not to contest this election. Election result |} This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: Ward results Arbourthorne Julie Dore and John Robson were sitting councillors for Park, Timothy Rippon was a sitting councillor for Southey Green, Robert McCann was a sitting councillor for Intake, Christopher Tutt was a sitting councillor for Norton Beauchief & Greenhill James Hanson was a sitting councillor for Owlerton Beighton Christopher Rosling-Josephs was a sitting councillor for Mosborough Birley Bryan Lodge, Angela Smith and Michael Pye were sitting councillors for Birley Broomhill Paul Scriven and Alan Whitehouse were