A scheme to encourage people with learning disabilities and autism to vote has been set up. Workshops and the first accessible registration forms have been produced to help people to register. Thursday is national voter registration day and people will get support at the local Dimensions office on Meeting House Lane, Sheffield.
Over 200 students took part in a question and answer session with Ed Miliband here in Sheffield. He encouraged young people to vote and presented The Labour Party’s Youth Manifesto.
Sheffield is on its way to getting more powers over is transport, business and housing infrastructure as Whitehall hands over more power to local councils
Senior Lecturer in Economics Jonathan Perraton explains how some of the measures in the The Autumn Statement will affect the people of Sheffield.
People demonstrated outside the Town Hall by banging pots and pans to bring attention to areas that they felt The Autumn Statement did not tackle.
Sheffield City College have started work on a new Technical, Engineering and Design Centre on their Olive Grove site. The project which is called TED is aiming to make Sheffield the place to come to if you want to study any of the three disciplines.
Jillian Creasy the Leader of the Green Party in Sheffield is to challenge Paul Blomfield for his Central seat in the General Elections in 2015. Jillian has been a Green Councillor for 10 years for the central ward and hopes to become the first Green MP for Sheffield.
By George Torr
Sheffield electors are being reminded to use their vote in this Thursday’s up and coming elections.
Like many other local authorities across England, Sheffield is holding local elections on Thursday (22 May) and electors will also be having their say in the European elections for Yorkshire and Humberside.
A total of 128 candidates will be standing for election this year across the 28 wards in Sheffield – a third of the Council seats – plus one additional seat in Walkley following the recent resignation of Cllr Nikki Sharpe. The results will be announced on Friday 23 May and will be available on Sheffield City Council website.
“By now, everyone in Sheffield who’s on the electoral roll should have received a polling card, showing which polling station they need to go to in order to vote,” said John Mothersole, Returning Officer for the local elections in Sheffield.
“All polling stations are open from 7am in the morning until 10pm, so you have all day to go and vote. You don’t need to take your polling card with you to vote, so don’t worry if you don’t have it with you when you call in, although sometimes it can be helpful to have it with you.
“If you have a postal vote and you haven’t already posted it, you can hand it in to any polling station up to 10pm on Thursday. If you do have a postal vote, then please take responsibility for it. You need to complete it personally and follow all the instructions. There is a voluntary code of conduct for handling postal votes, which candidates and agents have signed up to.”
The count for the local elections will be held on Friday 23 May at the English Institute of Sport in Attercliffe. The European election count will be held on Sunday 25 May and the results will be sent to Leeds, where they will announce the countywide results on Sunday.
The UK general election was held on the 6th of May 2010 and turned out to be one of the most tightly fought and important this country has seen in generations. Although the Conservatives won the largest number of votes and seats, they still fell short of the 326 seats needed to have an overall majority. The first time this has happened since 1974 and only the second time since the ‘Second World War’ that a UK general election has returned a hung parliament.
Sheffield’s Full General Election Results
Sheffield’s Full Local Election Results
On a local level, Sheffield Live! was there every step of the way. Our team of reporters and presenters broadcasting both the ‘General Election’ & ‘Local Council’ results; along with all the interviews and comments from the people that matter. We started at 1am in the morning and didn’t stop delivering the news to you till 6pm that evening.
Our reporting team throughout the event were: Paul Gregory, Sangita Basudev, Charlotte Dobson, Amna Kaleem, Mickey Conn, Ross Drayton & Simon Thake. Below you can hear some of the highlights from their coverage.
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The Night-time Shift: 1am till 6am
Presented by Paul Gregory
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The Breakfast Show: 6am till 9am
Presented by Ross Drayton and Simon Thake
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The Afternoon Show: 12pm till 3pm
Presented by Sangita Basudev & Mickey Conn
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The Late Afternoon Show: 5pm till 6pm
Presented by Amna Kaleem
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