Mike Levery
For the last 8 years, Mike Levery has been standing up for West Ecclesfield and working hard for residents as our local councillor. Mike has a strong record of local action and standing up for residents on the issues that matter most. He has been fighting for better public transport, safer roads and action on potholes across the ward.
He has also been campaigning for a return to proper community policing, to help rebuild trust with our local communities and make sure residents see more visible policing in the area. He has worked hard to protect the green belt, standing with local campaigners against Labour and the Green Party's plans to pave over it. He also supported residents in submitting their objections to those proposals.
If local people want to keep Mike as their local champion and stop Reform UK here, they should back the Lib Dem team. Support for Labour has collapsed across our country and city, and this time it's between Lib Dem Mike and the Reform UK candidate. He's the only choice to beat Reform UK here in May.
Protecting the S35 Green Belt
Sheffield's Labour-backed Local Plan is deeply unfair to West Ecclesfield and the wider S35 area. Mike has been clear: concentrating 40% of the city's new housing and 70% of its employment land in the S35 green belt is "clearly imbalanced." He attended Planning Inspector hearings and pushed for the council to publish responses quickly, extend hearings and ensure the process is fair for residents.
When the Inspector's letter arrived ten weeks early in January 2026 — apparently ignoring over 2,500 consultation responses — Mike was among the first to condemn it.
The Lib Dems were the only party on Sheffield City Council to vote against the plan. Mike will keep fighting to protect the green spaces that define High Green, Grenoside and the surrounding communities.
Defending the 86 Bus and Community Connections
When the 86 bus faced being axed — one of the key routes connecting West Ecclesfield residents to the rest of the city — Mike and the Lib Dem team fought back and secured its future.
Mike has also backed Participatory Budgeting at Ecclesfield Secondary School in October 2025, where over 200 residents voted on how to allocate £35,000 in community grants. Recipients included Chapeltown Scouts, Ecclesfield Scouts, Friends of Chapeltown Park, Thorncliffe and Wentworth Cricket Club and Always an Alternative, the mobile youth club.
Mike also welcomed Lib Dem MP Max Wilkinson's Sunshine Bill, with provisions for solar panels on new homes that could save households up to £500 a year on energy bills.
Standing Up for High Green Development Trust
The High Green Development Trust is one of our community's greatest assets — home to dozens of organisations and activities that residents rely on every day.
When Sheffield City Council threatened to demolish the building, Mike and the team refused to accept it. They supported HGDT every step of the way and fought their case at the highest levels of the council.
Now the shadow has lifted — and Mike is working to secure a Community Asset Transfer that gives HGDT the long-term lease it needs to plan for the future.
6 To Fix
The Liberal Democrat Plan
These are our six most urgent commitments — the things Sheffield people have told us repeatedly need fixing, and that a stronger Liberal Democrat group would make happen.
1. A plan to fix our roads
Let’s stop with the patch work. If a road fails multiple times then it needs a long term fix.
2. Protect our green fields
New homes on previously used land first, not on fields and green spaces.
3. Health in our communities
Put new health services where people need them.
4. Clean up our streets
Tough enforcement against anti-social behaviour, illegal vapes and organised retail crime.
5. Back Sheffield's future
More apprenticeships, more local jobs, working with businesses to keep talent in the city.
6. A fair deal for renters
Stronger enforcement on rogue landlords, clearer rights and real support if your landlord lets you down.
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