Mike Chaplin: councillor for Southey, Sheffield City Council

Mike Chaplin is a Labour councillor for the Southey ward on Sheffield City Council, according to the council's own published list. Mike Chaplin is also (Joint Chair of the Planning and Highways Committee). Their current term began on 4 May 2017.

Council: Sheffield City Council
Ward: Southey
Party: Labour
Posts: (Joint Chair of the Planning and Highways Committee)
Term began: 4 May 2017
Official profile: democracy.sheffield.gov.uk
Source: Sheffield City Council: councillors by ward (modern.gov web service), read 3 November 2026 (saved copy)

How to contact Mike Chaplin

These are the details Sheffield City Council publishes for Mike Chaplin, exactly as published on 3 November 2026:

Email: mike.chaplin@councillor.sheffield.gov.uk
Phone: 07789 549790
Post: Sheffield City Council, Town Hall, Pinstone Street, Sheffield, S1 2HH
Official profile: democracy.sheffield.gov.uk

Who else represents Southey

Paul Jakeman Reform UK
Yvonne Sykes Reform UK

Labour on Sheffield City Council

Labour holds 13 of the 84 seats on Sheffield City Council. The largest group is Liberal Democrats, with 22. Seats by party: Liberal Democrats 22, Green Party 19, Labour 13, Labour and Co-operative 13, Reform UK 11, Sheffield Community Councillors Group 2 and others.

Leaders and post holders on Sheffield City Council

Ian Horner (Group Spokesperson for the Transport, Regeneration and Climate Policy Committee and Chair of the South East Local Area Committee))
Denise Fox (Chair of the South East Local Area Committee)
Angela Argenzio (Leader of the Green Group and Group Spokesperson for the Strategy and Resources and Finance and Performance Policy Committees)
Maleiki Haybe (Chair of the Adult Health and Social Care Policy Committee)
Brian Holmshaw (Chair of the Communities, Parks and Leisure Policy Committee)
Talib Hussain (Deputy Chair of the North East Local Area Committee)
Douglas Johnson (Chair of Housing Policy Committee, & Group Spokesperson of Charity Trustees Sub Committee)
Tim Huggan (Chair of the Audit and Standards Committee)

All 84 councillors of Sheffield City Council, by ward and party.

Who has power over Southey

Mike Chaplin sits on Sheffield City Council, at level 3 of the ten levels of power. These are the bodies above Sheffield, each with its own page:

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority led by Oliver Coppard
South Yorkshire Police led by Kilvinder Vigurs
UK government and all 650 MPs
United Nations, IMF, G7 and G20

The full ladder of power over Sheffield, from residents' groups to the G20.

Where this comes from

Sheffield City Council: councillors by ward (modern.gov web service), read 3 November 2026 (saved copy). Published by Sheffield City Council. The page is rebuilt from the official list each time it is read again, so anything the council changes or removes changes here too. Name or seat out of date? Tell us.