Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 3 May 1996. One third of the council was up for election.
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: " | | Militant Labour | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0.0 | align="right" | 0.6 | align="right" | 648 | align="right" | ñ0.0 |-
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: " | | Militant Labour | Peter Fryer | align="right" | 172 | align="right" | 8.2 | align="right" | +8.2 |-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: " | | Militant Labour | Alistair Tice | align="right" | 163 | align="right" | 8.6 | align="right" | +0.4 |-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: " | | Militant Labour | Ken Douglas | align="right" | 313 | align="right" | 14.9 | align="right" | -6.6 |-