Nigel Slack

Results in elections are often affected by what happens in marginal seats. Nigel Slack, active citizen and co-founder of WhoIsMyCouncillor.co.uk, looks at what this might mean for Sheffield's local elections on 4 May.

It's official - after a remarkable grassroots campaign and resulting referendum, Sheffield City Council is changing its governance model in May.

Active citizen Nigel Slack is charting Sheffield Council's move to a new Modern Committee system. Here he looks at new details from Council - like resident representation on committees and councillor voting records.

Active citizen Nigel Slack is charting Sheffield Council's move to a new Modern Committee system of decision making, following Sheffield's overwhelming vote for change in May 2021. In this piece, he looks at the Council's early plans for new structures.

In a new series, active citizen Nigel Slack charts Sheffield Council's move to a new Modern Committee system of decision making, following Sheffield's overwhelming vote for change in May 2021.

'Active citizen' Nigel Slack takes a look at the credentials of Sheffield’s newly-appointed Chief Executive – and the challenges she will face in the role.

Last month, facing up to the climate emergency, Sheffield City Council announced a new target of 2030 to become carbon neutral. Plans will…

Richer Sounds in Broomhall has sold quality hi-fi equipment at cheap prices for years, with enthusiastic and knowledgeable service. Now…

Together Against Trump ProtestMon 3 June | City Hall, S1 2JA | 5-7pmDonald Trump has threatened us with his presence once again. Prince…

A local Labour group has called for changes to the way Sheffield City Council is run to give more power to councillors outside the…

After years of discussion between rival political groups, meetings of Sheffield City Council will finally be broadcast online within the…

How does Sheffield City Council make decisions?That question usually gets you a range of answers: lots of different people talking in…

Is this how democracy in local government dies? For the last six years, I have been working to improve local transparency and decision…

Nigel Slack is an active citizen. He asks questions of Sheffield City Council and pokes his nose into public policy. Not that he's writing…

What has happened to the devolution deal for Sheffield City Region? The four main Metro Councils made a decision, at their meeting on 17…

With the General Election on the horizon, at the time of writing most of the party manifestos have been published and candidates should…

From the moment devolution for the Sheffield City Region was announced, the agreement has been sailing on troubled waters. We're now…

May's local elections have shown us one thing: tinkering at the edges of electoral reform is not the way to achieve fairer results or to…

Friday 18 March's full council meeting voted to ratify the so-called 'devolution' deal that first came out of its closet in October last…

Sheffield City Region is on the last lap of its dash to devolution started by the Scottish referendum. The deal is done, though until…