Barnsley local elections

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One third of Barnsley Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

Contents 1 Political control 2 Council elections 3 By-election results 4 External links

[edit] Political control

Labour 1973 - present

[edit] Council elections

Barnsley Council election, 1998

Barnsley Council election, 1999

Barnsley Council election, 2000

Barnsley Council election, 2002

Barnsley Council election, 2003

Barnsley Council election, 2004

Barnsley Council election, 2006

Barnsley Council election, 2007

Barnsley Council election, 2008

[edit] By-election results

Brierley By-Election 20 March 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C Sykes	1,064	70.7
	Conservative	D Beaumont-Scofield	230	15.3
	Liberal Democrat	S Brooks	211	14.0
Majority			834	55.4
Turnout			1,505	21.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsbrough By-Election 5 March 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Rae	1,398	71.4	-17.0
	Socialist Labour	Arthur Scargill	331	16.9	+16.9
	Liberal Democrat	I Guest	151	7.7	+7.7
	Conservative	E Elders	79	4.0	+4.0
Majority			1,067	54.5
Turnout			1,959	25.5
	Labour hold		Swing

North West By-Election 18 February 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Cawthorne	446	60.1	-6.8
	Liberal Democrat	J Ingram	125	16.8	+3.5
	Conservative	C Carrington	124	16.7	+0.0
	Independent Labour	D Wood	47	6.3	+6.3
Majority			321	43.3
Turnout			742	10.3
	Labour hold		Swing

South West By-Election 18 February 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R Hannaghan	380	43.5	-26.8
	Conservative	J Wilson	283	32.4	+9.3
	Liberal Democrat	D Hutton	210	24.1	+24.1
Majority			97	11.1
Turnout			873	12.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Wombwell North By-Election 18 February 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	S Brook	678	54.4	+42.7
	Labour	J Stowe	516	41.4	-33.3
	Socialist Alternative	M Forster	28	2.2	-4.9
	Conservative	N Grace	25	2.0	-4.5
Majority			162	13.0
Turnout			1,247	24.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Hoyland East By-Election 29 July 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T Shepherd	626	72.0	+60.5
	Liberal Democrat	B Martin	150	17.2	-8.2
	Conservative	R Morrell	93	10.7	-5.3
Majority			476	54.8
Turnout			869	10.8
	Labour hold		Swing

South West By-Election 29 July 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S Birkinshaw	686	43.2	+43.2
	Labour	S Henshaw	407	25.6	+1.3
	Liberal Democrat	D Hutton	286	18.0	+4.2
	Conservative	J Wilson	210	13.2	-6.8
Majority			279	17.6
Turnout			1,589	21.3
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Dodworth By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Jenkinson	2,452	43.1	1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Conway	1,273	22.4	+10.9
	Conservative	George Hill	766	13.5	-0.5
	Independent	Michael Walsh	761	13.4	-2.9
	Green	Donald Jones	438	7.7	-9.1
Majority			1,179	20.7
Turnout			5,690	53.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Athersley By-Election 7 March 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Newman	527	62.1	+3.4
	Independent	Jack Brown	187	22.0	-5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Roberts	106	12.5	+2.8
	Socialist Alliance	James White	29	3.4	+3.4
Majority			340	40.1
Turnout			849	14.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Penistone West By-Election 13 July 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Marsh	897	50.3	+15.7
	Labour	Joseph Unsworth	558	31.3	+8.5
	Green	Lynda Pickersgill	328	18.4	+18.4
Majority			339	19.0
Turnout			1,783	21.4
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Labour won November 16th 2006 Worsbrough By-Election. Details not yet known.

[edit] External links

• Barnsley Council