Barnsley Council election, 2004

The 2004 Barnsley Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of seats by 3.[1] The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

Election result

Barnsley Local Election Result 2004[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Labour 33 -13 52.4 46.5 73,050 -3.6%
  Independent 22 +11 34.9 31.2 48,923 +9.0%
  Conservative 5 0 7.9 11.7 18,333 -3.5%
  Liberal Democrat 3 -1 4.8 7.4 11,535 -3.4%
  BNP 0 0 0 3.2 5,092 +2.2%

Ward results

Central (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Ian Guest 1,154 18.05
Labour Michael Stokes 984 15.39
Liberal Democrat Don Hutton 951 14.87
Labour Thomas Sheard 939 14.69
Liberal Democrat Peter Politano 865 13.53
Labour Margaret Bruff 844 13.20
BNP Marie Gardner 401 6.27
Conservative Geoffrey Turvey 256 4.00
Turnout 6,394 34.3
Cudworth (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Houghton CBE 1,675 21.75
Labour Charlie Wraith 1,634 21.22
Labour Joseph Hayward 1,615 20.97
Independent Edgar Auckland 716 9.30
Independent Alwyn Hodgson 700 9.09
Independent Ian Sanders 490 6.36
Liberal Democrat Pamela Kershaw 370 4.80
BNP Paul Tibble 314 4.08
Conservative Jean Rowley 187 2.43
Turnout 7,701 37.0
Darfield (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ronald Fisher 1,730 22.07
Independent David Wainwright 1,416 18.06
Independent Trevor Smith 1,317 16.80
Labour Gillian Bates 1,113 14.20
Labour Brian Mathers 756 9.64
Labour Christopher Sykes 681 8.69
Liberal Democrat Sally Brook 303 3.86
BNP David Highway 272 3.47
Conservative Andrew Barr 252 3.21
Turnout 7,840 40.0
Darton East (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Parkinson 1,341 16.83
Labour Patrick Miller 1,284 16.12
Labour Thomas Cullum 1,190 14.94
Independent John Race 850 10.67
Conservative Robert Barnard 768 9.64
Independent Christopher Tummons 496 6.23
Liberal Democrat Patrick Logan 471 5.91
Conservative Gordon Wilkinson 470 5.90
Conservative George Hill 457 5.74
Independent Edward Gouthwaite 335 4.20
BNP Jacqueline Hall 305 3.83
Turnout 7,967 47.4
Darton West (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Jenkinson 1,102 13.40
Labour Linda Burgess 1,073 13.05
Independent Susan Simmons 989 12.03
Labour Steve Redford 963 11.71
Independent Michael Walsh 816 9.92
Independent Mehdi Ghaffarian 695 8.45
Conservative Jack Orr 596 7.25
Liberal Democrat Kenneth Smith 546 6.64
Conservative Clive Watkinson 545 6.63
Conservative Tony Short 539 6.56
BNP Cheryl Saxton 358 4.35
Turnout 8,222 40.2
Dearne North (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Hancock 1,319 24.99
Labour Alan Gardiner 1,302 24.66
Labour Janice Hancock 1,271 24.08
Liberal Democrat Sarah Gardiner 1,065 20.17
Conservative Stuart Wilkinson 322 6.10
Turnout 5,279 32.2
Dearne South (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Sharron Brook 1,687 25.78
Labour Kenneth Sanderson 1,670 25.52
Labour John Thomson 1,489 22.75
Labour May Noble 1,427 21.80
Conservative Brent Wood 272 4.16
Turnout 6,545 36.15
Dodworth (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Phillip Birkinshaw 2,013 23.07
Independent Brian Perrin 1,920 22.00
Independent Charles Parker 1,761 20.18
Labour Phillip Lofts 904 10.36
Labour John Ryan 848 9.72
Labour Yvonne Saunder 829 9.50
Conservative Andrew Milner 452 5.18
Turnout 8,727 43.4
Hoyland Milton (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Michael Brankin 1,852 22.22
Independent John Lipscombe 1,599 19.19
Independent Trevor Naylor 1,520 18.24
Labour Robin Franklin 1,132 13.58
Labour Patricia Wordsworth 956 11.47
Labour Timothy Shepherd 920 11.04
Conservative Marjorie Cale-Morgan 354 4.25
Turnout 8,333 39.0
Kingstone (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Malcolm Price 1,259 19.47
Independent Malcolm Hall 1,240 19.18
Independent Donna Hollins 1,152 17.82
Labour Alice Cave 937 14.49
Labour Peter Doyle 863 13.35
Labour Brian Swaine 797 12.33
Conservative Garry Needham 217 3.36
Turnout 6,465 33.1
Monk Bretton (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Grace Brown 1,299 19.31
Labour Margaret Sheard 1,158 17.21
Labour Kenneth Richardson 1,026 15.25
Labour Beryl Oldroyd 962 14.30
Independent Steven Jones 906 13.47
Independent Michael Moore 718 10.67
Conservative Roger Hinchliff 333 4.95
BNP Susan Harris 326 4.85
Turnout 6,728 35.2
North East (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Whittaker 1,759 21.47
Labour Alex Vodden 1,716 20.94
Labour Leah Higginbotton 1,601 19.54
Independent Frank Hardy 1,020 12.45
Independent Antony Devoy 709 8.65
Independent Edward Devoy 667 8.14
BNP David Saxton 411 5.02
Conservative Peter Murray 310 3.78
Turnout 8,193 37.8
Old Town (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Bill Gaunt 1,551 19.22
Independent Sandra Birkinshaw 1,531 18.97
Independent Peter Middleton 1,318 16.33
Labour Philip Davies 909 11.26
Labour Margaret Cawthorne 862 10.68
Labour William Denton 759 9.41
Liberal Democrat Tony Conway 639 7.92
BNP John Lee 273 3.38
Conservative Richard Morrell 228 2.83
Turnout 8,070 40.2
Penistone East (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Deborah Toon 2,028 19.00
Conservative Alec Rowley 1,940 18.18
Conservative John Smith 1,664 15.59
Labour Jill Hayler 1,341 12.56
Liberal Democrat Teresa Arundel 1,147 10.75
Labour William Jones 1,125 10.54
Labour Robert Hannagan 982 9.20
BNP Geoffrey Broadley 447 4.19
Turnout 10,674 48.5
Penistone West (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brenda Hinchliff 1,815 21.08
Independent George Punt 1,779 20.66
Conservative Benedict Marsden 1,391 16.15
Labour Joseph Unsworth 1,194 13.87
Conservative John Wilson 797 9.26
Labour Peter Keys 597 6.93
Labour John Clarke 582 6.76
BNP Kelly Thorpe 456 5.30
Turnout 8,611 43.8
Rockingham (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mary Brankin 1,494 16.93
Labour Alan Schofield 1,397 15.83
Labour James Andrews 1,342 15.21
Independent Alison Robinson 1,330 15.07
Labour Sharon Howard 1,291 14.63
Independent Geoffrey Howell 1,242 14.08
BNP Lorraine Lee 383 4.34
Conservative Elizabeth Hill 345 3.91
Turnout 8,824 40.8
Royston (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Kyte 1,510 24.90
Labour Bill Newman 1,345 22.18
Labour Howard Lavender 1,266 20.88
Independent Leslie Brooke 952 15.70
Conservative Kathleen Leeds 511 8.43
BNP Paul Harris 480 7.92
Turnout 6,064 34.9
St. Helen's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leonard Picken 1,109 19.98
Independent Roy Butterwood 1,055 19.01
Labour David Bostwick 958 17.26
Labour Pat Newman 917 16.52
Independent Jack Brown 771 13.89
Liberal Democrat Rhiannon Rees 340 6.13
BNP June Gough 245 4.41
Conservative Anne Campbell 156 2.81
Turnout 5,551 30.5
Stairfoot (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Fred Clowery 1,163 15.31
Labour Karen Dyson 1,162 15.30
Independent Jim Smith 1,064 14.01
Labour Geoffrey Hill 974 12.82
Labour Mick Dunlavey 941 12.39
Independent Peter Pleasants 927 12.21
Independent Brian Cookson 583 7.68
Liberal Democrat Jacqueline Walker 345 4.54
Independent Frank Watson 271 3.57
Conservative Michael Toon 165 2.17
Turnout 7,595 36.9
Wombwell (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Morgan 1,431 22.09
Labour Richard Wraith 1,324 20.44
Labour Denise Wilde 1,233 19.03
Independent Arthur O'Loughlin 890 13.74
Liberal Democrat Christopher Harding 786 12.13
BNP Victoria Seeviour 421 6.50
Conservative Angus Toon 393 6.07
Turnout 6,478 36.4
Worsborough (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Bristowe 1,609 24.12
Labour James Rae 1,526 22.87
Labour Eunice Taylor 1,284 19.24
Liberal Democrat Patricia Durie 866 12.98
Independent Stephen Hart 817 12.25
Conservative Elizabeth Elders 570 8.54
Turnout 6,672 38.19

References

  1. ^ "Barnsley council". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/locals/html/3651.stm. Retrieved 18 June 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "2004 Local Elections". Barnsley Council. http://www.barnsley.gov.uk/2004-local-elections. Retrieved 18 June 2011. 
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