Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2012

The 2012 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. One third of the council will be up for election.

The make up of the Council after the election was:

**Party political make-up of Barnsley Council**
Party	Seats			Current Council (2012)
Party	2010^[1]	2011^[2]	2012 ^[3]	Current Council (2012)
Labour	37	43	52
BIG	18	13	5
Conservative	6	6	5
Independent	1	1	1
Lib Dems	1	0	0

Overall Results

Barnsley Local Election Result 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	18	9	0	+9	85.7	56.5	29,368	+3.2
	Barnsley Independent	2	0	7	-7	9.5	19.8	10,268	-0.6
	Conservative	1	0	1	-1	4.8	10.8	5,633	-4.5
	English Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	2,609	+4.5
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	2.9	1,528	+1.8
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	1,171	+0.9
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	839	-5.6
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	248	+0.1
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	184	+0.1
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	125	0

+/- figure compared to 2011 result.

Ward Results

Central Ward

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Douglas Birkinshaw	1,262	62.4	+31.4
	Independent	Dave Gibson	347	17.1	−9.3
	English Democrats	Colin Porter	286	14.1	N/A
	Conservative	Anne Haynes	129	6.4	−1.7
Majority			915	45.0	+40.6
Turnout			2,024
	Labour hold		Swing

Cudworth Ward

Cudworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Houghton	1,684	70.5	+21.6
	BNP	Terry Hubbard	244	10.2	−14.7
	UKIP	Gill Wright	220	9.2	N/A
	Conservative	Anne Campbell	124	5.2	−1.8
	English Democrats	Carol Stacey	115	4.8	N/A
Majority			1,440	60.3	+36.3
Turnout			2,387
	Labour hold		Swing

Darfield Ward

Darfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Saunders	1,142	46.6	+26.7
	Barnsley Independent	Carmen Hancock	984	40.2	−16.6
	English Democrats	David Burnett	209	8.5	N/A
	Conservative	George Hill	115	4.7	−6.3
Majority			1,120	45.7
Turnout			2,450
	Labour gain from Barnsley Independent		Swing

Darton East Ward

Darton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley Duerden	1,172	45.8	+11.3
	Barnsley Independent	Sharon Love	910	35.6	N/A
	Conservative	Howard Pearson	234	9.1	-7.1
	English Democrats	Sharon Sutton	185	7.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Ben Wilson	58	2.3	-5.0
Majority			262
Turnout			2,559
	Labour hold		Swing	+

Darton West Ward

Darton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alice Cave	1,608	61.8	+27.3
	English Democrats	Ian Sutton	505	19.4	N/A
	Conservative	Sam England	488	18.8	+2.6
Majority			1,103	42.4	+30.0
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Dearne North Ward

Dearne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Worton	1,314	69.1	+28.9
	Barnsley Independent	Ian Garner	501	26.3	+8.6
	Conservative	Jonathan Robinson	87	4.6	-4.2
Majority			813
Turnout			1,902
	Labour hold		Swing

Dearne South Ward

Dearne South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharron Brook	1,848	82.5	+48.7
	Barnsley Independent	Susan Garner	277	12.4	N/A
	Conservative	Paul Buckley	114	5.1	-0.2
Majority			1,571
Turnout			2,239
	Labour hold		Swing

Dodworth Ward

Dodworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Barnsley Independent	Phillip Birkinshaw	1,396	48.9	+0.2
	Labour	Tony Wright	1,165	40.8	+20.8
	Conservative	Andrew Barr	292	10.2	-5.2
Majority			231
Turnout			2,893
	Barnsley Independent hold		Swing

Hoyland Milton Ward

Hoyland Milton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mick Stowe	1,524	56.2	+6.9
	Barnsley Independent	Damion Krska	635	23.4	-9.1
	English Democrats	Justin Saxton	243	9.0	+0.2
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hill	183	6.8	-2.7
	TUSC	Brian Caton	125	4.6	N/A
Majority			889	32.8
Turnout			2,710
	Labour gain from Barnsley Independent		Swing

Kingstone Ward

Kingstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donna Green	1,099
	Barnsley Independent	Geoff Bowden	458
	English Democrats	Nathan Walker	120
	BNP	Danny Cooke	116
	Conservative	Clive Watkinson	94
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Barnsley Independent		Swing

Monk Bretton Ward

Monk Bretton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Green	1,398
	Independent	Grace Brown	719
	BNP	Jane Hubbard	286
	Conservative	Chris Pilkington	116
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

North East Ward

North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeff Ennis	1,625
	Barnsley Independent	Stella Milner	1,250
	Conservative	Peter Murray	137
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Barnsley Independent		Swing

Old Town Ward

Old Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Davies	1,391
	Barnsley Independent	Clive Pickering	665
	Independent	Donald Wood	214
	English Democrats	David Peace	206
	Conservative	Howard Oldfield	182
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Barnsley Independent		Swing

Penistone East Ward

Penistone East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wilson	1,405
	Labour	Jill Hayler	1,298
	UKIP	Glynis Heathcote	629
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penistone West Ward

Penistone West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Starling	1,389
	Conservative	Steve Webber	1,337
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Teal	190
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Rockingham Ward

Rockingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emma Dures	1,611
	Barnsley Independent	Steve Sylvester	774
	English Democrats	Kevin Riddiough	253
	Conservative	Mike Toon	168
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Barnsley Independent		Swing

Royston Ward

Royston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Kyte	1,573
	UKIP	Jim Johnson	322
	Independent	Edward Gouthwaite	248
	Conservative	Gill Milner	117
	English Democrats	Paul Robinson	73
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

St Helen's Ward

St. Helen's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Tattersall	1,387
	English Democrats	Dean Walker	222
	Conservative	Lesley Watkinson	85
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Stairfoot Ward

Stairfoot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wayne Johnson	1,140	46.1	+17.8
	Barnsley Independent	Fred Clowery	981	39.7	-9.1
	BNP	Sandra Baker	193	7.8	-6.2
	Conservative	Delia Weldon	102	4.1	-4.9
	Socialist Labour	Frank Watson	58	2.3	N/A
Majority			159
Turnout			2,474
	Labour gain from Barnsley Independent		Swing

Wombwell Ward

Wombwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Morgan	1,769
	Barnsley Independent	Trevor Smith	329
	English Democrats	Gary Carnell	192
	Conservative	Alex Wilkinson	124
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsbrough Ward

Worsbrough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Barnsley Independent	Gill Carr	1,108
	Labour	Kevin Williams	969
	Socialist Labour	Terry Robinson	126
	Conservative	Helen Smith	124
Majority
Turnout
	Barnsley Independent hold		Swing

References

Council elections in South Yorkshire

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Sheffield City Council	1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

South Yorkshire County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

West Riding County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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