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1992 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
One third of seats (22 of 66) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council; 34 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 1992 Barnsley council elections.
Majority party before election; Labour;	Majority party after election ; Labour;

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 7 May 1992, with one third of the council up for election. The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council.^[1]^[2]

Election result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 1992^[1]^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	21	1	0	+1	95.5	67.8	23,654	+3.9
Conservative	1	0	0	0	4.5	16.6	5,801	-1.0
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.0	9.3	3,240	+9.3
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.9	994	-0.2
Barnsley Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.5	510	-3.4
Independent	0	0	1	-1	0.0	1.5	507	-9.0
Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	198	+0.6

This resulted in the following composition of the council:^[1]^[2]

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	62	63
	Conservatives	2	2
	Independent	2	1
Total		66	66
Working majority		58	60

Ward results

+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.

Ardsley (7616)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilson H.*	992	76.5	N/A
	Barnsley Party	Ellis R.	166	12.8	N/A
	Independent	Barrett C. Ms.	139	10.7	N/A
Majority			826	63.7	N/A
Turnout			1,297	17.0	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Athersley (6604)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bostwick D.	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Brierley (7479)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Whittaker A.*	1,238	66.1	+7.5
	Independent	Vodden N.	368	19.7	−7.2
	Conservative	Schofield D. Ms.	266	14.2	−0.3
Majority			870	46.5	+14.8
Turnout			1,872	25.0	−12.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.3

Central (8819)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Watts J. Ms.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Cudworth (8057)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Houghton S.*	1,648	82.3	N/A
	Conservative	Jobling H. Ms.	189	9.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Cowton E. Ms.	165	8.2	N/A
Majority			1,459	72.9	N/A
Turnout			2,002	24.8	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Darfield (8004)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barlow E.*	1,359	77.2	−4.5
	Conservative	Burton J.	258	14.7	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Arundel T. Ms.	143	8.1	+8.1
Majority			1,101	62.6	−0.9
Turnout			1,760	22.0	−11.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.4

Darton (9722)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miller P.*	1,475	60.3	−15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Shorthouse A.	501	20.5	+20.5
	Conservative	Elders E. Ms.	469	19.2	−5.1
Majority			974	39.8	−11.6
Turnout			2,445	25.1	−7.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-17.9

Dearne South (9040)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomson J.*	1,981	88.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mosley A.	255	11.4	N/A
Majority			1,726	77.2	N/A
Turnout			2,236	24.7	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dearne Thurnscoe (8373)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Young K.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dodworth (9441)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ryan J.*	1,448	64.3	−0.9
	Green	Jones D.	805	35.7	+19.4
Majority			643	28.5	−18.3
Turnout			2,253	23.9	−13.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.1

Hoyland East (8060)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beardshall P.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Hoyland West (6874)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wroe C.*	1,117	65.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Armer B.	384	22.6	N/A
	Independent Labour	Newnbold A.	198	11.7	N/A
Majority			733	43.1	N/A
Turnout			1,699	24.7	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Monk Bretton (8949)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheard T.*	1,164	78.7	+7.2
	Conservative	Fisher G.	190	12.8	+12.8
	Barnsley Party	Swapisz P.	125	8.5	−20.0
Majority			974	65.9	+22.8
Turnout			1,479	16.5	−12.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.8

North West (7413)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denton W.*	938	60.2	−9.4
	Conservative	Carrington C. Ms.	515	33.1	+2.8
	Barnsley Party	Holderness B.	104	6.7	+6.7
Majority			423	27.2	−12.2
Turnout			1,557	21.0	−6.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.1

Park (5252)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doyle P.	1,239	79.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Cowton S.	326	20.8	N/A
Majority			913	58.3	N/A
Turnout			1,565	29.8	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Penistone East (7424)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Smith L. Ms.*	1,470	48.5	+7.3
	Conservative	Rawson R. Ms.	1,241	40.9	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Marshall J. Ms.	321	10.6	+10.6
Majority			229	7.6	−0.4
Turnout			3,032	40.8	−11.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.8

Penistone West (8460)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hinchliff B. Ms.*	1,823	59.0	+59.0
	Labour	Boaler M.	1,078	34.9	+0.6
	Green	Wood A. Ms.	189	6.1	+6.1
Majority			745	24.1	−7.3
Turnout			3,090	36.5	−5.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+29.2

Royston (8821)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Newman W.*	1,451	81.0	+5.3
	Conservative	Oldfield H.	226	12.6	+12.6
	Barnsley Party	Sheriff J.	115	6.4	−17.9
Majority			1,225	68.4	+17.0
Turnout			1,792	20.3	−12.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.6

South West (7691)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	McCormick R.*	1,293	67.4	N/A
	Conservative	Carrington J.	624	32.6	N/A
Majority			669	34.9	N/A
Turnout			1,917	24.9	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Wombwell North (5296)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Storey A.*	777	80.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Dearle E. Ms.	193	19.9	N/A
Majority			584	60.2	N/A
Turnout			970	18.3	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Wombwell South (8300)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cross A. Ms.	1,474	76.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Newton E. Ms.	464	23.9	N/A
Majority			1,010	52.1	N/A
Turnout			1,938	23.3	N/A
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Worsbrough (8228)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hadfield G.*	1,512	75.6	−8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Newton M.	488	24.4	+24.4
Majority			1,024	51.2	−16.5
Turnout			2,000	24.3	−8.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-16.3

By-elections between 1992 and 1994

Athersley (6604) 24 September 1992 By-election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Woodhead, M.	936	88.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Lewis, B.	125	11.8	N/A
Majority			811	75.7	N/A
Turnout			1,061	16.1	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Brierley (7410) 20 May 1993 By-election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tarn, P. T.	890	49.4	−16.7
	Independent	Schofield D. Ms.	599	33.2	+33.2
	Honest Independent	Vodden N.	239	13.3	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Cowton, S. R.	74	4.1	+4.1
Majority			291	16.2	−30.3
Turnout			1,802	24.3	−0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-24.9

Darton (10259) 8 July 1993 By-election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shepherd, J. M.	1,583	82.1	+21.8
	Liberal Democrats	Shorthouse, A. M.	346	17.9	−2.6
Majority			1,237	64.2	+24.4
Turnout			1,929	18.8	−6.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.2