2023 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

2023 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
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21 of 63 seats on Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
Turnout24.7%
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Stephen Houghton Hannah Kitching None
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 46 seats, 46.2% 9 seats, 16.3% 3 seats, 3.8%
Seats before 46 9 3
Seats won 15 4 2
Seats after 48 10 2
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 20,932 7,926 4,853
Percentage 46.1% 17.5% 10.7%
Swing Decrease 0.1% Increase 1.2% Increase 6.9%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader John Wilson David White Andrew Gillis
Party Conservative Reform UK Barnsley Ind.
Last election 4 seats, 19.4% Did not stand 1 seat, 6.5%
Seats before 3 1 1
Seats won 0 0 0
Seats after 2 1 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 6,456 1,322 0
Percentage 14.2% 2.9% 0.0%
Swing Decrease 5.2% N/A Decrease 6.5%
The winner of each seat by party in the 2023 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election
Leader before election

Stephen Houghton
Labour

Leader after election

Stephen Houghton
Labour

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council took place on 4 May 2023 alongside other elections in the United Kingdom.[1] One third of the council was up for election.[2]

Background

The Labour Party have controlled the council since 1973. In May 2021, Labour retained control but the council was criticised for not counting over 1,000 postal votes.[3] In May 2022, Labour retained overall control of the council, but lost three seats.[4] In December 2022, Conservative councillor for Rockingham ward David White defected to Reform UK.[5][6]

Previous council composition

After 2022 election Before 2023 election
Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 46 Labour 45
Liberal Democrats 9 Liberal Democrats 9
Conservative 4 Conservative 3
Independent 3 Independent 3
Barnsley Ind. 1 Barnsley Ind. 1
Reform UK 1
Vacant 1

Results summary

2023 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 15 Increase 2 71.5 33 48 76.2 20,932 46.1 Decrease 0.1
  Liberal Democrats 4 Increase 1 19.0 6 10 15.9 7,926 17.5 Increase 1.2
  Independent 2 Decrease 1 9.5 0 2 3.2 4,853 10.7 Increase 6.9
  Conservative 0 Decrease 1 0.0 2 2 3.2 6,456 14.2 Decrease 5.2
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 1 1 1.5 1,322 2.9 N/A
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,094 4.6 Increase 0.8
  Yorkshire 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 918 2.0 Increase 1.3
  SDP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 462 1.0 Steady
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 241 0.5 Decrease 0.2
  English Constitution 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 155 0.3 N/A

The Barnsley Independent Group did not stand in this election and lost its sole seat on the council.

Ward results

On 11 April 2023, the full list of candidates was published.[7]

Central

Central (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin O'Donoghue 846 46.8 −4.4
Yorkshire Steve Bullcock 456 25.2 −0.5
Conservative Charlotte Wilkinson 176 9.7 −5.6
Green Chris Scarfe 153 8.5 N/A
Independent Ruby Paul 92 5.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Catherine Rogerson 84 4.6 −3.2
Majority 390 21.6
Rejected ballots 5
Turnout 1,812 20.8
Registered electors 8,713
Labour hold Swing

Cudworth

Cudworth (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anita Cherryholme 1,137 69.1 +4.2
Conservative Mark Brook 248 15.1 +2.7
Green Ken Smith 148 9.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Waters 113 6.9 +2.1
Majority 889 54.0
Rejected ballots 12
Turnout 1,657 16.6
Registered electors 8,437
Labour hold Swing

Darfield

Darfield (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Trevor Smith 912 51.0 −11.7
Reform UK Scott McKenzie 374 20.9 +10.3
Conservative Benjamin Harrison 334 18.7 −1.9
Liberal Democrats Simon Hulme 168 9.4 +3.3
Majority 538 30.1
Rejected ballots 11
Turnout 1,799 22.7
Registered electors 7,915
Labour hold Swing

Darton East

Darton East (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Hunt 1,699 64.7 +8.2
Labour Teresa Wilcockson 770 29.3 −3.5
Conservative John Miller 156 9.8 −0.8
Majority 929 35.3
Rejected ballots 15
Turnout 2,641 29.9
Registered electors 8,828
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Darton West

Darton West (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Trevor Cave 978 41.4 +2.3
Green Lee Long 690 29.2 −0.8
Conservative Bee Lokkit 302 12.8 −7.0
Yorkshire Simon Bitcliffe 274 11.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kevin Bennett 118 5.0 −3.5
Majority 288 12.2
Rejected ballots 8
Turnout 2,371 27.0
Registered electors 8,777
Labour hold Swing

Dearne North

Dearne North (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Morrell 1,048 73.1 +1.0
Conservative Gillian Millner 152 10.6 −2.0
English Constitution Party Maxine Spencer 118 8.2 −0.1
Liberal Democrats Brian Evans 106 7.4 +2.8
SDP Steve Vajda 16 1.1 −1.4
Majority 896 62.5
Rejected ballots 9
Turnout 1,449 17.0
Registered electors 8,548
Labour hold Swing

Dearne South

Dearne South (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abi Moore 1,066 59.5 −12.0
SDP Dave Jarvis 446 24.9 +18.6
Conservative Rosemary Jackson 162 9.0 −4.3
Liberal Democrats Linda Fielding 81 4.5 +1.1
English Constitution Party Janus Polenceusz 37 2.1 −3.4
Majority 620 34.6
Rejected ballots 8
Turnout 1,801 19.5
Registered electors 9,217
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Dodworth

Dodworth (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sam Christmas 1,407 55.2 +9.5
Labour Nicholas Riggs 806 31.6 −1.2
Conservative Lee Ogden 334 13.1 −4.9
Majority 601 23.6
Rejected ballots 13
Turnout 2,561 30.6
Registered electors 8,374
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hoyland Milton

Hoyland Milton (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tim Shepherd 1,052 42.7 −5.6
Reform UK Michael Davies 436 17.7 N/A
Conservative Michael Toon 292 11.9 −12.7
Independent Cassie Northwood 284 11.5 −13.1
Liberal Democrats Glenn Lawrence 179 7.3 +0.8
Green Tom Heyes 148 6.0 N/A
TUSC Angela Waller 73 3.0 −1.7
Majority 616 25.0
Rejected ballots 5
Turnout 2,470 26.9
Registered electors 9,183
Labour hold Swing

Kingstone

Kingstone (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Wright 678 41.6 +36.8
Labour Kevin Williams 640 39.3 +0.5
Green Peter Giles 109 6.7 −0.5
Independent Judy Barnsley 99 6.1 +3.8
Conservative Roger Haw 71 4.4 −4.8
TUSC Tracey-Ann Holland 33 2.0 N/A
Majority 38 2.3
Rejected ballots 4
Turnout 1,645 21.3
Registered electors 7,724
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Monk Bretton

Monk Bretton (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Sheard 1,056 50.2 −0.5
Independent Rachel Stewart 769 36.5 +5.2
Conservative Macaulay Larkin 182 8.6 −3.6
Liberal Democrats Sue Rose 98 4.7 −1.1
Majority 287 13.7
Rejected ballots 4
Turnout 2,100 23.6
Registered electors 8,894
Labour gain from Independent Swing

North East

North East (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ruth Booker 1,069 53.4 −0.8
Independent Raymond Archer 462 23.1 −4.6
Conservative Samuel Wilkinson 205 10.2 −3.8
Yorkshire Tony Devoy 188 9.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kieran Oldfield 79 3.9 −0.1
Majority 607 30.3
Rejected ballots 10
Turnout 2,013 19.8
Registered electors 10,180
Labour hold Swing

Old Town

Old Town (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jo Newing 1,069 52.0 +0.6
Conservative Clive Watkinson 313 15.2 −5.0
Independent Charlotte Sykes 263 12.8 +6.3
Green Gillian Nixon 231 11.2 −4.3
Liberal Democrats Patrick Smith 125 6.1 −0.3
TUSC Steve Dankerfield 56 2.7 N/A
Majority 756 36.8
Rejected ballots 6
Turnout 2,063 24.0
Registered electors 8,587
Labour hold Swing

Penistone East

Penistone East (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alex Burnett 1,603 42.4 +9.1
Conservative Steven Burkinshaw 1,349 35.7 −7.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Waters 486 12.9 −0.4
Green Rebecca Trotman 191 5.1 −5.4
Independent Amanda Griffin 153 4.0 N/A
Majority 254 6.7
Rejected ballots 19
Turnout 3,801 39.40
Registered electors 9,647
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Penistone West

Penistone West (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Greenhough 1,613 45.9 −9.7
Labour Co-op Frances Nixon 810 23.0 +9.7
Conservative Roy Garratt 623 17.7 +0.6
Green Richard Trotman 268 7.6 +2.3
Independent Paula Button-Roberts 202 5.7 N/A
Majority 803 22.9
Rejected ballots 21
Turnout 3,539 35.2
Registered electors 10,055
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Rockingham

Rockingham (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Andrew Wray 1,028 38.9 N/A
Labour Jane Townsend 771 29.1 −11.5
Conservative Mark Highmouch 351 13.3 −28.9
Reform UK Brian Gregory 277 10.5 N/A
Green Trevor Mayne 99 3.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sue Waters 99 3.7 −4.8
TUSC Karen Fletcher 21 0.8 −7.9
Majority 257 9.8
Rejected ballots 6
Turnout 2,653 31.1
Registered electors 8,533
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Royston

Royston (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pauline McCarthy 1,132 58.8 +5.6
Independent Neil Fisher 366 19.0 −3.5
Conservative Michael Barraclough 272 14.1 −3.7
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Hood 97 5.0 −1.5
TUSC Jennifer Barker 58 3.0 N/A
Majority 766 39.8
Rejected ballots 6
Turnout 1,931 22.1
Registered electors 8,748
Labour hold Swing

St Helen's

St Helen's (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Wright 1,035 74.6 +0.8
Conservative Andrew Millner 181 13.0 −2.9
Liberal Democrats Matthew Nicholson 172 12.4 +2.1
Majority 854 61.6
Rejected ballots 6
Turnout 1,394 17.6
Registered electors 7,925
Labour hold Swing

Stairfoot

Stairfoot (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Murray 1,073 61.5 +17.4
Conservative Alex Wilkinson 392 22.5 +8.6
Liberal Democrats James Kitching 281 16.1 +10.9
Majority 681 39.0
Rejected ballots 19
Turnout 1,765 19.8
Registered electors 8,923
Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. Swing

Wombwell

Wombwell (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brenda Eastwood 1,426 69.5 +3.9
Reform UK Donna Cutts 235 11.4 N/A
Conservative Debbie Toon 233 11.3 −2.6
Liberal Democrats Robert Green 159 7.7 −3.3
Majority 1,191 58.1
Rejected ballots 6
Turnout 2,060 21.0
Registered electors 9,815
Labour hold Swing

Worsbrough

Worsbrough (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jake Lodge 1,135 55.7 N/A
Labour Sherry Holling 633 31.1 −14.4
Conservative Adrian Thompson 128 6.3 −5.1
Liberal Democrats Sarah Calvert 84 4.1 −2.5
Green Katelyn Long 57 2.8 N/A
Majority 502 24.4
Rejected ballots 5
Turnout 2,044 27.8
Registered electors 7,351
Independent hold Swing

References

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