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2024 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2024 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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21 of 63 seats on Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
Turnout24.1%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Stephen Houghton Hannah Kitching
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 48 seats, 46.1% 10 seats, 17.5% 2 seats, 10.7%
Seats before 47 9 2
Seats won 17 4 0
Seats after 48 11 2
Seat change Steady Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 21,995 7,420 2,398
Percentage 48.9% 16.5% 5.3%
Swing Increase 2.8% Decrease 1.0% Decrease 5.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party
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Leader John Wilson David White
Party Conservative Reform UK
Last election 2 seat, 14.2% 1 seat, 2.9%
Seats before 2 1
Seats won 0 0
Seats after 1 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady
Popular vote 5,274 4,156
Percentage 11.7% 9.2%
Swing Decrease 2.5% Increase 6.3%

Winner of each seat at the 2024 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

Leader before election

Stephen Houghton
Labour

Leader after election

Stephen Houghton
Labour

The 2024 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections across the United Kingdom being held on the same day. Labour retained its majority on the council.

Background

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Result of the council election when these seats were last contested in 2021
Result of the most recent council election in 2023

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Barnsley was a district of the South Yorkshire metropolitan county.[1] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The South Yorkshire Combined Authority was established in 2014 as the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority, which began electing the mayor of South Yorkshire in 2018.[2]

Since its formation, Barnsley has continuously been under Labour control. Councillors have predominantly been elected from the Labour Party, various independents, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats. The council elected a large number of Barnsley Independent Group councillors in the 2006 election, whose numbers had fallen in subsequent elections until its dissolution as a party in 2023. Councillors who will be seeking re-election were most recently elected in the 2021 election, which was originally scheduled to be held in 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During that election, seventeen Labour councillors were elected with 40.4% of the vote across the borough, with three Liberal Democrats on 11.8% of the vote across the borough and one Conservative with 25.1% of the vote across the borough. Labour held the Rockingham ward after a coin toss broke a tie between the Labour candidate and the Conservative candidate.[3] In the most recent election in 2023, Labour won 15 seats, the Liberal Democrats won 4 seats and independents won 2 seats. After that election, the council had 48 Labour councillors, ten Liberal Democrats, two Conservatives, two independents, and one Reform UK councillor.

Electoral process

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The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[4][5] The election will take place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards generally being represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Barnsley aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Previous council composition

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After 2023 election Before 2024 election After 2024 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 48 Labour 47 Labour 48
Liberal Democrats 10 Liberal Democrats 9 Liberal Democrats 11
Conservative 2 Conservative 2 Conservative 1
Independent 2 Independent 2 Independent 2
Reform UK 1 Reform UK 1 Reform UK 1
Vacant 2

Changes 2023–2024:

  • 8 November 2023: Mat Crisp (Liberal Democrat) resigns; seat left vacant until election.[6]
  • December 2023: Pooja Ramchandani (Labour) resigns; seat left vacant until election.

Results

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Labour retained its majority on the council at this election.[7]

2024 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 17 Steady 81.0 31 48 76.2 21,995 48.9 +2.8
  Liberal Democrats 4 Increase 1 19.0 7 11 17.5 7,420 16.5 –1.0
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0 0 2 3.2 2,398 5.3 –5.4
  Conservative 0 Decrease 1 0.0 1 1 1.6 5,274 11.7 –2.5
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 1 1 1.6 4,156 9.2 +6.3
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,035 4.5 –0.1
  SDP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 396 0.9 –0.1
  English Democrat 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 313 0.7 N/A
  Yorkshire 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 272 0.6 –1.4
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 234 0.5 ±0.0

Ward results

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The results for each ward were:[8]

Central

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Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nicola Sumner 1,012 57.4 +10.6
Green Christopher Michael Scarfe 291 16.5 +8.0
Conservative Adrian Thompson 250 14.2 +4.5
Liberal Democrats Catherine Teresa Rogerson 185 10.5 +5.9
Majority 721 40.9 19.3
Turnout 1763 20.0 −0.8
Labour hold Swing

Cudworth

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Cudworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve Houghton 1,150 72.0 +2.9
Conservative Mark J Brook 184 11.5 −3.6
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Kate Waters 138 8.6 +1.7
Green Kabir Nepal 106 6.6 −2.4
Majority 966 60.5
Turnout 1598 18.7
Labour hold Swing

Darfield

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Darfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin John Howard Osborne 1,012 53.6 +2.6
Reform UK Scott Andrew McKenzie 564 29.9 +9.0
Conservative Ian White 171 9.1 −9.6
Liberal Democrats Simon Richard Hulme 127 6.7 −2.7
Majority 448 23.7
Turnout 1889 23.5
Labour hold Swing

Darton East

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Darton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Leyla Nayeri 1,196 46.6 −18.1
Labour Teresa Ann Wilcockson 951 37.0 +7.7
Reform UK Aiden Ian Benoit 258 10.0 N/A
Conservative Gillian Ruth Millner 96 3.7 −6.1
Yorkshire Simon Biltcliffe 58 2.3 N/A
Majority 245 9.6
Turnout 2569 29.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Darton West

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Darton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alice Cave 1,074 45.0 +3.6
Green Trevor Anthony Mayne 495 20.7 −8.5
Reform UK Shaun Kenneth Turner 409 17.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kevin Bennett 203 8.5 +3.5
Conservative Bee D’abeille Lokkit 200 8.4 −4.4
Majority 579 24.3
Turnout 2389 26.9
Labour hold Swing

Dearne North

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Dearne North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wendy Ann Cain 1,025 69.1 −4.0
English Democrat Maxine Spencer 214 14.4 +6.2
Conservative Mike Toon 138 9.3 −1.3
Liberal Democrats Brian John Evans 94 6.3 −1.1
Majority 811 54.7
Turnout 1483 16.9
Labour hold Swing

Dearne South

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Dearne South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Deborah Jane Pearson 1,060 59.7 +0.2
SDP David Alan Jarvis 396 22.3 −2.6
Conservative Elaine Weems 131 7.4 −1.6
English Democrat Janus Polenceusz 99 5.6 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Linda Fielding 77 4.3 −0.2
Majority 664 37.4
Turnout 1777 19.1
Labour hold Swing

Dodworth

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Dodworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Wray 1,328 50.9 −4.3
Labour Ian Hague-Brown 896 34.3 +2.7
Conservative Steven John Burkinshaw 361 13.8 +0.7
Majority 432 16.6
Turnout 2611 31.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hoyland Milton

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Hoyland Milton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mick Stowe 1,092 46.0 +3.3
Reform UK Michael James Davies 697 29.4 +11.7
Conservative Andrew Millner 191 8.0 −3.9
Liberal Democrats Glenn Lawrence 175 7.4 +0.1
Green Tom Heyes 162 6.8 +0.8
TUSC Angela Ruth Waller 49 2.1 −0.9
Majority 395 16.6
Turnout 2373 25.7
Labour hold Swing

Kingstone

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Kingstone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Bullcock 791 44.7 +3.1
Labour Simon John Jordan Williamson 591 33.4 −5.9
Reform UK Liam James Hardcastle 169 9.5 N/A
Green Peter Gordon Giles 114 6.4 −0.3
Conservative Roger Haw 69 3.9 −0.5
TUSC Tracey-Ann Holland 28 1.6 −0.4
Majority 200 11.3
Turnout 1770 22.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Monk Bretton

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Monk Bretton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steven Green 1,032 50.6 +0.4
Independent Rachel Jane Stewart 784 38.5 +2.0
Conservative Alex Wilkinson 132 6.5 −2.1
Liberal Democrats Susan Mary Rose 75 3.7 −1.0
Majority 248 12.1
Turnout 2038 22.6
Labour hold Swing

North East

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North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dorothy Coates 1,085 53.6 +0.2
Independent Raymond Archer 443 21.9 −1.2
Yorkshire Tony Devoy 214 10.6 +1.2
Conservative Samuel Wilkinson 165 8.1 −2.1
Liberal Democrats Samantha Bullcock 107 5.3 +1.4
Majority 642 31.7
Turnout 2026 19.5
Labour hold Swing

Old Town

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Old Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phil Lofts 1,130 56.5 +4.5
Conservative Clive Watkinson 292 14.6 −0.6
Green Gillian Margaret Nixon 258 12.9 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Patrick Dimelow Smith 196 9.8 +3.7
TUSC Steve Dangerfield 106 5.3 +2.6
Majority 838 41.9
Turnout 2001 23.2
Labour hold Swing

Penistone East

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Penistone East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Roberts 1,533 41.6 −0.8
Conservative Peter Millar 1,377 37.4 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Andy Waters 385 10.5 −2.4
Green Kate Helen Raynor 346 9.4 +4.3
Majority 156 4.2
Turnout 3,681 37.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Penistone West

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Penistone West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mandy Lowe Flello 1,414 39.0 −6.9
Labour Co-op Frances Nixon 1061 29.3 +6.3
Conservative Roy Garratt 447 12.3 +5.4
Reform UK David Wood 429 11.8 N/A
Green Richard Thomas James Trotman 263 7.3 −0.3
Majority 353 9.7
Turnout 3626 35.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Rockingham

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Rockingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sherry Holling 884 35.9 +6.8
Independent Jaz Holt 731 29.7 N/A
Reform UK Robert Lomas 457 18.6 +8.1
Conservative Phil Weems 244 9.9 −3.4
Liberal Democrats Sue Waters 128 5.2 +1.5
Majority 153 6.2
Turnout 2462 29.0
Labour hold Swing

Royston

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Royston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Caroline Makinson 1,082 58.2 −0.6
Independent Neil Fisher 440 23.7 +4.7
Conservative Michael Barraclough 187 10.1 −4.0
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Hood 87 4.7 −0.3
TUSC Jennifer Louise Barker 51 2.7 −0.3
Majority 642 34.5
Turnout 1858 21.2
Labour hold Swing

St Helen’s

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St Helen’s
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Jane Tattersall 1,004 73.9 −0.7
Liberal Democrats Matthew Rigden Nicholson 191 14.1 +1.7
Conservative Lee Ogden 140 10.3 −2.7
Majority 813 59.8
Turnout 1359 16.9
Labour hold Swing

Stairfoot

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Stairfoot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Karen Dyson 955 50.6 −10.9
Reform UK Luca Lorenzo Turner 518 27.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats James Robert Kitching 211 11.2 −4.9
Conservative Mark Kevan Hitchmough 188 10.0 −12.5
Majority 437 23.2
Turnout 1888 20.8
Labour hold Swing

Wombwell

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Wombwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Lewis Higginbottom 1,370 65.4 −4.1
Reform UK Simon Glen Moore 317 15.1 +3.7
Conservative Debbie Toon 161 7.7 −3.6
Green Jessica Claire Roebuck 149 7.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Robert Welton Green 89 4.2 −3.5
Majority 1053 50.3
Turnout 2095 21.0
Labour hold Swing

Worsbrough

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Worsbrough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Bowser 996 58.0 +26.9
Reform UK Jamie Thomas Owen 338 19.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sarah Calvert 223 13.0 +8.9
Conservative Charlotte Wilkinson 150 8.7 +2.4
Majority 658 38.3
Turnout 1718 23.3
Labour hold Swing

References

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  2. ^ "Sheffield devolution deal". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  3. ^ Brooke, Sam (2021-05-07). "Local elections Barnsley results with tied seat won by coin toss". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  4. ^ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  5. ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Councillor quits over unpaid rent arrears". Barnsley Chronicle. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  7. ^ Gallagher, Paul; Willis, Cullen (3 May 2024). "Barnsley council 2024 local election full results as Labour retains control". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Local election results 2024". Retrieved 2024-05-04.