1984 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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3 May 1984

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One third of seats (22 of 66) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Independent
Seats won	20	1	1
Seat change			1

Map showing the results of the 1984 Barnsley council elections.

Majority party before election

Labour

Majority party after election

Labour

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 1984, with one third of the council up for election. Prior to the election, a Residents councillor in Dudsworth had defected to Labour. The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council.^[1]^[2]

Election result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 1984^[1]^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	20	1	1	0	90.9	70.3	45,729	+8.0
Conservative	1	0	0	0	4.5	10.1	6,586	+0.4
Independent	1	1	0	+1	4.5	3.1	2,020	+0.8
Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	12.1	7,842	-6.6
Residents	0	0	1	-1	0.0	2.8	1,847	-2.9
Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.6	1,062	+0.3

This resulted in the following composition of the council:^[1]^[2]^[3]

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	59	59
	Conservatives	3	3
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	2	2
	Residents	2	1
	Independent	0	1
Total		66	66
Working majority		52	52

Ward results

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

Ardsley (7580)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilson H.*	1,731	84.0	+7.7
	Conservative	Cousins B.	330	16.0	-7.7
Majority			1,401	68.0	+15.5
Turnout			2,061	27.2	-0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.7

Athersley (7158)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dancer H.*	1,964	88.1	+3.7
	Alliance	Linstead M. Ms.	266	11.9	-3.7
Majority			1,698	76.1	+7.3
Turnout			2,230	31.2	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.7

Brierley (7422)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harper M.	2,675	78.2	-5.3
	Alliance	Hirst C. Ms.	319	9.3	+9.3
	Conservative	Schofield D. Ms.	219	6.4	-10.1
	Independent Labour	Vodden N.	209	6.1	+6.1
Majority			2,356	68.8	+1.9
Turnout			3,422	46.1	+11.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.3

Central (8530)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Watts J. Ms.*	2,379	71.7	+12.2
	Alliance	Major C.	678	20.4	-12.3
	Conservative	Jubb M.	260	7.8	+0.1
Majority			1,701	51.3	+24.5
Turnout			3,317	38.9	-3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.2

Cudworth (7882)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rigby R.*	2,277	81.8	+14.8
	Alliance	Fairclough A. Ms.	506	18.2	+18.2
Majority			1,771	63.6	+29.6
Turnout			2,783	35.3	-3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.7

Darfield (8017)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barlow E.*	2,699	91.8	+14.4
	Conservative	Buck E.	240	8.2	+8.2
Majority			2,459	83.7	+28.8
Turnout			2,939	36.7	-0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.1

Darton (9125)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ibbotson A.	2,497	64.4	+19.6
	Alliance	Smith A.	907	23.4	-13.5
	Conservative	Slater A.	473	12.2	+0.6
Majority			1,590	41.0	+33.2
Turnout			3,877	42.5	-2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+16.5

Dearne South (8959)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Whitehouse S.*	2,183	71.9	-6.8
	Independent Labour	Gregory J.	853	28.1	+21.1
Majority			1,330	43.8	-13.5
Turnout			3,036	33.9	+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.9

Dearne Thurnscoe (8557)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Young K.*	2,488	85.6	-0.5
	Alliance	Burke M.	418	14.4	+0.5
Majority			2,070	71.2	-1.0
Turnout			2,906	34.0	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.5

Dodworth (8404)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mason G.*	2,458	65.5	+3.3
	Alliance	Hallam D.	851	22.7	-2.9
	Conservative	Colquhoun G.	443	11.8	-0.4
Majority			1,607	42.8	+6.2
Turnout			3,752	44.6	-2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.1

Hoyland East (7992)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beardshall P.*	2,013	74.2	+20.6
	Alliance	Chantrey J.	700	25.8	-20.6
Majority			1,313	48.4	+41.2
Turnout			2,713	33.9	-4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+20.6

Hoyland West (6858)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wroe C.*	2,144	76.0	+4.1
	Alliance	Burd K.	678	24.0	-4.1
Majority			1,466	51.9	+8.2
Turnout			2,822	41.1	-3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.1

Monk Bretton (9075)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheard T.*	2,757	85.3	+7.7
	Conservative	White J.	476	14.7	+0.9
Majority			2,281	70.6	+6.9
Turnout			3,233	35.6	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.4

North West (7786)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilde J.*	1,747	60.8	+4.9
	Residents	Harris J.	716	24.9	+6.5
	Conservative	Oldfield H.	410	14.3	-1.3
Majority			1,031	35.9	-1.6
Turnout			2,873	36.9	-4.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.8

Park (6052)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Borrett K.*	1,763	79.5	+6.1
	Alliance	Appleyard J. Ms.	250	11.3	+1.2
	Conservative	Dews R.	206	9.3	-7.3
Majority			1,513	68.2	+11.4
Turnout			2,219	36.7	-7.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.4

Penistone East (6836)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tue G. Ms.*	1,337	41.1	-3.5
	Labour	Hunter D.	1,294	39.8	+3.8
	Alliance	Hanstock O.	620	19.1	-0.4
Majority			43	1.3	-7.3
Turnout			3,251	47.6	-2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.6

Penistone West (8004)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Collett N. Ms.	1,228	37.4	+16.3
	Residents	Harrison D.	1,131	34.4	-15.9
	Conservative	Papworth G. Ms.	925	28.2	+8.6
Majority			97	3.0	-26.2
Turnout			3,284	41.0	-8.9
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing	+16.1

Royston (8463)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Newman W.	2,653	87.7	+10.3
	Conservative	Wood P.	371	12.3	+12.3
Majority			2,282	75.5	+20.7
Turnout			3,024	35.7	+2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.0

South West (7635)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Goodyear B.	2,008	50.2	+7.1
	Alliance	Bickley K. Ms.	1,649	41.2	+2.0
	Conservative	Dobbin J.	341	8.5	-1.0
Majority			359	9.0	+5.1
Turnout			3,998	52.4	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.5

Wombwell North (5477)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Storey A.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Wombwell South (8007)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mahatme S.	2,020	50.3	+7.1
	Labour	Turp G.	1,996	49.7	-0.6
Majority			24	0.6	-6.5
Turnout			4,016	50.2	+4.9
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	+3.8

Worsbrough (8314)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hadfield G.*	2,775	83.3	+11.1
	Conservative	Pappworth R.	555	16.7	+4.4
Majority			2,220	66.7	+9.9
Turnout			3,330	40.1	-4.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.3

By-elections between 1984 and 1986

Penistone East (6836) 14 June 1984 By-election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hunter, D. J.	1,333	42.6	+2.8
	Conservative	Wardle, M.	1,289	41.2	+0.1
	Alliance	Hanstock, O. A.	506	16.2	-2.9
Majority			44	1.4	+0.1
Turnout			3,128	45.8	-1.8
	Labour gain from Alliance		Swing	+1.3

Park (5966) 3 May 1985 By-election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Murphy, G.	1,529	69.7	-9.8
	Alliance	Appleyard, J. R.	502	22.9	+11.6
	Conservative	Dobbin, J. N.	162	7.4	-1.9
Majority			1,027	46.8	-21.4
Turnout			2,193	36.8	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.7

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y "Elections Centre: Barnsley 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa "Election results 1979 to 2003" (PDF). barnsley.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
^ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2003

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