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
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Stephen Houghton Hannah Kitching John Wilson
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 46 seats, 46.2% 9 seats, 16.3% 4 seats, 19.4%
Seats before 46 9 3
Seats after 48 10 2
Seat change +2 +1 -1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Andrew Gillis David White
Party Independent Barnsley Ind. Reform UK
Last election 3 seats, 3.8% 1 seat, 6.5% Did not stand
Seats before 3 1 1
Seats after 2 0 1
Seat change -1 -1 =
The winner of each seat by party in the 2023 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election
Leader of the Council before election

Stephen Houghton
Labour

Leader of the Council

TBD

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 2023 Results[7][8]
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 46 Labour 45 Labour 48
Liberal Democrats 9 Liberal Democrats 9 Liberal Democrats 10
Conservative 4 Conservative 3 Conservative 2
Independent 3 Independent 3 Independent 2
Barnsley Ind. 1 Barnsley Ind. 1 Reform UK 1
Reform UK 1
Vacant 1


Ward results

On 11 April 2023, the full list of candidates was published.[9]

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
Rejected ballots
Turnout 1,812 20.80
Registered electors

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
Rejected ballots
Turnout 1,657 16.64
Registered electors

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
Rejected ballots
Turnout 1,799 22.73
Registered electors

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
Rejected ballots
Turnout 2,641 29.92
Registered electors

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
Rejected ballots
Turnout 2,701 23.71
Registered electors

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
Rejected ballots
Turnout 1,449 16.95
Registered electors

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
Rejected ballots
Turnout 1,801 19.54
Registered electors

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
Rejected ballots
Turnout 2,561 30.58
Registered electors

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
Rejected ballots
Turnout 2,470 26.90
Registered electors

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
Rejected ballots
Turnout 1,645 21.30
Registered electors

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
Rejected ballots
Turnout 2,100 23.61
Registered electors

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
Rejected ballots
Turnout 2,013 19.77
Registered electors

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
Rejected ballots
Turnout 2,063 24.02
Registered electors

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
Rejected ballots
Turnout 38.01 39.40
Registered electors

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
Rejected ballots
Turnout 3,539 45.20
Registered electors

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
Rejected ballots
Turnout 2,653 31.09
Registered electors

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
Rejected ballots
Turnout 1,931 22.07
Registered electors

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
Rejected ballots 1,394 17.59
Turnout
Registered electors

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
Rejected ballots
Turnout 1,765 19.78
Registered electors

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
Rejected ballots
Turnout 2,060 20.99
Registered electors

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
Rejected ballots
Turnout 2,044 27.81
Registered electors

References

  1. ^ "Barnsley residents need photo ID to vote at elections in May". www.barnsley.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  2. ^ Sandeman, Kit (11 April 2023). "Barnsley council: Local election results 2023". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Barnsley election: Council criticised after vote-counting error". BBC News. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Local election results 2022: Barnsley and Sheffield Labour losses". BBC News. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  5. ^ Helm, Toby; Savage, Michael; Barnett, David (18 December 2022). "'We didn't vote for this': anger over Brexit failures is haunting the Tories". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Councillor details - Councillor David White". barnsleymbc.moderngov.co.uk. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Barnsley result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Local government and parish elections 2023". www.barnsley.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  9. ^ Andrews, Danielle (11 April 2023). "Who can I vote for in May's elections? Full list of candidates standing in Barnsley". Sheffield Star. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
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