Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Third of council elected three years out of four
Type
Type	Metropolitan district
History
Founded	1 April 1974
Leadership
Mayor of Barnsley	Cllr Pauline Markham, Labour since 21 May 2019
Leader of the Council	Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton CBE, Labour since 1996
Deputy Leader	Cllr Jim Andrews BEM, Labour
Leader of the Opposition	Cllr Hannah Kitching, Liberal Democrat
Chief executive	Sarah Norman since July 2019
Structure
Seats	63 councillors[1]
Political groups	Administration (49)   Labour (49) Other parties (14)   Liberal Democrat (7)   Conservative (3)   Barnsley Independent Group (1)   Independents (3)
Joint committees	Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority
Elections
Voting system	Plurality-at-large
Last election	5 May 2016
Next election	6 May 2021
Meeting place
Barnsley Town Hall
Website
www.barnsley.gov.uk

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of four in South Yorkshire and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Barnsley.

History

The current local authority was first elected in 1973, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley on 1 April 1974. The council gained borough status, entitling it to be known as Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council.

Political control

Since 1973, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]