2023 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
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The winner of each seat by party in the 2023 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]After 2022 election | Before 2023 election | ||||
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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
[edit]2023 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 15 | 2 | 71.5 | 33 | 48 | 76.2 | 20,932 | 46.1 | 0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4 | 1 | 19.0 | 6 | 10 | 15.9 | 7,926 | 17.5 | 1.2 | |
Independent | 2 | 1 | 9.5 | 0 | 2 | 3.2 | 4,853 | 10.7 | 6.9 | |
Conservative | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.2 | 6,456 | 14.2 | 5.2 | |
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 1,322 | 2.9 | N/A | ||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,094 | 4.6 | 0.8 | ||
Yorkshire | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 918 | 2.0 | 1.3 | ||
SDP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 462 | 1.0 | |||
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 241 | 0.5 | 0.2 | ||
English Constitution | 0 | 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
[edit]On 11 April 2023, the full list of candidates was published.[7]
Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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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