1996 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

1996 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
	Map showing the results of the 1996 Barnsley council elections.
Majority party before election; Labour;	Majority party after election ; Labour;

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 1996, with one third of the council up for election. The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council.^[1]^[2]

Election result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 1996^[1]^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	20	0	1	-1	90.9	68.6	11,460	-2.3
Conservative	1	0	0	0	4.5	12.2	2,040	+5.4
Independent	1	1	0	+1	4.5	9.6	1,604	-3.4
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.3	883	+0.3
Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.9	481	+0.5
Militant Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.4	235	-0.5

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	64	63
	Independent	1	2
	Conservatives	1	1
Total		66	66
Working majority		62	60

Ward results

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

Ardsley (7226)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Mathers	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Athersley (6075)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Bostwick*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Brierley (7169)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Whittaker*	1,382	84.6	+19.4
	Conservative	Schofield D. Ms.	252	15.4	+4.0
Majority			1,130	69.2	+27.4
Turnout			1,634	22.8	-8.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.7

Central (8646)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Watts*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Cudworth (7769)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Houghton*	1,589	88.3	-0.5
	Independent	Cowton S.	211	11.7	+0.5
Majority			1,378	76.6	-0.9
Turnout			1,800	23.2	-3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.5

Darfield (7792)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Barlow*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Darton (10385)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Miller*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dearne South (8856)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John 'Inky' Thomson*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dearne Thurnscoe (8114)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Bird*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dodworth (10130)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Ryan*	1,822	74.3	-3.7
	Green	Jones D.	630	25.7	+3.7
Majority			1,192	48.6	-7.5
Turnout			2,452	24.2	-6.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.7

Hoyland East (8012)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Beardshall*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Hoyland West (6643)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clarrie Wroe*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Monk Bretton (8456)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Sheard*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

North West (7212)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Denton*	1,005	73.6	-3.5
	Conservative	Carrington C. Ms.	230	16.8	+16.8
	Independent Labour	Holderness B.	130	9.5	+9.5
Majority			775	56.8	+2.5
Turnout			1,365	19.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.1

Park (5659)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Doyle*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Penistone East (7622)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Wade	1,393	50.2	+50.2
	Labour	Linda Smith*	1,382	49.8	-8.2
Majority			11	0.4	-15.5
Turnout			2,775	36.6	-3.8
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	+29.2

Penistone West (8461)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Hinchliff.*	1,220	42.4	+42.4
	Labour	Trevor Cave	1,051	36.6	-7.1
	Independent Labour	Scott S. Ms.	351	12.2	+12.2
	Green	Wood A. Ms.	253	8.8	-6.4
Majority			169	5.9	+3.4
Turnout			2,875	34.0	-2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+24.7

Royston (8529)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Newman*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

South West (7537)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Hall*	1,432	80.9	N/A
	Conservative	John Carrington	338	19.1	N/A
Majority			1,094	61.8	N/A
Turnout			1,770	23.5	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Wombwell North (5075)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arnold Storey*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Wombwell South (8061)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Morgan*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Worsbrough (7815)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Hadfield*	1,797	88.4	+4.8
	Militant Labour	Souter C. Ms.	235	11.6	-4.8
Majority			1,562	76.9	+9.7
Turnout			2,032	26.0	-6.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.8

By-elections between 1996 and 1998

Brierley (7197) 20 March 1997 By-election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Sykes	1,064	70.7	-13.9
	Conservative	Beaumont-Schofield, D. M.	230	15.3	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Brook	211	14.0	+14.0
Majority			834	55.4	-13.8
Turnout			1,505	20.9	-1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.9

Worsbrough 5 March 1998 By-Election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jimmy Rae	1,398	71.4	-17.0
	Socialist Labour	Anne Scargill	331	16.9	+16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Guest	151	7.7	+7.7
	Conservative	Elizabeth Elders	79	4.0	+4.0
Majority			1,067	54.5	-22.4
Turnout			1,959	25.5	-0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-16.9

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 "Election results 1979 to 2003" (PDF). barnsley.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[results-1] ^ ^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.

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