The 2024 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections across the United Kingdom being held on the same day. Labour retained its majority on the council.
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21 of 63 seats on Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Winner of each seat at the 2024 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
editThe Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Barnsley was a district of the South Yorkshire metropolitan county.[1] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The South Yorkshire Combined Authority was established in 2014 as the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority, which began electing the mayor of South Yorkshire in 2018.[2]
Since its formation, Barnsley has continuously been under Labour control. Councillors have predominantly been elected from the Labour Party, various independents, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats. The council elected a large number of Barnsley Independent Group councillors in the 2006 election, whose numbers had fallen in subsequent elections until its dissolution as a party in 2023. Councillors who will be seeking re-election were most recently elected in the 2021 election, which was originally scheduled to be held in 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During that election, seventeen Labour councillors were elected with 40.4% of the vote across the borough, with three Liberal Democrats on 11.8% of the vote across the borough and one Conservative with 25.1% of the vote across the borough. Labour held the Rockingham ward after a coin toss broke a tie between the Labour candidate and the Conservative candidate.[3] In the most recent election in 2023, Labour won 15 seats, the Liberal Democrats won 4 seats and independents won 2 seats. After that election, the council had 48 Labour councillors, ten Liberal Democrats, two Conservatives, two independents, and one Reform UK councillor.
Electoral process
editThe council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[4][5] The election will take place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards generally being represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.
All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Barnsley aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.
Previous council composition
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Council composition after the 2023 election
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Council composition ahead of the 2024 election
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Council composition following the 2024 election
After 2023 election | Before 2024 election | After 2024 election | ||||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
Labour | 48 | Labour | 47 | Labour | 48 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 10 | Liberal Democrats | 9 | Liberal Democrats | 11 | |||
Conservative | 2 | Conservative | 2 | Conservative | 1 | |||
Independent | 2 | Independent | 2 | Independent | 2 | |||
Reform UK | 1 | Reform UK | 1 | Reform UK | 1 | |||
Vacant | 2 |
Changes 2023–2024:
- 8 November 2023: Mat Crisp (Liberal Democrat) resigns; seat will remain vacant until the regularly scheduled May 2024 elections.[6]
- December 2023: Pooja Ramchandani (Labour) resigns; seat will remain vacant until the regularly schedule May 2024 elections.
Results
editLabour retained its majority on the council at this election.[7]
2024 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 | 17 | 81.0 | 31 | 48 | 76.2 | 21,995 | 48.9 | +2.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 4 | 1 | 19.0 | 7 | 11 | 17.5 | 7,420 | 16.5 | –1.0 | |
Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 3.2 | 2,398 | 5.3 | –5.4 | ||
Conservative | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.6 | 5,274 | 11.7 | –2.5 | |
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.6 | 4,156 | 9.2 | +6.3 | ||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,035 | 4.5 | –0.1 | ||
SDP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 396 | 0.9 | –0.1 | ||
English Democrat | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 313 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Yorkshire | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 272 | 0.6 | –1.4 | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 234 | 0.5 | ±0.0 |
Ward results
editThe results for each ward were:[8]
Central
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nicola Sumner | 1,012 | 57.4 | +10.6 | |
Green | Christopher Michael Scarfe | 291 | 16.5 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Adrian Thompson | 250 | 14.2 | +4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Teresa Rogerson | 185 | 10.5 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 721 | 40.9 | 19.3 | ||
Turnout | 1763 | 20.0 | −0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cudworth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Steve Houghton | 1,150 | 72.0 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Mark J Brook | 184 | 11.5 | −3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Kate Waters | 138 | 8.6 | +1.7 | |
Green | Kabir Nepal | 106 | 6.6 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 966 | 60.5 | |||
Turnout | 1598 | 18.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Darfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kevin John Howard Osborne | 1,012 | 53.6 | +2.6 | |
Reform UK | Scott Andrew McKenzie | 564 | 29.9 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | Ian White | 171 | 9.1 | −9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Richard Hulme | 127 | 6.7 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 448 | 23.7 | |||
Turnout | 1889 | 23.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Darton East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Leyla Nayeri | 1,196 | 46.6 | −18.1 | |
Labour | Teresa Ann Wilcockson | 951 | 37.0 | +7.7 | |
Reform UK | Aiden Ian Benoit | 258 | 10.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Gillian Ruth Millner | 96 | 3.7 | −6.1 | |
Yorkshire | Simon Biltcliffe | 58 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 245 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 2569 | 29.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Darton West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alice Cave | 1,074 | 45.0 | +3.6 | |
Green | Trevor Anthony Mayne | 495 | 20.7 | −8.5 | |
Reform UK | Shaun Kenneth Turner | 409 | 17.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Bennett | 203 | 8.5 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Bee D’abeille Lokkit | 200 | 8.4 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 579 | 24.3 | |||
Turnout | 2389 | 26.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dearne North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Wendy Ann Cain | 1,025 | 69.1 | −4.0 | |
English Democrat | Maxine Spencer | 214 | 14.4 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Mike Toon | 138 | 9.3 | −1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian John Evans | 94 | 6.3 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 811 | 54.7 | |||
Turnout | 1483 | 16.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dearne South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Deborah Jane Pearson | 1,060 | 59.7 | +0.2 | |
SDP | David Alan Jarvis | 396 | 22.3 | −2.6 | |
Conservative | Elaine Weems | 131 | 7.4 | −1.6 | |
English Democrat | Janus Polenceusz | 99 | 5.6 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Linda Fielding | 77 | 4.3 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 664 | 37.4 | |||
Turnout | 1777 | 19.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dodworth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Chris Wray | 1,328 | 50.9 | −4.3 | |
Labour | Ian Hague-Brown | 896 | 34.3 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Steven John Burkinshaw | 361 | 13.8 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 432 | 16.6 | |||
Turnout | 2611 | 31.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Hoyland Milton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mick Stowe | 1,092 | 46.0 | +3.3 | |
Reform UK | Michael James Davies | 697 | 29.4 | +11.7 | |
Conservative | Andrew Millner | 191 | 8.0 | −3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Glenn Lawrence | 175 | 7.4 | +0.1 | |
Green | Tom Heyes | 162 | 6.8 | +0.8 | |
TUSC | Angela Ruth Waller | 49 | 2.1 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 395 | 16.6 | |||
Turnout | 2373 | 25.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kingstone
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Steve Bullcock | 791 | 44.7 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Simon John Jordan Williamson | 591 | 33.4 | −5.9 | |
Reform UK | Liam James Hardcastle | 169 | 9.5 | N/A | |
Green | Peter Gordon Giles | 114 | 6.4 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | Roger Haw | 69 | 3.9 | −0.5 | |
TUSC | Tracey-Ann Holland | 28 | 1.6 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 200 | 11.3 | |||
Turnout | 1770 | 22.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Monk Bretton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Steven Green | 1,032 | 50.6 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Rachel Jane Stewart | 784 | 38.5 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Alex Wilkinson | 132 | 6.5 | −2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Mary Rose | 75 | 3.7 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 248 | 12.1 | |||
Turnout | 2038 | 22.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
North East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dorothy Coates | 1,085 | 53.6 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Raymond Archer | 443 | 21.9 | −1.2 | |
Yorkshire | Tony Devoy | 214 | 10.6 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Samuel Wilkinson | 165 | 8.1 | −2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Samantha Bullcock | 107 | 5.3 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 642 | 31.7 | |||
Turnout | 2026 | 19.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Old Town
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Phil Lofts | 1,130 | 56.5 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Clive Watkinson | 292 | 14.6 | −0.6 | |
Green | Gillian Margaret Nixon | 258 | 12.9 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Dimelow Smith | 196 | 9.8 | +3.7 | |
TUSC | Steve Dangerfield | 106 | 5.3 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 838 | 41.9 | |||
Turnout | 2001 | 23.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Penistone East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Roberts | 1,533 | 41.6 | −0.8 | |
Conservative | Peter Millar | 1,377 | 37.4 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andy Waters | 385 | 10.5 | −2.4 | |
Green | Kate Helen Raynor | 346 | 9.4 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 156 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,681 | 37.9 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Penistone West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Mandy Lowe Flello | 1,414 | 39.0 | −6.9 | |
Labour Co-op | Frances Nixon | 1061 | 29.3 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | Roy Garratt | 447 | 12.3 | +5.4 | |
Reform UK | David Wood | 429 | 11.8 | N/A | |
Green | Richard Thomas James Trotman | 263 | 7.3 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 353 | 9.7 | |||
Turnout | 3626 | 35.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Rockingham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sherry Holling | 884 | 35.9 | +6.8 | |
Independent | Jaz Holt | 731 | 29.7 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Robert Lomas | 457 | 18.6 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | Phil Weems | 244 | 9.9 | −3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sue Waters | 128 | 5.2 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 153 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 2462 | 29.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Royston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Caroline Makinson | 1,082 | 58.2 | −0.6 | |
Independent | Neil Fisher | 440 | 23.7 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Barraclough | 187 | 10.1 | −4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Hood | 87 | 4.7 | −0.3 | |
TUSC | Jennifer Louise Barker | 51 | 2.7 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 642 | 34.5 | |||
Turnout | 1858 | 21.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
St Helen’s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sarah Jane Tattersall | 1,004 | 73.9 | −0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Rigden Nicholson | 191 | 14.1 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Lee Ogden | 140 | 10.3 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 813 | 59.8 | |||
Turnout | 1359 | 16.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Stairfoot
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Karen Dyson | 955 | 50.6 | −10.9 | |
Reform UK | Luca Lorenzo Turner | 518 | 27.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | James Robert Kitching | 211 | 11.2 | −4.9 | |
Conservative | Mark Kevan Hitchmough | 188 | 10.0 | −12.5 | |
Majority | 437 | 23.2 | |||
Turnout | 1888 | 20.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wombwell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Lewis Higginbottom | 1,370 | 65.4 | −4.1 | |
Reform UK | Simon Glen Moore | 317 | 15.1 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | Debbie Toon | 161 | 7.7 | −3.6 | |
Green | Jessica Claire Roebuck | 149 | 7.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Welton Green | 89 | 4.2 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 1053 | 50.3 | |||
Turnout | 2095 | 21.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Worsbrough
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roy Bowser | 996 | 58.0 | +26.9 | |
Reform UK | Jamie Thomas Owen | 338 | 19.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Calvert | 223 | 13.0 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | Charlotte Wilkinson | 150 | 8.7 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 658 | 38.3 | |||
Turnout | 1718 | 23.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
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