1996 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

1996 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

3 May 1996

Party Labour Conservative Independent

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]

Party		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

1. "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.
2. "Election results 1979 to 2003" (PDF). barnsley.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.