1975 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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1975 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
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20 of 60 seats to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Ratepayers Liberal
Seats won1062
Seat changeDecrease2.svg9Increase2.svg6Increase2.svg2
Majority party before election

Labour

Majority party after election

Labour

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 1975 with one third of the seats up for election. Labour retained control of the council. [1]

Contents

Election result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 1975 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1009-950.052.520,997-10.2
  Ratepayers 660+630.026.813,309+24.6
  Liberal 220+210.017.18,473+7.9
  Conservative 110+15.08.64,244-1.1
  Independent Labour 10005.03.51,715-1.5
  Independent 00000.01.3641-6.4
  Communist 00000.00.5266-0.9

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour5748
Ratepayers06
Liberals02
Conservatives01
Democratic Labour11
Independent11
Independent Labour11
Total6060
Working majority 54  36 

Ward results

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

Ardsley (7325) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Burns J.*92950.9−27.5
Ratepayers Wilkinson G.61133.5+33.5
Conservative Walker28415.6+15.6
Majority31817.4−39.5
Turnout 1,82424.9+1.8
Labour hold Swing -30.5
No. 1 (Barnsley: Carlton) (10375) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dancer H.*1,05556.4−19.4
Ratepayers Sykes62133.2+33.2
Conservative Carrington J.1307.0−5.0
Communist Greenfield N.633.4−8.8
Majority43423.2−40.4
Turnout 1,86918.0−3.7
Labour hold Swing -26.3
No. 2 (Barnsley: East & North) (8573) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ratepayers Harris M.1,40042.5+42.5
Labour Fisher R.*1,22437.1−21.9
Conservative Guest M.3129.5−3.2
Independent Reynolds1845.6+5.6
Liberal Hallsworth1775.4+5.4
Majority1765.3−25.4
Turnout 3,29738.5+3.1
Ratepayers gain from Labour Swing +32.2
No. 3 (Barnsley: Central-South-South East)(9660) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Borrett K.*1,13952.5−7.7
Ratepayers Crawshaw73733.9+33.9
Conservative England29513.6+6.1
Majority40218.5−9.2
Turnout 2,17122.5−17.2
Labour hold Swing -20.8
No. 4 (Barnsley: South West and West) (7765) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ratepayers Birkenshaw1,61951.4+51.4
Labour Hardy1,02232.4−19.3
Independent Blackburne E.37812.0+12.0
Conservative Oldfield H.1334.2−5.5
Majority59718.9+5.8
Turnout 3,15240.6+1.3
Ratepayers gain from Labour Swing +35.3
No. 5 (Barnsley: Monk Bretton) (9984) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ratepayers Jackson1,34152.6+52.6
Labour Wilkie B.*90635.5−36.6
Conservative Glover2238.7−7.6
Independent Cooke L.793.1+3.1
Majority43517.1−38.8
Turnout 2,54925.5+3.4
Ratepayers gain from Labour Swing +44.6
No. 7 (Cudworth) (6278) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ratepayers Wraith1,15957.0N/A
Labour Bailey87343.0N/A
Majority28614.0N/A
Turnout 2,03232.4N/A
Ratepayers gain from Labour Swing N/A
No. 8 (Darfield) (5879) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ratepayers Moore93841.4N/A
Labour Goddard B.*78834.8N/A
Liberal Lynch53723.7N/A
Majority1506.6N/A
Turnout 2,26338.5N/A
Ratepayers gain from Labour Swing N/A
No. 9 (Dodworth-Barugh-Higham-Gawber)(6570) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Woffenden J.*1,53353.5−7.6
Liberal Crosby J.97133.9−5.0
Ratepayers Barwell36312.7+12.7
Majority56219.6−2.6
Turnout 2,86743.6−1.4
Labour hold Swing -1.3
No. 10 (Darton) (8893) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ratepayers Evans1,62256.5+56.5
Labour Turner C.*98134.1−4.0
Conservative Parkes2709.4−6.1
Majority64122.3+3.0
Turnout 2,87332.3−12.5
Ratepayers gain from Labour Swing +30.2
No. 11 (Dearne: Central & South) (9844) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stanley J.UnopposedN/AN/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
No. 12 (Dearne: East & West) (7564) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Young K.*1,14572.9+15.0
Liberal Jones22314.2+14.2
Communist Riley P.20312.9−7.3
Majority92258.7+21.0
Turnout 1,57120.8−16.5
Labour hold Swing +0.4
No. 13 (Hoyland Nether) (11317) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Steer1,93254.3+54.3
Labour Wadsworth A.1,62945.7+10.3
Majority3038.5+2.9
Turnout 3,56131.5−30.9
Liberal gain from Labour Swing +22.0
No. 14 (Penistone) (6272) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Wales2,21163.5+63.5
Labour Ashton F.*70720.3−13.2
Conservative Elders56616.2−9.9
Majority1,50443.2+36.3
Turnout 3,48455.5−3.5
Liberal gain from Labour Swing +38.3
No. 15 (Royston) (6386) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Labour Parkes E.*1,71562.4+35.5
Labour Chetter1,03537.6+5.8
Majority68024.7+19.7
Turnout 2,75043.1−32.5
Independent Labour hold Swing +14.8
No. 16 (Wombwell: Central-North-South East)(5402) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Storey A.*56241.4−24.6
Ratepayers Wraith45233.3+33.3
Liberal Peach34325.3+25.3
Majority1108.1−24.0
Turnout 1,35725.1+4.1
Labour hold Swing -28.9
No. 17 (Wombwell: Hemingfield and SouthWest) (7626) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Naylor T.*1,22245.0−24.9
Liberal Hargreaves1,02837.8+37.8
Ratepayers Sykes46817.2+17.2
Majority1947.1−32.6
Turnout 2,71835.6+4.4
Labour hold Swing -31.3
No. 18 (Worsbrough) (11367) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Smith W.*1,88854.1−9.6
Ratepayers Batty1,28236.7+36.7
Conservative Urquhart3229.2−5.4
Majority60617.4−24.7
Turnout 3,49230.7−13.8
Labour hold Swing -23.1
No. 19 (Hemsworth Rural) (9058) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Baines D.*1,36256.3+3.7
Ratepayers Robinson69628.8+28.8
Majority66627.5−5.9
Turnout 2,41826.7−22.4
Labour hold Swing -12.5
No. 20 (Penistone Rural & Wortley) (7264) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neville1,34939.7+8.3
Liberal Lees J.1,05130.9+2.7
Labour Hirst E.*99729.3−11.0
Majority2988.8−0.1
Turnout 3,39746.8−8.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +2.8

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "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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