1979 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

1979 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

←  1978 3 May 1979 1980  →
All 66 seats to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Residents Conservative Seats won 41 18 3 Seat change
Map showing the results of the 1979 Barnsley council elections.
Majority party before election Labour Majority party after election Labour

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held simultaneously with the general election on 3 May 1979. Following boundary changes that increased the number of wards by two to 22, with an additional 6 seats to 66 respectively), the entirety of the council was up for election. Labour retained control of the council. ^{[1] [2]}

Election result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 1979 ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	41	0	0	0	62.1	44.3	61,328	-7.4
	Residents	18	0	0	0	27.3	30.8	43,321	-0.2
	Conservative	3	0	0	0	4.5	9.2	12,890	+0.1
	Independent Labour	3	0	0	0	4.5	7.3	10,234	+7.3
	Liberal	1	0	0	0	1.5	6.5	9,160	+2.2
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.5	2,121	-3.1
	Tenants and Owner Occupiers' Association	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.9	1,225	+0.9
	Fight Big Brother	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	209	+0.2
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	166	+0.1

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	37	41
	Residents	14	18
	Conservatives	1	3
	Independent Labour	2	3
	Liberals	5	1
	Independent	1	0
Total		60	66
Working majority		14	16

Ward results

Ardsley (7592) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Galvin E.	3,018	46.6	N/A
	Labour	Burns J.*	2,690
	Residents	Parkin A. Ms.	2,239	34.6	N/A
	Labour	Wilkie A.	2,038
	Conservative	Kitching A.	1,218	18.8	N/A
Majority			779	12.0	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

Athersley (7223) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bright G. Ms.	3,084	71.5	N/A
	Labour	Langford L.	2,854
	Labour	Dancer H.	2,655
	Residents	Sykes F. Ms.	1,231	28.5	N/A
Majority			1,853	42.9	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Brierley (7142) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Baines D.	2,957	54.1	N/A
	Labour	Stacey N.	2,835
	Labour	Woolley E.	2,686
	Residents	Anderson P. Ms.	1,310	24.0	N/A
	Conservative	Schofield D. Ms.	1,202	22.0	N/A
	Residents	Whitaker K.	1,158
Majority			1,647	30.1	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Central (8170) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fisher R.	2,586	44.6	N/A
	Labour	Kaye F.	2,522
	Labour	Watts J. Ms.	2,203
	Residents	Jackson M.	2,117	36.6	N/A
	Residents	French W.	2,088
	Residents	Sykes E.	2,025
	Liberal	Fox S. Ms.	1,089	18.8	N/A
	Liberal	Major C.	932
Majority			469	8.1	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Cudworth (7481) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Salt H.	2,659	51.5	N/A
	Residents	Wraith C.	2,502	48.5	N/A
	Residents	Green K.	2,477
	Labour	Rigby R.	2,325
	Labour	Bellis E.	2,197
	Residents	McDonald T.	2,027
Majority			157	3.0	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

Darfield (7803) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Goddard B.	2,999	42.4	N/A
	Labour	Dixon T.	2,972
	Labour	Ellis A. Ms.	2,463
	Residents	Murdock R.	2,013	28.4	N/A
	Residents	Moore J.	1,970
	Conservative	Batty C. Ms.	1,377	19.5	N/A
	Independent Labour	Butterworth H.	687	9.7	N/A
	Independent Labour	Sutton F.	366
Majority			986	13.9	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Darton (8728) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Hutchinson M.	3,186	41.7	N/A
	Residents	Evans J.	2,979
	Residents	Lappage A.	2,560
	Labour	Booth D.	2,235	29.2	N/A
	Labour	Bretton W.	2,161
	Labour	Eastwood G.	2,007
	Tenants and Owner Occupiers' Association	Hesford K.	1,225	16.0	N/A
	Liberal	Linstead M. Ms.	793	10.4	N/A
	Fight Big Brother	Wilson A.	209	2.7	N/A
	Fight Big Brother	Ives G.	155
	Fight Big Brother	Wilson M.	83
Majority			951	12.4	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

Dearne South (8776) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley J.	4,622	58.6	N/A
	Independent Labour	Gregory J.	3,269	41.4	N/A
	Labour	Whitehouse S.	3,158
	Labour	Bedford J.	3,014
Majority			1,353	17.1	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Dearne Thurnscoe (8489) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Oldham J.	3,919	67.9	N/A
	Labour	Lloyd D.	3,747
	Labour	Young K.	3,671
	Residents	Law M.	1,850	32.1	N/A
Majority			2,069	35.9	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Dodworth (7935) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Crosby J.	2,822	51.2	N/A
	Residents	Whitmey C.	2,777
	Labour	Mason G.	2,690	48.8	N/A
	Labour	Hepworth S.	2,618
	Labour	Brown D.	2,455
Majority			132	2.4	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Hoyland East (7770) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	Eaden D.	3,218	32.4	N/A
	Liberal	Steer G.	2,933	29.5	N/A
	Labour	Beardshall P.	2,306	23.2	N/A
	Labour	Levitt L.	2,113
	Labour	Scott P.	1,862
	Independent	Chantrey O. Ms.	1,478	14.9	N/A
Majority			285	2.9	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Independent Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Hoyland West (6890) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Schofield A.	2,657	55.0	N/A
	Labour	Hague D.	2,583
	Labour	Wroe C.	2,570
	Residents	Dickinson R.	2,173	45.0	N/A
	Residents	Hancock S.	1,812
	Residents	Thickett J.	1,764
Majority			484	10.0	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Monk Bretton (8762) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barron R.	3,229	59.1	N/A
	Labour	Robinson R.	3,085
	Labour	Sheard T.	2,949
	Residents	Evans B.	2,233	40.9	N/A
	Residents	Beevers A.	2,217
	Residents	Frost N. Ms.	1,969
Majority			996	18.2	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

North West (7335) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Harris J.	2,554	38.0	N/A
	Labour	Williams A.	2,333	34.7	N/A
	Residents	Beecroft E. Ms.	2,213
	Labour	Cooper G.	2,187
	Labour	Wilde J.	2,147
	Conservative	Guest M.	1,665	24.8	N/A
	Communist	Sykes S.	166	2.5	N/A
	Communist	Hydes M.	140
Majority			221	3.3	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Residents win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

Park (5948) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lunn F.	2,818	49.2	N/A
	Labour	Warden R.	2,246
	Labour	Borrett K.	2,211
	Liberal	Wilby M. Ms.	1,076	18.8	N/A
	Residents	Milthorpe O. Ms.	927	16.2	N/A
	Conservative	Oldfield H.	912	15.9	N/A
Majority			1,742	30.4	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Penistone East (6685) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fish H.	2,667	46.1	N/A
	Conservative	Wade J.	2,144	37.1	N/A
	Conservative	Tue G. Ms.	1,911
	Labour	Hirst E.	1,754
	Conservative	Evans J.	1,738
	Labour	Council R.	1,529
	Liberal	Nicholson M.	971	16.8	N/A
	Liberal	Smith S.	871
Majority			523	9.0	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Penistone West (7515) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Harrison M. Ms.	4,155	41.9	N/A
	Conservative	Neville F. Ms.	2,908	29.3	N/A
	Labour	Ashton F.	2,214	22.3
	Conservative	Hague F.	1,857
	Labour	Mountain G.	882
	Labour	Whewell G.	861
	Independent	Ryalls D.	643	6.5	N/A
Majority			1,247	12.6	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Residents win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Royston (7733) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	Parkes E. Ms.	3,060	42.1	N/A
	Labour	Rispin C.	2,949	40.5	N/A
	Labour	Ball J.	2,673
	Labour	Pickles M. Ms.	2,370
	Residents	Goodliffe P.	1,265	17.4	N/A
	Residents	Greasley J.	1,187
Majority			111	1.5	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Independent Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

South West (7333) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Addison M. Ms.	2,997	52.5	N/A
	Residents	Pemberton K.	2,618
	Residents	Kershaw J. Ms.	2,502
	Labour	Sinfield W.	1,840	32.2	N/A
	Labour	Almond B.	1,660
	Labour	Stokes M.	1,639
	Conservative	Moorhouse J.	869	15.2	N/A
Majority			1,157	20.3	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

Wombwell North (5461) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Wraith R.	2,129	53.9	N/A
	Labour	Fellows B.	1,822	46.1	N/A
	Labour	Storey A.	1,775
	Labour	Remington J.	1,663
Majority			307	7.8	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Residents win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Wombwell South (7895) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wake J.	3,246	42.2	N/A
	Labour	Naylor T.	2,842
	Labour	Goddard J.	2,831
	Liberal	Hargreaves P.	2,298	29.8	N/A
	Residents	Nield M. Ms.	2,157	28.0	N/A
Majority			948	12.3	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Worsbrough (8249) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Batty S. Ms.	3,461	53.0	N/A
	Residents	Dickinson F.	3,171
	Residents	Ashton A.	2,696
	Labour	Bland J.	2,478	37.9	N/A
	Labour	Smith W.	2,267
	Labour	Holdroyd F.	2,035
	Conservative	England G.	595	9.1	N/A
Majority			983	15.0	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

By-elections between 1979 and 1980

South West (7333) By-Election 29 November 1979 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Froggat, B	976	54.3	+11.0
	Labour	Almond, B. J	820	45.7	−1.3
Majority			156	8.7	+5.0
Turnout			1,796	24.5	−18.7
	Residents hold		Swing	+6.1

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.