1982 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

1982 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

←  1980 6 May 1982 1983  →
One third of seats (23 of 66) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Alliance Conservative Seats won 19 2 1 Seat change 6 1
Map showing the results of the 1982 Barnsley council elections.
Majority party before election Labour Majority party after election Labour

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 6 May 1982, with one third of the council up for election with an additional vacancy in Royston. Prior to the election, Labour had gained a seat from Residents in a Dodsworth by-election, with another Residents councillor in Wombwell North defecting to the Labour grouping, offsetting a by-election loss in Penistone East to the recently formed SDP-Liberal Alliance. Alliance had also seen defections to them from the Independent Labour councillor in Hoyland East and the defending (formerly Residents) councillor in Darton. ^{[1] [2]}

Election result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 1982 ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	19	6	0	+6	82.6	55.2	33,610	-3.8
	Alliance	2	1	1	0	8.7	27.5	16,738	+24.9
	Conservative	1	0	1	-1	4.3	8.9	5,392	+2.8
	Residents	1	0	3	-3	4.3	6.5	3,941	-25.1
	Independent Labour	0	0	2	-2	0.0	2.1	1,247	+1.6

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	47	53
	Residents	10	7
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	4	4
	Conservatives	3	2
	Independent Labour	2	0
Total		66	66
Working majority		28	40

Ward results

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

Ardsley (7608) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shirt R.	1,330	64.8	+9.4
	Alliance	French W.	426	20.8	+20.8
	Conservative	Oldfield H.	296	14.4	+5.2
Majority			904	44.1	+24.0
Turnout			2,052	27.0	−3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.7

Athersley (7219) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Langford L.	1,420	79.6	−4.9
	Alliance	Linstead M. Ms.	227	12.7	+12.7
	Conservative	Sykes A.	138	7.7	+7.7
Majority			1,193	66.8	−2.1
Turnout			1,785	24.7	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.8

Brierley (7400) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ennis J.	1,632	72.6	−11.1
	Alliance	Mayes M.	392	17.4	+17.4
	Conservative	Schofield D. Ms.	225	10.0	−6.4
Majority			1,240	55.1	−12.2
Turnout			2,249	30.4	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-14.2

Central (8397) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wood J.	1,803	55.1	−1.1
	Alliance	Taylor M. Ms.	1,087	33.2	+33.2
	Conservative	Booth D.	380	11.6	+4.5
Majority			716	21.9	+2.3
Turnout			3,270	38.9	+4.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-17.1

Cudworth (7726) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Wraith C.	1,331	48.0	+12.7
	Labour	Welsh J.	1,243	44.8	−14.1
	Alliance	Burton M. Ms.	200	7.2	+7.2
Majority			88	3.2	−20.5
Turnout			2,774	35.9	−2.7
	Residents hold		Swing	+13.4

Darfield (7993) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dixon T.	2,063	80.0	+15.4
	Alliance	Birkbeck J.	517	20.0	+20.0
Majority			1,546	59.9	+30.8
Turnout			2,580	32.3	−2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.3

Darton (8979) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Driver J.	1,524	46.1	+0.5
	Alliance	Evans J.	1,301	39.3	+37.0
	Conservative	Slater A.	482	14.6	+7.2
Majority			223	6.7	−1.7
Turnout			3,307	36.8	−5.9
	Labour gain from Alliance		Swing	-18.2

Dearne South (9116) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ramsden D.	1,222	48.9	−41.4
	Independent Labour	Gregory J.	1,046	41.9	+41.9
	Alliance	Mulvany M.	231	9.2	+9.2
Majority			176	7.0	−73.6
Turnout			2,499	27.4	−2.4
	Labour gain from Independent Labour		Swing	-41.6

Dearne Thurnscoe (8597) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lloyd D.	1,915	72.6	N/A
	Alliance	Hallam D.	722	27.4	N/A
Majority			1,193	45.2	N/A
Turnout			2,637	30.7	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dodworth (8139) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herring J.	1,730	49.5	−4.1
	Alliance	Chamberlain D.	1,074	30.8	+21.4
	Residents	Whitmey C.	688	19.7	−13.8
Majority			656	18.8	−1.4
Turnout			3,492	42.9	−1.8
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing	-12.7

Hoyland East (7986) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Steer G.	1,696	59.2	+35.3
	Labour	Levitt L.	1,167	40.8	−19.4
Majority			529	18.5	−17.8
Turnout			2,863	35.9	+1.5
	Alliance hold		Swing	+27.3

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hague D.	1,731	65.1	−2.2
	Alliance	Lockwood C.	927	34.9	+34.9
Majority			804	30.2	−4.5
Turnout			2,658	38.6	−3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-18.5

Monk Bretton (8916) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robinson R.	1,931	70.0	−0.6
	Alliance	Major C.	473	17.2	+17.2
	Conservative	White J.	354	12.8	+6.6
Majority			1,458	52.9	+5.4
Turnout			2,758	30.9	−2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.9

North West (7739) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Williams A.	1,505	48.3	−9.0
	Alliance	Appleyard J. Ms.	799	25.7	+25.7
	Conservative	Jubb M.	450	14.5	+14.5
	Residents	Harris M. Ms.	360	11.6	−31.1
Majority			706	22.7	+8.1
Turnout			3,114	40.2	−2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-17.3

Park (5985) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Warden R.	1,506	67.1	−6.7
	Alliance	Smailes J.	457	20.4	+12.8
	Conservative	Rawson N.	280	12.5	+6.2
Majority			1,049	46.8	−14.7
Turnout			2,243	37.5	+7.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.7

Penistone East (6681) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Peach E. Ms.	949	32.2	+32.2
	Conservative	Dews R.	916	31.1	−23.6
	Labour	Banner K.	872	29.6	−15.7
	Residents	Ryalls G.	208	7.1	+7.1
Majority			33	1.1	−8.4
Turnout			2,945	44.1	−1.6
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	+27.9

Penistone West (7953) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neville F. Ms.	1,147	34.8	+34.8
	Residents	Harrison D.	913	27.7	−40.5
	Labour	Morris A.	646	19.6	−3.4
	Alliance	Stein W.	591	17.9	+9.4
Majority			234	7.1	−37.9
Turnout			3,297	41.5	−12.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+37.6

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rispin C.	2,258	70.8	+13.2
	Labour	Lavender H.	1,865
	Alliance	Williamson J.	731	22.9	+22.9
	Alliance	Smith A.	715
	Independent Labour	Jones H.	201	6.3	+6.3
Majority			1,527	47.9	+32.7
Turnout			3,190	39.0	+0.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent Labour		Swing	-4.8

South West (7466) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	O'Rourke J.	1,179	38.2	−8.8
	Alliance	Bickley K. Ms.	1,104	35.8	+35.8
	Residents	Kent J.	441	14.3	−29.0
	Conservative	England G.	363	11.8	+2.1
Majority			75	2.4	−1.3
Turnout			3,087	41.3	−1.8
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing	-22.3

Wombwell North (5474) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fellows B.	895	52.6	−9.2
	Alliance	Calton W.	807	47.4	+47.4
Majority			88	5.2	−18.4
Turnout			1,702	31.1	+0.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-28.3

Wombwell South (7935) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Naylor T.	1,645	63.3	−13.0
	Alliance	Young S. Ms.	955	36.7	+36.7
Majority			690	26.5	−26.1
Turnout			2,600	32.8	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-24.8

Worsbrough (8326) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bristowe T.	2,393	62.5	+3.9
	Alliance	Ramsay R.	1,072	28.0	+28.0
	Conservative	Pappworth R.	361	9.4	+5.3
Majority			1,321	34.5	+13.0
Turnout			3,826	46.0	−5.0
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing	-12.0

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.