1984 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

1984 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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One third of seats (22 of 66) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Independent Seats won 20 1 1 Seat change 1
Map showing the results of the 1984 Barnsley council elections.
Majority party before election Labour Majority party after election Labour

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 1984, with one third of the council up for election. Prior to the election, a Residents councillor in Dudsworth had defected to Labour. The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council. ^{[1] [2]}

Election result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 1984 ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	20	1	1	0	90.9	70.3	45,729	+8.0
	Conservative	1	0	0	0	4.5	10.1	6,586	+0.4
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	4.5	3.1	2,020	+0.8
	Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	12.1	7,842	-6.6
	Residents	0	0	1	-1	0.0	2.8	1,847	-2.9
	Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.6	1,062	+0.3

This resulted in the following composition of the council: ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	59	59
	Conservatives	3	3
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	2	2
	Residents	2	1
	Independent	0	1
Total		66	66
Working majority		52	52

Ward results

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

Ardsley (7580) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilson H.*	1,731	84.0	+7.7
	Conservative	Cousins B.	330	16.0	−7.7
Majority			1,401	68.0	+15.5
Turnout			2,061	27.2	−0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.7

Athersley (7158) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dancer H.*	1,964	88.1	+3.7
	Alliance	Linstead M. Ms.	266	11.9	−3.7
Majority			1,698	76.1	+7.3
Turnout			2,230	31.2	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.7

Brierley (7422) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harper M.	2,675	78.2	−5.3
	Alliance	Hirst C. Ms.	319	9.3	+9.3
	Conservative	Schofield D. Ms.	219	6.4	−10.1
	Independent Labour	Vodden N.	209	6.1	+6.1
Majority			2,356	68.8	+1.9
Turnout			3,422	46.1	+11.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.3

Central (8530) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Watts J. Ms.*	2,379	71.7	+12.2
	Alliance	Major C.	678	20.4	−12.3
	Conservative	Jubb M.	260	7.8	+0.1
Majority			1,701	51.3	+24.5
Turnout			3,317	38.9	−3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.2

Cudworth (7882) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rigby R.*	2,277	81.8	+14.8
	Alliance	Fairclough A. Ms.	506	18.2	+18.2
Majority			1,771	63.6	+29.6
Turnout			2,783	35.3	−3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.7

Darfield (8017) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barlow E.*	2,699	91.8	+14.4
	Conservative	Buck E.	240	8.2	+8.2
Majority			2,459	83.7	+28.8
Turnout			2,939	36.7	−0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.1

Darton (9125) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ibbotson A.	2,497	64.4	+19.6
	Alliance	Smith A.	907	23.4	−13.5
	Conservative	Slater A.	473	12.2	+0.6
Majority			1,590	41.0	+33.2
Turnout			3,877	42.5	−2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+16.5

Dearne South (8959) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Whitehouse S.*	2,183	71.9	−6.8
	Independent Labour	Gregory J.	853	28.1	+21.1
Majority			1,330	43.8	−13.5
Turnout			3,036	33.9	+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.9

Dearne Thurnscoe (8557) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Young K.*	2,488	85.6	−0.5
	Alliance	Burke M.	418	14.4	+0.5
Majority			2,070	71.2	−1.0
Turnout			2,906	34.0	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.5

Dodworth (8404) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mason G.*	2,458	65.5	+3.3
	Alliance	Hallam D.	851	22.7	−2.9
	Conservative	Colquhoun G.	443	11.8	−0.4
Majority			1,607	42.8	+6.2
Turnout			3,752	44.6	−2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.1

Hoyland East (7992) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beardshall P.*	2,013	74.2	+20.6
	Alliance	Chantrey J.	700	25.8	−20.6
Majority			1,313	48.4	+41.2
Turnout			2,713	33.9	−4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+20.6

Hoyland West (6858) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wroe C.*	2,144	76.0	+4.1
	Alliance	Burd K.	678	24.0	−4.1
Majority			1,466	51.9	+8.2
Turnout			2,822	41.1	−3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.1

Monk Bretton (9075) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheard T.*	2,757	85.3	+7.7
	Conservative	White J.	476	14.7	+0.9
Majority			2,281	70.6	+6.9
Turnout			3,233	35.6	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.4

North West (7786) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilde J.*	1,747	60.8	+4.9
	Residents	Harris J.	716	24.9	+6.5
	Conservative	Oldfield H.	410	14.3	−1.3
Majority			1,031	35.9	−1.6
Turnout			2,873	36.9	−4.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.8

Park (6052) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Borrett K.*	1,763	79.5	+6.1
	Alliance	Appleyard J. Ms.	250	11.3	+1.2
	Conservative	Dews R.	206	9.3	−7.3
Majority			1,513	68.2	+11.4
Turnout			2,219	36.7	−7.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.4

Penistone East (6836) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tue G. Ms.*	1,337	41.1	−3.5
	Labour	Hunter D.	1,294	39.8	+3.8
	Alliance	Hanstock O.	620	19.1	−0.4
Majority			43	1.3	−7.3
Turnout			3,251	47.6	−2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.6

Penistone West (8004) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Collett N. Ms.	1,228	37.4	+16.3
	Residents	Harrison D.	1,131	34.4	−15.9
	Conservative	Papworth G. Ms.	925	28.2	+8.6
Majority			97	3.0	−26.2
Turnout			3,284	41.0	−8.9
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing	+16.1

Royston (8463) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Newman W.	2,653	87.7	+10.3
	Conservative	Wood P.	371	12.3	+12.3
Majority			2,282	75.5	+20.7
Turnout			3,024	35.7	+2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.0

South West (7635) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Goodyear B.	2,008	50.2	+7.1
	Alliance	Bickley K. Ms.	1,649	41.2	+2.0
	Conservative	Dobbin J.	341	8.5	−1.0
Majority			359	9.0	+5.1
Turnout			3,998	52.4	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.5

Wombwell North (5477) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Storey A.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Wombwell South (8007) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mahatme S.	2,020	50.3	+7.1
	Labour	Turp G.	1,996	49.7	−0.6
Majority			24	0.6	−6.5
Turnout			4,016	50.2	+4.9
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	+3.8

Worsbrough (8314) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hadfield G.*	2,775	83.3	+11.1
	Conservative	Pappworth R.	555	16.7	+4.4
Majority			2,220	66.7	+9.9
Turnout			3,330	40.1	−4.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.3

By-elections between 1984 and 1986

Penistone East (6836) 14 June 1984 By-election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hunter, D. J.	1,333	42.6	+2.8
	Conservative	Wardle, M.	1,289	41.2	+0.1
	Alliance	Hanstock, O. A.	506	16.2	−2.9
Majority			44	1.4	+0.1
Turnout			3,128	45.8	−1.8
	Labour gain from Alliance		Swing	+1.3

Park (5966) 3 May 1985 By-election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Murphy, G.	1,529	69.7	−9.8
	Alliance	Appleyard, J. R.	502	22.9	+11.6
	Conservative	Dobbin, J. N.	162	7.4	−1.9
Majority			1,027	46.8	−21.4
Turnout			2,193	36.8	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.7

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.
3. Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2003