1991 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

1991 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

←  1990 2 May 1991 1992  →
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
Map showing the results of the 1991 Barnsley council elections.
Majority party before election Labour Majority party after election Labour

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 2 May 1991, with one third of the council up for election. Prior to the election, the defending councillor in Penistone West had changed their affiliation from Residents to Independent, ending the Residents presence on the council that had endured since its creation in 1973. The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council. ^{[1] [2]}

Election result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 1991 ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	20	0	0	0	90.9	63.9	18,947	-12.5
	Conservative	1	0	0	0	4.5	17.6	5,212	+0.6
	Independent	1	0	0	0	4.5	10.5	3,104	+8.3
	Barnsley Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	4.9	1,451	+4.9
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.1	927	-1.3

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	62	62
	Conservatives	2	2
	Independent	2	2
Total		66	66
Working majority		58	58

Ward results

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

Ardsley (7522) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Athersley (6789) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Brierley (7307) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Whittaker N.	1,618	58.6	−25.9
	Independent	Vodden N.	742	26.9	+26.9
	Conservative	Schofield D. Ms.	401	14.5	−0.9
Majority			876	31.7	−37.4
Turnout			2,761	37.8	−2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-26.4

Central (8609) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Cudworth (8029) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Darfield (8041) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Goddard B.*	2,172	81.7	−5.3
	Conservative	Burton J.	485	18.3	+5.3
Majority			1,687	63.5	−10.6
Turnout			2,657	33.0	−5.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.3

Darton (9462) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norbury W.*	2,317	75.7	+8.4
	Conservative	Elders E. Ms.	743	24.3	+6.5
Majority			1,574	51.4	+1.9
Turnout			3,060	32.3	−7.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.9

Dearne South (8992) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Greenhalgh P. Ms.	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dearne Thurnscoe (8368) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Dodworth (9266) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cawthrow C.*	2,244	65.2	−2.8
	Conservative	Dews R.	634	18.4	+2.3
	Green	Jones D.	563	16.4	+0.6
Majority			1,610	46.8	−5.1
Turnout			3,441	37.1	−3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.5

Hoyland East (8042) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Hoyland West (6853) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Monk Bretton (9060) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barron R.*	1,900	71.5	N/A
	Barnsley Party	Brown J.	756	28.5	N/A
Majority			1,144	43.1	N/A
Turnout			2,656	29.3	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

North West (7500) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hadfield P.*	1,443	69.7	−6.8
	Conservative	Carrington J.	628	30.3	+6.8
Majority			815	39.4	−13.6
Turnout			2,071	27.6	−8.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.8

Park (5809) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Penistone East (7303) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wade J.*	1,881	49.3	+10.9
	Labour	Headon M.	1,574	41.2	−20.5
	Green	Carr L.	364	9.5	+9.5
Majority			307	8.0	−15.3
Turnout			3,819	52.3	+4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-15.7

Penistone West (8505) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Harrison M. Ms.*	2,362	65.7	+65.7
	Labour	Boaler M.	1,233	34.3	−28.5
Majority			1,129	31.4	+5.7
Turnout			3,595	42.3	+0.1
	Independent hold		Swing	+47.1

Royston (8850) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lavender H.*	2,164	75.7	+3.7
	Barnsley Party	Kwapisz P.	695	24.3	+24.3
Majority			1,469	51.4	+7.4
Turnout			2,859	32.3	−6.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.3

South West (7724) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Wombwell North (5303) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Wombwell South (8316) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Worsbrough (8223) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wright F.*	2,282	83.8	−2.9
	Conservative	Barnard R.	440	16.2	+2.9
Majority			1,842	67.7	−5.7
Turnout			2,722	33.1	−7.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.9

By-elections between 1991 and 1992

Dodworth (9441) 9 April 1992 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lofts, P. A.	4,010	58.1	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Guest, I.	2,896	41.9	+41.9
Majority			1,114	16.2	−30.6
Turnout			6,906	73.1	+36.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-24.5

Monk Bretton (8949) By-election 9 April 1992 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harper, M. E.	3,627	64.2	−7.3
	Barnsley Party	Brown J.	2,021	35.8	+7.3
Majority			1,606	28.4	−14.7
Turnout			5,648	63.1	+33.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.3

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.