1995 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

1995 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 Independent Conservative Seats won 22 0 0 Seat change 2 1 1
Map showing the results of the 1995 Barnsley council elections.
Majority party before election Labour Majority party after election Labour

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 5 May 1995, with one third of the council up for election. The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council. ^{[1] [2]}

Election result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 1995 ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	22	2	0	+2	100.0	70.9	15,865	+5.2
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0.0	13.0	2,908	-6.9
	Conservative	0	0	1	-1	0.0	6.8	1,528	+0.5
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.0	1,128	+1.1
	Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.4	536	+1.2
	Militant Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.9	422	+1.9

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	62	64
	Conservatives	2	1
	Independent	2	1
Total		66	66
Working majority		58	62

Ward results

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

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

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

Athersley (6202) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Brierley (7282) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vodden A.	1,496	65.2	-10.2
	Independent Labour	Roberts C.	536	23.4	+23.4
	Conservative	Schofield D. Ms.	262	11.4	+2.0
Majority			960	41.8	-18.4
Turnout			2,294	31.5	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-16.8

Central (8658) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Cudworth (7878) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kaye G.	1,847	88.8	N/A
	Independent	Cowton S.	234	11.2	N/A
Majority			1,613	77.5	N/A
Turnout			2,081	26.5	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Darfield (7906) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Darton (10400) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Dearne South (8970) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Dearne Thurnscoe (8169) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gardiner A.*	2,192	89.9	N/A
	Independent	Firth A.	246	10.1	N/A
Majority			1,946	79.8	N/A
Turnout			2,438	29.8	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dodworth (10021) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cawthrow C.*	2,380	78.0	+5.3
	Green	Jones D.	670	22.0	-5.3
Majority			1,710	56.1	+10.6
Turnout			3,050	30.4	-3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.3

Hoyland East (8070) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Hoyland West (6706) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Monk Bretton (8555) ^{[1] [2]}

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

North West (7264) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hadfield P.*	1,277	77.2	+6.9
	Independent	Holderness B.	378	22.8	+22.8
Majority			899	54.3	-0.2
Turnout			1,655	22.8	-5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.9

Park (5757) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Penistone East (7497) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shepherd T.	1,746	58.0	-8.6
	Conservative	Wade J.*	1,266	42.0	+8.6
Majority			480	15.9	-17.2
Turnout			3,012	40.2	+1.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	-8.6

Penistone West (8386) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Unsworth J.	1,315	43.6	+6.5
	Independent	Cuss N. Ms.	934	31.0	-31.9
	Green	Wood A. Ms.	458	15.2	+15.2
	Independent	Pestell A.	307	10.2	+10.2
Majority			381	12.6	-13.2
Turnout			3,014	35.9	-4.1
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	+19.2

Royston (8613) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lavender H.*	1,458	64.3	+10.7
	Independent	Pearson R.	809	35.7	-10.7
Majority			649	28.6	+21.4
Turnout			2,267	26.3	-4.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.7

South West (7597) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Wombwell North (5173) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Wombwell South (8074) ^{[1] [2]}

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

Worsbrough (7851) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wright F.*	2,154	83.6	N/A
	Militant Labour	Souter C. Ms.	422	16.4	N/A
Majority			1,732	67.2	N/A
Turnout			2,576	32.8	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

By-elections between 1995 and 1996

Dearne South (8970) 14 September 1995 By-election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gilliver, J. B.	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

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.