1998 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

1998 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 21 1 0 Seat change
Map showing the results of the 1998 Barnsley council elections.
Majority party before election Labour Majority party after election Labour

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Election result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 1998 ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	21	0	0	0	95.5	70.8	24,350	+2.2
	Independent	1	0	0	0	4.5	4.2	1,462	-5.4
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0	10.8	3,700	-1.4
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	7.7	2,657	+7.7
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	4.7	1,613	+4.7
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	441	-4.0
	Socialist Alternative	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	190	-0.8

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	63	63
	Independent	2	2
	Conservatives	1	1
Total		66	66
Working majority		60	60

Ward results

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

Ardsley ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K Dyson	777	69.3	N/A
	Socialist Labour	S Logan	129	11.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	J Earnshaw	119	10.6	N/A
	Conservative	T Allerton	96	8.6	N/A
Majority			648	57.8	N/A
Turnout			1,121	15.7	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Athersley ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L Picken	978	85.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	R Arundel	115	10.0	N/A
	Socialist Labour	M Heppenstall	54	4.7	N/A
Majority			863	75.3	N/A
Turnout			1,147	19.1	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Brierley ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C Sykes	953	69.3	-15.3
	Conservative	D Beaumont-Schofield	247	18.0	+2.5
	Socialist Labour	J Yoxall	176	12.8	+12.8
Majority			706	51.3	-17.9
Turnout			1,376	19.7	-3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.9

Central ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Wilby	869	53.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	I Guest	578	35.5	N/A
	Socialist Labour	S Yoxall	108	6.6	N/A
	Conservative	E Croft	71	4.4	N/A
Majority			291	17.9	N/A
Turnout			1,626	19.3	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Cudworth ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C Wraith	1,321	83.1	-5.2
	Liberal Democrats	A Leonard	114	7.2	+7.2
	Conservative	B Adams	105	6.6	+6.6
	Socialist Labour	M Stannard	50	3.1	+3.1
Majority			1,207	75.9	-0.7
Turnout			1,590	21.4	-1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.2

Darfield ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T Dixon	1,254	73.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	T Arundel	202	11.8	N/A
	Conservative	P Stubbins	202	11.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour	E Mountain	53	3.1	N/A
Majority			1,052	61.5	N/A
Turnout			1,711	22.0	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Darton ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Shepherd	1,383	72.4	N/A
	Conservative	J Smith	401	21.0	N/A
	Socialist Labour	S Robinson	125	6.5	N/A
Majority			982	51.4	N/A
Turnout			1,909	18.2	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dearne South ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P Stuart	1,388	75.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	S Brook	441	24.1	N/A
Majority			947	51.8	N/A
Turnout			1,829	21.4	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dearne Thurnscoe ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C Evans	1,092	77.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	L Mellor	243	17.2	N/A
	Conservative	G Wilkinson	80	5.7	N/A
Majority			849	60.0	N/A
Turnout			1,415	18.2	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dodworth ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Staples	1,313	63.5	-10.8
	Green	D Jones	441	21.3	-4.4
	Conservative	B Martin	246	11.9	+11.9
	Socialist Labour	L Heppenstall	69	3.3	+3.3
Majority			872	42.2	-6.5
Turnout			2,069	20.3	-3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.2

Hoyland East ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Brankin	1,450	88.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour	M Smith	183	11.2	N/A
Majority			1,267	77.6	N/A
Turnout			1,633	20.9	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Hoyland West ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Andrews	1,258	80.0	N/A
	Conservative	H Jobling	211	13.4	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Arthur Scargill	103	6.6	N/A
Majority			1,047	66.6	N/A
Turnout			1,572	24.0	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Monk Bretton ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R Robinson	1,111	77.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	M Burgess	172	11.9	N/A
	Conservative	G Fisher	97	6.7	N/A
	Socialist Labour	J Morton	62	4.3	N/A
Majority			939	65.1	N/A
Turnout			1,442	17.3	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

North West ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Bostwick	883	66.9	-6.7
	Conservative	C Carrington	220	16.7	-0.2
	Liberal Democrats	J Ingram	175	13.3	+13.3
	Socialist Labour	K Elbourne	42	3.2	+3.2
Majority			663	50.2	-6.6
Turnout			1,320	18.5	-0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.2

Park ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Wade	878	84.4	N/A
	Conservative	N Norcross	105	10.1	N/A
	Socialist Labour	N Wragg	57	5.5	N/A
Majority			773	74.3	N/A
Turnout			1,040	14.5	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Penistone East ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Headon	1,214	60.9	+11.1
	Conservative	G Hill	779	39.1	+39.1
Majority			435	21.8	+21.4
Turnout			1,993	26.1	-10.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-14.0

Penistone West ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	G Punt	1,462	67.1	+67.1
	Labour	C Shaw	716	32.9	-3.7
Majority			746	34.2	+28.4
Turnout			2,178	25.4	-8.8
	Independent hold		Swing	+35.4

Royston ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G Kyte	1,354	76.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	A Hughes	206	11.7	N/A
	Conservative	J Wilson	135	7.7	N/A
	Socialist Labour	O Robinson	65	3.7	N/A
Majority			1,148	65.2	N/A
Turnout			1,760	20.4	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

South West ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D Foster	995	70.3	-10.6
	Conservative	J Carrington	327	23.1	+4.0
	Socialist Labour	G Holt	93	6.6	+6.6
Majority			668	47.2	-14.6
Turnout			1,415	19.3	-4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.3

Wombwell North ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Hall	696	74.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	C Stimson	109	11.7	N/A
	Socialist Alternative	M Forster	66	7.1	N/A
	Conservative	S Wilkinson	61	6.5	N/A
Majority			587	63.0	N/A
Turnout			932	18.4	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Wombwell South ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T Naylor	1,245	72.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	M Brown	183	10.7	N/A
	Conservative	N Grace	156	9.1	N/A
	Socialist Alternative	A Waller	124	7.3	N/A
Majority			1,062	62.2	N/A
Turnout			1,708	21.5	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Worsborough ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T Bristowe	1,222	75.1	-13.3
	Socialist Labour	T Robinson	244	15.0	+15.0
	Conservative	E Elders	161	9.9	+9.9
Majority			978	60.1	-16.8
Turnout			1,627	21.3	-4.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-14.1

By-elections between 1998 and 1999

North West 18 February 1999 By-election ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Cawthorne	446	60.1	-6.8
	Liberal Democrats	J Ingram	125	16.8	+3.5
	Conservative	C Carrington	124	16.7	+0.0
	Independent Labour	D Wood	47	6.3	+6.3
Majority			321	43.3	6.9
Turnout			742	10.3	-8.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.1

South West 18 February 1999 By-election ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R Hannaghan	380	43.5	-26.8
	Conservative	J Wilson	283	32.4	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	D Hutton	210	24.1	+24.1
Majority			97	11.1	-36.1
Turnout			873	12.0	-7.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-18.0

Wombwell North 18 February 1999 By-election ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S Brook	678	54.4	+42.7
	Labour	J Stowe	516	41.4	-33.3
	Socialist Alternative	M Forster	28	2.2	-4.9
	Conservative	N Grace	25	2.0	-4.5
Majority			162	13.0	-50.0
Turnout			1,247	24.0	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+38.0

References

1. "Local Elections results". The Times . 9 May 1998. p. 46.
2. "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.
3. "Election results 1979 to 2003" (PDF). barnsley.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.