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One third of seats (22 of 66) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||
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![]() Map showing the results of the 2000 Barnsley council elections. | |||||||||||||||||
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The 2000 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. Prior to the election, Labour has suffered a by-election loss in South West and two defections to Independent. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. [1] [2] [3]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 14 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 63.6 | 45.6 | 18,077 | -8.8% | |
Independent | 4 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 7,193 | +13.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 9.1 | 18.1 | 7,178 | -4.6% | |
Conservative | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 9.1 | 14.1 | 5,586 | +3.4% | |
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 779 | -1.2% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 633 | +0.8% | |
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 92 | -2.5% | |
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 68 | -0.2% | |
This resulted in the following composition of the council: [2] [3] [5]
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 56 | 52 | |||
Independent | 6 | 8 | |||
Conservatives | 2 | 3 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 3 | |||
Total | 66 | 66 | |||
Working majority | 46 | 38 |
+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Mathers | 700 | 64.7 | +4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | C Harding | 260 | 24.0 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Marjorie Cale-Morgan | 122 | 11.3 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 440 | 40.7 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,082 | 15.6 | -3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Bostwick | 614 | 58.7 | -17.0 | |
Independent | D Cooke | 287 | 27.4 | +27.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | H Harding | 101 | 9.7 | -7.9 | |
Conservative | R Hinchliff | 44 | 4.2 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 327 | 31.3 | -26.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,046 | 17.2 | -1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -22.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Whittaker | 760 | 51.3 | -16.5 | |
Independent Labour | K Collins | 418 | 28.2 | +28.2 | |
Conservative | M West | 159 | 10.7 | -1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | A Mawson | 144 | 9.7 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 342 | 23.1 | -30.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,481 | 21.9 | -2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -22.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Don Hutton | 923 | 54.5 | +4.1 | |
Labour | Pat Newman | 658 | 38.8 | -4.7 | |
Conservative | R Morrell | 113 | 6.7 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 265 | 15.6 | +8.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,694 | 20.8 | -4.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Steve Houghton | 1,030 | 50.7 | -21.7 | |
Independent | T Jamil | 795 | 39.1 | +39.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | C Stimson | 108 | 5.3 | -11.6 | |
Conservative | Ann Campbell | 98 | 4.8 | -2.8 | |
Majority | 235 | 11.6 | -43.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,031 | 27.1 | +3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -30.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ron Fisher | 1,251 | 50.4 | +50.4 | |
Labour | Dorothy Higginbottom | 981 | 39.6 | -27.0 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Hill | 132 | 5.3 | -3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | M Brown | 116 | 4.7 | -20.3 | |
Majority | 270 | 10.9 | -30.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,480 | 31.5 | +7.2 | ||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | +38.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Miller | 1,245 | 51.3 | -9.6 | |
Independent | S Birkinshaw | 599 | 24.7 | +24.7 | |
Conservative | Jim Smith | 320 | 13.2 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | P Jaques | 265 | 10.9 | -16.8 | |
Majority | 646 | 26.6 | -6.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,429 | 22.8 | +2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -17.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John 'Inky' Thomson | 1,111 | 53.0 | -17.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sharron Brook | 897 | 42.8 | +17.2 | |
Conservative | M Lockwood | 90 | 4.3 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 214 | 10.2 | -34.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,098 | 24.5 | +4.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -17.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Bird | 946 | 72.8 | -4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | M Newton | 239 | 18.4 | -0.4 | |
Conservative | Gordon Wilkinson | 115 | 8.8 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 707 | 54.4 | -3.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,300 | 16.8 | -2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Ryan | 930 | 41.6 | +1.3 | |
Green | Donald Jones | 374 | 16.7 | +4.7 | |
Independent | M Walsh | 363 | 16.3 | -4.2 | |
Conservative | George Hill | 311 | 13.9 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | S Heyworth | 255 | 11.4 | -4.2 | |
Majority | 556 | 24.9 | +5.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,233 | 21.7 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mick Brankin | 1,210 | 57.6 | +37.3 | |
Labour | Peter Beardshall | 635 | 30.2 | -27.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | D Hulse | 139 | 6.6 | -5.6 | |
Conservative | Hilda Jobling | 118 | 5.6 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 575 | 27.4 | -9.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,102 | 26.4 | +2.5 | ||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | +32.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sharon Howard | 862 | 59.6 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | B Martin | 360 | 24.9 | +9.7 | |
Conservative | Howard Oldfield | 225 | 15.5 | +9.2 | |
Majority | 502 | 34.7 | +8.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,447 | 22.6 | -5.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Grace Brown | 919 | 45.8 | +4.7 | |
Labour | Tom Sheard | 807 | 40.2 | -1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sally Brook | 167 | 8.3 | -4.0 | |
Conservative | Stuart Wilkinson | 113 | 5.6 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 112 | 5.6 | +5.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,006 | 24.2 | +0.8 | ||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | +2.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Denton | 633 | 50.1 | -3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | P Henstock | 329 | 26.0 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | M Allerton | 301 | 23.8 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 304 | 24.1 | -3.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,263 | 18.1 | +0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Doyle | 621 | 63.3 | -3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | R Rees | 241 | 24.6 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | D Plotts | 119 | 12.1 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 380 | 38.7 | -5.8 | ||
Turnout | 981 | 17.9 | -1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alec Rowley | 1,188 | 49.0 | +9.3 | |
Labour | Peter Starling | 801 | 33.0 | -6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Trish Arundel | 437 | 18.0 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 387 | 16.0 | +15.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,426 | 31.6 | -2.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | +7.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brenda Hinchliff | 1,340 | 55.5 | +32.8 | |
Labour | C Shaw | 613 | 25.4 | -17.3 | |
Green | F Charlesworth | 259 | 10.7 | +10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | J Heyworth | 202 | 8.4 | -26.3 | |
Majority | 727 | 30.1 | +22.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,414 | 27.5 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +25.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Newman | 997 | 51.0 | -7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | E Gouthwaite | 475 | 24.3 | -8.0 | |
Independent Labour | C Sanger | 361 | 18.5 | +18.5 | |
Conservative | Kath Leeds | 123 | 6.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 522 | 26.7 | +0.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,956 | 22.2 | +0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sandra Birkinshaw | 1,207 | 64.4 | +23.6 | |
Labour | C Henshaw | 376 | 20.1 | -4.2 | |
Conservative | John Wilson | 165 | 8.8 | -11.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | D McVey | 127 | 6.8 | -7.0 | |
Majority | 831 | 44.3 | +27.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,875 | 25.9 | -1.1 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | +13.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Brook | 891 | 58.9 | +11.5 | |
Labour | John Clarke | 580 | 38.3 | -10.8 | |
Conservative | N Cuss | 43 | 2.8 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 311 | 20.5 | +18.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,514 | 30.2 | -1.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +11.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Morgan | 1,079 | 54.9 | -9.6 | |
Independent | Trevor Smith | 394 | 20.1 | +20.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | W Millard | 258 | 13.1 | -8.7 | |
Conservative | W Barkworth | 166 | 8.4 | +1.0 | |
Socialist Alternative | A Waller | 68 | 3.5 | -2.8 | |
Majority | 685 | 34.9 | -7.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,965 | 24.5 | +0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -14.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jimmy Rae | 1,098 | 61.6 | +10.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pat Durie | 244 | 13.7 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Elders | 181 | 10.2 | +4.1 | |
Independent | David Wood | 168 | 9.4 | -8.4 | |
Socialist Labour | Terry Robinson | 92 | 5.2 | -5.7 | |
Majority | 854 | 47.9 | +14.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,783 | 23.7 | -3.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher Jenkinson | 2,452 | 43.1 | +1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Conway | 1,273 | 22.4 | +10.9 | |
Conservative | George Hill | 766 | 13.5 | -0.5 | |
Independent | Michael Walsh | 761 | 13.4 | -2.9 | |
Green | Donald Jones | 438 | 7.7 | -9.1 | |
Majority | 1,179 | 20.7 | -4.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,690 | 53.9 | +32.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patricia Newman | 527 | 62.1 | +3.4 | |
Independent | Jack Brown | 187 | 22.0 | -5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jean Roberts | 106 | 12.5 | +2.8 | |
Socialist Alliance | James White | 29 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 340 | 40.1 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 849 | 14.0 | -3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
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