2000 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2000 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 partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Independent Liberal Democrats
Seats won1442
Seat changeDecrease2.svg4Increase2.svg2Increase2.svg1
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Map showing the results of the 2000 Barnsley council elections.
Majority party before election

Labour

Majority party after election

Labour

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 had 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]

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Election results

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 2000 [2] [3] [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1404-463.645.618,077-8.8
  Independent 431+218.218.27,193+13.0
  Liberal Democrats 210+19.118.17,178-4.6
  Conservative 210+19.114.15,586+3.4
 Independent Labour00000.02.0779-1.2
  Green 00000.01.6633+0.8
  Socialist Labour 00000.00.292-2.5
  Socialist Alternative 00000.00.268-0.2

This resulted in the following composition of the council: [2] [3] [5]

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour5652
Independent68
Conservatives23
Liberal Democrats23
Total6666
Working majority 46  38 

Ward results

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

Ardsley [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Mathers70064.7+4.8
Liberal Democrats C Harding26024.0+0.6
Conservative Marjorie Cale-Morgan12211.3+5.0
Majority 44040.7+4.2
Turnout 1,08215.6−3.7
Labour hold Swing +2.1
Athersley [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Bostwick61458.7−17.0
Independent D Cooke28727.4+27.4
Liberal Democrats H Harding1019.7−7.9
Conservative R Hinchliff444.2+0.4
Majority 32731.3−26.9
Turnout 1,04617.2−1.5
Labour hold Swing -22.2
Brierley [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Whittaker76051.3−16.5
Independent LabourK Collins41828.2+28.2
Conservative M West15910.7−1.1
Liberal Democrats A Mawson1449.7+3.8
Majority 34223.1−30.2
Turnout 1,48121.9−2.6
Labour hold Swing -22.3
Central [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Don Hutton92354.5+4.1
Labour Pat Newman65838.8−4.7
Conservative R Morrell1136.7+3.8
Majority 26515.6+8.7
Turnout 1,69420.8−4.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +4.4
Cudworth [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steve Houghton1,03050.7−21.7
Independent T Jamil79539.1+39.1
Liberal Democrats C Stimson1085.3−11.6
Conservative Ann Campbell984.8−2.8
Majority 23511.6−43.9
Turnout 2,03127.1+3.9
Labour hold Swing -30.4
Darfield [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ron Fisher1,25150.4+50.4
Labour Dorothy Higginbottom98139.6−27.0
Conservative Elizabeth Hill1325.3−3.0
Liberal Democrats M Brown1164.7−20.3
Majority 27010.9−30.7
Turnout 2,48031.5+7.2
Independent gain from Labour Swing +38.7
Darton [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Miller1,24551.3−9.6
Independent S Birkinshaw59924.7+24.7
Conservative Jim Smith32013.2+3.7
Liberal Democrats P Jaques26510.9−16.8
Majority 64626.6−6.6
Turnout 2,42922.8+2.3
Labour hold Swing -17.1
Dearne South [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John 'Inky' Thomson1,11153.0−17.3
Liberal Democrats Sharron Brook89742.8+17.2
Conservative M Lockwood904.3+0.1
Majority 21410.2−34.5
Turnout 2,09824.5+4.5
Labour hold Swing -17.2
Dearne Thurnscoe [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Bird94672.8−4.1
Liberal Democrats M Newton23918.4−0.4
Conservative Gordon Wilkinson1158.8+4.5
Majority 70754.4−3.7
Turnout 1,30016.8−2.2
Labour hold Swing -1.8
Dodworth [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Ryan93041.6+1.3
Green Donald Jones37416.7+4.7
Independent M Walsh36316.3−4.2
Conservative George Hill31113.9+4.2
Liberal Democrats S Heyworth25511.4−4.2
Majority 55624.9+5.1
Turnout 2,23321.7+1.9
Labour hold Swing -1.7
Hoyland East [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mick Brankin1,21057.6+37.3
Labour Peter Beardshall63530.2−27.2
Liberal Democrats D Hulse1396.6−5.6
Conservative Hilda Jobling1185.6−2.1
Majority 57527.4−9.4
Turnout 2,10226.4+2.5
Independent gain from Labour Swing +32.2
Hoyland West [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sharon Howard86259.6+8.1
Liberal Democrats B Martin36024.9+9.7
Conservative Howard Oldfield22515.5+9.2
Majority 50234.7+8.1
Turnout 1,44722.6−5.4
Labour hold Swing -0.5
Monk Bretton [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Grace Brown91945.8+4.7
Labour Tom Sheard80740.2−1.2
Liberal Democrats Sally Brook1678.3−4.0
Conservative Stuart Wilkinson1135.6+0.4
Majority 1125.6+5.3
Turnout 2,00624.2+0.8
Independent gain from Labour Swing +2.9
North West [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Denton63350.1−3.2
Liberal Democrats P Henstock32926.0+0.4
Conservative M Allerton30123.8+4.9
Majority 30424.1−3.6
Turnout 1,26318.1+0.3
Labour hold Swing -1.8
Park [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Doyle62163.3−3.0
Liberal Democrats R Rees24124.6+3.8
Conservative D Plotts11912.1+3.6
Majority 38038.7−5.8
Turnout 98117.9−1.6
Labour hold Swing -3.4
Penistone East [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alec Rowley1,18849.0+9.3
Labour Peter Starling80133.0−6.6
Liberal Democrats Trish Arundel43718.0−2.7
Majority 38716.0+15.9
Turnout 2,42631.6−2.0
Conservative gain from Independent Swing +7.9
Penistone West [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brenda Hinchliff1,34055.5+32.8
Labour C Shaw61325.4−17.3
Green F Charlesworth25910.7+10.7
Liberal Democrats J Heyworth2028.4−26.3
Majority 72730.1+22.1
Turnout 2,41427.5+3.2
Conservative hold Swing +25.0
Royston [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Newman99751.0−7.9
Liberal Democrats E Gouthwaite47524.3−8.0
Independent LabourC Sanger36118.5+18.5
Conservative Kath Leeds1236.3+0.3
Majority 52226.7+0.0
Turnout 1,95622.2+0.7
Labour hold Swing +0.0
South West [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Sandra Birkinshaw1,20764.4+23.6
Labour C Henshaw37620.1−4.2
Conservative John Wilson1658.8−11.2
Liberal Democrats D McVey1276.8−7.0
Majority 83144.3+27.7
Turnout 1,87525.9−1.1
Independent hold Swing +13.9
Wombwell North [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Brook89158.9+11.5
Labour John Clarke58038.3−10.8
Conservative N Cuss432.8+1.0
Majority 31120.5+18.8
Turnout 1,51430.2−1.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +11.1
Wombwell South [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Morgan1,07954.9−9.6
Independent Trevor Smith39420.1+20.1
Liberal Democrats W Millard25813.1−8.7
Conservative W Barkworth1668.4+1.0
Socialist Alternative A Waller683.5−2.8
Majority 68534.9−7.7
Turnout 1,96524.5+0.5
Labour hold Swing -14.8
Worsbrough [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jimmy Rae1,09861.6+10.0
Liberal Democrats Pat Durie24413.7+0.1
Conservative Elizabeth Elders18110.2+4.1
Independent David Wood1689.4−8.4
Socialist Labour Terry Robinson925.2−5.7
Majority 85447.9+14.1
Turnout 1,78323.7−3.0
Labour hold Swing +4.9

By-elections between 2000 and 2002

Dodworth 7 June 2001 By-election [6] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Jenkinson2,45243.1+1.4
Liberal Democrats Anthony Conway1,27322.4+10.9
Conservative George Hill76613.5−0.5
Independent Michael Walsh76113.4−2.9
Green Donald Jones4387.7−9.1
Majority 1,17920.7−4.2
Turnout 5,69053.9+32.2
Labour hold Swing -4.7
Athersley By-Election 7 March 2002 [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Newman52762.1+3.4
Independent Jack Brown18722.0−5.4
Liberal Democrats Jean Roberts10612.5+2.8
Socialist Alliance James White293.4+3.4
Majority 34040.1+8.8
Turnout 84914.0−3.2
Labour hold Swing +4.4

References

  1. ↑ "Barnsley". BBC News. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "Elections Centre: Barnsley 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 "Election results 1979 to 2003" (PDF). Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Election results: local councils". The Times. 5 May 2000. p. 4. ISSN   0140-0460.
  5. ↑ "Local council results". Financial Times. 6 May 2000. p. 6. ISSN   0307-1766.
  6. ↑ "2001 Dodworth By-Election Results". Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
  7. ↑ "2002 Local By-Election Results". Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
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