2006 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2006 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
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One third of seats (21 of 63) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Barnsley Ind. Conservative
Seats won1273
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote20,98615,1447,207
Percentage38.3%27.7%13.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.9%Increase2.svg 27.7%Decrease2.svg 1.1%
Barnsley UK local election 2006 map.svg
Map of the 2006 Barnsley council election results. Labour in red, Barnsley Independents in teal and Conservatives in blue.
Majority party before election

Labour

Majority party after election

Labour

The 2006 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election, with an extra vacancy in Penistone East caused by a resignation, [1] and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. [2] [3]

Contents

Background

The Barnsley Independent Group, which had been formed by independents on the council, were contesting an election for the first time. [4] They put up candidates in 17 of the 21 wards which had seats up for election and 7 of their councillors were defending seats. [4]

Election results

The results saw Labour stay in control of the council, making a net gain of 1 to hold 34 seats. [5]

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 2006 [6] [7] [8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1221+154.538.420,986+2.0
  Barnsley Ind. 711031.827.715,144+27.7
  Conservative 300013.613.27,207-1.1
  BNP 00000.08.24,462+1.3
  Liberal Democrats 001-10.08.04,393-5.2
  Independent 00000.04.12,251-25.0
  Green 00000.00.5281+0.5

This resulted in the following composition of the council: [3] [7] [8] [9]

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour3334
Barnsley Independent2222
Conservatives55
Liberal Democrats32
Total6363
Working majority 3  5 

Ward results

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

Central [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Bruff 910 40.2 +5.0
Liberal Democrats Donovan Hutton52723.3−18.0
BNP Dennis Seilly34715.3+1.0
Independent Peter Doyle32714.4+14.4
Conservative Gillian Millner1556.8−2.3
Majority 38316.9+10.8
Turnout 2,26630.4−4.4
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +11.5
Cudworth [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Hayward 1,413 57.4 +6.0
Barnsley Ind. Ian Sanders90036.6+36.6
Conservative Jean Rowley1496.1+0.3
Majority 51320.8−8.6
Turnout 2,46231.4−6.8
Labour hold Swing -15.3
Darfield [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Barnsley Ind. Trevor Smith 1,112 44.4 +44.4
Labour Caroline Saunders71128.4−1.9
BNP Paul Tibble33213.3+5.8
Liberal Democrats Susan Garner1827.3−1.0
Conservative Marjorie Cale-Morgan1686.7−0.2
Majority 40116.0−0.8
Turnout 2,50532.9−7.5
Barnsley Ind. hold Swing +23.1
Darton East [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Barnsley Ind. Harry Spence 1,249 45.8 +45.8
Labour Thomas Cullum80829.6−6.3
Conservative Clive Watkinson39614.5−6.0
Liberal Democrats Patrick Logan27410.0−2.6
Majority 44116.2+3.1
Turnout 2,72733.1−5.5
Barnsley Ind. gain from Labour Swing +26.0
Darton West [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sharon Howard 935 32.0 +1.3
Barnsley Ind. Susan Simmons85329.2+29.2
BNP Ian Sutton70124.0+14.0
Conservative Tony Short43114.8−1.8
Majority 822.8−0.3
Turnout 2,92036.0−4.8
Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. Swing -13.9
Dearne North [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janice Hancock 1,011 55.3 +6.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Garner45324.8−14.6
Barnsley Ind. Raymond Murdoch23412.8+12.8
Conservative Paul Buckley1297.1−4.8
Majority 55830.5+21.1
Turnout 1,82723.3−9.1
Labour hold Swing +10.6
Dearne South [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour May Noble 1,158 41.5 −4.5
Liberal Democrats Sarah Brook-Gardiner1,06538.2−8.3
BNP Robert Garrett49117.6+17.6
Conservative Dorothy Shaw752.7−4.8
Majority 933.3+2.8
Turnout 2,78932.1−5.7
Labour hold Swing +1.9
Dodworth [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Barnsley Ind. John Carr 1,378 48.1 +48.1
Labour Deborah Dunlop1,01835.6+8.7
Conservative George Hill46616.3+2.9
Majority 36012.6−20.3
Turnout 2,86237.1−7.6
Barnsley Ind. hold Swing +19.7
Hoyland Milton [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Barnsley Ind. Trevor Naylor 1,229 47.4 +47.4
Labour Robin Franklin1,08842.0+8.0
Conservative Elizabeth Hill27610.6+0.0
Majority 1415.4−16.2
Turnout 2,59330.5−9.1
Barnsley Ind. hold Swing +19.7
Kingstone [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Barnsley Ind. Donna Hollins 1,154 53.5 +53.5
Labour Alice Cave72133.4−5.4
Independent Frank Watson1486.9−45.3
Conservative Stuart Wilkinson1356.3−2.7
Majority 43320.1+6.8
Turnout 2,15828.4−5.6
Barnsley Ind. hold Swing +29.4
Monk Bretton [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Richardson 906 40.3 +3.1
Barnsley Ind. Michael Dunlavey55724.8+24.8
BNP Susan Harris32314.4+3.9
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Smith27712.3+12.3
Conservative Geoffrey Turvey1858.2−2.5
Majority 34915.5+11.0
Turnout 2,24828.3−7.3
Labour hold Swing -10.8
North East [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leah Higginbottom 1,680 69.9 +19.6
Conservative Lesley Watkinson72530.1+21.3
Majority 95539.7+18.6
Turnout 2,40527.2−11.4
Labour hold Swing -0.8
Old Town [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Barnsley Ind. Peter Middleton 1,479 56.6 +56.6
Labour Martin Dyson63324.2−1.0
BNP Lancer White29911.4+3.9
Conservative Grace Morrell2037.8+1.4
Majority 84632.4+14.6
Turnout 2,61432.7−8.0
Barnsley Ind. hold Swing +28.8
Penistone East (2) [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Barnard 1,539 32.6 −8.2
Conservative John Wilson 1,518
Labour Jill Hayler92919.7−7.3
Labour William Jones838
Liberal Democrats Teresa Arundel80817.1−6.0
Independent John Smith74915.9+15.9
Barnsley Ind. Lisa Murdoch69114.7+14.7
Majority 61012.9−0.9
Turnout 7,07241.4−6.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing -0.4
Penistone West [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Milner 1,012 31.0 −3.6
Barnsley Ind. Paul Hand-Davis80824.8+24.8
Labour Joseph Unsworth76323.4+0.6
BNP Kelly Thorpe39912.2+3.5
Green Lynda Pickersgill2818.6+8.6
Majority 2046.3+5.6
Turnout 3,26339.1−7.3
Conservative hold Swing -14.2
Rockingham [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Andrews 1,255 46.2 +7.6
Barnsley Ind. Alison Robinson84631.1+31.1
Independent Robert Hannagan32011.8−29.5
Conservative Michael Toon29710.9+1.4
Majority 40915.0+12.3
Turnout 2,71832.0−9.9
Labour hold Swing -11.7
Royston [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tim Cheetham 959 39.1 −4.6
Barnsley Ind. John Race46418.9+18.9
Liberal Democrats Edward Gouthwaite43717.8+17.8
BNP Paul Harris39316.0+2.1
Conservative Andrew Barr1978.0−6.8
Majority 49520.2+4.0
Turnout 2,45030.3−4.9
Labour hold Swing -11.7
St. Helen's [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Bostwick 905 50.0 +11.9
Independent Jack Brown70739.1+2.8
Conservative Jack Orr19710.9+5.5
Majority 19810.9+9.0
Turnout 1,80923.7−7.0
Labour hold Swing +4.5
Stairfoot [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Barnsley Ind. James Smith 1,014 41.8 +41.8
Labour Steven Redford87135.9−5.1
BNP James Smith38615.9+15.9
Conservative Anne Campbell1546.4+0.5
Majority 1435.9+5.9
Turnout 2,42531.1−6.1
Barnsley Ind. hold Swing +23.4
Wombwell [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Denise Wilde 1,347 53.2 +16.7
Barnsley Ind. Arthur O'Loughlin61024.1+24.1
BNP David Bailey39615.6+4.9
Conservative Garry Needham1797.1−3.0
Majority 73729.1+15.3
Turnout 2,53231.6−5.2
Labour hold Swing -3.7
Worsbrough [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eunice Taylor 965 39.6 −2.0
Barnsley Ind. Jillian Aranyi56623.2+23.2
BNP Malcolm Jennings39516.2+16.2
Liberal Democrats Patricia Durie37015.2−7.2
Conservative Elizabeth Elders1395.7−9.1
Majority 39916.4−2.8
Turnout 2,43533.1−6.6
Labour hold Swing -12.6

By-elections between 2006 and 2007

Penistone West 13 July 2006 By-election [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Marsh 897 50.3 +19.3
Labour Joseph Unsworth55831.3+7.9
Green Lynda Pickersgill32818.4+9.8
Majority 33919.0+12.7
Turnout 1,78321.4−17.7
Conservative gain from Independent Swing +5.7
Worsborough 16 November 2006 By-election [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Betty Barlow 615 37.0 −2.6
Barnsley Ind. Jillian Aranyi51030.7+7.5
BNP Malcolm Jennings31018.6+2.4
Liberal Democrats Donald Wood1378.2−7.0
Respect Kate Burland915.5+5.5
Majority 1056.3−10.1
Turnout 1,66322.0−11.1
Labour hold Swing -5.0

References

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  5. ↑ "Labour holds firm in ex-pit towns". BBC News Online. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
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  10. ↑ "Penistone West by-election results". barnsley.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 March 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
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