2015 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2015 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
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  2014 7 May 2015 2016  

21 of 63 seats to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Barnsley Ind.
Seats won5544
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg2
Popular vote53,83318,3445,956
Percentage52.818.05.8
SwingIncrease2.svg2.2Increase2.svg3.5Decrease2.svg2.3

Council control before election

Labour Party (UK)

Council control after election

Labour Party (UK)

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2015 local election results in Barnsley

The 2015 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in England as part of the 2015 United Kingdom local elections. [1] Councillors retiring at this election were Cllrs. Betty Barlow (Worsborough); Tracey Cheetham (Royston); Brian Key (Darfield); and Tom Sheard (Kingstone) (all L); Dave North (North East) and Brian Perrin (Dodworth) from the Barnsley Independent Group; and Anne Rusby (Penistone West) (C).

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Results

Labour maintained control winning 19 of the 21 seats up for election. The Conservatives won the other 2 seats.

After the election the political make up of the council was: [1]

Year Labour Barnsley Independent Group Conservative Independent
201555440

By-elections between 2015 and 2016

Dearne North by-election 27 August 2015 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Annette Gollick81769.8+4.2
UKIP Jim Johnson14012.0−15.4
Yorkshire First Tony Devoy1159.8+9.8
TUSC Karen Fletcher554.7+4.7
Conservative Lee Ogden433.7−3.3
Majority67757.9
Turnout 1,170
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. 1 2 "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  2. "Local Elections Archive Project — Dearne North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2022.