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)

2015 local election results in Barnsley Barnsley wards 2015.png
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

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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.