2019 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2019 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in England. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Result

2019 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	12	7	57.1	37	49	77.8	15,691	34.9	–24.0
	Liberal Democrats	3	3	14.3	1	4	6.3	7,591	16.9	+7.1
	Conservative	1	1	4.8	2	3	4.8	5,729	12.8	–5.3
	Barnsley Ind.	1	1	4.8	2	3	4.8	2,059	4.6	+1.4
	Independent	2	2	9.5	0	2	3.2	4,094	9.1	+7.2
	Democrats and Veterans	2	2	9.5	0	2	3.2	2,476	5.5	+3.8
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,342	5.2	+1.4
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,893	4.2	New
	Yorkshire	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,557	3.5	+1.8
	English Democrat	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,445	3.2	+2.7
	Socialist Alternative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	56	0.1	New

Ward results

Map of the results of the election by electoral ward.

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Central ward

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Dyson	750	44.2	23.8
	Green	Chris Scarfe	474	28.0	18.4
	Conservative	Adrian Thompson	289	17.1	0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Connor Audsley	182	10.7	5.5
Majority			276	16.2	34.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Cudworth ward

Cudworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlie Wraith	933	61.7	13.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Ellis-Mourant	340	22.5	19.5
	Conservative	Mark Brook	240	15.9	5.5
Majority			593	39.2	25.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Darfield ward

Darfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democrats and Veterans	Trevor Smith	750	38.1	18.4
	Labour	Dorothy Coates	666	33.8	23.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kim Boon	198	10.1	2.0
	English Democrat	Maxine Spencer	191	9.7	N/A
	Conservative	Delia Weldon	165	8.4	6.5
Majority			84	4.3	N/A
	Democrats and Veterans gain from Labour		Swing

Darton East ward

Darton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Hunt	1,832	70.5	53.1
	Labour	Martin Flack	570	21.9	41.7
	Conservative	Debbie Toon	197	7.6	11.4
Majority			1,262	48.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Darton West ward

Darton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Cave	810	39.7	15.5
	Green	Tom Heyes	499	24.5	10.5
	Conservative	Lee Ogden	452	22.2	2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Waters	277	13.6	7.9
Majority			311	15.2	14.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Dearne North ward

Dearne North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Gardiner	799	56.3	23.9
	English Democrat	Janus Polenceusz	485	34.2	N/A
	Conservative	Cicely Cowgill	134	9.4	10.4
Majority			314	22.1	38.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Dearne South ward

Dearne South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sam Danforth	1,173	51.7	N/A
	Labour	Graham Jarvis	801	35.3	39.5
	English Democrat	Adrian Morgan	175	7.7	N/A
	Conservative	David Hunter	119	5.2	10.2
Majority			372	16.4	N/A
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Dodworth ward

Dodworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Fielding	1,308	45.6	39.1
	Labour	Richard Riggs	647	22.6	15.2
	UKIP	Jonathan Hastelow	440	15.3	N/A
	Yorkshire	Chris Burrows	260	9.1	N/A
	Conservative	Adam Bromfield	212	7.4	11.4
Majority			661	23.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Hoyland Milton ward

Hoyland Milton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tim Shepherd	982	44.0	27.7
	UKIP	Daniel Simpson	701	31.4	N/A
	Conservative	Donna Cutts	240	10.8	5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Glenn Lawrence	173	8.8	3.0
	English Democrat	Justin Saxton	134	6.0	N/A
Majority			281	12.6	42.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingstone ward

Kingstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Williams	609	37.2	26.1
	Democrats and Veterans	Peter Doyle	490	29.9	N/A
	Green	Peter Giles	252	15.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Waters	125	7.6	17.2
	Conservative	John Miller	107	6.5	5.4
	Socialist Alternative	Angela Waller	56	3.4	N/A
Majority			119	7.3	31.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Monk Bretton ward

Monk Bretton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democrats and Veterans	Victoria Felton	1,236	54.5	37.8
	Labour	Margaret Sheard	660	29.1	33.2
	Yorkshire	Ryan Williams	268	11.8	N/A
	Conservative	George Hill	105	4.6	7.6
Majority			576	25.4	N/A
	Democrats and Veterans gain from Labour		Swing

North East ward

North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anita Cherryholme	786	36.2	28.2
	Independent	Raymond Archer	712	32.8	N/A
	Yorkshire	Tony Devoy	467	21.5	5.8
	Conservative	Sam Wilkinson	207	9.5	1.2
Majority			74	3.4	33.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Town ward

Old Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jo Newing	720	35.1	19.7
	Independent	Donald Wood	698	34.0	N/A
	Green	Kate Raynor	259	12.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Bennett	191	9.3	1.7
	Conservative	Clive Watkinson	185	9.0	6.2
Majority			22	1.1	31.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Penistone East ward

Penistone East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Hand-Davis	1,359	39.4	11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Waters	929	26.9	17.6
	Labour	Dave Webster	602	17.4	15.7
	Yorkshire	Lee Goulding	562	16.3	N/A
Majority			430	12.5	4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penistone West ward

Penistone West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Greenhough	1,583	43.7	2.8
	Conservative	Alex Wilkinson	753	20.8	1.6
	Independent	David Wood	563	15.6	N/A
	Labour	Jo Newing	465	12.8	12.9
	Green	Richard Trotman	255	7.0	1.6
Majority			830	22.9	2.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Rockingham ward

Rockingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Lamb	803	36.5	22.2
	Barnsley Ind.	Steve Sylvester	588	26.7	N/A
	English Democrat	Kevin Riddiough	274	12.5	1.4
	Conservative	Michael Davies	244	11.1	13.7
	Green	Benjamin Holland	202	9.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Nugent	88	4.0	1.4
Majority			215	9.8	24.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Royston ward

Royston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Mccarthy	953	49.4	19.7
	UKIP	Kirk Harper	752	39.0	N/A
	Conservative	Alex Wilkinson	225	11.7	0.1
Majority			201	10.4	39.6
	Labour hold		Swing

St Helen's ward

St Helen's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jenny Platts	901	61.3	15.4
	Green	Alan Jones	401	27.3	15.8
	Conservative	Jacob Griffin	169	11.5	0.3
Majority			500	34.0	30.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Stairfoot ward

Stairfoot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Barnsley Ind.	Andy Gillis	1,057	53.9	27.3
	Labour	Karen Dyson	702	35.8	24.1
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hill	121	6.2	7.3
	Liberal Democrats	James Kitching	82	4.2	N/A
Majority			355	18.1	N/A
	Barnsley Ind. gain from Labour		Swing

Wombwell ward

Wombwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brenda Eastwood	907	54.4	13.1
	Barnsley Ind.	Sharon Gillis	414	24.8	N/A
	English Democrat	Terence Cook	186	11.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Cook	136	8.2	N/A
	Conservative	Gareth Thompson	25	1.5	19.0
Majority			493	29.6	17.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsbrough ward

Worsbrough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jake Lodge	948	49.9	N/A
	Labour	Roya Pourali	625	32.9	29.9
	Conservative	Michael Barraclough	181	9.5	11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Calvert	147	7.7	8.9
Majority			323	17.0	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing

References

1. "Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC.co.uk. BBC . Retrieved 5 June 2019.
2. "Local government elections - Thursday 2 May 2019". www.barnsley.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
3. "Barnsley - 2019". Elections England.