2021 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

2021 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
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One third (21) of 63 seats on the Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council ; 32 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2021 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Incumbent council control; Majority administration ; Labour	; ;

Last updated January 17, 2026

The 2021 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in England. It took place on the same day as other local elections.^[1] The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

Results summary

2021 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	17	1	81.0	32	49	76.6	19,309	40.4	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	3	3	14.3	4	7	10.9	5,623	11.8	-5.1
	Conservative	1		4.8	2	3	4.7	11,975	25.1	+12.3
	Independent	0		0.0	3	3	3.1	1,122	2.3	-6.8
	Barnsley Ind.	0	2	0.0	1	1	1.6	5,041	10.6	+6.0
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,152	6.6	+1.4
	SDP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	461	1.0	New
	English Democrat	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	339	0.7	-2.5
	Yorkshire	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	233	0.5	-3.0
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	182	0.4	New
	Reform	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	166	0.3	New
	For Britain	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	98	0.2	New
	Keep Equality Safe	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	75	0.2	New

Ward results

Central ward

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Summer Risebury	964	48.88	+4.7
	Conservative	Adrian Thompson	529	26.83	+9.7
	Green	Ian Guest	366	18.56	−9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Rogerson	113	5.73	−5.0
Majority			435	22.05
Turnout			1,989	23.87
Registered electors			8,373
	Labour hold		Swing

Cudworth ward

Cudworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Houghton	1,368	66.9	+5.2
	Conservative	Mark Brook	316	15.5	−0.4
	Barnsley Ind.	Mark Arnold	285	13.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Waters	75	3.7	−18.8
Majority			1,052
Turnout			1,973	23.84
Total votes
Registered electors			8,307
	Labour hold		Swing

Darfield ward

Darfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Osborne	1,166	50.0	+16.2
	Conservative	Benjamin Harrison	600	25.7	+17.3
	Barnsley Ind.	Victoria Semley	372	15.9	N/A
	For Britain	Graham Stringer	98	4.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Bennett	77	3.3	−6.8
	Independent	Kris Tonkinson	21	0.9	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,346	29.15
	Labour hold		Swing

Darton East ward

Darton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mat Crisp	1,119	38.8	−31.7
	Labour	Dave Webster	722	25.0	+3.1
	Barnsley Ind.	Sharon Love	587	20.3	N/A
	Conservative	John Miller	323	11.2	+3.6
	Green	Kirsty Mcara-Marsh	135	4.7	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,893	32.70
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Darton West ward

Darton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alice Cave	1,051	37.5	−2.2
	Conservative	Marie Bates	914	32.6	+10.4
	Green	Tom Heyes	755	26.9	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Waters	85	3.0	−10.6
Majority
Turnout			2,825	32.25
	Labour hold		Swing

Dearne North ward

Dearne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Cain	1,052	61.1	+4.8
	Conservative	George Hill	412	23.9	+14.5
	English Democrat	Maxine Spencer	162	9.4	−24.8
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Hulme	49	2.8	N/A
	SDP	Savannah Jarvis	47	2.7	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,741	21.35
	Labour hold		Swing

Dearne South ward

Dearne South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Coates	1,364	60.2	+24.9
	Conservative	Jacob Griffin	398	17.6	+12.4
	SDP	David Jarvis	359	15.8	N/A
	English Democrat	Janus Polenceusz	74	3.3	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Fielding	70	3.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,291	23.99
	Labour hold		Swing

Dodworth ward

Dodworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Wray	804	26.2	−19.4
	Barnsley Ind.	Phillip Birkinshaw	757	24.7	N/A
	Labour	Emma Johnson-Henshaw	677	22.1	−0.5
	Conservative	Lee Ogden	651	21.2	+13.8
	Green	Rebecca Trotman	178	5.8	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,990	35.23
	Liberal Democrats gain from Barnsley Ind.		Swing

Hoyland Milton ward

Hoyland Milton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Stowe	1,153	39.6	−4.4
	Conservative	David White	1,040	35.7	+24.9
	Independent	Daniel Simpson	331	11.4	−20.0
	Green	John Evans	232	8.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Glenn Lawrence	99	3.4	−5.4
	TUSC	Angela Waller	60	2.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,937	31.34
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingstone ward

Kingstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pooja Ramchandani	699	38.1	+0.9
	Barnsley Ind.	Peter Doyle	396	21.6	−8.3
	Conservative	Ian Levitt-Smillie	310	16.9	+10.4
	Green	Peter Giles	181	9.9	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Wright	123	6.7	−0.9
	Independent	Carlo Turner	85	4.6	N/A
	TUSC	Tracey-Ann Holland	41	2.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,846	23.84
	Labour hold		Swing

Monk Bretton ward

Monk Bretton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Green	1,260	54.6	+25.5
	Conservative	Michael Toon	486	21.0	+16.4
	Barnsley Ind.	Gary McNair	415	18.0	N/A
	Green	Chris Scarfe	102	4.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Nicholson	46	2.0	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,314	25.94
	Labour hold		Swing

North East ward

North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeff Ennis	1,268	49.2	+13.0
	Barnsley Ind.	Raymond Archer	746	28.9	−3.9
	Conservative	Samuel Wilkinson	498	19.3	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Christmas	65	2.5	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,587	25.40
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Town ward

Old Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Lofts	1,084	43.1	+8.0
	Conservative	Clive Watkinson	578	23.0	+14.0
	Barnsley Ind.	Liam Hardcastle	390	15.5	N/A
	Green	Gillian Nixon	203	8.1	−4.5
	Independent	Donald Wood	124	4.9	−29.1
	Liberal Democrats	Will Fielding	112	4.4	−4.9
	TUSC	Estelle Mageean	26	1.0	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,528	29.48
	Labour hold		Swing

Penistone East ward

Penistone East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wilson	1,954	45.6	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Waters	1,034	24.1	−2.8
	Labour	Alex Burnett	988	23.1	+5.7
	Green	Kate Raynor	309	7.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout			4,311	44.69
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penistone West ward

Penistone West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mandy Lowe-Flello	1,444	37.4	−6.3
	Conservative	Martin Bancroft	1,172	30.3	+9.5
	Labour	Sarah Grainger	745	19.3	+6.5
	Green	Richard Trotman	338	8.7	+1.7
	Reform	Edward Dillingham	166	4.3	N/A
Majority
Turnout			3,874	38.48
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Rockingham ward

Rockingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicola Sumner	1,085	39.1	+2.6
	Conservative	Roy Garratt	1,084	39.1	+28.0
	Green	James Grinham	289	10.4	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Nugent	124	4.5	+0.5
	TUSC	Karen Fletcher	115	4.2	N/A
	Keep Equality Safe Party	Andy Belk	75	2.7	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,781	31.98
	Labour hold		Swing

Nicola Sumner won on the toss of a coin. In the result this is shown as her winning an extra vote.

Royston ward

Royston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Makinson	1,034	43.5	−5.9
	Barnsley Ind.	Kirk Harper	700	29.5	−9.5
	Conservative	Michael Davies	422	17.8	+6.1
	Independent	Neil Fisher	95	4.0	N/A
	Green	Simon Layton	78	3.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Smith	46	1.9	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,379	27.39
	Labour hold		Swing

St Helen's ward

St Helen's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Tattersall	983	56.9	−4.4
	Conservative	Donna Cutts	330	19.1	+7.6
	Yorkshire	Mick Chambers	233	13.5	N/A
	Green	Alan Jones	91	5.3	−22.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Booth	52	3.0	N/A
	SDP	Steve Vajda	38	2.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,736	21.89
	Labour hold		Swing

Stairfoot ward

Stairfoot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Dyson	895	38.0	+2.2
	Independent	Wayne Johnson	689	29.3	N/A
	Barnsley Ind.	Kay Thewlis	364	15.5	−38.4
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hill	363	15.4	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Kitching	42	1.8	−2.4
Majority
Turnout			2,360	26.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Wombwell ward

Wombwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Higginbottom	1,346	55.4	+1.0
	Conservative	Alex Wilkinson	648	26.7	+25.2
	Green	Simon Kusners	127	5.2	N/A
	Independent	Amy Stewart	108	4.4	N/A
	English Democrat	Jon Seymour	103	4.2	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Rose	79	3.3	−4.9
	SDP	Rachel Thompson	17	0.7	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,443	25.43
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsbrough ward

Worsbrough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Bowser	827	37.3	+4.4
	Barnsley Ind.	Gillian Carr	775	35.0	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Barraclough	485	21.9	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Calvert	129	5.8	−1.9
Majority
Turnout			2,232	29.56
	Labour gain from Barnsley Ind.		Swing

References

↑ "Local government elections". www.local.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
↑ "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

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[1] "Local government elections". www.local.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

[2] "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

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