Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2008

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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2008
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One third of seats (23 of 63) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority

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Party Barnsley Independent Labour Conservative
Seats won1082
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1
Barnsley UK local election 2008 map.svg
Map of the 2008 Barnsley council election results. Barnsley Independent in teal, Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independent in grey.
Majority party before election

Labour

Majority party after election

Labour

The 2008 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. One third of the council, alongside an additional vacancy in Old Town was up for election. Prior to the election the defending councillor in Penistone West, having earlier defected from Conservative to the Barnsley Independent Group, fought the election as an Independent. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough in England

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South Yorkshire County of England

South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England. It is the southernmost county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region and had a population of 1.34 million in 2011. It has an area of 1,552 square kilometres (599 sq mi) and consists of four metropolitan boroughs, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield. South Yorkshire was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972.Its largest settlement is Sheffield.

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Election result

Before the election it had been thought that the Labour party might lose overall control of the council but they held on by only one seat. [2] [3] They lost two seats to the Barnsley Independent Group but gained one seat from the Liberal Democrats to hold on. [4] The Barnsley Independent Group also lost 1 seat to the Conservatives. Overall turnout was 34.78%. [5]

Liberal Democrats (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. They presently have 11 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 96 members of the House of Lords, and one member of the European Parliament. They also have five Members of the Scottish Parliament and a member each in the Welsh Assembly and London Assembly. The party reached the height of its influence in the early 2010s, forming a junior partner in a coalition government from 2010 to 2015. It is presently led by Vince Cable.

The losses for the Labour party were blamed on government policies, such as on immigration and the abolition of the 10p income tax band, by the leader of the council, Steve Houghton, who was himself re-elected for Cudworth ward. [6]

An income tax is a tax imposed on individuals or entities (taxpayers) that varies with respective income or profits. Income tax generally is computed as the product of a tax rate times taxable income. Taxation rates may vary by type or characteristics of the taxpayer.

Cudworth, South Yorkshire urban village in South Yorkshire, England

Cudworth is an urban village approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-east of Barnsley transport interchange in South Yorkshire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, Cudworth has a busy shopping area along the Barnsley to Pontefract Road which serves a local population of 10,977. The modern village equates roughly to the Cudworth ward of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and with a mix of housing types with a great many developments from the inter-war and post-war periods. These supplement a small residual number of more ancient dwellings and buildings reflecting the importance of the rural economy before the opening of the deep mine collieries in the near vicinity at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The village is still surrounded by open space, including green belt, regenerated public open spaces that were formerly part of neighbouring collieries and the remaining agricultural land which still dominates the south and south-east sides of the village.

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 2008 [7] [8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Barnsley Independent 1020+245.523.013,517-0.8%
  Labour 812-136.431.418,443-7.8%
  Conservative 210+19.115.28,930+1.1%
  Liberal Democrat 101-14.56.63,880+1.0%
  Independent 101-14.55.83,429+2.5%
  BNP 0000017.09,959+3.4%
  Green 000000.8440+0.3%
  UKIP 000000.176+0.1%

This resulted in the following composition of the council: [1]

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour3332
Barnsley Independent2022
Conservatives56
Independent32
Liberal Democrats21
Total6363
Working majority 3  1 

Ward results

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

Central [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Doug Birkinshaw77531.0-12.2
Barnsley Independent Noel Cowdell66026.4+3.9
BNP Peter Marshall62124.8-1.0
Liberal Democrat Eddie Gouthwaite2439.7+9.7
Conservative Andrew Barr2028.1-0.4
Majority1154.6-12.8
Turnout 2,50131.8+1.0
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing -8.0
Cudworth [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Steve Houghton1,27948.9-25.6
BNP Terry Hubbard65024.9+24.9
Liberal Democrat Pam Kershaw2158.2+8.2
Independent Ian Sanders1847.0+7.0
Conservative Dorothy Shaw1837.0-18.5
Barnsley Independent David Surgey823.1+3.1
Independent Tony Devoy220.8+0.8
Majority62924.0-25.1
Turnout 2,61532.8+5.5
Labour hold Swing -25.2
Darfield [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Barnsley Independent Ron Fisher1,45756.8+11.9
Labour Brian Mathers51019.9-9.2
BNP Steve O'Connor31612.3-1.1
Conservative Gillian Milner28211.0+4.4
Majority94746.9+31.1
Turnout 2,56532.7-1.0
Barnsley Independent hold Swing +10.5
Darton East [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Parkinson1,04434.5-5.5
BNP Colin Porter66922.1+4.9
Independent John Race60620.0+8.5
Conservative Howard Pearson49016.2+2.7
Liberal Democrat Sally Brook2207.3+7.3
Majority37512.4-9.8
Turnout 3,02936.0-1.1
Labour hold Swing -5.2
Darton West [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Alice Cave1,17336.8-6.2
BNP Ian Sutton91928.8+1.8
Conservative Gordon Wilkinson55417.4+5.4
Independent Jean Rowley54517.1+17.1
Majority2548.0-8.1
Turnout 3,19138.8-1.7
Labour hold Swing -4.0
Dearne North [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jennifer Worton85340.2-6.7
BNP Rob Garrett39218.5-3.1
Barnsley Independent Ian Garner37517.7+13.0
Liberal Democrat Sarah Brook31614.9-6.6
Conservative Paul Buckley1868.8+3.4
Majority46121.7-3.6
Turnout 2,12226.2-0.3
Labour hold Swing -1.8
Dearne South [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Sharron Brook1,09439.6+12.9
Labour Ralph Sixsmith93433.8-12.1
BNP June Peel59021.3-1.3
Conservative Deborah Toon1465.3+0.5
Majority1605.8-13.3
Turnout 2,76430.6-2.2
Liberal Democrat hold Swing +12.5
Dodworth [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Barnsley Independent Philip Birkinshaw1,44448.7+10.8
Labour Pauline Haigh65422.0-6.1
Conservative George Hill45615.4+1.0
BNP Nick Parker41413.9+0.8
Majority79026.7+16.9
Turnout 2,96837.9-1.9
Barnsley Independent hold Swing +8.4
Hoyland Milton [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Barnsley Independent Michael Brankin1,15940.4-6.7
Labour Robin Franklin90231.5-11.9
Conservative Alan Pilkington29610.3+0.8
BNP Simon Goodricke28910.1+10.1
Green Carol Robb1455.1+5.1
UKIP Wayne Harling762.7+2.7
Majority2578.9+5.2
Turnout 2,86732.1+1.1
Barnsley Independent hold Swing +2.6
Kingstone [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Barnsley Independent Malcolm Price1,01645.7+1.4
Labour Kath Mitchell56525.4-9.8
BNP Peter Robinson40718.3+3.2
Conservative Geoffrey Turvey1557.0+1.6
Independent Frank Watson803.6+3.6
Majority45120.3+11.1
Turnout 2,22328.0-2.8
Barnsley Independent hold Swing +5.6
Monk Bretton [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Grace Brown91133.4+33.4
BNP Jane Hubbard66824.5+7.4
Labour Nadia Richardson66424.3-19.0
Liberal Democrat Ken Smith2479.0+9.0
Conservative Peter Murray2418.8-1.7
Majority2438.9-5.3
Turnout 2,73133.3+5.3
Independent hold Swing +13.0
North East [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Barnsley Independent Danny Gillespie1,52245.9+2.3
Labour Arthur Whittaker1,18335.7-2.7
BNP Dennis Seilly3089.3+2.6
Conservative Frances Hamer3059.2+3.5
Majority33910.2+5.0
Turnout 3,31836.2-0.6
Barnsley Independent gain from Labour Swing +0.2
Old Town (2) [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Barnsley Independent Bill Gaunt1,50348.6-7.1
Barnsley Independent John Love1,255
Labour Phil Davies72123.3+1.6
BNP Daniel Cooke56418.2+4.2
BNP Lancer White424
Conservative Elizabeth Hill3069.9-7.1
Conservative Alexander Wilkinson227
Majority78225.3-8.7
Turnout 5,00037.0+4.1
Barnsley Independent hold Swing
Barnsley Independent hold Swing -4.3
Penistone East [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Wilson2,05052.8+3.8
Labour Jill Hayler82721.3-2.4
Liberal Democrat Trish Arundel65416.8+0.1
BNP Kelly Thorpe3559.1+9.1
Majority1,22331.5+6.2
Turnout 3,88641.4+0.0
Conservative hold Swing +3.1
Penistone West [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Steve Webber1,43942.5+1.5
Independent Brenda Hinchcliff65419.3-6.5
BNP Paul James55016.2+7.6
Labour Peter Starling44713.2-2.7
Green Lynda Pickersgill2958.7+0.0
Majority78523.2+8.0
Turnout 3,38539.7-2.1
Conservative gain from Independent Swing -+4.0
Rockingham [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Barnsley Independent Mary Brankin1,33642.1-3.5
Labour Alan Schofield91328.8-13.8
BNP Paul Richardson34310.8+10.8
Conservative Lesley Watkinson2969.3-2.5
Liberal Democrat Patrick Connell-Fothergill1595.0+5.0
Independent Bob Hannaghan1284.0+4.0
Majority42313.3+10.3
Turnout 3,17537.0+1.7
Barnsley Independent hold Swing +5.1
Royston [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Graham Kyte1,20246.9+2.2
Liberal Democrat Danny Oates51320.0-1.3
BNP Paul Harris39215.3+2.0
Conservative Garry Needham26310.3+1.7
Barnsley Independent Daniel Pickering1957.6-4.4
Majority68926.9+3.5
Turnout 2,56531.1+0.8
Labour hold Swing +1.7
St Helens [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Len Picken96546.0-11.6
BNP Lisa Brooksbank63530.3+13.7
Independent Dennis Kelk29914.2-4.4
Conservative Michael Toon2009.5+2.4
Majority33015.7-23.3
Turnout 2,09926.5+2.7
Labour hold Swing -12.6
Stairfoot [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Barnsley Independent Fred Clowery1,21848.8+20.7
Labour Steve Redford70628.3-13.2
BNP Susan Harris35014.0-0.8
Conservative Clive Watkinson2249.0+3.9
Majority51220.5+7.2
Turnout 2,49831.0+0.3
Barnsley Independent hold Swing +16.9
Wombwell [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Margaret Morgan1,20048.9-10.3
BNP Lisa Goodricke52721.5+7.0
Conservative Keith Jenner43917.9+6.3
Barnsley Independent Ray Murdoch28611.7-3.0
Majority67327.4-17.1
Turnout 2,45228.9-0.4
Labour hold Swing -8.6
Worsbrough [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Barnsley Independent Gill Carr1,26448.1+16.5
Labour Terry Bristowe92635.3+0.1
Liberal Democrat Pat Durie2198.3-2.0
Conservative Peter Hamer2178.3+2.8
Majority33812.8+9.3
Turnout 2,62634.7+0.7
Barnsley Independent gain from Labour Swing +8.2

By-elections between 2008 and 2010

St. Helen's 15 October 2009 By-election [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Roy Butterwood1,52059.8+13.8
BNP Lisa Brooksbank59023.2-7.1
Barnsley Independent Daniel Pickering1716.7+6.7
UKIP Neil Robinson943.7+3.7
Conservative Clive Watkinson833.5-6.0
Liberal Democrat Eddie Gouthwaite783.1+3.1
Majority93036.6+20.9
Turnout 2,54231.0+4.5
Labour hold Swing +10.4

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