Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002

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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002
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One third of seats (22 of 66) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority

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Party Labour Independent Conservative
Seats won 17 4 1
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Map showing the results of the 2002 Barnsley council elections.
Majority party before election

Labour

Majority party after election

Labour

The 2002 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. [1] [2] [3]

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Election result

The results saw Labour keep a large majority despite losing seats to independents. [4] Overall turnout in the election was 26%. [5]

Voter turnout percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election

Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election. Eligibility varies by country, and the voting-eligible population should not be confused with the total adult population. Age and citizenship status are often among the criteria used to determine eligibility, but some countries further restrict eligibility based on sex, race, or religion.

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 2002 [2] [3] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 17 1 4 -3 77.3 50.7 22,043 +5.1%
  Independent 4 3 1 +2 18.2 22.1 9,596 +3.9%
  Conservative 1 1 0 +1 4.5 8.2 3,547 -5.9%
  Liberal Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 17.6 7,655 -0.5%
  Socialist Labour 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 477 +0.9%
  Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 163 +0.4%

This resulted in the following composition of the council: [2] [3] [7]

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour 52 49
Independent 8 10
Conservatives 3 4
Liberal Democrats 3 3
Total 66 66
Working majority 38  32 

Ward results

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

Ardsley [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Karen Dyson 708 46.3 -18.4
Independent Trevor Hutchinson 606 39.6 +39.6
Liberal Democrat Hazel Harding 118 7.7 -16.3
Conservative Marjorie Cale-Morgan 72 4.7 -6.6
Socialist Labour Margaret Holderness 26 1.7 +1.7
Majority 102 6.7 -34.0
Turnout 1,530 23.2 +7.6
Labour hold Swing -29.0
Athersley [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Leonard Picken 759 60.8 +2.1
Independent Jack Brown 313 25.1 -2.3
Liberal Democrat Jean Roberts 118 9.5 -0.2
Conservative William Barkworth 32 2.6 -1.6
Socialist Alliance James White 26 2.1 +2.1
Majority 446 35.7 +4.4
Turnout 1,248 20.0 +2.8
Labour hold Swing +2.2
Brierley [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Peter Middleton 838 41.8 +41.8
Labour Christopher Sykes 832 41.5 -9.8
Independent Kenneth Collins 180 9.0 -19.2
Conservative Peter Murray 72 3.6 -7.1
Liberal Democrat James McCready 68 3.4 -6.3
Socialist Labour Olga Robinson 16 0.8 +0.8
Majority 6 0.3 -22.8
Turnout 2,006 30.5 +8.6
Independent gain from Labour Swing +25.8
Central [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Michael Stokes 921 48.6 +9.8
Liberal Democrat Dawn Jaques 765 40.4 -14.1
Conservative Gordon Wilkinson 103 5.4 -1.3
Socialist Alliance David Gibson 68 3.6 +3.6
Socialist Labour Steven Yoxall 38 2.0 +2.0
Majority 156 8.2 -7.4
Turnout 1,895 23.0 +2.2
Labour hold Swing +11.9
Cudworth [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Charles Wraith 1,343 69.5 +18.8
Independent Pamela Staley 341 17.7 -21.4
Liberal Democrat Riannon Rees 151 7.8 +2.5
Conservative Anne Campbell 96 5.0 +0.2
Majority 1,002 51.9 +40.6
Turnout 1,931 25.0 -2.1
Labour hold Swing +20.1
Darfield [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Terence Dixon 1,109 49.1 +9.5
Independent Trevor Smith 874 38.7 -11.7
Liberal Democrat Teresa Arundel 131 5.8 +1.1
Conservative Richard Morrell 122 5.4 +0.1
Socialist Labour Eric Mountain 22 1.0 +1.0
Majority 235 10.4 -0.5
Turnout 2,258 28.7 -2.8
Labour hold Swing +10.6
Darton [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Parkinson 1,416 54.2 +2.9
Independent John Moore 618 23.6 -1.1
Liberal Democrat Paul Jaques 366 14.0 +3.1
Conservative Michael Toon 214 8.2 -5.0
Majority 798 30.5 +3.9
Turnout 2,614 24.1 +1.3
Labour hold Swing +2.0
Dearne South [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kenneth Sanderson 1,544 54.5 +1.5
Independent Peter Stuart 625 22.1 +22.1
Liberal Democrat Sharron Brook 621 21.9 -20.9
Conservative Mavis Lockwood 41 1.4 -2.9
Majority 919 32.5 +22.3
Turnout 2,831 32.5 +8.0
Labour gain from Independent Swing -10.3
Dearne Thurnscoe [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Alan Hancock 1,289 79.0 +6.2
Liberal Democrat Michael Newton 343 21.0 +2.6
Majority 946 58.0 +3.6
Turnout 1,632 21.0 +4.2
Labour hold Swing +1.8
Dodworth [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Christopher Jenkinson 1,306 55.2 +31.6
Liberal Democrat Brian Roberts 552 23.4 +12.0
Conservative George Hill 410 17.3 +3.4
Socialist Labour Paul Hardman 96 4.1 +4.1
Majority 754 31.9 +7.0
Turnout 2,364 22.3 +0.6
Labour hold Swing +9.8
Hoyland East [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Dennis Hawkins 934 41.0 -16.6
Labour Timothy Shepherd 876 38.4 +8.2
Liberal Democrat John Lopscombe 339 14.9 +8.3
Conservative Marion Allerton 103 4.5 -1.1
Socialist Labour Mary Smith 28 1.2 +1.2
Majority 58 2.5 -24.9
Turnout 2,280 28.4 +2.0
Independent gain from Labour Swing -12.4
Hoyland West [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour James Andrews 1,075 62.6 +3.0
Liberal Democrat John Knight 298 17.3 -7.6
Conservative Elizabeth Hill 162 9.4 -6.1
Independent Kenneth Pickering 135 7.9 +7.9
Socialist Labour Geoffrey Pickering 48 2.8 +2.8
Majority 777 45.2 +10.5
Turnout 1,718 26.4 +3.8
Labour hold Swing +5.3
Monk Bretton [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Roy Robinson 1,020 59.2 +19.0
Independent Miles Staley 374 21.7 -24.1
Liberal Democrat Sally Brook 181 10.5 +2.2
Conservative Stuart Wilkinson 110 6.4 +0.8
Socialist Labour Maureen Stannard 39 2.3 +2.3
Majority 646 37.5 +31.9
Turnout 1,724 21.1 -3.1
Labour hold Swing +21.5
North West [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Philip Davies 703 40.8 -9.3
Liberal Democrat Anthony Conway 468 27.2 +1.2
Independent William Gaunt 382 22.2 +22.2
Conservative Clive Watkinson 103 6.0 -17.8
Socialist Labour Philip Thompson 66 3.8 +3.8
Majority 235 13.6 -10.5
Turnout 1,722 25.0 +6.9
Labour hold Swing -5.2
Park [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Alice Wade 568 45.3 -18.0
Independent Malcolm Price 339 27.0 +27.0
Liberal Democrat Pietro Politano 204 16.3 -8.3
Conservative Geoffrey Turvey 74 5.9 -6.2
Socialist Alliance Susan Wild 69 5.5 +5.5
Majority 229 18.3 -20.4
Turnout 1,254 23.5 +5.6
Labour hold Swing -22.5
Penistone East [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Smith 1,107 39.9 -9.1
Labour Peter Starling 879 31.7 -1.3
Liberal Democrat Patrick Hensby 785 28.3 +10.3
Majority 228 8.2 -7.8
Turnout 2,771 34.7 +3.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -3.9
Penistone West [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent George Punt 1,788 68.9 +68.9
Labour Linda Hutchinson 499 19.2 -6.2
Liberal Democrat Jean Knight 309 11.9 +3.5
Majority 1,289 49.7 +19.6
Turnout 2,596 29.0 +1.5
Independent hold Swing +37.5
Royston [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Graham Kyte 1,415 67.8 +16.8
Liberal Democrat Edward Gouthwaite 498 23.9 -0.4
Conservative Kathleen Leeds 174 8.3 +2.0
Majority 917 43.9 +17.2
Turnout 2,087 22.9 +0.7
Labour hold Swing +8.6
South West [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Philip Birkinshaw 1,046 54.6 -9.8
Labour Robert Hannaghan 566 29.5 +9.4
Liberal Democrat Yvonne Marrison 165 8.6 +1.8
Conservative John Wilson 139 7.3 -1.5
Majority 480 25.1 -19.2
Turnout 1,916 26.7 +0.8
Independent gain from Labour Swing -9.6
Wombwell North [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Arthur Hall 676 47.0 +8.7
Liberal Democrat Christopher Harding 519 36.1 -22.8
Independent Angela Thorp 203 14.1 +14.1
Conservative Nancy Cuss 40 2.8 +0.0
Majority 157 10.9 -9.6
Turnout 1,438 29.0 -1.2
Labour hold Swing +15.7
Wombwell South [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Trevor Naylor 1,329 71.1 +16.2
Liberal Democrat William Millard 352 18.8 +5.7
Conservative Howard Oldfield 187 10.0 +1.6
Majority 977 52.3 +17.4
Turnout 1,868 23.3 -1.2
Labour hold Swing +5.2
Worsbrough [2] [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Terence Bristowe 1,210 67.3 +5.7
Liberal Democrat Patricia Durie 304 16.9 +3.2
Conservative Elizabeth Elders 186 10.3 +0.1
Socialist Labour Terence Robinson 98 5.5 +0.3
Majority 906 50.4 +2.5
Turnout 1,798 24.2 +0.5
Labour hold Swing +1.2

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