Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006

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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006
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One third of seats (21 of 63) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority

 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Barnsley Independent Conservative
Seats won1273
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svgSteady2.svg
Barnsley UK local election 2006 map.svg
Map of the 2006 Barnsley council election results. Labour in red, Barnsley Independents in teal and Conservatives in blue.
Majority party before election

Labour

Majority party after election

Labour

The 2006 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election, with an extra vacancy in Penistone East caused by a resignation [1] , and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. [2] [3]

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Background

The Barnsley Independent Group, which had been formed by independents on the council, were contesting an election for the first time. [4] They put up candidates in 17 of the 21 wards which had seats up for election and 7 of their councillors were defending seats. [4]

Barnsley Independent Group is a British political party in Barnsley, England.

A Councillor is a member of a local government council.

Election result

The results saw Labour stay in control of the council, making a net gain of 1 to hold 34 seats. [5]

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 2006 [6] [7] [8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1221+154.538.420,986+2.0%
  Barnsley Independent 711031.827.715,144+27.7%
  Conservative 300013.613.27,207-1.1%
  BNP 00000.08.24,462+1.3%
  Liberal Democrat 001-10.08.04,393-5.2%
  Independent 00000.04.12,251-25.0%
  Green 00000.00.5281+0.5%

This resulted in the following composition of the council: [3] [7] [8] [9]

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour3334
Barnsley Independent2222
Conservatives55
Liberal Democrats32
Total6363
Working majority 3  5 

Ward results

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

Central [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Margaret Bruff91040.2+5.0
Liberal Democrat Donovan Hutton52723.3-18.0
BNP Dennis Seilly34715.3+1.0
Independent Peter Doyle32714.4+14.4
Conservative Gillian Millner1556.8-2.3
Majority38316.9+10.8
Turnout 2,26630.4-4.4
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing +11.5
Cudworth [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Joseph Hayward1,41357.4+6.0
Barnsley Independent Ian Sanders90036.6+36.6
Conservative Jean Rowley1496.1+0.3
Majority51320.8-8.6
Turnout 2,46231.4-6.8
Labour hold Swing -15.3
Darfield [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Barnsley Independent Trevor Smith1,11244.4+44.4
Labour Caroline Saunders71128.4-1.9
BNP Paul Tibble33213.3+5.8
Liberal Democrat Susan Garner1827.3-1.0
Conservative Marjorie Cale-Morgan1686.7-0.2
Majority40116.0-0.8
Turnout 2,50532.9-7.5
Barnsley Independent hold Swing +23.1
Darton East [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Barnsley Independent Harry Spence1,24945.8+45.8
Labour Thomas Cullum80829.6-6.3
Conservative Clive Watkinson39614.5-6.0
Liberal Democrat Patrick Logan27410.0-2.6
Majority44116.2+3.1
Turnout 2,72733.1-5.5
Barnsley Independent gain from Labour Swing +26.0
Darton West [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sharon Howard93532.0+1.3
Barnsley Independent Susan Simmons85329.2+29.2
BNP Ian Sutton70124.0+14.0
Conservative Tony Short43114.8-1.8
Majority822.8-0.3
Turnout 2,92036.0-4.8
Labour gain from Barnsley Independent Swing -13.9
Dearne North [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Janice Hancock1,01155.3+6.6
Liberal Democrat Ian Garner45324.8-14.6
Barnsley Independent Raymond Murdoch23412.8+12.8
Conservative Paul Buckley1297.1-4.8
Majority55830.5+21.1
Turnout 1,82723.3-9.1
Labour hold Swing +10.6
Dearne South [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour May Noble1,15841.5-4.5
Liberal Democrat Sarah Brook-Gardiner1,06538.2-8.3
BNP Robert Garrett49117.6+17.6
Conservative Dorothy Shaw752.7-4.8
Majority933.3+2.8
Turnout 2,78932.1-5.7
Labour hold Swing +1.9
Dodworth [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Barnsley Independent John Carr1,37848.1+48.1
Labour Deborah Dunlop1,01835.6+8.7
Conservative George Hill46616.3+2.9
Majority36012.6-20.3
Turnout 2,86237.1-7.6
Barnsley Independent hold Swing +19.7
Hoyland Milton [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Barnsley Independent Trevor Naylor1,22947.4+47.4
Labour Robin Franklin1,08842.0+8.0
Conservative Elizabeth Hill27610.6+0.0
Majority1415.4-16.2
Turnout 2,59330.5-9.1
Barnsley Independent hold Swing +19.7
Kingstone [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Barnsley Independent Donna Hollins1,15453.5+53.5
Labour Alice Cave72133.4-5.4
Independent Frank Watson1486.9-45.3
Conservative Stuart Wilkinson1356.3-2.7
Majority43320.1+6.8
Turnout 2,15828.4-5.6
Barnsley Independent hold Swing +29.4
Monk Bretton [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kenneth Richardson90640.3+3.1
Barnsley Independent Michael Dunlavey55724.8+24.8
BNP Susan Harris32314.4+3.9
Liberal Democrat Kenneth Smith27712.3+12.3
Conservative Geoffrey Turvey1858.2-2.5
Majority34915.5+11.0
Turnout 2,24828.3-7.3
Labour hold Swing -10.8
North East [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Leah Higginbottom1,68069.9+19.6
Conservative Lesley Watkinson72530.1+21.3
Majority95539.7+18.6
Turnout 2,40527.2-11.4
Labour hold Swing -0.8
Old Town [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Barnsley Independent Peter Middleton1,47956.6+56.6
Labour Martin Dyson63324.2-1.0
BNP Lancer White29911.4+3.9
Conservative Grace Morrell2037.8+1.4
Majority84632.4+14.6
Turnout 2,61432.7-8.0
Barnsley Independent hold Swing +28.8
Penistone East (2) [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Robert Barnard1,53932.6-8.2
Conservative John Wilson1,518
Labour Jill Hayler92919.7-7.3
Labour William Jones838
Liberal Democrat Teresa Arundel80817.1-6.0
Independent John Smith74915.9+15.9
Barnsley Independent Lisa Murdoch69114.7+14.7
Majority61012.9-0.9
Turnout 7,07241.4-6.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing -0.4
Penistone West [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Andrew Milner1,01231.0-3.6
Barnsley Independent Paul Hand-Davis80824.8+24.8
Labour Joseph Unsworth76323.4+0.6
BNP Kelly Thorpe39912.2+3.5
Green Lynda Pickersgill2818.6+8.6
Majority2046.3+5.6
Turnout 3,26339.1-7.3
Conservative hold Swing -14.2
Rockingham [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour James Andrews1,25546.2+7.6
Barnsley Independent Alison Robinson84631.1+31.1
Independent Robert Hannagan32011.8-29.5
Conservative Michael Toon29710.9+1.4
Majority40915.0+12.3
Turnout 2,71832.0-9.9
Labour hold Swing -11.7
Royston [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Tim Cheetham95939.1-4.6
Barnsley Independent John Race46418.9+18.9
Liberal Democrat Edward Gouthwaite43717.8+17.8
BNP Paul Harris39316.0+2.1
Conservative Andrew Barr1978.0-6.8
Majority49520.2+4.0
Turnout 2,45030.3-4.9
Labour hold Swing -11.7
St. Helen's [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Bostwick90550.0+11.9
Independent Jack Brown70739.1+2.8
Conservative Jack Orr19710.9+5.5
Majority19810.9+9.0
Turnout 1,80923.7-7.0
Labour hold Swing +4.5
Stairfoot [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Barnsley Independent James Smith1,01441.8+41.8
Labour Steven Redford87135.9-5.1
BNP James Smith38615.9+15.9
Conservative Anne Campbell1546.4+0.5
Majority1435.9+5.9
Turnout 2,42531.1-6.1
Barnsley Independent hold Swing +23.4
Wombwell [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Denise Wilde1,34753.2+16.7
Barnsley Independent Arthur O'Loughlin61024.1+24.1
BNP David Bailey39615.6+4.9
Conservative Garry Needham1797.1-3.0
Majority73729.1+15.3
Turnout 2,53231.6-5.2
Labour hold Swing -3.7
Worsbrough [6] [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Eunice Taylor96539.6-2.0
Barnsley Independent Jillian Aranyi56623.2+23.2
BNP Malcolm Jennings39516.2+16.2
Liberal Democrat Patricia Durie37015.2-7.2
Conservative Elizabeth Elders1395.7-9.1
Majority39916.4-2.8
Turnout 2,43533.1-6.6
Labour hold Swing -12.6

By-elections between 2006 and 2007

Penistone West 13 July 2006 By-election [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Stephen Marsh89750.3+19.3
Labour Joseph Unsworth55831.3+7.9
Green Lynda Pickersgill32818.4+9.8
Majority33919.0+12.7
Turnout 1,78321.4-17.7
Conservative gain from Independent Swing +5.7
Worsborough 16 November 2006 By-election [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Betty Barlow61537.0-2.6
Barnsley Independent Jillian Aranyi51030.7+7.5
BNP Malcolm Jennings31018.6+2.4
Liberal Democrat Donald Wood1378.2-7.0
Respect Kate Burland915.5+5.5
Majority1056.3-10.1
Turnout 1,66322.0-11.1
Labour hold Swing -5.0

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