Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. One third of the council is elected each year, except for every fourth year when there is no election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, councillors are elected from 21 wards. [1]
Summary of the council composition after council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 1979 election (increasing the number of seats by 6) and more recently the 2004 election (which decreased the number of seats by 3) prompting the whole council to be elected in those years.
Year | Labour | Conservative | Liberal / Lib Dem | Independent | Ratepayers / Residents | Independent Labour | Barnsley Independent | Reform UK |
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1973 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1 Dem Lab) | 0 | 0 |
1975 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 (1 Dem Lab) | 0 | 0 |
1976 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 3 (1 Dem Lab) | 0 | 0 |
1978 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1979 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1980 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1982 | 53 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1983 | 58 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1984 | 59 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1986 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1987 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1988 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1990 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1991 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1992 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1994 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1998 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2000 | 52 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | 47 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
2007 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
2008 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
2010 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
2011 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
2012 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2014 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2015 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2016 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2018 | 49 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2021 | 49 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2022 | 46 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2023 | 48 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 48 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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