1999 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
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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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The 1999 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. Prior to the election, the Liberal Democrats had gained a seat in Wombwell North from Labour. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.[1][2][3][4]
Election result[]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 19 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 86.4 | 54.4 | 21,806 | -16.4% | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4.5 | 22.7 | 9,089 | +15.0% | |
Conservative | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4.5 | 10.7 | 4,279 | -0.1% | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 2,066 | +1.0% | |
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 1,274 | +3.2% | |
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 1,094 | -2.0% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 307 | -0.5% | |
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 151 | -0.2% |
This resulted in the following composition of the council:[3][4][5]
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 62 | 59 | |||
Independent | 2 | 3 | |||
Conservatives | 1 | 2 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 2 | |||
Total | 66 | 66 | |||
Working majority | 58 | 52 |
Ward results[]
+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S Redford | 819 | 59.9 | -9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | H Harding | 320 | 23.4 | +12.8 | |
Socialist Labour | S Logan | 142 | 10.4 | -1.1 | |
Conservative | M Cale-Morgan | 86 | 6.3 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 499 | 36.5 | -21.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,367 | 19.3 | +3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -11.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M Woodhead | 858 | 75.7 | -9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | M Wright | 199 | 17.6 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | T Allerton | 43 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Socialist Labour | P Robinson | 33 | 2.9 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 659 | 58.2 | -17.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,133 | 18.7 | -0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A Vodden | 1,132 | 67.8 | -1.5 | |
Socialist Labour | J Simmons | 242 | 14.5 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | D Beaumont-Schofield | 197 | 11.8 | -6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | S Brook | 98 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 890 | 53.3 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,669 | 24.5 | +4.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | I Guest | 1,074 | 50.4 | +14.9 | |
Labour | R Fisher | 927 | 43.5 | -9.9 | |
Socialist Labour | S Yoxall | 68 | 3.2 | -3.4 | |
Conservative | J Carrington | 61 | 2.9 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 147 | 6.9 | -11.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,130 | 25.7 | +6.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +12.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J Hayward | 1,269 | 72.4 | -10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | R Arundell | 296 | 16.9 | +9.7 | |
Conservative | A Campbell | 134 | 7.6 | +1.0 | |
Socialist Labour | M Stannard | 54 | 3.1 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 973 | 55.5 | -20.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,753 | 23.2 | +1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -10.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G Bates | 1,261 | 66.6 | -6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | M Brown | 474 | 25.0 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | P Stubbins | 158 | 8.3 | -3.5 | |
Majority | 787 | 41.6 | -19.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,893 | 24.3 | +2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T Cullum | 1,330 | 60.9 | -11.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | J Hollingsworth | 604 | 27.7 | +27.7 | |
Conservative | J Smith | 207 | 9.5 | -11.5 | |
Socialist Labour | S Robinson | 43 | 2.0 | -4.5 | |
Majority | 726 | 33.2 | -18.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,184 | 20.5 | +2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -19.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A Cross | 1,248 | 70.3 | -5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sharron Brook | 454 | 25.6 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | E Croft | 74 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 794 | 44.7 | -7.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,776 | 20.0 | -1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A Gardiner | 1,115 | 76.9 | -0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | H Newton | 272 | 18.8 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | G Wilkinson | 63 | 4.3 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 843 | 58.1 | -1.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,450 | 19.0 | +0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P Lofts | 1,033 | 40.3 | -23.2 | |
Independent Labour | M Walsh | 525 | 20.5 | +20.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | J Earnshaw | 399 | 15.6 | +15.6 | |
Green | D Jones | 307 | 12.0 | -9.3 | |
Conservative | G Hill | 248 | 9.7 | -2.2 | |
Socialist Labour | L Heppenstall | 49 | 1.9 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 508 | 19.8 | -22.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,561 | 25.2 | +4.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -21.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P Wordsworth | 1,102 | 57.4 | -31.4 | |
Independent Labour | B Maguire | 390 | 20.3 | +20.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | C Stimson | 234 | 12.2 | +12.2 | |
Conservative | M West | 147 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
Socialist Labour | M Smith | 46 | 2.4 | -8.8 | |
Majority | 712 | 37.1 | -40.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,919 | 23.9 | +3.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -25.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A Schofield | 937 | 51.5 | -28.5 | |
Independent | Les Levitt | 453 | 24.9 | +24.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | B Martin | 277 | 15.2 | +15.2 | |
Conservative | H Jobling | 115 | 6.3 | -7.1 | |
Socialist Labour | G Pickering | 36 | 2.0 | -4.6 | |
Majority | 484 | 26.6 | -40.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,818 | 28.0 | +4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -26.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M Sheard | 806 | 41.4 | -35.6 | |
Independent | G Brown | 800 | 41.1 | +41.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | D McVey | 239 | 12.3 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | S Wilkinson | 102 | 5.2 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.3 | -64.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,947 | 23.4 | +6.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -38.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M Cawthorne | 678 | 53.3 | -13.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | J Ingram | 326 | 25.6 | +12.3 | |
Conservative | C Carrington | 240 | 18.9 | +2.2 | |
Socialist Labour | K Elbourne | 27 | 2.1 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 352 | 27.7 | -22.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,271 | 17.8 | -0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -12.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P Leigh | 710 | 65.3 | -19.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | P Durie | 226 | 20.8 | +20.8 | |
Conservative | W Barkworth | 92 | 8.5 | -1.6 | |
Socialist Labour | N Wragg | 59 | 5.4 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 484 | 44.5 | -29.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,087 | 19.5 | +5.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -19.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D Toon | 1,029 | 39.7 | +0.6 | |
Labour | T Shepherd | 1,027 | 39.6 | -21.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | T Arundell | 536 | 20.7 | +20.7 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.1 | -21.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,592 | 33.6 | +7.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +10.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J Unsworth | 900 | 42.7 | +9.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | M Wilkinson | 732 | 34.7 | +34.7 | |
Conservative | D Plotts | 478 | 22.7 | +22.7 | |
Majority | 168 | 8.0 | -26.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,110 | 24.3 | -1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -12.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H Lavender | 1,103 | 58.9 | -18.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | E Gouthwaite | 604 | 32.3 | +20.6 | |
Conservative | K Leeds | 113 | 6.0 | -1.7 | |
Socialist Labour | O Robinson | 52 | 2.8 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 499 | 26.7 | -38.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,872 | 21.5 | +1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -19.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M Hall | 813 | 40.8 | +40.8 | |
Labour | C Henshaw | 483 | 24.3 | -46.0 | |
Conservative | J Wilson | 398 | 20.0 | -3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | D Hutton | 275 | 13.8 | +13.8 | |
Socialist Labour | G Holt | 22 | 1.1 | -5.5 | |
Majority | 330 | 16.6 | -30.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,991 | 27.0 | +7.7 | ||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | +43.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R Wraith | 781 | 49.1 | -25.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | C Harding | 754 | 47.4 | +35.7 | |
Socialist Alternative | M Forster | 29 | 1.8 | -5.3 | |
Conservative | N Grace | 28 | 1.8 | -4.7 | |
Majority | 27 | 1.7 | -61.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,592 | 31.3 | +12.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -30.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J Wake | 1,244 | 64.5 | -8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | W Millard | 421 | 21.8 | +11.1 | |
Conservative | H Oldfield | 143 | 7.4 | -1.7 | |
Socialist Alternative | A Waller | 122 | 6.3 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 823 | 42.6 | -19.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,930 | 24.0 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | F Wright | 1,043 | 51.6 | -23.5 | |
Independent Labour | D Wood | 359 | 17.8 | +17.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | M Newton | 275 | 13.6 | +13.6 | |
Socialist Labour | T Robinson | 221 | 10.9 | -4.1 | |
Conservative | E Elders | 123 | 6.1 | -3.8 | |
Majority | 684 | 33.8 | -26.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,021 | 26.7 | +5.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -20.6 |
By-elections between 1999 and 2000[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T Shepherd | 626 | 72.0 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | B Martin | 150 | 17.2 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | R Morrell | 93 | 10.7 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 476 | 54.8 | +17.7 | ||
Turnout | 869 | 10.8 | -13.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | S Birkinshaw | 686 | 43.2 | +2.4 | |
Labour | S Henshaw | 407 | 25.6 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | D Hutton | 286 | 18.0 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | J Wilson | 210 | 13.2 | -6.8 | |
Majority | 279 | 17.6 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,589 | 21.3 | -5.7 | ||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | +0.5 |
References[]
- ^ a b "How the nations voted". The Times. 8 May 1999. p. 48.
- ^ "How Britain voted: Council Election Results". The Independent. 8 May 1999. p. 12.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Elections Centre: Barnsley 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "Election results 1979 to 2003" (PDF). barnsley.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Members of the Council 1999 / 2000". barnsley.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 August 1999. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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