2018 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2018 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Result[]

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election results
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	21	19	2	1	1	90.4	58.9	26,151	2.3
	Conservative	21	1	0	0		4.7	18.1	8,068	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	14	1	1	0	1	4.7	9.8	4,380	New
	Green	9	0	0	0		0.0	3.8	1,695	0.3
	Barnsley Independent	2	0	0	2	2	0.0	3.2	1,454	7.3
	Independent	2	0	0	0		0.0	1.9	857	2.7
	Democrats and Veterans	3	0	0	0		0.0	1.7	771	New
	Yorkshire	2	0	0	0		0.0	1.7	754	0.4
	English Democrat	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	235	0.7
	Totals	93	21				100.0	100.0	44,365	2,251

Candidates[]

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Central ward[]

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Bruff	1,285	68.0	6.7
	Conservative	Adrian Thompson	324	17.2	6.7
	Green	Rene Van Buuren	182	9.6	1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Connor Audsley	98	5.2	N/A
Majority			961	50.8	6.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Cudworth ward[]

Cudworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Hayward	1,252	74.7	0.5
	Conservative	Samuel Wilkinson	175	10.4	3.1
	Yorkshire	Chris Burrows	161	9.6	7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Waters	50	3.0	N/A
	Democrats and Veterans	Gavin Felton	38	2.3	N/A
Majority			1,077	64.3	3.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Darfield ward[]

Darfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Markham	1,134	57.3	7.5
	Democrats and Veterans	Trevor Smith	391	19.7	N/A
	Conservative	Delia Weldon	295	14.9	6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kim Boon	160	8.1	N/A
Majority			743	37.6	29.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Darton East ward[]

Darton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Spence	1,523	63.6	24.1
	Conservative	George Hill	455	19.0	9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Hunt	415	17.4	N/A
Majority			1,068	44.6	36.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Darton West ward[]

Darton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Howard	1,279	55.2	14.1
	Conservative	Lee Ogden	581	25.1	5.6
	Green	Tom Heyes	324	14.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Waters	132	5.7	N/A
Majority			698	30.1	8.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Dearne North ward[]

Dearne North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Annette Gollick	1,107	80.2	6.4
	Conservative	Joseph Farnfield	273	19.8	6.4
Majority			834	60.4	12.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Dearne South ward[]

Dearne South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	May Noble	1,415	74.8	0.3
	Conservative	Sharon Jackson	292	15.4	9.5
	Green	Sara Lewis	184	9.8	N/A
Majority			1,123	59.4	4.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Dodworth ward[]

Dodworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Wright	956	37.8	11.8
	Barnsley Independent	Jack Carr	933	36.9	17.6
	Conservative	Debbie Toon	476	18.8	8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Waters	164	6.5	N/A
Majority			23	0.9	27.6
	Labour gain from Barnsley Independent		Swing

Hoyland Milton ward[]

Hoyland Milton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Franklin	1,548	71.7	13.8
	Conservative	Michael Payne	356	16.5	8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Glenn Lawrence	255	11.8	N/A
Majority			1,192	55.2	22.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingstone ward[]

Kingstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kath Mitchell	1,078	63.3	3.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Ellis-Maurant	423	24.8	N/A
	Conservative	Lesley Watkinson	202	11.9	0.4
Majority			655	38.5	9.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Monk Bretton ward[]

Monk Bretton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Richardson	1,279	62.3	9.3
	Democrats and Veterans	Vicky Felton	342	16.7	N/A
	Conservative	Adam Bromfield	250	12.2	2.5
	Green	Dean Todd	119	5.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Rose	63	3.0	N/A
Majority			937	45.6	11.3
	Labour hold		Swing

North East ward[]

North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Higginbottom	1,397	64.4	12.9
	Yorkshire	Tony Devoy	593	27.3	15.7
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hill	179	8.3	2.5
Majority			804	37.1	16.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Town ward[]

Old Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Pickering	1,206	54.8	11.8
	Independent	Mark Houchin	493	22.4	N/A
	Conservative	Clive Watkinson	334	15.2	7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Bennett	166	7.6	N/A
Majority			713	32.4	31.0
	Labour gain from Barnsley Independent		Swing

Penistone East ward[]

Penistone East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Barnard	1,813	50.5	0.7
	Labour	Martin Flack	1,189	33.1	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Greenhough	332	9.3	N/A
	Green	Kate Raynor	255	7.1	5.4
Majority			624	17.4	5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penistone West ward[]

Penistone West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Kitching	1,741	46.5	N/A
	Labour	Jo Newing	963	25.7	13.7
	Conservative	Alex Wilkinson	840	22.4	5.0
	Green	Richard Trotman	204	5.4	3.5
Majority			778	20.8	8.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Rockingham ward[]

Rockingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Andrews	1,242	58.7	7.1
	Conservative	Michael Davies	524	24.8	16.4
	English Democrat	Kevin Riddiough	235	11.1	6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Nugent	115	5.4	N/A
Majority			718	33.9	14.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Royston ward[]

Royston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tim Cheetham	1,315	69.1	5.2
	Independent	Edward Gouthwaite	364	19.1	2.9
	Conservative	Michael Toon	224	11.8	1.3
Majority			951	50.0	8.1
	Labour hold		Swing

St Helen's ward[]

St Helen's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Leech	1,238	76.7	11.4
	Conservative	Steven Burkinshaw	190	11.8	7.8
	Green	Alan Jones	187	11.5	7.5
Majority			1,048	64.9	21.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Stairfoot ward[]

Stairfoot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janine Bowler	1,173	59.9	19.5
	Barnsley Independent	Andy Gillis	521	26.6	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Brook	265	13.5	7.1
Majority			652	33.3	25.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Wombwell ward[]

Wombwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Frost	1,363	67.5	13.6
	Conservative	Joe Colville	415	20.5	1.6
	Green	Terence Cook	240	12.0	N/A
Majority			948	47.0	15.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsbrough ward[]

Worsbrough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Clarke	1,209	62.8	20.3
	Conservative	Michael Barraclough	331	20.6	14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Calvert	266	16.6	N/A
Majority			878	42.2	38.2
	Labour hold		Swing

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