2021 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
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One third (21) of 63 seats on the Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the results of the 2021 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place in 2021 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in England. It took place on the same day as other local elections.[1] The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Results summary[]
2021 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 17 | 1 | 81.0 | 32 | 49 | 76.6 | 19,309 | 40.4 | +5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 3 | 14.3 | 4 | 7 | 10.9 | 5,623 | 11.8 | -5.1 | |
Conservative | 1 | 4.8 | 2 | 3 | 4.7 | 11,975 | 25.1 | +12.3 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.1 | 1,122 | 2.3 | -6.8 | ||
Democrats and Veterans | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | N/A | N/A | ||
Barnsley Independent | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.6 | 5,041 | 10.6 | +6.0 | |
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,152 | 6.6 | +1.4 | ||
SDP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 461 | 1.0 | New | ||
English Democrat | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 339 | 0.7 | -2.5 | ||
Yorkshire | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 233 | 0.5 | -3.0 | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 182 | 0.4 | New | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 166 | 0.3 | New | ||
For Britain | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 98 | 0.2 | New | ||
Keep Equality Safe | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 75 | 0.2 | New |
Ward Results[]
Central ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Summer Risebury | 964 | 48.88 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Adrian Thompson | 529 | 26.83 | +9.7 | |
Green | Ian Guest | 366 | 18.56 | -9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Rogerson | 113 | 5.73 | -5.0 | |
Majority | 435 | 22.05 | |||
Turnout | 1,972 | 23.87 | |||
Total votes | 1,989 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,373 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cudworth ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Steve Houghton | 1,368 | 66.9 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Mark Brook | 316 | 15.5 | -0.4 | |
Barnsley Independent | Mark Arnold | 285 | 13.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Waters | 75 | 3.7 | -18.8 | |
Majority | 1,052 | ||||
Turnout | 2,044 | ||||
Total votes | |||||
Registered electors | 8,307 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Darfield ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kevin Osborne | 1,166 | 50.0 | +16.2 | |
Conservative | Benjamin Harrison | 600 | 25.7 | +17.3 | |
Barnsley Independent | Victoria Semley | 372 | 15.9 | N/A | |
For Britain | Graham Stringer | 98 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Bennett | 77 | 3.3 | -6.8 | |
Independent | Kris Tonkinson | 21 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Darton East ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Mat Crisp | 1,119 | 38.8 | -31.7 | |
Labour | Dave Webster | 722 | 25.0 | +3.1 | |
Barnsley Independent | Sharon Love | 587 | 20.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Miller | 323 | 11.2 | +3.6 | |
Green | Kirsty Mcara-Marsh | 135 | 4.7 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Darton West ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alice Cave | 1,051 | 37.5 | -2.2 | |
Conservative | Marie Bates | 914 | 32.6 | +10.4 | |
Green | Tom Heyes | 755 | 26.9 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Waters | 85 | 3.0 | -10.6 | |
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dearne North ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Wendy Cain | 1,052 | 61.1 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | George Hill | 412 | 23.9 | +14.5 | |
English Democrat | Maxine Spencer | 162 | 9.4 | -24.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Hulme | 49 | 2.8 | N/A | |
SDP | Savannah Jarvis | 47 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dearne South ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dorothy Coates | 1,364 | 60.2 | +24.9 | |
Conservative | Jacob Grifffin | 398 | 17.6 | +12.4 | |
SDP | David Jarvis | 359 | 15.8 | N/A | |
English Democrat | Janus Polenceusz | 74 | 3.3 | -4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Linda Fielding | 70 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dodworth ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Chris Wray | 804 | 26.2 | -19.4 | |
Barnsley Independent | Phillip Birkinshaw | 757 | 24.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Emma Johnson-Henshaw | 677 | 22.1 | -0.5 | |
Conservative | Lee Ogden | 651 | 21.2 | +13.8 | |
Green | Rebecca Trotman | 178 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Barnsley Independent | Swing |
Hoyland Milton ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Stowe | 1,153 | 39.6 | -4.4 | |
Conservative | David White | 1,040 | 35.7 | +24.9 | |
Independent | Daniel Simpson | 331 | 11.4 | -20.0 | |
Green | John Evans | 232 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Glenn Lawrence | 99 | 3.4 | -5.4 | |
TUSC | Angela Waller | 60 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kingstone ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Pooja Ramchandani | 699 | 38.1 | +0.9 | |
Barnsley Independent | Peter Doyle | 396 | 21.6 | -8.3 | |
Conservative | Ian Levitt-Smillie | 310 | 16.9 | +10.4 | |
Green | Peter Giles | 181 | 9.9 | -5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Wright | 123 | 6.7 | -0.9 | |
Independent | Carlo Turner | 85 | 4.6 | N/A | |
TUSC | Tracey-Ann Holland | 41 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Monk Bretton ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Steve Green | 1,260 | 54.6 | +25.5 | |
Conservative | Michael Toon | 486 | 21.0 | +16.4 | |
Barnsley Independent | Gary McNair | 415 | 18.0 | N/A | |
Green | Chris Scarfe | 102 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Nicholson | 46 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
North East ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jeff Ennis | 1,268 | 49.2 | +13.0 | |
Barnsley Independent | Raymond Archer | 746 | 28.9 | -3.9 | |
Conservative | Samuel Wilkinson | 498 | 19.3 | +9.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sam Christmas | 65 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Old Town ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Phil Lofts | 1,084 | 43.1 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Clive Watkinson | 578 | 23.0 | +14.0 | |
Barnsley Independent | Liam Hardcastle | 390 | 15.5 | N/A | |
Green | Gillian Nixon | 203 | 8.1 | -4.5 | |
Independent | Donald Wood | 124 | 4.9 | -29.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Will Fielding | 112 | 4.4 | -4.9 | |
TUSC | Estelle Mageean | 26 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Penistone East ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Wilson | 1,954 | 45.6 | +6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Waters | 1,034 | 24.1 | -2.8 | |
Labour | Alex Burnett | 988 | 23.1 | +5.7 | |
Green | Kate Raynor | 309 | 7.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Penistone West ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Mandy Lowe-Flello | 1,444 | 37.4 | -6.3 | |
Conservative | Martin Bancroft | 1,172 | 30.3 | +9.5 | |
Labour | Sarah Grainger | 745 | 19.3 | +6.5 | |
Green | Richard Trotman | 338 | 8.7 | +1.7 | |
Reform UK | Edward Dillingham | 166 | 4.3 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Rockingham ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nicola Sumner | 1,085 | 39.1 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Roy Garratt | 1,084 | 39.1 | +28.0 | |
Green | James Grinham | 289 | 10.4 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Nugent | 124 | 4.5 | +0.5 | |
TUSC | Karen Fletcher | 115 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Keep Equality Safe Party | Andy Belk | 75 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Nicola Sumner won on the toss of a coin. In the result this is shown as her winning an extra vote.
Royston ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Caroline Makinson | 1,034 | 43.5 | -5.9 | |
Barnsley Independent | Kirk Harper | 700 | 29.5 | -9.5 | |
Conservative | Michael Davies | 422 | 17.8 | +6.1 | |
Independent | Neil Fisher | 95 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Green | Simon Layton | 78 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Smith | 46 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
St Helen's ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sarah Tattersall | 983 | 56.9 | -4.4 | |
Conservative | Donna Cutts | 330 | 19.1 | +7.6 | |
Yorkshire | Mick Chambers | 233 | 13.5 | N/A | |
Green | Alan Jones | 91 | 5.3 | -22.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Booth | 52 | 3.0 | N/A | |
SDP | Steve Vajda | 38 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Stairfoot ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Karen Dyson | 895 | 38.0 | +2.2 | |
Independent | Wayne Johnson | 689 | 29.3 | N/A | |
Barnsley Independent | Kay Thewlis | 364 | 15.5 | -38.4 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Hill | 363 | 15.4 | +9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Kitching | 42 | 1.8 | -2.4 | |
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wombwell ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Higginbottom | 1,346 | 55.4 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Alex Wilkinson | 648 | 26.7 | +25.2 | |
Green | Simon Kusners | 127 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Amy Stewart | 108 | 4.4 | N/A | |
English Democrat | Jon Seymour | 103 | 4.2 | -7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Rose | 79 | 3.3 | -4.9 | |
SDP | Rachel Thompson | 17 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Worsbrough ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roy Bowser | 827 | 37.3 | +4.4 | |
Barnsley Independent | Gillian Carr | 775 | 35.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Michael Barraclough | 485 | 21.9 | +12.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Calvert | 129 | 5.8 | -1.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Barnsley Independent | Swing |
References[]
- ^ "Local government elections". www.local.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
External links[]
Categories:
- Barnsley Council elections
- 2021 English local elections
- 2020s in South Yorkshire
- Elections postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic