2000_Barnsley_Council_election

2000 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
One third of seats (22 of 66) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council; 34 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2000 Barnsley council elections.
Majority party before election; Labour;	Majority party after election ; Labour;

2000 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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The 2000 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. Prior to the election, Labour has suffered a by-election loss in South West and two defections to Independent. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Quick Facts One third of seats (22 of 66) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	14	0	4	-4	63.6	45.6	18,077	-8.8%
Independent	4	3	1	+2	18.2	18.2	7,193	+13.0%
Liberal Democrats	2	1	0	+1	9.1	18.1	7,178	-4.6%
Conservative	2	1	0	+1	9.1	14.1	5,586	+3.4%
Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	779	-1.2%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	633	+0.8%
Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	92	-2.5%
Socialist Alternative	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	68	-0.2%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Mathers	700	64.7	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	C Harding	260	24.0	+0.6
	Conservative	Marjorie Cale-Morgan	122	11.3	+5.0
Majority			440	40.7	+4.2
Turnout			1,082	15.6	-3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Bostwick	614	58.7	-17.0
	Independent	D Cooke	287	27.4	+27.4
	Liberal Democrats	H Harding	101	9.7	-7.9
	Conservative	R Hinchliff	44	4.2	+0.4
Majority			327	31.3	-26.9
Turnout			1,046	17.2	-1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-22.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Whittaker	760	51.3	-16.5
	Independent Labour	K Collins	418	28.2	+28.2
	Conservative	M West	159	10.7	-1.1
	Liberal Democrats	A Mawson	144	9.7	+3.8
Majority			342	23.1	-30.2
Turnout			1,481	21.9	-2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-22.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Don Hutton	923	54.5	+4.1
	Labour	Pat Newman	658	38.8	-4.7
	Conservative	R Morrell	113	6.7	+3.8
Majority			265	15.6	+8.7
Turnout			1,694	20.8	-4.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+4.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Houghton	1,030	50.7	-21.7
	Independent	T Jamil	795	39.1	+39.1
	Liberal Democrats	C Stimson	108	5.3	-11.6
	Conservative	Ann Campbell	98	4.8	-2.8
Majority			235	11.6	-43.9
Turnout			2,031	27.1	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-30.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ron Fisher	1,251	50.4	+50.4
	Labour	Dorothy Higginbottom	981	39.6	-27.0
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hill	132	5.3	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats	M Brown	116	4.7	-20.3
Majority			270	10.9	-30.7
Turnout			2,480	31.5	+7.2
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	+38.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Miller	1,245	51.3	-9.6
	Independent	S Birkinshaw	599	24.7	+24.7
	Conservative	Jim Smith	320	13.2	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	P Jaques	265	10.9	-16.8
Majority			646	26.6	-6.6
Turnout			2,429	22.8	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-17.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John 'Inky' Thomson	1,111	53.0	-17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sharron Brook	897	42.8	+17.2
	Conservative	M Lockwood	90	4.3	+0.1
Majority			214	10.2	-34.5
Turnout			2,098	24.5	+4.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-17.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Bird	946	72.8	-4.1
	Liberal Democrats	M Newton	239	18.4	-0.4
	Conservative	Gordon Wilkinson	115	8.8	+4.5
Majority			707	54.4	-3.7
Turnout			1,300	16.8	-2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Ryan	930	41.6	+1.3
	Green	Donald Jones	374	16.7	+4.7
	Independent	M Walsh	363	16.3	-4.2
	Conservative	George Hill	311	13.9	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	S Heyworth	255	11.4	-4.2
Majority			556	24.9	+5.1
Turnout			2,233	21.7	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mick Brankin	1,210	57.6	+37.3
	Labour	Peter Beardshall	635	30.2	-27.2
	Liberal Democrats	D Hulse	139	6.6	-5.6
	Conservative	Hilda Jobling	118	5.6	-2.1
Majority			575	27.4	-9.4
Turnout			2,102	26.4	+2.5
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	+32.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Howard	862	59.6	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	B Martin	360	24.9	+9.7
	Conservative	Howard Oldfield	225	15.5	+9.2
Majority			502	34.7	+8.1
Turnout			1,447	22.6	-5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Grace Brown	919	45.8	+4.7
	Labour	Tom Sheard	807	40.2	-1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Brook	167	8.3	-4.0
	Conservative	Stuart Wilkinson	113	5.6	+0.4
Majority			112	5.6	+5.3
Turnout			2,006	24.2	+0.8
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	+2.9

Penistone East^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alec Rowley	1,188	49.0	+9.3
	Labour	Peter Starling	801	33.0	-6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Trish Arundel	437	18.0	-2.7
Majority			387	16.0	+15.9
Turnout			2,426	31.6	-2.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	+7.9

Penistone West^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Hinchliff	1,340	55.5	+32.8
	Labour	C Shaw	613	25.4	-17.3
	Green	F Charlesworth	259	10.7	+10.7
	Liberal Democrats	J Heyworth	202	8.4	-26.3
Majority			727	30.1	+22.1
Turnout			2,414	27.5	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+25.0

Royston^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Newman	997	51.0	-7.9
	Liberal Democrats	E Gouthwaite	475	24.3	-8.0
	Independent Labour	C Sanger	361	18.5	+18.5
	Conservative	Kath Leeds	123	6.3	+0.3
Majority			522	26.7	+0.0
Turnout			1,956	22.2	+0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.0

South West^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sandra Birkinshaw	1,207	64.4	+23.6
	Labour	C Henshaw	376	20.1	-4.2
	Conservative	John Wilson	165	8.8	-11.2
	Liberal Democrats	D McVey	127	6.8	-7.0
Majority			831	44.3	+27.7
Turnout			1,875	25.9	-1.1
	Independent hold		Swing	+13.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Denton	633	50.1	-3.2
	Liberal Democrats	P Henstock	329	26.0	+0.4
	Conservative	M Allerton	301	23.8	+4.9
Majority			304	24.1	-3.6
Turnout			1,263	18.1	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Doyle	621	63.3	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats	R Rees	241	24.6	+3.8
	Conservative	D Plotts	119	12.1	+3.6
Majority			380	38.7	-5.8
Turnout			981	17.9	-1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Brook	891	58.9	+11.5
	Labour	John Clarke	580	38.3	-10.8
	Conservative	N Cuss	43	2.8	+1.0
Majority			311	20.5	+18.8
Turnout			1,514	30.2	-1.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+11.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Morgan	1,079	54.9	-9.6
	Independent	Trevor Smith	394	20.1	+20.1
	Liberal Democrats	W Millard	258	13.1	-8.7
	Conservative	W Barkworth	166	8.4	+1.0
	Socialist Alternative	A Waller	68	3.5	-2.8
Majority			685	34.9	-7.7
Turnout			1,965	24.5	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-14.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jimmy Rae	1,098	61.6	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Durie	244	13.7	+0.1
	Conservative	Elizabeth Elders	181	10.2	+4.1
	Independent	David Wood	168	9.4	-8.4
	Socialist Labour	Terry Robinson	92	5.2	-5.7
Majority			854	47.9	+14.1
Turnout			1,783	23.7	-3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Jenkinson	2,452	43.1	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Conway	1,273	22.4	+10.9
	Conservative	George Hill	766	13.5	-0.5
	Independent	Michael Walsh	761	13.4	-2.9
	Green	Donald Jones	438	7.7	-9.1
Majority			1,179	20.7	-4.2
Turnout			5,690	53.9	+32.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Newman	527	62.1	+3.4
	Independent	Jack Brown	187	22.0	-5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Roberts	106	12.5	+2.8
	Socialist Alliance	James White	29	3.4	+3.4
Majority			340	40.1	+8.8
Turnout			849	14.0	-3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.4