2003_Barnsley_Council_election
The 2003 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. 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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Overall turnout in the election was 24%.[4]
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 16 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 72.7 | 50.1 | 20,250 | -0.6% | |
Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.1 | 22.2 | 8,960 | +0.1% | |
Conservative | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 9.1 | 15.2 | 6,147 | +7.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 9.1 | 10.8 | 4,370 | -6.8% | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 392 | +1.0% | |
Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 218 | +0.1% | |
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 73 | +0.2% | |
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This resulted in the following composition of the council:[2][3][6]
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Party | Previous council | New council | |||
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Labour | 49 | 47 | |||
Independent | 10 | 10 | |||
Conservatives | 4 | 5 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 4 | |||
Total | 66 | 66 | |||
Working majority | 32 | 28 |
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+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Steven Redford | 723 | 48.2 | +1.9 | |
Independent | James Smith | 687 | 45.8 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Peter Murray | 91 | 6.1 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 36 | 2.4 | -4.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,501 | 23.3 | +0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Patricia Newman | 710 | 62.4 | +1.6 | |
Independent | Malcolm Beaumont | 243 | 21.4 | -3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jean Roberts | 132 | 11.6 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Gordon Wilkinson | 53 | 4.7 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 467 | 41.0 | +5.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,138 | 18.6 | -1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alex Vodden | 1,119 | 52.9 | +11.4 | |
Independent | Frank Hardy | 912 | 43.1 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | Anne Campbell | 86 | 4.1 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 207 | 9.8 | +9.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,117 | 31.6 | +1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.0 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ian Guest | 876 | 50.0 | +9.6 | |
Labour | Peter Keys | 717 | 40.9 | -7.7 | |
Conservative | Brent Wood | 118 | 6.7 | +1.3 | |
Socialist Alliance | Thomas Sutcliffe | 41 | 2.3 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 159 | 9.1 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,752 | 21.5 | -1.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +8.6 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joseph Hayward | 1,325 | 82.5 | +13.0 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Hill | 281 | 17.5 | +12.5 | |
Majority | 1,044 | 65.0 | +13.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,606 | 20.7 | -4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gillian Bates | 1,001 | 46.7 | -2.4 | |
Independent | Trevor Smith | 867 | 40.4 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Teresa Arundel | 143 | 6.7 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Howard Oldfield | 134 | 6.2 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 134 | 6.2 | -4.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,145 | 26.9 | -1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.0 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Cullum | 1,256 | 50.4 | -3.8 | |
Conservative | Robert Barnard | 594 | 23.8 | +15.6 | |
Independent | John Moore | 444 | 17.8 | -5.8 | |
BNP | Andrew Gedney | 199 | 8.0 | +8.0 | |
Majority | 662 | 26.6 | -3.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,493 | 23.1 | -1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.7 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sharron Brook | 1,027 | 49.4 | +27.5 | |
Labour | Ann Cross | 1,000 | 48.1 | -6.4 | |
Conservative | Garry Needham | 51 | 2.5 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 27 | 1.3 | -31.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,078 | 23.9 | -8.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +16.9 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alan Gardiner | 1,014 | 83.3 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Grace Morrell | 203 | 16.7 | +16.7 | |
Majority | 811 | 66.6 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,217 | 15.6 | -5.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.2 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Phillip Lofts | 1,196 | 52.0 | -3.2 | |
Independent | Maureen Smith | 667 | 29.0 | +29.0 | |
Conservative | George Hill | 439 | 19.1 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 529 | 23.0 | -8.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,302 | 22.0 | -0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -16.1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Mary Brankin | 1,295 | 57.7 | +16.7 | |
Labour | Patricia Wordsworth | 751 | 33.4 | -5.0 | |
Conservative | Tony Short | 200 | 8.9 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 544 | 24.2 | +21.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,246 | 27.7 | -0.7 | ||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | +10.8 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alan Schofield | 864 | 42.7 | -19.9 | |
Independent | Geoffrey Howell | 751 | 37.1 | +29.2 | |
Independent | Mehdi Ghaffarian | 264 | 13.1 | +13.1 | |
Conservative | Michael Toon | 143 | 7.1 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 113 | 5.6 | -39.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,022 | 30.5 | +4.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -24.5 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Margaret Sheard | 934 | 52.1 | -7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Logan | 282 | 15.7 | +5.2 | |
Independent | Michael Moore | 267 | 14.9 | -6.8 | |
BNP | Paul Harris | 193 | 10.8 | +10.8 | |
Conservative | Stuart Wilkinson | 117 | 6.5 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 652 | 36.4 | -1.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,793 | 22.2 | +1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Margaret Cawthorne | 629 | 41.4 | +0.6 | |
Independent | William Gaunt | 520 | 34.2 | +12.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Conway | 245 | 16.1 | -11.1 | |
Conservative | Clive Watkinson | 127 | 8.3 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 109 | 7.2 | -6.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,521 | 21.9 | -3.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.7 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian Swaine | 681 | 67.5 | +22.2 | |
Socialist Alliance | Susan Wild | 177 | 17.5 | +12.0 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Turvey | 151 | 15.0 | +9.1 | |
Majority | 504 | 50.0 | +31.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,009 | 18.9 | -4.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Deborah Toon | 1,477 | 56.6 | +16.7 | |
Labour | Jill Hayler | 1,134 | 43.4 | +11.7 | |
Majority | 343 | 13.1 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,611 | 32.1 | -2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.5 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Wilson | 1,212 | 51.6 | +51.6 | |
Labour | Joseph Unsworth | 1,136 | 48.4 | +29.2 | |
Majority | 76 | 3.2 | -46.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,348 | 26.3 | -2.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +11.2 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Howard Lavender | 1,015 | 55.6 | -12.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Leslie Brooke | 656 | 35.9 | +12.0 | |
Conservative | Nancy Cuss | 156 | 8.5 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 359 | 19.6 | -24.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,827 | 19.9 | -3.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -12.1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Malcolm Hall | 1,043 | 61.7 | +7.1 | |
Labour | Stephen Henshaw | 461 | 27.3 | -2.2 | |
Conservative | Andrew Barr | 187 | 11.1 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 582 | 34.4 | +9.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,691 | 23.4 | -3.3 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | +4.6 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Wraith | 780 | 57.1 | +10.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Harding | 521 | 38.1 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Timothy Allerton | 66 | 4.8 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 259 | 18.9 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,367 | 27.7 | -1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.0 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Denise Wilde | 889 | 48.1 | -23.0 | |
Independent | Paul Spivey | 561 | 30.4 | +30.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edward Gouthwaite | 180 | 9.7 | -9.1 | |
Conservative | Marion Allerton | 144 | 7.8 | -2.2 | |
Socialist Alternative | Angela Waller | 73 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 328 | 17.8 | -34.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,847 | 22.8 | -0.5 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | -26.7 | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Fred Wright | 915 | 51.4 | -15.9 | |
Independent | Donald Wood | 439 | 24.7 | +24.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Durie | 308 | 17.3 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Elders | 117 | 6.6 | -3.7 | |
Majority | 476 | 26.8 | -23.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,779 | 23.9 | -0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -20.3 | |||
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