2021_Barnsley_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election
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]
Quick Facts One third (21) of 63 seats on the Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority, Party ...
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Map showing the results of the 2021 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Ind. | 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 | ||
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Central ward
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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 | 1,989 | 23.87 | |||
Registered electors | 8,373 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Cudworth ward
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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 Ind. | Mark Arnold | 285 | 13.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Waters | 75 | 3.7 | -18.8 | |
Majority | 1,052 | ||||
Turnout | 1,973 | 23.84 | |||
Total votes | |||||
Registered electors | 8,307 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Darfield ward
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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 Ind. | 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 | |||||
Turnout | 2,346 | 29.15 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Darton East ward
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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 Ind. | 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 | |||||
Turnout | 2,893 | 32.70 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Darton West ward
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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 | |||||
Turnout | 2,825 | 32.25 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Dearne North ward
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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 | |||||
Turnout | 1,741 | 21.35 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Dearne South ward
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dorothy Coates | 1,364 | 60.2 | +24.9 | |
Conservative | Jacob Griffin | 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 | |||||
Turnout | 2,291 | 23.99 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Dodworth ward
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Chris Wray | 804 | 26.2 | -19.4 | |
Barnsley Ind. | 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 | |||||
Turnout | 2,990 | 35.23 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Barnsley Ind. | Swing | ||||
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Hoyland Milton ward
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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 | |||||
Turnout | 2,937 | 31.34 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Kingstone ward
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Pooja Ramchandani | 699 | 38.1 | +0.9 | |
Barnsley Ind. | 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 | |||||
Turnout | 1,846 | 23.84 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Monk Bretton ward
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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 Ind. | 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 | |||||
Turnout | 2,314 | 25.94 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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North East ward
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jeff Ennis | 1,268 | 49.2 | +13.0 | |
Barnsley Ind. | 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 | |||||
Turnout | 2,587 | 25.40 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Old Town ward
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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 Ind. | 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 | |||||
Turnout | 2,528 | 29.48 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Penistone East ward
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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 | |||||
Turnout | 4,311 | 44.69 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Penistone West ward
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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 | |||||
Turnout | 3,874 | 38.48 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Rockingham ward
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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 | |||||
Turnout | 2,781 | 31.98 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Nicola Sumner won on the toss of a coin. In the result this is shown as her winning an extra vote.
Royston ward
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Caroline Makinson | 1,034 | 43.5 | -5.9 | |
Barnsley Ind. | 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 | |||||
Turnout | 2,379 | 27.39 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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St Helen's ward
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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 | |||||
Turnout | 1,736 | 21.89 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Stairfoot ward
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Karen Dyson | 895 | 38.0 | +2.2 | |
Independent | Wayne Johnson | 689 | 29.3 | N/A | |
Barnsley Ind. | 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 | |||||
Turnout | 2,360 | 26.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Wombwell ward
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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 | |||||
Turnout | 2,443 | 25.43 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Worsbrough ward
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roy Bowser | 827 | 37.3 | +4.4 | |
Barnsley Ind. | 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 | |||||
Turnout | 2,232 | 29.56 | |||
Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. | Swing | ||||
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- "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.