Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. One third of the council is elected each year, except for every fourth year when there is no election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, councillors are elected from 21 wards.^[1]

Summary of the council composition after council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 1979 election (increasing the number of seats by 6) and more recently the 2004 election (which decreased the number of seats by 3) prompting the whole council to be elected in those years.

• 1979 results map
• 1980 results map
• 1982 results map
• 1983 results map
• 1984 results map
• 1986 results map
• 1987 results map
• 1988 results map
• 1990 results map
• 1991 results map
• 1992 results map
• 1994 results map
• 1995 results map
• 1996 results map
• 1998 results map
• 1999 results map
• 2000 results map
• 2002 results map
• 2003 results map
• 2004 results map
• 2006 results map
• 2007 results map
• 2008 results map
• 2010 results map
• 2011 results map
• 2012 results map
• 2014 results map
• 2015 results map
• 2016 results map
• 2018 results map
• 2021 results map
• 2022 results map
• 2023 results map