2018 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2018 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election results

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	21	19	2	1	1	90.4	58.9	26,151	2.3
	Conservative	21	1	0	0		4.7	18.1	8,068	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	14	1	1	0	1	4.7	9.8	4,380	New
	Green	9	0	0	0		0.0	3.8	1,695	0.3
	Barnsley Ind.	2	0	0	2	2	0.0	3.2	1,454	7.3
	Independent	2	0	0	0		0.0	1.9	857	2.7
	Democrats and Veterans	3	0	0	0		0.0	1.7	771	New
	Yorkshire	2	0	0	0		0.0	1.7	754	0.4
	English Democrat	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	235	0.7
	Totals	93	21				100.0	100.0	44,365	2,251

Candidates

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Central ward

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Bruff	1,285	68.0	6.7
	Conservative	Adrian Thompson	324	17.2	6.7
	Green	Rene Van Buuren	182	9.6	1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Connor Audsley	98	5.2	N/A
Majority			961	50.8	6.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Cudworth ward

Cudworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Hayward	1,252	74.7	0.5
	Conservative	Samuel Wilkinson	175	10.4	3.1
	Yorkshire	Chris Burrows	161	9.6	7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Waters	50	3.0	N/A
	Democrats and Veterans	Gavin Felton	38	2.3	N/A
Majority			1,077	64.3	3.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Darfield ward

Darfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Markham	1,134	57.3	7.5
	Democrats and Veterans	Trevor Smith	391	19.7	N/A
	Conservative	Delia Weldon	295	14.9	6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kim Boon	160	8.1	N/A
Majority			743	37.6	29.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Darton East ward

Darton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Spence	1,523	63.6	24.1
	Conservative	George Hill	455	19.0	9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Hunt	415	17.4	N/A
Majority			1,068	44.6	36.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Darton West ward

Darton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Howard	1,279	55.2	14.1
	Conservative	Lee Ogden	581	25.1	5.6
	Green	Tom Heyes	324	14.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Waters	132	5.7	N/A
Majority			698	30.1	8.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Dearne North ward

Dearne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Annette Gollick	1,107	80.2	6.4
	Conservative	Joseph Farnfield	273	19.8	6.4
Majority			834	60.4	12.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Dearne South ward

Dearne South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	May Noble	1,415	74.8	0.3
	Conservative	Sharon Jackson	292	15.4	9.5
	Green	Sara Lewis	184	9.8	N/A
Majority			1,123	59.4	4.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Dodworth ward

Dodworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Wright	956	37.8	11.8
	Barnsley Ind.	Jack Carr	933	36.9	17.6
	Conservative	Debbie Toon	476	18.8	8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Waters	164	6.5	N/A
Majority			23	0.9	27.6
	Labour gain from Barnsley Ind.		Swing

Hoyland Milton ward

Hoyland Milton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Franklin	1,548	71.7	13.8
	Conservative	Michael Payne	356	16.5	8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Glenn Lawrence	255	11.8	N/A
Majority			1,192	55.2	22.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingstone ward

Kingstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kath Mitchell	1,078	63.3	3.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Ellis-Maurant	423	24.8	N/A
	Conservative	Lesley Watkinson	202	11.9	0.4
Majority			655	38.5	9.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Monk Bretton ward

Monk Bretton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Richardson	1,279	62.3	9.3
	Democrats and Veterans	Vicky Felton	342	16.7	N/A
	Conservative	Adam Bromfield	250	12.2	2.5
	Green	Dean Todd	119	5.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Rose	63	3.0	N/A
Majority			937	45.6	11.3
	Labour hold		Swing

North East ward

North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Higginbottom	1,397	64.4	12.9
	Yorkshire	Tony Devoy	593	27.3	15.7
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hill	179	8.3	2.5
Majority			804	37.1	16.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Town ward

Old Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Pickering	1,206	54.8	11.8
	Independent	Mark Houchin	493	22.4	N/A
	Conservative	Clive Watkinson	334	15.2	7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Bennett	166	7.6	N/A
Majority			713	32.4	31.0
	Labour gain from Barnsley Ind.		Swing

Penistone East ward

Penistone East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Barnard	1,813	50.5	0.7
	Labour	Martin Flack	1,189	33.1	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Greenhough	332	9.3	N/A
	Green	Kate Raynor	255	7.1	5.4
Majority			624	17.4	5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penistone West ward

Penistone West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Kitching	1,741	46.5	*N/A*
	Labour	Jo Newing	963	25.7	13.7
	Conservative	Alex Wilkinson	840	22.4	5.0
	Green	Richard Trotman	204	5.4	3.5
Majority			778	20.8	8.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Rockingham ward

Rockingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Andrews	1,242	58.7	7.1
	Conservative	Michael Davies	524	24.8	16.4
	English Democrat	Kevin Riddiough	235	11.1	6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Nugent	115	5.4	N/A
Majority			718	33.9	14.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Royston ward

Royston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tim Cheetham	1,315	69.1	5.2
	Independent	Edward Gouthwaite	364	19.1	2.9
	Conservative	Michael Toon	224	11.8	1.3
Majority			951	50.0	8.1
	Labour hold		Swing

St Helen's ward

St Helen's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Leech	1,238	76.7	11.4
	Conservative	Steven Burkinshaw	190	11.8	7.8
	Green	Alan Jones	187	11.5	7.5
Majority			1,048	64.9	21.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Stairfoot ward

Stairfoot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janine Bowler	1,173	59.9	19.5
	Barnsley Ind.	Andy Gillis	521	26.6	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Brook	265	13.5	7.1
Majority			652	33.3	25.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Wombwell ward

Wombwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Frost	1,363	67.5	13.6
	Conservative	Joe Colville	415	20.5	1.6
	Green	Terence Cook	240	12.0	N/A
Majority			948	47.0	15.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsbrough ward

Worsbrough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Clarke	1,209	62.8	20.3
	Conservative	Michael Barraclough	331	20.6	14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Calvert	266	16.6	N/A
Majority			878	42.2	38.2
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections between 2018 and 2019

Old Town by-election 12 July 2018^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jo Newing	548	44.2	−10.6
	Democrats and Veterans	Gavin Felton	338	27.3	+27.3
	Conservative	Clive Watkinson	157	12.7	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Bennett	124	10.0	+2.5
	Yorkshire	Tony Devoy	47	3.8	+3.8
	BNP	Christopher Houston	25	2.0	+2.0
Majority			210	16.9
Turnout			1,239
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "Local government and combined authority mayoral elections - Thursday 3 May 2018". barnsley.gov.uk. Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
^ "Barnsley local election results 2018". www.barnsley.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Old Town Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

[1] "Local government and combined authority mayoral elections - Thursday 3 May 2018". barnsley.gov.uk. Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 24 April 2018.

[2] "Barnsley local election results 2018". www.barnsley.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2018.

[3] "Local Elections Archive Project — Old Town Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

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