Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1994

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1994
One third of seats (22 of 66) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council; 34 seats needed for a majority
	400px Map showing the results of the 1994 Barnsley council elections.
Majority party before election; Labour;	Majority party after election; Labour;

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 5 May 1994, with one third of the council up for election. The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council.^[1]^[2]

Election result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 1994^[1]^[2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	21	0	1	-1	95.5	65.7	15,515	-2.1
	Independent	0	1	0	+1	4.5	19.9	4,704	+18.4
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0.0	6.3	1,499	-10.3
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.9	924	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.0	698	-6.3
	Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	289	+0.6

This resulted in the following composition of the council:^[1]^[2]

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	63	62
	Conservatives	2	2
	Independent	1	2
Total		66	66
Working majority		60	58

Ward results

Ardsley (7494)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Watson F.	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Athersley (6336)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Picken L.	1,550	83.8	N/A
	Independent	McNicholes P.	299	16.2	N/A
Majority			1,251	67.7	N/A
Turnout			1,849	29.0	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Brierley (7347)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ennis J.*	1,730	75.4	+9.3
	Independent	Hardey F.	348	15.2	-4.5
	Conservative	Schofield D. Ms.	216	9.4	-4.8
Majority			1,382	60.2	+13.7
Turnout			2,294	31.2	+6.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.9

Central (8657)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilby M. Ms.*	1,918	73.3	N/A
	Independent	Connolly A.	700	26.7	N/A
Majority			1,218	46.5	N/A
Turnout			2,618	30.2	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Cudworth (8009)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wriath C.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Darfield (7955)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dixon T.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Darton (10274)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shepherd J.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dearne South (8952)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Slasor G.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dearne Thurnscoe (8250)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Evans C. Ms.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dodworth (9882)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Staples S. Ms.	2,467	72.8	+8.5
	Green	Jones D.	924	27.2	-8.5
Majority			1,543	45.5	+17.0
Turnout			3,391	34.3	+10.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.5

Hoyland East (8103)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brankin M.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Hoyland West (6755)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrews J.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Monk Bretton (8579)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy R.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

North West (7360)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cooper G.*	1,458	70.3	+10.1
	Conservative	Carrington C. Ms.	327	15.8	-17.3
	Independent Labour	Holderness B.	289	13.9	+13.9
Majority			1,131	54.5	+27.3
Turnout			2,074	28.2	+7.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+13.7

Park (5835)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Warden R.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Penistone East (7397)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Headon M.	1,901	66.5	+18.1
	Conservative	Elders E. Ms.	956	33.5	-7.5
Majority			945	33.1	+25.5
Turnout			2,857	38.6	-2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.8

Penistone West (8452)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Punt G.	2,127	62.9	+62.9
	Labour	Lofts P.	1,255	37.1	+2.2
Majority			872	25.8	+1.7
Turnout			3,382	40.0	+3.5
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	30.3

Royston (8637)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fellows R.	1,421	53.6	-27.4
	Independent	Pearson R.	1,230	46.4	+46.4
Majority			191	7.2	-61.2
Turnout			2,651	30.7	+10.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-36.9

South West (7646)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Foster D.*	1,815	72.2	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Guest I.	698	27.8	+27.8
Majority			1,117	44.4	+9.5
Turnout			2,513	32.9	+7.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.9

Wombwell North (5242)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hall A.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Wombwell South (8185)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Naylor T.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Worsbrough (7986)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bristowe T.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

References

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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Referendum	Strathclyde water referendum, 1994
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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1994

Election result

Ward results

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