Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1999

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The 1999 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 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]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Barnsley Local Election Result 1999[3][1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 19 0 3 -3 86.4 54.4 21,806 -16.4%
  Liberal Democrat 1 1 0 +1 4.5 22.7 9,089 +15.0%
  Conservative 1 1 0 +1 4.5 10.7 4,279 -0.1%
  Independent 1 1 0 +1 4.5 5.2 2,066 +1.0%
  Independent Labour 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 1,274 +3.2%
  Socialist Labour 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 1,094 -2.0%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 307 -0.5%
  Socialist Alternative 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 151 -0.2%

Ward results

Ardsley[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S Redford 819 59.9 -9.4
Liberal Democrat H Harding 320 23.4 +12.8
Socialist Labour S Logan 142 10.4 -1.1
Conservative M Cale-Morgan 86 6.3 -2.3
Majority 499 36.5 -21.3
Turnout 1,367 19.3 +3.6
Labour hold Swing
Athersley[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M Woodhead 858 75.7 -9.6
Liberal Democrat M Wright 199 17.6 +7.6
Conservative T Allerton 43 3.8 +3.8
Socialist Labour P Robinson 33 2.9 -1.8
Majority 659 58.2 -17.1
Turnout 1,133 18.7 -0.4
Labour hold Swing
Brierley[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A Vodden 1,132 67.8 -1.5
Socialist Labour J Simmons 242 14.5 +1.7
Conservative D Beaumont-Schofield 197 11.8 -6.2
Liberal Democrat S Brook 98 5.9 +5.9
Majority 890 53.3 +2.0
Turnout 1,669 24.5 +4.8
Labour hold Swing
Central[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat I Guest 1,074 50.4 +14.9
Labour R Fisher 927 43.5 -9.9
Socialist Labour S Yoxall 68 3.2 -3.4
Conservative J Carrington 61 2.9 -1.5
Majority 147 6.9
Turnout 2,130 25.7 +6.4
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Cudworth[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J Hayward 1,269 72.4 -10.7
Liberal Democrat R Arundell 296 16.9 +9.7
Conservative A Campbell 134 7.6 +1.0
Socialist Labour M Stannard 54 3.1 +0.0
Majority 973 55.5 -20.4
Turnout 1,753 23.2 +1.8
Labour hold Swing
Darfield[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G Bates 1,261 66.6 -6.7
Liberal Democrat M Brown 474 25.0 +13.2
Conservative P Stubbins 158 8.3 -3.5
Majority 787 41.6 -19.9
Turnout 1,893 24.3 +2.3
Labour hold Swing
Darton[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T Cullum 1,330 60.9 -11.5
Liberal Democrat J Hollingsworth 604 27.7 +27.7
Conservative J Smith 207 9.5 -11.5
Socialist Labour S Robinson 43 2.0 -4.5
Majority 726 33.2 -18.2
Turnout 2,184 20.5 +2.3
Labour hold Swing
Dearne South[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A Cross 1,248 70.3 -5.6
Liberal Democrat Sharron Brook 454 25.6 +1.5
Conservative E Croft 74 4.2 +4.2
Majority 794 44.7 -7.1
Turnout 1,776 20.0 -1.4
Labour hold Swing
Dearne Thurnscoe[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A Gardiner 1,115 76.9 -0.3
Liberal Democrat H Newton 272 18.8 +1.6
Conservative G Wilkinson 63 4.3 -1.4
Majority 843 58.1 -1.9
Turnout 1,450 19.0 +0.8
Labour hold Swing
Dodworth[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P Lofts 1,033 40.3 -23.2
Independent Labour M Walsh 525 20.5 +20.5
Liberal Democrat J Earnshaw 399 15.6 +15.6
Green D Jones 307 12.0 -9.3
Conservative G Hill 248 9.7 -2.2
Socialist Labour L Heppenstall 49 1.9 -1.4
Majority 508 19.8 -22.4
Turnout 2,561 25.2 +4.9
Labour hold Swing
Hoyland East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P Wordsworth 1,102 57.4 -31.4
Independent Labour B Maguire 390 20.3 +20.3
Liberal Democrat C Stimson 234 12.2 +12.2
Conservative M West 147 7.7 +7.7
Socialist Labour M Smith 46 2.4 -8.8
Majority 712 37.1 -40.5
Turnout 1,919 23.9 +3.0
Labour hold Swing
Hoyland West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A Schofield 937 51.5 -28.5
Independent Les Levitt 453 24.9 +24.9
Liberal Democrat B Martin 277 15.2 +15.2
Conservative H Jobling 115 6.3 -7.1
Socialist Labour G Pickering 36 2.0 -4.6
Majority 484 26.6 -40.0
Turnout 1,818 28.0 +4.0
Labour hold Swing
Monk Bretton[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M Sheard 806 41.4 -35.6
Independent G Brown 800 41.1 +41.1
Liberal Democrat D McVey 239 12.3 +0.4
Conservative S Wilkinson 102 5.2 -1.5
Majority 6 0.3 -64.8
Turnout 1,947 23.4 +6.1
Labour hold Swing
North West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M Cawthorne 678 53.3 -13.6
Liberal Democrat J Ingram 326 25.6 +12.3
Conservative C Carrington 240 18.9 +2.2
Socialist Labour K Elbourne 27 2.1 -1.1
Majority 352 27.7 -22.5
Turnout 1,271 17.8 -0.7
Labour hold Swing
Park[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P Leigh 710 65.3 -19.1
Liberal Democrat P Durie 226 20.8 +20.8
Conservative W Barkworth 92 8.5 -1.6
Socialist Labour N Wragg 59 5.4 -0.1
Majority 484 44.5 -29.8
Turnout 1,087 19.5 +5.0
Labour hold Swing
Penistone East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D Toon 1,029 39.7 +0.6
Labour T Shepherd 1,027 39.6 -21.3
Liberal Democrat T Arundell 536 20.7 +20.7
Majority 2 0.1
Turnout 2,592 33.6 +7.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Penistone West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J Unsworth 900 42.7 +9.8
Liberal Democrat M Wilkinson 732 34.7 +34.7
Conservative D Plotts 478 22.7 +22.7
Majority 168 8.0
Turnout 2,110 24.3 -1.1
Labour hold Swing
Royston[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H Lavender 1,103 58.9 -18.0
Liberal Democrat E Gouthwaite 604 32.3 +20.6
Conservative K Leeds 113 6.0 -1.7
Socialist Labour O Robinson 52 2.8 -0.9
Majority 499 26.7 -38.5
Turnout 1,872 21.5 +1.1
Labour hold Swing
South West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent M Hall 813 40.8 +40.8
Labour C Henshaw 483 24.3 -46.0
Conservative J Wilson 398 20.0 -3.1
Liberal Democrat D Hutton 275 13.8 +13.8
Socialist Labour G Holt 22 1.1 -5.5
Majority 330 16.6
Turnout 1,991 27.0 +7.7
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Wombwell North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R Wraith 781 49.1 -25.6
Liberal Democrat C Harding 754 47.4 +35.7
Socialist Alternative M Forster 29 1.8 -5.3
Conservative N Grace 28 1.8 -4.7
Majority 27 1.7 -61.3
Turnout 1,592 31.3 +12.9
Labour hold Swing
Wombwell South[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J Wake 1,244 64.5 -8.4
Liberal Democrat W Millard 421 21.8 +11.1
Conservative H Oldfield 143 7.4 -1.7
Socialist Alternative A Waller 122 6.3 -1.0
Majority 823 42.6 -19.6
Turnout 1,930 24.0 +2.5
Labour hold Swing
Worsborough[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F Wright 1,043 51.6 -23.5
Independent Labour D Wood 359 17.8 +17.8
Liberal Democrat M Newton 275 13.6 +13.6
Socialist Labour T Robinson 221 10.9 -4.1
Conservative E Elders 123 6.1 -3.8
Majority 684 33.8 -26.3
Turnout 2,021 26.7 +5.4
Labour hold Swing

References

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