Barnsley council election, 2021

06/05/2021 · 21 wards · 21 seats contested

Most seats
17
Labour Party
Seats contested
21
across 21 wards
Turnout
28.5%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 17 +5 21,730 40.6% +5.8
Liberal Democrats 3 +0 5,787 10.8% -6.0
Conservative and Unionist Party 1 +0 13,829 25.8% +12.6
Barnsley Independent Group 0 -1 5,787 10.8% +6.2
Green Party 0 +0 3,384 6.3% +1.1
Independent 0 -2 1,453 2.7% -6.3
Social Democratic Party 0 +0 361 0.7% —
English Democrats 0 +0 339 0.6% -2.6
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 302 0.6% —
Yorkshire Party 0 +0 233 0.4% -3.0
Reform UK 0 +0 166 0.3% —
The For Britain Movement 0 +0 98 0.2% —
Keep Equality Safe Party 0 +0 75 0.1% —
Independents for Direct Democracy 0 -2 0 — —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 21
Conservative and Unionist Party 22
Labour Party 21
Liberal Democrats 21
Green Party 14
Barnsley Independent Group 11
Independent 7
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 5
Social Democratic Party 4
English Democrats 3
Keep Equality Safe Party 1
Reform UK 1
The For Britain Movement 1
Yorkshire Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 21 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Central

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Summer Louanne Risebury Elected 964 48.9% +4.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Adrian Thompson 529 26.8% +9.8
Green Party Ian Guest 366 18.6% -9.4
Liberal Democrats Catherine Rogerson 113 5.7% -5.0
Majority435
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors8,373
Ballots cast1,972

Labour Party hold

Cudworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Steve Houghton Elected 1,368 69.6% +16.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark James Brook 316 16.1% +2.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark James Brook 316 16.1% —
Barnsley Independent Group Mark Anthony Arnold 285 14.5% —
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Kate Waters 75 3.8% -15.6
Majority1,052
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors8,307
Ballots cast1,965

Labour Party hold

Darfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kevin John Howard Osborne Elected 1,166 50.0% +16.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Benjamin Harrison 600 25.7% +17.3
Barnsley Independent Group Victoria Semley 372 15.9% —
The For Britain Movement Graham Stringer 98 4.2% —
Liberal Democrats Kevin Bennett 77 3.3% -6.8
Independent Kris Tonkinson 21 0.9% —
Majority566
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors8,069
Ballots cast2,334

Labour Party gain from Independents for Direct Democracy

Darton East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Mat Crisp Elected 1,119 38.8% -31.7
Labour and Co-operative Party Dave Webster 722 25.0% +3.1
Barnsley Independent Group Sharon Love 587 20.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Miller 323 11.2% +3.6
Green Party Kirsty McAra-Marsh 135 4.7% —
Majority397
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors8,869
Ballots cast2,886

Liberal Democrats hold

Darton West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alice Cave Elected 1,051 37.5% -2.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Marie Bates 914 32.6% +10.4
Green Party Tom Heyes 755 26.9% +2.4
Liberal Democrats Andy Waters 85 3.0% -10.6
Majority137
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors8,768
Ballots cast2,805

Labour Party hold

Dearne North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Wendy Cain Elected 1,052 61.1% +4.7
Conservative and Unionist Party George Hill 412 23.9% +14.5
English Democrats Maxine Spencer 162 9.4% -24.8
Liberal Democrats Simon Richard Hulme 49 2.8% —
Social Democratic Party Savannah Paige Jarvis 47 2.7% —
Majority640
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors8,187
Ballots cast1,722

Labour Party hold

Dearne South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Dorothy Coates Elected 1,364 79.5% +44.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Jacob Graham Griffin 398 23.2% +18.0
Social Democratic Party David Allan Jarvis 259 15.1% —
English Democrats Janus Polenceusz 74 4.3% -3.4
Liberal Democrats Linda Fielding 70 4.1% —
Majority966
Turnout19.0%
Registered electors9,169
Ballots cast1,715

Labour Party gain from Independent

Dodworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Chris Wray Elected 804 27.0% -18.6
Barnsley Independent Group Phillip Birkinshaw 757 25.4% —
Labour Party Emma Johnson-Henshaw 677 22.7% +0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Lee Ogden 651 21.9% +14.5
Green Party Rebecca Jean Trotman 178 6.0% —
Majority47
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors8,487
Ballots cast2,976

Liberal Democrats hold

Hoyland Milton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mick Stowe Elected 1,153 39.5% -4.5
Conservative and Unionist Party David White 1,040 35.6% +24.9
Independent Daniel Kristoffer Simpson 331 11.3% —
Green Party John Brian Evans 232 8.0% —
Liberal Democrats Glenn Lawrence 99 3.4% -4.4
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Angela Ruth Waller 60 2.1% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Angela Waller 60 2.1% —
Majority113
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors9,374
Ballots cast2,918

Labour Party hold

Kingstone

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Pooja Ramchandani Elected 699 38.1% +0.9
Barnsley Independent Group Peter Doyle 396 21.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Levitt-Smillie 310 16.9% +10.4
Green Party Peter Gordon Giles 181 9.9% -5.5
Liberal Democrats Philip Wright 123 6.7% -0.9
Independent Carlo Turner 85 4.6% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Tracey-Ann Holland 41 2.2% —
Majority303
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors7,769
Ballots cast1,835

Labour Party hold

Monk Bretton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Steve Green Elected 1,260 54.6% +25.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Mike Toon 486 21.0% +16.4
Barnsley Independent Group Gary McNair 415 18.0% —
Green Party Christopher Michael Scarfe 102 4.4% —
Liberal Democrats Matthew Nicholson 46 2.0% —
Majority774
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors8,953
Ballots cast2,309

Labour Party gain from Independents for Direct Democracy

North East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jeff Ennis Elected 1,268 49.2% +13.0
Barnsley Independent Group Raymond Archer 746 28.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Samuel Wilkinson 498 19.3% +9.8
Liberal Democrats Sam Christmas 65 2.5% —
Majority522
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors10,214
Ballots cast2,577

Labour Party hold

Old Town

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Phil Lofts Elected 1,084 43.0% +8.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Clive Watkinson 578 22.9% +13.9
Barnsley Independent Group Liam Hardcastle 390 15.5% —
Green Party Gillian Margaret Nixon 203 8.1% -4.6
Independent Donald Wood 124 4.9% -29.1
Liberal Democrats Will Fielding 112 4.4% -4.9
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Estelle Marie Mageean 26 1.0% —
Majority506
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors8,593
Ballots cast2,519

Labour Party hold

Penistone East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party John Wilson Elected 1,954 45.6% +6.2
Liberal Democrats Sue Waters 1,034 24.1% -2.8
Labour Party Alex Burnett 988 23.1% +5.6
Green Party Kate Helen Raynor 309 7.2% —
Majority920
Turnout45.0%
Registered electors9,651
Ballots cast4,286

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Penistone West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Mandy Lowe-Flello Elected 1,444 37.4% -6.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Martin Richard Bancroft 1,172 30.3% +9.5
Labour Party Sarah Grainger 745 19.3% +6.4
Green Party Richard Thomas James Trotman 338 8.7% +1.7
Reform UK Edward Dillingham 166 4.3% —
Majority272
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors10,059
Ballots cast3,865

Liberal Democrats hold

Rockingham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nicola Sumner Elected 1,084 39.2% +2.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Roy Garratt 1,084 39.2% +28.1
Green Party James Grinham 289 10.5% +1.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Nugent 124 4.5% +0.5
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Karen Jane Fletcher 115 4.2% —
Keep Equality Safe Party Andy Belk 75 2.7% —
Majority0
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors8,716
Ballots cast2,764

Labour Party hold

Royston

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Caroline Makinson Elected 1,034 43.6% -5.8
Barnsley Independent Group Kirk Harper 700 29.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Davies 422 17.8% +6.1
Independent Neil Fisher 95 4.0% —
Green Party Simon Michael Bullivant Layton 78 3.3% —
Liberal Democrats Patrick Dimelow Smith 46 1.9% —
Majority334
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors8,713
Ballots cast2,371

Labour Party hold

St Helens

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sarah Jane Tattersall Elected 983 56.9% -4.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Donna Marie Cutts 330 19.1% +7.6
Yorkshire Party Mick Chambers 233 13.5% —
Green Party Alan Jones 91 5.3% -22.0
Liberal Democrats Sarah Elizabeth Booth 52 3.0% —
Social Democratic Party Steve Vajda 38 2.2% —
Majority653
Turnout22.0%
Registered electors7,946
Ballots cast1,727

Labour Party hold

Stairfoot

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Karen Dyson Elected 895 38.0% +2.3
Independent Wayne Johnson 689 29.3% —
Barnsley Independent Group Kay Thewlis 364 15.5% -38.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Elizabeth Hill 363 15.4% +9.3
Liberal Democrats James Robert Kitching 42 1.8% -2.4
Majority206
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors9,111
Ballots cast2,353

Labour Party gain from Barnsley Independent Group

Wombwell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party James Lewis Higginbottom Elected 1,346 55.4% +1.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex Wilkinson 648 26.7% +25.2
Green Party Simon Nicholas Kusners 127 5.2% —
Independent Amy Stewart 108 4.4% —
English Democrats Jon Seymour 103 4.2% -6.9
Liberal Democrats Sue Rose 79 3.3% -4.9
Social Democratic Party Rachel Lousie Thompson 17 0.7% —
Majority698
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors9,673
Ballots cast2,428

Labour Party hold

Worsbrough

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Roy Bowser Elected 827 37.4% +4.5
Barnsley Independent Group Gill Carr 775 35.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Barraclough 485 21.9% +12.4
Liberal Democrats Sarah Calvert 129 5.8% -1.9
Majority52
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors7,557
Ballots cast2,214

Labour Party gain from Independent

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