Barnsley council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 21 wards · 21 seats contested

Most seats
15
Labour Party
Seats contested
21
across 21 wards
Turnout
24.7%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 15 -1 20,932 45.8% -0.0
Liberal Democrats 4 +1 7,936 17.4% +1.1
Independent 2 +2 4,844 10.6% +6.8
Conservative and Unionist Party 0 -2 6,704 14.7% -5.0
Green Party 0 +0 2,094 4.6% +0.8
Reform UK 0 +0 1,322 2.9% —
Yorkshire Party 0 +0 918 2.0% +1.3
Social Democratic Party 0 +0 462 1.0% -0.0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 314 0.7% -0.3
English Constitution Party 0 +0 155 0.3% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. 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
Independent 11
Green Party 10
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 6
Reform UK 4
Yorkshire Party 3
English Constitution Party 2
Social Democratic Party 2

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 Martin Joseph O'Donoghue Elected 846 46.8% -4.3
Yorkshire Party Steve Bullcock 456 25.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Charlotte Wilkinson 176 9.7% -5.5
Green Party Christopher Michael Scarfe 153 8.5% —
Independent Ruby Paul 92 5.1% —
Liberal Democrats Catherine Rogerson 84 4.6% -3.2
Majority390
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors8,713
Ballots cast1,807

Labour Party hold

Cudworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Anita Cherryholme Elected 1,137 69.1% +3.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Brook 248 15.1% +2.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark James Brook 248 15.1% —
Green Party Ken Smith 148 9.0% —
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Kate Waters 113 6.9% +2.0
Majority889
Turnout20.0%
Registered electors8,437
Ballots cast1,645

Labour Party hold

Darfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Trevor Smith Elected 912 51.0% -11.6
Reform UK Scott McKenzie 374 20.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Benjamin Harrison 334 18.7% -1.9
Liberal Democrats Simon Richard Hulme 168 9.4% +3.3
Majority538
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors7,915
Ballots cast1,788

Labour Party hold

Darton East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Steve Hunt Elected 1,699 64.7% +8.2
Labour Party Teresa Wilcockson 770 29.3% -3.5
Conservative and Unionist Party John Miller 156 5.9% -4.7
Majority929
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors8,828
Ballots cast2,626

Liberal Democrats hold

Darton West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Trevor Raymond Cave Elected 978 41.4% +2.3
Green Party Lee Adrian Long 690 29.2% -0.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Bee D'abeille Lokkit 302 12.8% -7.0
Yorkshire Party Simon David Watson Biltcliffe 274 11.6% —
Liberal Democrats Kevin Bennett 118 5.0% -3.5
Majority288
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors8,777
Ballots cast2,363

Labour Party hold

Dearne North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Martin Morrell Elected 1,048 72.8% +0.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Gill Millner 152 10.6% -2.0
English Constitution Party Maxine Spencer 118 8.2% —
Liberal Democrats Brian John Evans 106 7.4% +2.8
Social Democratic Party Steve Vajda 16 1.1% -1.4
Majority896
Turnout17.0%
Registered electors8,548
Ballots cast1,440

Labour Party hold

Dearne South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Abi Moore Elected 1,066 59.5% -11.6
Social Democratic Party David Allan Jarvis 446 24.9% +18.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Rosemary Sharon Jackson 162 9.0% -4.2
Liberal Democrats Linda Fielding 81 4.5% +1.1
English Constitution Party Janus Polenceusz 37 2.1% —
Majority620
Turnout20.0%
Registered electors9,217
Ballots cast1,793

Labour Party hold

Dodworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Sam Christmas Elected 1,407 55.2% +2.8
Labour Party Nicholas Mark Riggs 806 31.6% -6.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Lee Ogden 334 13.1% -7.5
Majority601
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors8,374
Ballots cast2,548

Liberal Democrats hold

Hoyland Milton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Tim Shepherd Elected 1,052 42.7% -29.8
Reform UK Michael James Davies 436 17.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mike Toon 292 11.8% -25.1
Independent Cassie Northwood 284 11.5% -12.3
Liberal Democrats Glenn Lawrence 179 7.3% -2.4
Green Party Tom Heyes 148 6.0% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Angela Ruth Waller 73 3.0% -4.2
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Angela Waller 73 3.0% —
Majority616
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors9,183
Ballots cast2,465

Labour Party hold

Kingstone

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Philip Wright Elected 688 41.9% +37.1
Labour Party Kevin George Williams 640 39.0% +0.2
Green Party Peter Gordon Giles 109 6.6% -0.6
Independent Judy Barnsley 99 6.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Roger Haw 71 4.3% -4.8
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Tracey-Ann Holland 33 2.0% —
Majority48
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors7,724
Ballots cast1,641

Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Party

Monk Bretton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Margaret Sheard Elected 1,056 50.4% -0.3
Independent Rachel Jane Stewart 760 36.3% +5.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Macaulay Larkin 182 8.7% -3.5
Liberal Democrats Sue Rose 98 4.7% -1.2
Majority296
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors8,894
Ballots cast2,096

Labour Party hold

North East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ruth Booker Elected 1,069 53.4% -0.8
Independent Raymond Archer 462 23.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Samuel Wilkinson 205 10.2% -3.8
Yorkshire Party Tony Devoy 188 9.4% —
Liberal Democrats Kieran Oldfield 79 3.9% -0.1
Majority607
Turnout20.0%
Registered electors10,180
Ballots cast2,003

Labour Party hold

Old Town

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jo Newing Elected 1,069 52.0% +0.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Clive Watkinson 313 15.2% -4.9
Independent Charlotte Sykes 263 12.8% —
Green Party Gillian Margaret Nixon 231 11.2% -4.3
Liberal Democrats Patrick Dimelow Smith 125 6.1% -0.4
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Steve Dankerfield 56 2.7% —
Majority756
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors8,587
Ballots cast2,057

Labour Party hold

Penistone East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alex Burnett Elected 1,603 42.4% +9.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Steven John Burkinshaw 1,349 35.7% -7.3
Liberal Democrats Andy Waters 486 12.9% -0.4
Green Party Rebecca Jean Trotman 191 5.1% -5.4
Independent Amanda Griffin 153 4.0% —
Majority254
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors9,647
Ballots cast3,782

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Penistone West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats David Greenhough Elected 1,613 45.8% -10.5
Labour and Co-operative Party Frances Nixon 810 23.0% +9.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Roy Garratt 623 17.7% +0.6
Green Party Richard Thomas James Trotman 268 7.6% +2.3
Independent Paula Button-Roberts 202 5.7% -1.8
Majority803
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors10,055
Ballots cast3,518

Liberal Democrats hold

Rockingham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Andy Wray Elected 1,028 38.8% —
Labour Party Jane Townsend 771 29.1% -11.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Highmouch 351 13.3% -28.9
Reform UK Brian Gregory 277 10.5% —
Liberal Democrats Sue Waters 99 3.7% -4.7
Green Party Trevor Anthony Mayne 99 3.7% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Karen Jane Fletcher 21 0.8% -7.9
Majority257
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors8,533
Ballots cast2,647

Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Royston

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Pauline McCarthy Elected 1,132 58.8% +5.6
Independent Neil Fisher 366 19.0% -3.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Barraclough 272 14.1% -3.7
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Hood 97 5.0% -1.4
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Jennifer Louise Barker 58 3.0% —
Majority766
Turnout22.0%
Registered electors8,748
Ballots cast1,925

Labour Party hold

St Helens

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Neil Wright Elected 1,035 74.6% +0.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Millner 181 13.0% -2.9
Liberal Democrats Matthew Nicholson 172 12.4% +2.1
Majority854
Turnout18.0%
Registered electors7,925
Ballots cast1,388

Labour Party hold

Stairfoot

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Paul Murray Elected 1,073 61.5% +17.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex Wilkinson 392 22.5% +8.6
Liberal Democrats James Robert Kitching 281 16.1% +10.9
Majority681
Turnout20.0%
Registered electors8,923
Ballots cast1,746

Labour Party hold

Wombwell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Brenda Eastwood Elected 1,426 69.4% +3.8
Reform UK Donna Marie Cutts 235 11.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Debbie Toon 233 11.3% -2.6
Liberal Democrats Robert Welton Green 159 7.7% -3.2
Majority1,191
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors9,815
Ballots cast2,054

Labour Party hold

Worsbrough

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Jake Michael Lodge Elected 1,135 55.7% —
Labour Party Sherry Holling 633 31.0% -14.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Adrian Thompson 128 6.3% -5.1
Liberal Democrats Sarah Calvert 84 4.1% -2.5
Green Party Katelyn Long 57 2.8% —
Majority502
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors7,351
Ballots cast2,039

Independent gain from Labour Party

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