Barnsley council election, 2024

02/05/2024 · 21 wards · 21 seats contested

Most seats
17
Labour Party
Seats contested
21
across 21 wards
Turnout
24.3%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 17 +2 21,995 48.7% +2.9
Liberal Democrats 4 +0 7,420 16.4% -0.9
Conservative and Unionist Party 0 +0 5,274 11.7% -3.0
Reform UK 0 +0 4,585 10.2% +7.3
Independent 0 -2 2,398 5.3% -5.3
Green Party 0 +0 2,184 4.8% +0.3
Social Democratic Party 0 +0 396 0.9% -0.1
English Democrats 0 +0 313 0.7% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 283 0.6% -0.1
Yorkshire Party 0 +0 272 0.6% -1.4

Changes are against the previous council election on 04/05/2023. 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 21
Labour Party 21
Liberal Democrats 21
Reform UK 11
Green Party 9
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 5
Independent 4
English Democrats 2
Yorkshire Party 2
Social Democratic 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 Nicola Sumner Elected 1,012 58.2% +11.4
Green Party Christopher Michael Scarfe 291 16.7% +8.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Adrian Thompson 250 14.4% +4.6
Liberal Democrats Catherine Rogerson 185 10.6% +6.0
Majority721
Turnout20.0%
Registered electors8,825
Ballots cast1,738

Labour Party hold

Cudworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Steve Houghton Elected 1,150 61.4% -7.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark J Brooke 184 9.8% -5.3
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Kate Waters 138 7.4% +0.5
Green Party Kabir Nepal 106 5.7% -3.3
Majority966
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors8,040
Ballots cast1,874

Labour Party hold

Darfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kevin John Howard Osborne Elected 1,012 54.0% +3.0
Reform UK Scott McKenzie 564 30.1% +9.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian White 171 9.1% -9.6
Liberal Democrats Simon Richard Hulme 127 6.8% -2.6
Majority448
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors8,213
Ballots cast1,874

Labour Party hold

Darton East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Leyla Nayeri Elected 1,196 46.7% -18.0
Labour Party Teresa Wilcockson 951 37.2% +7.8
Reform UK Aiden Ian Benoit 258 10.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gill Millner 96 3.8% -2.2
Yorkshire Party Simon David Watson Biltcliffe 58 2.3% —
Majority245
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors8,859
Ballots cast2,559

Liberal Democrats hold

Darton West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alice Cave Elected 1,074 45.1% +3.7
Green Party Trevor Anthony Mayne 495 20.8% -8.4
Reform UK Shaun Kenneth Turner 409 17.2% —
Liberal Democrats Kevin Bennett 203 8.5% +3.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Bee D'abeille Lokkit 200 8.4% -4.4
Majority579
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors8,898
Ballots cast2,381

Labour Party hold

Dearne North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Wendy Cain Elected 1,025 69.7% -3.1
English Democrats Maxine Spencer 214 14.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mike Toon 138 9.4% -1.2
Liberal Democrats Brian John Evans 94 6.4% -1.0
Majority811
Turnout17.0%
Registered electors8,724
Ballots cast1,471

Labour Party hold

Dearne South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Deborah Jane Pearson Elected 1,060 60.1% +0.7
Social Democratic Party David Allan Jarvis 396 22.5% -2.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Elaine Weems 131 7.4% -1.6
English Democrats Janus Polenceusz 99 5.6% —
Liberal Democrats Linda Fielding 77 4.4% -0.2
Majority664
Turnout19.0%
Registered electors9,302
Ballots cast1,763

Labour Party hold

Dodworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Chris Wray Elected 1,328 51.4% -3.8
Labour Party Ian Hague-Brown 896 34.7% +3.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Steven John Burkinshaw 361 14.0% +0.9
Majority432
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors8,373
Ballots cast2,585

Liberal Democrats hold

Hoyland Milton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mick Stowe Elected 1,092 46.2% +3.5
Reform UK Michael James Davies 697 29.5% +11.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Millner 191 8.1% -3.8
Liberal Democrats Glenn Lawrence 175 7.4% +0.1
Green Party Tom Heyes 162 6.8% +0.8
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Angela Ruth Waller 49 2.1% -0.9
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Angela Waller 49 2.1% —
Majority395
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors9,247
Ballots cast2,366

Labour Party hold

Kingstone

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Steve Bullcock Elected 791 44.9% +3.0
Labour Party Simon John Jordan Williamson 591 33.5% -5.5
Reform UK Liam Hardcastle 169 9.6% —
Green Party Peter Gordon Giles 114 6.5% -0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Roger Haw 69 3.9% -0.4
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Tracey-Ann Holland 28 1.6% -0.4
Majority200
Turnout22.0%
Registered electors7,877
Ballots cast1,762

Liberal Democrats hold

Monk Bretton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Steven Green Elected 1,032 51.0% +0.6
Independent Rachel Jane Stewart 784 38.8% +2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex Wilkinson 132 6.5% -2.2
Liberal Democrats Sue Rose 75 3.7% -1.0
Majority248
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors9,001
Ballots cast2,023

Labour Party hold

North East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Dorothy Coates Elected 1,085 53.9% +0.5
Independent Raymond Archer 443 22.0% -1.1
Yorkshire Party Tony Devoy 214 10.6% +1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Samuel Wilkinson 165 8.2% -2.0
Liberal Democrats Sam Bullcock 107 5.3% +1.4
Majority642
Turnout20.0%
Registered electors10,372
Ballots cast2,014

Labour Party hold

Old Town

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Phil Lofts Elected 1,130 57.0% +5.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Clive Watkinson 292 14.7% -0.5
Green Party Gillian Margaret Nixon 258 13.0% +1.8
Liberal Democrats Patrick Dimelow Smith 196 9.9% +3.8
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Steve Dangerfield 106 5.3% +2.6
Majority838
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors8,618
Ballots cast1,982

Labour Party hold

Penistone East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John Roberts Elected 1,533 42.1% -0.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Millar 1,377 37.8% +2.2
Liberal Democrats Andy Waters 385 10.6% -2.3
Green Party Kate Helen Raynor 346 9.5% +4.5
Majority156
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors9,713
Ballots cast3,641

Labour Party hold

Penistone West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Mandy Lowe-Flello Elected 1,414 39.1% -6.7
Labour and Co-operative Party Frances Nixon 1,061 29.4% +6.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Roy Garratt 447 12.4% -5.3
Reform UK David Wood 429 11.9% —
Reform UK David Wood 429 11.9% —
Green Party Richard Thomas James Trotman 263 7.3% -0.3
Majority353
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors10,096
Ballots cast3,614

Liberal Democrats hold

Rockingham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sherry Holling Elected 884 36.2% +7.0
Independent Jaz Holt 731 29.9% -8.9
Reform UK Robert Lomas 457 18.7% +8.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Phil Weems 244 10.0% -3.3
Liberal Democrats Sue Waters 128 5.2% +1.5
Majority153
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors8,494
Ballots cast2,444

Labour Party gain from Independent

Royston

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Caroline Makinson Elected 1,082 58.6% -0.2
Independent Neil Fisher 440 23.8% +4.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Barraclough 187 10.1% -4.0
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Hood 87 4.7% -0.3
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Jennifer Louise Barker 51 2.8% -0.3
Majority642
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors8,771
Ballots cast1,847

Labour Party hold

St Helens

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sarah Jane Tattersall Elected 1,004 75.2% +0.6
Liberal Democrats Matthew Nicholson 191 14.3% +1.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Lee Ogden 140 10.5% -2.6
Majority813
Turnout17.0%
Registered electors8,051
Ballots cast1,335

Labour Party hold

Stairfoot

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Karen Dyson Elected 955 51.0% -10.4
Reform UK Luca Turner 518 27.7% —
Liberal Democrats James Robert Kitching 211 11.3% -4.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Kevan Hitchmough 188 10.0% -12.4
Majority437
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors9,080
Ballots cast1,872

Labour Party hold

Wombwell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party James Lewis Higginbottom Elected 1,370 65.7% -3.7
Reform UK Simon Glen Moore 317 15.2% +3.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Debbie Toon 161 7.7% -3.6
Green Party Jessica Claire Roebuck 149 7.1% —
Liberal Democrats Robert Welton Green 89 4.3% -3.5
Majority1,053
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors9,958
Ballots cast2,086

Labour Party hold

Worsbrough

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Roy Bowser Elected 996 58.3% +27.3
Reform UK Jamie Thomas Owen 338 19.8% —
Liberal Democrats Sarah Calvert 223 13.1% +8.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Charlotte Wilkinson 150 8.8% +2.5
Majority658
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors7,376
Ballots cast1,707

Labour Party gain from Independent

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