Barnsley council election, 2026

07/05/2026 · 21 wards · 63 seats contested

Most seats
42
Reform UK
Seats contested
63
across 21 wards
Turnout
37.3%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Reform UK 42 +42 84,468 42.1% +31.9
Labour Party 11 -6 65,394 32.6% -16.2
Liberal Democrats 8 +4 24,249 12.1% -4.4
Independent 2 +2 4,205 2.1% -3.2
Green Party 0 +0 12,440 6.2% +1.4
Conservative and Unionist Party 0 +0 9,017 4.5% -7.2
Social Democratic Party 0 +0 361 0.2% -0.7
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 300 0.1% -0.5
English Democrats 0 +0 200 0.1% -0.6

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2024. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 63
Labour Party 64
Reform UK 64
Liberal Democrats 63
Conservative and Unionist Party 43
Green Party 42
Independent 6
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 4
English Democrats 3
Social Democratic Party 3

A party standing a full slate could field 63 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.

Athersley & New Lodge 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Ian Paul Earp Elected 1,181 49.8% —
Reform UK Jayne Hulme Elected 1,164 49.1% —
Reform UK Rocky Laybourn Elected 1,122 47.3% —
Labour Party Dave Leech 858 36.2% —
Labour Party Sarah Jane Tattersall 828 34.9% —
Labour Party Neil Wright 733 30.9% —
Green Party Rebecca Jean Trotman 146 6.2% —
Green Party Lina Soura 142 6.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Allerton 113 4.8% —
Liberal Democrats Sue Wright 101 4.3% —
Liberal Democrats Neil Philip Calvert 96 4.0% —
Liberal Democrats Matthew Nicholson 79 3.3% —
Majority264
Turnout27.9%
Registered electors8,511
Ballots cast2,373

Central 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nicola Sumner Elected 1,208 43.2% —
Labour Party Janine Moyes Elected 1,137 40.7% —
Labour Party Martin Joseph O'Donoghue Elected 1,089 39.0% —
Reform UK Gerald Bateman 1,033 37.0% —
Reform UK Christopher Mark Mannion 1,023 36.6% —
Reform UK Patricia Smith 1,012 36.2% —
Green Party Nick Milne 286 10.2% —
Green Party Eloise Morris 277 9.9% —
Liberal Democrats Sam Bullcock 264 9.4% —
Green Party Davinder Pinder 238 8.5% —
Liberal Democrats Andrew Micklethwaite 221 7.9% —
Liberal Democrats Pietro Politano 219 7.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Elaine Weems 104 3.7% —
Majority56
Turnout33.3%
Registered electors8,410
Ballots cast2,795

Cudworth 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Steve Houghton Elected 1,306 44.3% —
Labour Party Joe Hayward Elected 1,303 44.2% —
Reform UK Stanley John Bryan Elected 1,283 43.5% —
Reform UK Diane Bryan 1,268 43.0% —
Labour Party Anita Cherryholme 1,229 41.7% —
Reform UK Richard Szenk 1,119 38.0% —
Green Party Richard Knights 238 8.1% —
Green Party Dale Jackson 190 6.4% —
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Foers 107 3.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Forbes 106 3.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gary Marsh 85 2.9% —
Liberal Democrats Thomas Wright 83 2.8% —
Liberal Democrats Glenn Lawrence 72 2.4% —
Majority15
Turnout35.6%
Registered electors8,322
Ballots cast2,947

Darfield & Great Houghton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK David Goddard Elected 1,674 48.1% —
Reform UK Gary Hall Elected 1,621 46.6% —
Reform UK Scott McKenzie Elected 1,573 45.2% —
Labour Party Kevin John Howard Osborne 1,269 36.5% —
Labour Party Pauline Markham 1,268 36.4% —
Labour Party Richard Thomas Ullyott 1,085 31.2% —
Green Party Ehren Holt 323 9.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Hand-Davis 203 5.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Norton 189 5.4% —
Liberal Democrats Alison Palmer 180 5.2% —
Liberal Democrats Simon Richard Hulme 180 5.2% —
Liberal Democrats Gregory Harrison Needham 157 4.5% —
Majority304
Turnout37.7%
Registered electors9,247
Ballots cast3,479

Darton East 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Dickie Denton Elected 1,724 45.5% —
Liberal Democrats Leyla Nayeri Elected 1,529 40.3% —
Liberal Democrats Carl Snowden Elected 1,472 38.8% —
Reform UK Kirsty Bogic 1,141 30.1% —
Reform UK Nina Musgrave 1,127 29.7% —
Reform UK Eunice Asante 1,082 28.5% —
Labour Party Teresa Wilcockson 851 22.4% —
Labour Party Stephen John Morgan 685 18.1% —
Labour Party Wayne Martindale 586 15.4% —
Green Party Tom Heyes 270 7.1% —
Green Party Phil Atkinson 217 5.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Roger Haw 100 2.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Phil Weems 99 2.6% —
Majority331
Turnout42.2%
Registered electors9,010
Ballots cast3,793

Darton West 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Sam Burdett Elected 1,607 41.4% —
Reform UK Andy Cudworth Elected 1,544 39.8% —
Reform UK Luca Turner Elected 1,510 38.9% —
Labour Party Trevor Raymond Cave 1,504 38.8% —
Labour Party Sharon Howard 1,460 37.6% —
Labour Party Simon John Jordan Williamson 1,319 34.0% —
Green Party Trevor Anthony Mayne 456 11.7% —
Green Party Kabir Nepal 453 11.7% —
Green Party Sophie Alice Parkinson 420 10.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Rodger 232 6.0% —
Liberal Democrats Kevin Bennett 202 5.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mike Toon 187 4.8% —
Liberal Democrats Jo Mathewson 183 4.7% —
Liberal Democrats Patrick Smith 157 4.0% —
Majority6
Turnout43.6%
Registered electors8,924
Ballots cast3,881

Dearne North 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Luke Wheat Elected 1,157 48.1% —
Reform UK Brian Kilner Elected 1,146 47.7% —
Reform UK Neil Young Elected 1,141 47.5% —
Labour Party Sue Bellamy 771 32.1% —
Labour Party Wendy Cain 748 31.1% —
Labour Party Martin Morrell 634 26.4% —
Green Party Ian Martin James Berry 276 11.5% —
Liberal Democrats Brian John Evans 129 5.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Francis McCane 112 4.7% —
Liberal Democrats Rhiannon Rees 112 4.7% —
Liberal Democrats Hayden George Prescott 108 4.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Helen Smith 97 4.0% —
English Democrats Maxine Spencer 81 3.4% —
English Democrats Janus Polenceusz 62 2.6% —
English Democrats Gary Knight 57 2.4% —
Majority370
Turnout26.7%
Registered electors9,022
Ballots cast2,404

Dearne South 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Mark Anthony Langridge Elected 1,489 54.8% —
Reform UK Christopher Alan Charlton Elected 1,330 48.9% —
Reform UK Kay Kilner Elected 1,301 47.9% —
Labour Party Janine Marie Bowler 937 34.5% —
Labour Party John Michael Cooper 918 33.8% —
Labour Party Deborah Jane Pearson 798 29.4% —
Green Party Matthew Lewis Jackson 233 8.6% —
Liberal Democrats Linda Fielding 115 4.2% —
Social Democratic Party David Allan Jarvis 111 4.1% —
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Cutts 105 3.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Keith Geal 93 3.4% —
Liberal Democrats Mandy Lowe-Flello 90 3.3% —
Social Democratic Party Warwick Bettney 70 2.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rosemary Sharon Jackson 68 2.5% —
Majority364
Turnout28.9%
Registered electors9,422
Ballots cast2,718

Dodworth, Stainborough & Tankersley 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Betty Barnes Elected 1,354 39.4% —
Reform UK Melvyn Bird Elected 1,301 37.9% —
Reform UK Michael Naughton Elected 1,284 37.4% —
Liberal Democrats Chris Wray 1,222 35.6% —
Liberal Democrats Andy Waters 1,109 32.3% —
Liberal Democrats Janet Wray 1,051 30.6% —
Labour Party Thomas Beech 540 15.7% —
Labour Party Chris Newton 525 15.3% —
Labour Party Rachael Yardley 487 14.2% —
Green Party Becky Thompson 213 6.2% —
Green Party Lee Dorian Long 199 5.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Debbie Toon 190 5.5% —
Green Party Roland Cornelius Powell 188 5.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lee Ogden 185 5.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Wilson 171 5.0% —
Majority62
Turnout45.4%
Registered electors7,583
Ballots cast3,437

Hoyland Milton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Brian Gregory Elected 1,746 47.0% —
Reform UK Michael James Davies Elected 1,725 46.4% —
Reform UK Rachael Grace Kay Elected 1,629 43.8% —
Labour Party Robin Franklin 1,310 35.2% —
Labour Party Tim Shepherd 1,296 34.9% —
Labour Party Mick Stowe 1,172 31.5% —
Green Party Charlie Evans 455 12.2% —
Liberal Democrats Barnaby Churchill 201 5.4% —
Liberal Democrats Gina Rayner 185 5.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Murray 169 4.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gareth Parkin 155 4.2% —
Liberal Democrats Claire Redmond 154 4.1% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Angela Ruth Waller 115 3.1% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Angela Waller 115 3.1% —
Majority319
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors9,789
Ballots cast3,718

Kingstone 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Steve Bullcock Elected 1,317 40.1% —
Liberal Democrats Philip Wright Elected 1,128 34.3% —
Liberal Democrats Ian Guest Elected 1,094 33.3% —
Reform UK Granville Corker 946 28.8% —
Reform UK Sharon Gillis 890 27.1% —
Reform UK David Miller 880 26.8% —
Labour Party Nieve Elliott 755 23.0% —
Labour Party Amy Holling 691 21.0% —
Labour Party Deniss Kurnovs 574 17.5% —
Green Party Peter Gordon Giles 302 9.2% —
Green Party Clare Louise Simone Winder 292 8.9% —
Green Party Laur Tupling 257 7.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Millner 140 4.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Garry Needham 108 3.3% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Tracey-Ann Holland 29 0.9% —
Majority148
Turnout37.6%
Registered electors8,757
Ballots cast3,285

Monk Bretton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Paul Kelly Elected 1,543 46.4% —
Reform UK Kate Milner Elected 1,495 44.9% —
Reform UK Alan Parker Elected 1,474 44.3% —
Labour Party Amy Caroline Brookes 1,026 30.8% —
Labour Party Kenneth Richardson 1,023 30.7% —
Labour Party Margaret Sheard 1,023 30.7% —
Independent Rachel Jane Stewart 437 13.1% —
Green Party Brigid Rose Baker 305 9.2% —
Green Party Jessica Hackleton Green 272 8.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Thomas Collings 172 5.2% —
Liberal Democrats Peter James Fielding 146 4.4% —
Liberal Democrats Elaine Micklethwaite 135 4.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kevin Orrell 132 4.0% —
Liberal Democrats Sue Rose 116 3.5% —
Majority448
Turnout35.1%
Registered electors9,485
Ballots cast3,327

North East 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Martin Richard Bancroft Elected 1,243 47.5% —
Reform UK William John Brown Elected 1,212 46.3% —
Reform UK John Sidebottom Elected 1,158 44.2% —
Labour Party Ashley James Peace 927 35.4% —
Labour Party Ruth Booker 909 34.7% —
Labour Party Dorothy Coates 834 31.9% —
Independent Raymond Archer 266 10.2% —
Green Party Jane Margaret Sellars 167 6.4% —
Green Party Sophie Jane Steele 166 6.3% —
Green Party Alison White 135 5.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Clay 114 4.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ann Shelbourne 96 3.7% —
Liberal Democrats Alex Mathewson 72 2.8% —
Liberal Democrats Alexis Rose Fielding-Webb 71 2.7% —
Liberal Democrats Geoff Reid 57 2.2% —
Majority231
Turnout30.6%
Registered electors8,563
Ballots cast2,617

Old Town 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Phil Lofts Elected 1,391 39.6% —
Labour Party Jo Newing Elected 1,382 39.3% —
Labour Party Brandon James Green Elected 1,352 38.4% —
Reform UK David Shaun Cunningham 1,202 34.2% —
Reform UK Simon Nettleton 1,163 33.1% —
Reform UK Ian Westwood 1,153 32.8% —
Liberal Democrats Clive Pickering 483 13.7% —
Liberal Democrats Eloise Bailey 477 13.6% —
Liberal Democrats Will Fielding 386 11.0% —
Green Party Ken Baker 313 8.9% —
Green Party Gillian Margaret Nixon 307 8.7% —
Green Party Ken Smith 213 6.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Barraclough 189 5.4% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Steve Dangerfield 41 1.2% —
Majority150
Turnout40.7%
Registered electors8,654
Ballots cast3,517

Penistone East 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alex Burnett Elected 2,040 35.3% —
Reform UK Kay Hughes Elected 1,669 28.9% —
Labour Party Frances Nixon Elected 1,645 28.5% —
Labour Party John Roberts 1,632 28.3% —
Labour Party John Roberts 1,632 28.3% —
Reform UK Peter Millar 1,604 27.8% —
Reform UK Peter Millar 1,604 27.8% —
Reform UK James Perigo 1,529 26.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Barnard 1,050 18.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Steven John Burkinshaw 843 14.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Lindley 703 12.2% —
Green Party Kate Helen Raynor 402 7.0% —
Green Party Freya Nepal 346 6.0% —
Liberal Democrats Catherine Rogerson 312 5.4% —
Liberal Democrats Matthew James Summers 189 3.3% —
Liberal Democrats Adam Wiszniewski 115 2.0% —
Majority13
Turnout—
Registered electors8,662
Ballots cast (estimated)5,772

Penistone West 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats David Greenhough Elected 1,680 35.5% —
Liberal Democrats Florentine Bootha-King Elected 1,562 33.0% —
Reform UK Vicky Jackson Elected 1,399 29.5% —
Reform UK Kirk Harper 1,398 29.5% —
Liberal Democrats Sue Waters 1,396 29.5% —
Reform UK Sam Jones 1,365 28.8% —
Labour Party Sue Cutting 821 17.3% —
Green Party Willow Kate Raynor 668 14.1% —
Labour Party Paul Ian Sammon 637 13.4% —
Labour Party Bryan Anthony Worth 602 12.7% —
Green Party Richard Thomas James Trotman 556 11.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian White 452 9.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lawrence Maitland 393 8.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Samuel Wilkinson 321 6.8% —
Independent David Wood 276 5.8% —
Social Democratic Party Rori Cook 180 3.8% —
Majority1
Turnout48.7%
Registered electors9,790
Ballots cast4,739

Rockingham 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Pat Gregory Elected 1,462 44.1% —
Independent Andy Wray Elected 1,377 41.6% —
Reform UK Christopher Denton Elected 1,291 39.0% —
Reform UK Adam Harrington 1,152 34.8% —
Labour Party Sherry Holling 784 23.7% —
Labour Party Edana Rose Guest 667 20.1% —
Labour Party Michelle Klepper 638 19.3% —
Green Party Lucy Louise Benoit 407 12.3% —
Green Party Amelia Rushworth 263 7.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gill Millner 176 5.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Clive Watkinson 159 4.8% —
Liberal Democrats Sam Calvert 133 4.0% —
Liberal Democrats Anita Kimberley 113 3.4% —
Liberal Democrats Ian Hague-Brown 100 3.0% —
Majority139
Turnout39.5%
Registered electors8,406
Ballots cast3,312

Royston 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Terry Durkin Elected 1,246 43.8% —
Reform UK Nick Everest Elected 1,226 43.0% —
Reform UK Stefan McCrum Elected 1,151 40.4% —
Labour Party Caroline Makinson 1,105 38.8% —
Labour Party Pauline McCarthy 969 34.0% —
Labour Party Lewis Cusworth 922 32.4% —
Green Party Angela Pollard 291 10.2% —
Independent Neil Fisher 254 8.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Close 155 5.4% —
Liberal Democrats Tina Adkin 152 5.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party George Hill 133 4.7% —
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Hood 111 3.9% —
Liberal Democrats Jon Palmer 106 3.7% —
Majority46
Turnout34.4%
Registered electors8,311
Ballots cast2,848

Stairfoot 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Edward Dillingham Elected 1,322 46.6% —
Reform UK Andrew Gillis Elected 1,318 46.4% —
Reform UK Liam Hardcastle Elected 1,314 46.3% —
Labour Party Karen Dyson 942 33.2% —
Labour Party Ian Patrick Shirt 844 29.7% —
Labour Party Paul Murray 835 29.4% —
Green Party Pete Wall 275 9.7% —
Green Party Nell Dru Stockton 263 9.3% —
Liberal Democrats Louise Cassidy 185 6.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Marie Bates 175 6.2% —
Liberal Democrats James Robert Kitching 145 5.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Charlotte Wilkinson 134 4.7% —
Liberal Democrats Lee Ross 99 3.5% —
Majority372
Turnout31.1%
Registered electors9,145
Ballots cast2,839

Wombwell 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Andy Arnold Elected 1,535 44.7% —
Labour Party James Lewis Higginbottom Elected 1,514 44.1% —
Reform UK Theresa Arnold Elected 1,448 42.2% —
Labour Party Brenda Eastwood 1,425 41.5% —
Reform UK Deborah Hirst 1,376 40.1% —
Labour Party Robert Frost 1,347 39.2% —
Green Party Jessica Claire Roebuck 361 10.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Brook 153 4.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark James Brook 153 4.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tracy Skinner 134 3.9% —
Liberal Democrats Robert W Green 122 3.6% —
Liberal Democrats Josh Foers 115 3.4% —
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Gill 90 2.6% —
Majority23
Turnout32.8%
Registered electors10,505
Ballots cast3,432

Worsbrough 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Jake Michael Lodge Elected 1,595 43.2% —
Reform UK Gill Carr Elected 1,392 37.7% —
Reform UK Mike Lycett Elected 1,377 37.3% —
Reform UK Simon Glen Moore 1,244 33.7% —
Labour Party Roy Bowser 1,028 27.9% —
Labour Party John William Clarke 1,015 27.5% —
Labour Party David Lee Webster 609 16.5% —
Green Party Amy Louise Walker 333 9.0% —
Green Party Rachel Louise Lloyd 326 8.8% —
Liberal Democrats Sarah Calvert 199 5.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jonathan Bennett 163 4.4% —
Liberal Democrats Joshua Green 126 3.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Adrian Thompson 111 3.0% —
Liberal Democrats Alex Wright 110 3.0% —
Majority133
Turnout37.3%
Registered electors9,896
Ballots cast3,691

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