The 2021 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place in 2021 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in England. It took place on the same day as other local elections.[1] The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
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One third (21) of 63 seats on the Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the results of the 2021 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results summary edit
2021 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 17 | 1 | 81.0 | 32 | 49 | 76.6 | 19,309 | 40.4 | +5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 3 | 14.3 | 4 | 7 | 10.9 | 5,623 | 11.8 | -5.1 | |
Conservative | 1 | 4.8 | 2 | 3 | 4.7 | 11,975 | 25.1 | +12.3 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.1 | 1,122 | 2.3 | -6.8 | ||
Democrats and Veterans | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | N/A | N/A | ||
Barnsley Ind. | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.6 | 5,041 | 10.6 | +6.0 | |
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,152 | 6.6 | +1.4 | ||
SDP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 461 | 1.0 | New | ||
English Democrat | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 339 | 0.7 | -2.5 | ||
Yorkshire | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 233 | 0.5 | -3.0 | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 182 | 0.4 | New | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 166 | 0.3 | New | ||
For Britain | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 98 | 0.2 | New | ||
Keep Equality Safe | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 75 | 0.2 | New |
Ward Results edit
Central ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Summer Risebury | 964 | 48.88 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Adrian Thompson | 529 | 26.83 | +9.7 | |
Green | Ian Guest | 366 | 18.56 | -9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Rogerson | 113 | 5.73 | -5.0 | |
Majority | 435 | 22.05 | |||
Turnout | 1,989 | 23.87 | |||
Registered electors | 8,373 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cudworth ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Steve Houghton | 1,368 | 66.9 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Mark Brook | 316 | 15.5 | -0.4 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Mark Arnold | 285 | 13.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Waters | 75 | 3.7 | -18.8 | |
Majority | 1,052 | ||||
Turnout | 1,973 | 23.84 | |||
Total votes | |||||
Registered electors | 8,307 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Darfield ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kevin Osborne | 1,166 | 50.0 | +16.2 | |
Conservative | Benjamin Harrison | 600 | 25.7 | +17.3 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Victoria Semley | 372 | 15.9 | N/A | |
For Britain | Graham Stringer | 98 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Bennett | 77 | 3.3 | -6.8 | |
Independent | Kris Tonkinson | 21 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,346 | 29.15 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Darton East ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Mat Crisp | 1,119 | 38.8 | -31.7 | |
Labour | Dave Webster | 722 | 25.0 | +3.1 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Sharon Love | 587 | 20.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Miller | 323 | 11.2 | +3.6 | |
Green | Kirsty Mcara-Marsh | 135 | 4.7 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,893 | 32.70 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Darton West ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alice Cave | 1,051 | 37.5 | -2.2 | |
Conservative | Marie Bates | 914 | 32.6 | +10.4 | |
Green | Tom Heyes | 755 | 26.9 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Waters | 85 | 3.0 | -10.6 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,825 | 32.25 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dearne North ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Wendy Cain | 1,052 | 61.1 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | George Hill | 412 | 23.9 | +14.5 | |
English Democrat | Maxine Spencer | 162 | 9.4 | -24.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Hulme | 49 | 2.8 | N/A | |
SDP | Savannah Jarvis | 47 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,741 | 21.35 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dearne South ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dorothy Coates | 1,364 | 60.2 | +24.9 | |
Conservative | Jacob Griffin | 398 | 17.6 | +12.4 | |
SDP | David Jarvis | 359 | 15.8 | N/A | |
English Democrat | Janus Polenceusz | 74 | 3.3 | -4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Linda Fielding | 70 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,291 | 23.99 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dodworth ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Chris Wray | 804 | 26.2 | -19.4 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Phillip Birkinshaw | 757 | 24.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Emma Johnson-Henshaw | 677 | 22.1 | -0.5 | |
Conservative | Lee Ogden | 651 | 21.2 | +13.8 | |
Green | Rebecca Trotman | 178 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,990 | 35.23 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Barnsley Ind. | Swing |
Hoyland Milton ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Stowe | 1,153 | 39.6 | -4.4 | |
Conservative | David White | 1,040 | 35.7 | +24.9 | |
Independent | Daniel Simpson | 331 | 11.4 | -20.0 | |
Green | John Evans | 232 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Glenn Lawrence | 99 | 3.4 | -5.4 | |
TUSC | Angela Waller | 60 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,937 | 31.34 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kingstone ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Pooja Ramchandani | 699 | 38.1 | +0.9 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Peter Doyle | 396 | 21.6 | -8.3 | |
Conservative | Ian Levitt-Smillie | 310 | 16.9 | +10.4 | |
Green | Peter Giles | 181 | 9.9 | -5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Wright | 123 | 6.7 | -0.9 | |
Independent | Carlo Turner | 85 | 4.6 | N/A | |
TUSC | Tracey-Ann Holland | 41 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,846 | 23.84 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Monk Bretton ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Steve Green | 1,260 | 54.6 | +25.5 | |
Conservative | Michael Toon | 486 | 21.0 | +16.4 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Gary McNair | 415 | 18.0 | N/A | |
Green | Chris Scarfe | 102 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Nicholson | 46 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,314 | 25.94 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
North East ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jeff Ennis | 1,268 | 49.2 | +13.0 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Raymond Archer | 746 | 28.9 | -3.9 | |
Conservative | Samuel Wilkinson | 498 | 19.3 | +9.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sam Christmas | 65 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,587 | 25.40 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Old Town ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Phil Lofts | 1,084 | 43.1 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Clive Watkinson | 578 | 23.0 | +14.0 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Liam Hardcastle | 390 | 15.5 | N/A | |
Green | Gillian Nixon | 203 | 8.1 | -4.5 | |
Independent | Donald Wood | 124 | 4.9 | -29.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Will Fielding | 112 | 4.4 | -4.9 | |
TUSC | Estelle Mageean | 26 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,528 | 29.48 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Penistone East ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Wilson | 1,954 | 45.6 | +6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Waters | 1,034 | 24.1 | -2.8 | |
Labour | Alex Burnett | 988 | 23.1 | +5.7 | |
Green | Kate Raynor | 309 | 7.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,311 | 44.69 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Penistone West ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Mandy Lowe-Flello | 1,444 | 37.4 | -6.3 | |
Conservative | Martin Bancroft | 1,172 | 30.3 | +9.5 | |
Labour | Sarah Grainger | 745 | 19.3 | +6.5 | |
Green | Richard Trotman | 338 | 8.7 | +1.7 | |
Reform UK | Edward Dillingham | 166 | 4.3 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,874 | 38.48 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Rockingham ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nicola Sumner | 1,085 | 39.1 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Roy Garratt | 1,084 | 39.1 | +28.0 | |
Green | James Grinham | 289 | 10.4 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Nugent | 124 | 4.5 | +0.5 | |
TUSC | Karen Fletcher | 115 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Keep Equality Safe Party | Andy Belk | 75 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,781 | 31.98 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Nicola Sumner won on the toss of a coin. In the result this is shown as her winning an extra vote.
Royston ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Caroline Makinson | 1,034 | 43.5 | -5.9 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Kirk Harper | 700 | 29.5 | -9.5 | |
Conservative | Michael Davies | 422 | 17.8 | +6.1 | |
Independent | Neil Fisher | 95 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Green | Simon Layton | 78 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Smith | 46 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,379 | 27.39 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
St Helen's ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sarah Tattersall | 983 | 56.9 | -4.4 | |
Conservative | Donna Cutts | 330 | 19.1 | +7.6 | |
Yorkshire | Mick Chambers | 233 | 13.5 | N/A | |
Green | Alan Jones | 91 | 5.3 | -22.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Booth | 52 | 3.0 | N/A | |
SDP | Steve Vajda | 38 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,736 | 21.89 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Stairfoot ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Karen Dyson | 895 | 38.0 | +2.2 | |
Independent | Wayne Johnson | 689 | 29.3 | N/A | |
Barnsley Ind. | Kay Thewlis | 364 | 15.5 | -38.4 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Hill | 363 | 15.4 | +9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Kitching | 42 | 1.8 | -2.4 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,360 | 26.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wombwell ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Higginbottom | 1,346 | 55.4 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Alex Wilkinson | 648 | 26.7 | +25.2 | |
Green | Simon Kusners | 127 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Amy Stewart | 108 | 4.4 | N/A | |
English Democrat | Jon Seymour | 103 | 4.2 | -7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Rose | 79 | 3.3 | -4.9 | |
SDP | Rachel Thompson | 17 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,443 | 25.43 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Worsbrough ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roy Bowser | 827 | 37.3 | +4.4 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Gillian Carr | 775 | 35.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Michael Barraclough | 485 | 21.9 | +12.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Calvert | 129 | 5.8 | -1.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,232 | 29.56 | |||
Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. | Swing |
References edit
- ^ "Local government elections". www.local.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.