2022 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

2022 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)
21 out of 63 seats to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Stephen Houghton Hannah Kitching John Wilson
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 49 seats, 40.4% 7 seats, 11.8% 3 seats, 25.1%
Seats before 49 7 3
Seats won 16 3 2
Seats after 46 9 4
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 22,115 7,829 9,268
Percentage 46.2% 16.3% 19.4%
Swing Increase 5.8% Increase 4.5% Decrease 5.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Leader Andrew Gillis Unknown
Party Independent Barnsley Ind.
Last election 2 seats, 2.3% 1 seat, 10.6%
Seats before 3 1
Seats won 0 0
Seats after 3 1
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 1,812 3,137
Percentage 3.8% 6.5%
Swing Increase 1.5% Decrease 4.1%
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Stephen Houghton
Labour

 Leader after election

Stephen Houghton
Labour

The 2022 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors — 21 out of 63 — were elected. The election took place alongside the 2022 South Yorkshire mayoral election and other local elections across the United Kingdom.

In the previous council election in 2021, Labour maintained its longstanding control of the council, holding 49 seats after the election. The Liberal Democrats formed the main opposition with seven seats, with the Conservatives on three, independents and the Democrats and Veterans Party having two each and a single Barnsley Independent Group councillor.

Background

Result of the council election when these seats were last contested in 2018
Result of the most recent council election in 2021

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Barnsley was a district of the South Yorkshire metropolitan county.[1] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The South Yorkshire Combined Authority was established in 2014 as the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority, which began electing the mayor of South Yorkshire in 2018.[2]

Since its formation, Barnsley has continuously been under Labour control. Councillors have predominantly been elected from the Labour Party, various independents, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats. The council elected a large number of Barnsley Independent Group councillors in the 2006 election, whose numbers have been falling since. Councillors who will be seeking re-election will have been most recently elected in the 2018 election, in order to complete a four-year term. In that election, 19 Labour councillors were election alongside one Conservative councillor and one Liberal Democrat councillor. In the most recent election in 2021, seventeen Labour councillors were elected with 40.4% of the vote across the borough, with three Liberal Democrats on 11.8% of the vote across the borough and one Conservative with 25.1% of the vote across the borough. Labour held the Rockingham ward after a coin toss broke a tie between the Labour candidate and the Conservative candidate.[3] After that election, the council had 49 Labour councillors, seven Liberal Democrats, three Conservatives, two independents, two Democrats and Veterans and one Barnsley Independent Group councillor.[4] The councillor Trevor Smith joined the Labour Party after his previous Democrats and Veterans Party was dissolved.[5]

The positions up for election in 2022 were last elected in 2018, when Labour won 19 seats and the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats won one each.[6]

Electoral process

The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[7][8] The election will take place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards generally being represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Barnsley aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Previous council composition

After 2021 election Before 2022 election
Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 49 Labour 49
Liberal Democrats 7 Liberal Democrats 7
Conservative 3 Conservative 3
Democrats and Veterans 2 Independent 3
Independent 2 Barnsley Ind. 1
Barnsley Ind. 1

Results summary

2022 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Candidates Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour {{{candidates}}} 16 Decrease 3 76.2 30 46 73.0 22,115 46.2 +5.8
  Liberal Democrats {{{candidates}}} 3 Increase 2 14.3 6 9 14.3 7,829 16.3 +4.5
  Conservative {{{candidates}}} 2 Increase 1 9.5 2 4 6.3 9,268 19.4 -5.7
  Independent {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 3 3 4.8 1,812 3.8 +1.5
  Barnsley Ind. {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 1 1 1.6 3,137 6.5 -4.1
  Green {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,825 3.8 -2.8
  SDP {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 488 1.0 ±0.0
  Freedom Alliance {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 451 0.9 N/A
  TUSC {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 347 0.7 +0.3
  Yorkshire {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 328 0.7 +0.2
  English Democrat {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 229 0.5 -0.2
  NIP {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 65 0.1 N/A

Ward results

[9]

Central

Central[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janine Debra Moyes 946 51.2 Increase 2.3
Barnsley Ind. Steve Bullcock 476 25.7 New
Conservative Chad Bronson 282 15.3 Decrease 11.5
Liberal Democrats Catherine Theresa Rogerson 145 7.8 Increase 2.1
Majority 470 25.4 Increase 3.4
Turnout 1,866 21.9 Decrease 2.0
Registered electors 8,531
Rejected ballots 17 0.9
Labour hold Swing

Cudworth

Cudworth[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joe Hayward 1,192 64.9 Decrease 2.0
Yorkshire Tony Devoy 328 17.9 New
Conservative Mark Brook 228 12.4 Decrease 3.1
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Kate Waters 89 4.8 Increase 1.1
Majority 864 47.0 Decrease 4.4
Turnout 1,845 22.0 Decrease 1.8
Registered electors 8,389
Rejected ballots 20 1.1
Labour hold Swing

Darfield

Darfield[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pauline Markham 1,234 62.7 Increase 12.7
Conservative Ben Harrison 406 20.6 Decrease 5.1
SDP Scott Andrew Mckenzie 208 10.6 New
Liberal Democrats Simon Richard Hulme 121 6.1 Increase 2.8
Majority 828 42.1 Increase 17.8
Turnout 1,981 24.6 Decrease 4.6
Registered electors 8,059
Rejected ballots 11 0.6
Labour hold Swing

Darton East

Darton East[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dickie Denton 1,530 56.5 Increase 17.7
Labour Teresa Wilcockson 888 32.8 Increase 7.8
Conservative Lee Ogden 288 10.6 Decrease 0.6
Majority 642 23.7 Increase 9.9
Turnout 2,736 30.9 Decrease 1.7
Registered electors 8,838
Rejected ballots 30 1.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing 19.1

Darton West

Darton West[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sharon Howard 975 39.1 Increase 1.6
Green Tom Heyes 749 30.0 Increase 3.1
Conservative John Miller 493 19.8 Decrease 12.8
Liberal Democrats Kevin Bennett 211 8.5 Increase 5.5
Freedom Alliance Jonathan Richard Tilt 65 2.6
Majority 226 9.1 Increase 4.2
Turnout 2,505 28.6 Decrease 3.7
Registered electors 8,750
Rejected ballots 12 0.5
Labour hold Swing

Dearne North

Dearne North[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Bellamy 1,117 72.1 Increase 11.0
Conservative Rosemary Sharon Jackson 195 12.6 Decrease 11.3
English Democrat Maxine Spencer 128 8.3 Decrease 1.1
Liberal Democrats Brian John Evans 71 4.6 Increase 1.8
SDP Savannah Paige Jarvis 39 2.5 Decrease 0.2
Majority 922 59.5 Increase 22.3
Turnout 1,560 18.5 Decrease 2.9
Registered electors 8,444
Rejected ballots 10 0.6
Labour hold Swing

Dearne South

Dearne South[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janine Marie Bowler 1,307 71.5 Increase 11.3
Conservative Donna Marie Cutts 243 13.3 Decrease 4.3
SDP David Alan Jarvis 115 6.3 Decrease 9.5
English Democrat Janus Polenceusz 101 5.5 Increase 2.2
Liberal Democrats Linda Fielding 62 3.4 Increase 0.3
Majority 1,064 58.2 Increase 17.6
Turnout 1,848 20.1 Decrease 3.9
Registered electors 9,179
Rejected ballots 8 0.4
Labour hold Swing

Dodworth

Dodworth[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Will Fielding 1,315 45.7 Increase 19.5
Labour Neil Gareth Wright 944 32.8 Increase 10.7
Conservative Kirk Harper 518 18.0 Decrease 3.2
Freedom Alliance Amanda Griffin 101 3.5
Majority 371 12.9 Increase 11.4
Turnout 2,893 34.0 Decrease 1.2
Registered electors 8,506
Rejected ballots 15 0.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Barnsley Ind. Swing 39.0

Hoyland Milton

Hoyland Milton[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robin Franklin 1,212 48.3 Increase 8.7
Conservative Cassie Northwood 617 24.6 Decrease 11.1
Independent Daniel Simpson 398 15.9 Increase 4.5
Liberal Democrats Glenn Charles Lawrence 162 6.5 Increase 3.1
TUSC Angela Waller 119 4.7 Increase 2.6
Majority 595 23.7 Increase 19.8
Turnout 2,522 27.1 Decrease 3.2
Registered electors 9,304
Rejected ballots 14 0.6
Labour hold Swing

Kingstone

Kingstone[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kath Mitchell 648 38.8 Increase 0.7
Barnsley Ind. Liam Hardcastle 535 32.0 Increase 10.4
Conservative Michael Davies 153 9.2 Decrease 7.7
Green Peter Gordon Giles 121 7.2 Decrease 2.7
Liberal Democrats Philip David Wright 80 4.8 Decrease 1.9
NIP Liam Stephen Starsong 65 3.9 New
Freedom Alliance Judy Barnsley 38 2.3
SDP Steve Vajda 32 1.9 New
Majority 113 6.8 Decrease 9.7
Turnout 1,684 21.7 Decrease 2.1
Registered electors 7,757
Rejected ballots 12 0.7
Labour hold Swing

Monk Bretton

Monk Bretton[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kenneth Richardson 1,070 50.7 Decrease 3.9
Independent Rachel Jane Stewart 660 31.3 New
Conservative Alexander Wilkinson 257 12.2
Liberal Democrats Sue Rose 123 5.8 Increase 3.8
Majority 410 19.4 Decrease 14.2
Turnout 2,116 23.8 Decrease 2.1
Registered electors 8,907
Rejected ballots 6 0.3
Labour hold Swing

North East

North East[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ashley James Peace 1,249 54.2 Increase 5.0
Barnsley Ind. Raymond Archer 639 27.7 Decrease 1.2
Conservative Samuel Wilkinson 323 14.0 Decrease 5.3
Liberal Democrats Sam Christmas 93 4.0 Increase 1.5
Majority 610 26.5 Increase 6.2
Turnout 2,320 22.6 Decrease 2.8
Registered electors 10,268
Rejected ballots 16 0.7
Labour hold Swing

Old Town

Old Town[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clive Melvin Pickering 1,147 51.4 Increase 8.3
Conservative John Carr 450 20.2 Decrease 2.8
Green Gillian Margaret Nixon 347 15.5 Increase 7.4
Freedom Alliance Charlotte Sykes 145 6.5
Liberal Democrats Patrick Dimelow Smith 144 6.4 Increase 2.0
Majority 697 31.2 Increase 11.1
Turnout 2,253 26.2 Decrease 3.3
Registered electors 8,596
Rejected ballots 17 0.8
Labour hold Swing

Penistone East

Penistone East[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert John Barnard 1,643 43.0 Decrease 2.6
Labour Jill Hayler 1,271 33.3 Increase 10.2
Liberal Democrats Andy Waters 507 13.3 Decrease 10.8
Green Rebecca Jean Trotman 401 10.5 Increase 3.3
Majority 372 9.7 Decrease 11.8
Turnout 3,854 39.9 Decrease 4.8
Registered electors 9,666
Rejected ballots 28 0.7
Conservative hold Swing

Penistone West

Penistone West[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hannah Ruth Kitching 2,207 56.6 Increase 19.2
Conservative Roy Garratt 668 17.1 Decrease 13.2
Labour James Aron Bangert 518 13.3 Decrease 6.0
Independent David Wood 296 7.6 New
Green Richard Thomas James Trotman 207 5.3 Decrease 3.4
Majority 1,539 39.5 Increase 32.4
Turnout 3,931 38.8 Increase 0.3
Registered electors 10,142
Rejected ballots 16 0.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Rockingham

Rockingham[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David White 1,109 42.2 Increase 3.1
Labour James Gregory Andrews 1,067 40.6 Increase 1.5
TUSC Karen Fletcher 228 8.7 Increase 4.5
Liberal Democrats Susan Jane Waters 222 8.5 Increase 4.0
Majority 42 1.6 Increase 1.6
Turnout 2,647 30.8 Decrease 1.2
Registered electors 8,606
Rejected ballots 19 0.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing 16.3

Royston

Royston[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Webster 534 53.4 Increase 9.7
Independent Neil Fisher 246 24.6 Increase 18.5
Conservative Macaulay Larkin 167 16.7 Steady
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Paul Hood 53 5.3 Increase 4.6
Majority 288 28.8 Increase 16.7
Turnout 2,062 23.6 Decrease 3.8
Registered electors 8,724
Rejected ballots 24 1.2
Labour hold Swing

Note: A box of postal votes was initially omitted from the count. The votes were subsequently counted and recalculated; Dave Webster (Labour) remained elected.[9]

St Helen's

St Helen's[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Leech 1,064 73.8 Increase 16.9
Conservative George Hill 229 15.9 Decrease 3.2
Liberal Democrats Matthew Rigden Nicholson 148 10.3 Increase 7.3
Majority 835 57.9 Increase 20.1
Turnout 1,449 18.2 Decrease 3.7
Registered electors 7,976
Rejected ballots 14 1.0
Labour hold Swing

Stairfoot

Stairfoot[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Shirt 906 44.1 Increase 6.1
Barnsley Ind. Gavin Frost 756 36.8 Increase 21.3
Conservative Elizabeth Hill 285 13.9 Decrease 1.5
Liberal Democrats James Robert Kitching 106 5.2 Increase 3.4
Majority 150 7.3 Decrease 1.4
Turnout 2,062 22.9 Decrease 3.1
Registered electors 9,018
Rejected ballots 8 0.4
Labour hold Swing

Wombwell

Wombwell[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Frost 1,362 65.6 Increase 10.2
Conservative Bee Lokkit-Wan 289 13.9 Decrease 12.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Nugent 228 11.0 Increase 7.7
Freedom Alliance Amy Stewart 102 4.9
SDP Jon Seymour 94 4.5 Increase 0.3
Majority 1,073 51.7 Increase 23.0
Turnout 2,087 21.4 Decrease 4.0
Registered electors 9,754
Rejected ballots 11 0.5
Labour hold Swing

Worsbrough

Worsbrough[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Clarke 913 45.5 Increase 8.2
Barnsley Ind. Gill Carr 731 36.4 Increase 1.4
Conservative Andrew Millner 229 11.4 Decrease 10.5
Liberal Democrats Sarah Calvert 133 6.6 Increase 0.8
Majority 182 9.1 Increase 6.8
Turnout 2,017 27.1 Decrease 2.5
Registered electors 7,443
Rejected ballots 11 0.5
Labour hold Swing

Changes 2022–2023

  • David White, elected as a Conservative councillor for Rockingham ward in May 2022, resigned from the Conservative Party in December 2022 to join Reform UK.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
  2. ↑ "Sheffield devolution deal". GOV.UK. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Brooke, Sam (7 May 2021). "Local elections Barnsley results with tied seat won by coin toss". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Prest, Victoria (6 May 2021). "Barnsley council election results 2021: Find out who won". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Councillor faces calls to stand down". Barnsley Chronicle. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Barnsley local election results 2018". www.barnsley.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Local government elections 5 May 2022". Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Conservative councillor defects to Reform UK". The Guardian. 14 December 2022. Archived from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
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