1999 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

1999 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
6 May 1999
One third of seats (22 of 66) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats won 19 1 1
Seat change 3 1 1
Map showing the results of the 1999 Barnsley council elections.
Majority party before election

Labour

 Majority party after election

Labour

The 1999 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. Prior to the election, the Liberal Democrats had gained a seat in Wombwell North from Labour. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1][2][3][4]

Election results

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 1999[3][4][1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 19 0 3 -3 86.4 54.4 21,806 -16.4
  Liberal Democrats 1 1 0 +1 4.5 22.7 9,089 +15.0
  Conservative 1 1 0 +1 4.5 10.7 4,279 -0.1
  Independent 1 1 0 +1 4.5 5.2 2,066 +1.0
  Independent Labour 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.2 1,274 +3.2
  Socialist Labour 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.7 1,094 -2.0
  Green 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.8 307 -0.5
  Socialist Alternative 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 151 -0.2

This resulted in the following composition of the council:[3][4][5]

Party Previous council New council
Labour 62 59
Independent 2 3
Conservatives 1 2
Liberal Democrats 1 2
Total 66 66
Working majority  58   52 

Ward results

+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.

Ardsley[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S Redford 819 59.9 −9.4
Liberal Democrats H Harding 320 23.4 +12.8
Socialist Labour S Logan 142 10.4 −1.1
Conservative M Cale-Morgan 86 6.3 −2.3
Majority 499 36.5 −21.3
Turnout 1,367 19.3 +3.6
Labour hold Swing -11.1
Athersley[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M Woodhead 858 75.7 −9.6
Liberal Democrats M Wright 199 17.6 +7.6
Conservative T Allerton 43 3.8 +3.8
Socialist Labour P Robinson 33 2.9 −1.8
Majority 659 58.2 −17.1
Turnout 1,133 18.7 −0.4
Labour hold Swing -8.6
Brierley[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A Vodden 1,132 67.8 −1.5
Socialist Labour J Simmons 242 14.5 +1.7
Conservative D Beaumont-Schofield 197 11.8 −6.2
Liberal Democrats S Brook 98 5.9 +5.9
Majority 890 53.3 +2.0
Turnout 1,669 24.5 +4.8
Labour hold Swing -1.6
Central[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats I Guest 1,074 50.4 +14.9
Labour R Fisher 927 43.5 −9.9
Socialist Labour S Yoxall 68 3.2 −3.4
Conservative J Carrington 61 2.9 −1.5
Majority 147 6.9 −11.0
Turnout 2,130 25.7 +6.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +12.4
Cudworth[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J Hayward 1,269 72.4 −10.7
Liberal Democrats R Arundell 296 16.9 +9.7
Conservative A Campbell 134 7.6 +1.0
Socialist Labour M Stannard 54 3.1 +0.0
Majority 973 55.5 −20.4
Turnout 1,753 23.2 +1.8
Labour hold Swing -10.2
Darfield[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G Bates 1,261 66.6 −6.7
Liberal Democrats M Brown 474 25.0 +13.2
Conservative P Stubbins 158 8.3 −3.5
Majority 787 41.6 −19.9
Turnout 1,893 24.3 +2.3
Labour hold Swing -9.9
Darton[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T Cullum 1,330 60.9 −11.5
Liberal Democrats J Hollingsworth 604 27.7 +27.7
Conservative J Smith 207 9.5 −11.5
Socialist Labour S Robinson 43 2.0 −4.5
Majority 726 33.2 −18.2
Turnout 2,184 20.5 +2.3
Labour hold Swing -19.6
Dearne South[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A Cross 1,248 70.3 −5.6
Liberal Democrats Sharron Brook 454 25.6 +1.5
Conservative E Croft 74 4.2 +4.2
Majority 794 44.7 −7.1
Turnout 1,776 20.0 −1.4
Labour hold Swing -3.5
Dearne Thurnscoe[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A Gardiner 1,115 76.9 −0.3
Liberal Democrats H Newton 272 18.8 +1.6
Conservative G Wilkinson 63 4.3 −1.4
Majority 843 58.1 −1.9
Turnout 1,450 19.0 +0.8
Labour hold Swing -0.9
Dodworth[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P Lofts 1,033 40.3 −23.2
Independent Labour M Walsh 525 20.5 +20.5
Liberal Democrats J Earnshaw 399 15.6 +15.6
Green D Jones 307 12.0 −9.3
Conservative G Hill 248 9.7 −2.2
Socialist Labour L Heppenstall 49 1.9 −1.4
Majority 508 19.8 −22.4
Turnout 2,561 25.2 +4.9
Labour hold Swing -21.8
Hoyland East[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P Wordsworth 1,102 57.4 −31.4
Independent Labour B Maguire 390 20.3 +20.3
Liberal Democrats C Stimson 234 12.2 +12.2
Conservative M West 147 7.7 +7.7
Socialist Labour M Smith 46 2.4 −8.8
Majority 712 37.1 −40.5
Turnout 1,919 23.9 +3.0
Labour hold Swing -25.8
Hoyland West[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A Schofield 937 51.5 −28.5
Independent Les Levitt 453 24.9 +24.9
Liberal Democrats B Martin 277 15.2 +15.2
Conservative H Jobling 115 6.3 −7.1
Socialist Labour G Pickering 36 2.0 −4.6
Majority 484 26.6 −40.0
Turnout 1,818 28.0 +4.0
Labour hold Swing -26.7
Monk Bretton[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M Sheard 806 41.4 −35.6
Independent G Brown 800 41.1 +41.1
Liberal Democrats D McVey 239 12.3 +0.4
Conservative S Wilkinson 102 5.2 −1.5
Majority 6 0.3 −64.8
Turnout 1,947 23.4 +6.1
Labour hold Swing -38.3
North West[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M Cawthorne 678 53.3 −13.6
Liberal Democrats J Ingram 326 25.6 +12.3
Conservative C Carrington 240 18.9 +2.2
Socialist Labour K Elbourne 27 2.1 −1.1
Majority 352 27.7 −22.5
Turnout 1,271 17.8 −0.7
Labour hold Swing -12.9
Park[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P Leigh 710 65.3 −19.1
Liberal Democrats P Durie 226 20.8 +20.8
Conservative W Barkworth 92 8.5 −1.6
Socialist Labour N Wragg 59 5.4 −0.1
Majority 484 44.5 −29.8
Turnout 1,087 19.5 +5.0
Labour hold Swing -19.9
Penistone East[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D Toon 1,029 39.7 +0.6
Labour T Shepherd 1,027 39.6 −21.3
Liberal Democrats T Arundell 536 20.7 +20.7
Majority 2 0.1 −21.7
Turnout 2,592 33.6 +7.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +10.9
Penistone West[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J Unsworth 900 42.7 +9.8
Liberal Democrats M Wilkinson 732 34.7 +34.7
Conservative D Plotts 478 22.7 +22.7
Majority 168 8.0 −26.2
Turnout 2,110 24.3 −1.1
Labour hold Swing -12.4
Royston[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H Lavender 1,103 58.9 −18.0
Liberal Democrats E Gouthwaite 604 32.3 +20.6
Conservative K Leeds 113 6.0 −1.7
Socialist Labour O Robinson 52 2.8 −0.9
Majority 499 26.7 −38.5
Turnout 1,872 21.5 +1.1
Labour hold Swing -19.3
South West[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent M Hall 813 40.8 +40.8
Labour C Henshaw 483 24.3 −46.0
Conservative J Wilson 398 20.0 −3.1
Liberal Democrats D Hutton 275 13.8 +13.8
Socialist Labour G Holt 22 1.1 −5.5
Majority 330 16.6 −30.6
Turnout 1,991 27.0 +7.7
Independent gain from Labour Swing +43.4
Wombwell North[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R Wraith 781 49.1 −25.6
Liberal Democrats C Harding 754 47.4 +35.7
Socialist Alternative M Forster 29 1.8 −5.3
Conservative N Grace 28 1.8 −4.7
Majority 27 1.7 −61.3
Turnout 1,592 31.3 +12.9
Labour hold Swing -30.6
Wombwell South[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J Wake 1,244 64.5 −8.4
Liberal Democrats W Millard 421 21.8 +11.1
Conservative H Oldfield 143 7.4 −1.7
Socialist Alternative A Waller 122 6.3 −1.0
Majority 823 42.6 −19.6
Turnout 1,930 24.0 +2.5
Labour hold Swing -9.7
Worsborough[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F Wright 1,043 51.6 −23.5
Independent Labour D Wood 359 17.8 +17.8
Liberal Democrats M Newton 275 13.6 +13.6
Socialist Labour T Robinson 221 10.9 −4.1
Conservative E Elders 123 6.1 −3.8
Majority 684 33.8 −26.3
Turnout 2,021 26.7 +5.4
Labour hold Swing -20.6

By-elections between 1999 and 2000

Hoyland East 29 July 1999 By-election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T Shepherd 626 72.0 +2.4
Liberal Democrats B Martin 150 17.2 +5.0
Conservative R Morrell 93 10.7 +3.0
Majority 476 54.8 +17.7
Turnout 869 10.8 −13.1
Labour hold Swing +4.8
South West 29 July 1999 By-election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent S Birkinshaw 686 43.2 +2.4
Labour S Henshaw 407 25.6 +1.3
Liberal Democrats D Hutton 286 18.0 +4.2
Conservative J Wilson 210 13.2 −6.8
Majority 279 17.6 +1.0
Turnout 1,589 21.3 −5.7
Independent gain from Labour Swing +0.5

References

  1. ^ a b "How the nations voted". The Times. 8 May 1999. p. 48.
  2. ^ "How Britain voted: Council Election Results". The Independent. 8 May 1999. p. 12.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Elections Centre: Barnsley 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "Election results 1979 to 2003" (PDF). barnsley.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Members of the Council 1999 / 2000". barnsley.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 August 1999. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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