2012 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2012 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. One third of the council will be up for election.

2012 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

3 May 2012
21 of 63 seats to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Barnsley Ind. Conservative Seats won 52 6 5 Seat change 9 7 1 Popular vote 29,368 10,268 5,633 Percentage 56.5 19.8 10.8 Swing 3.2 0.6 4.5   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 1,528 Percentage 2.9 Swing 1.8
Council control before election Labour Party (UK) Council control after election Labour Party (UK)

2012 local election results in Barnsley

Overall Results

Barnsley Local Election Result 2012

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	18	9	0	+9	85.7	56.5	29,368	+3.2
	Barnsley Ind.	2	0	7	-7	9.5	19.8	10,268	-0.6
	Conservative	1	0	1	-1	4.8	10.8	5,633	-4.5
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	2,609	+4.5
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	2.9	1,528	+1.8
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	1,171	+0.9
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	839	-5.6
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	248	+0.1
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	184	+0.1
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	125	0

• +/- figure compared to 2011 result.

Ward Results

Central Ward

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Douglas Birkinshaw	1,262	62.4	+31.4
	Independent	Dave Gibson	347	17.1	−9.3
	English Democrat	Colin Porter	286	14.1	N/A
	Conservative	Anne Haynes	129	6.4	−1.7
Majority			915	45.0	+40.6
Turnout			2,024
	Labour hold		Swing

Cudworth Ward

Cudworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Houghton	1,684	70.5	+21.6
	BNP	Terry Hubbard	244	10.2	−14.7
	UKIP	Gill Wright	220	9.2	N/A
	Conservative	Anne Campbell	124	5.2	−1.8
	English Democrat	Carol Stacey	115	4.8	N/A
Majority			1,440	60.3	+36.3
Turnout			2,387
	Labour hold		Swing

Darfield Ward

Darfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Saunders	1,142	46.6	+26.7
	Barnsley Ind.	Carmen Hancock	984	40.2	−16.6
	English Democrat	David Burnett	209	8.5	N/A
	Conservative	George Hill	115	4.7	−6.3
Majority			1,120	45.7
Turnout			2,450
	Labour gain from Barnsley Ind.		Swing

Darton East Ward

Darton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley Duerden	1,172	45.8	+11.3
	Barnsley Ind.	Sharon Love	910	35.6	N/A
	Conservative	Howard Pearson	234	9.1	-7.1
	English Democrat	Sharon Sutton	185	7.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Wilson	58	2.3	-5.0
Majority			262
Turnout			2,559
	Labour hold		Swing	+

Darton West Ward

Darton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alice Cave	1,608	61.8	+27.3
	English Democrat	Ian Sutton	505	19.4	N/A
	Conservative	Sam England	488	18.8	+2.6
Majority			1,103	42.4	+30.0
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Dearne North Ward

Dearne North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Worton	1,314	69.1	+28.9
	Barnsley Ind.	Ian Garner	501	26.3	+8.6
	Conservative	Jonathan Robinson	87	4.6	-4.2
Majority			813
Turnout			1,902
	Labour hold		Swing

Dearne South Ward

Dearne South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharron Brook	1,848	82.5	+48.7
	Barnsley Ind.	Susan Garner	277	12.4	N/A
	Conservative	Paul Buckley	114	5.1	-0.2
Majority			1,571
Turnout			2,239
	Labour hold		Swing

Dodworth Ward

Dodworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Barnsley Ind.	Phillip Birkinshaw	1,396	48.9	+0.2
	Labour	Tony Wright	1,165	40.8	+20.8
	Conservative	Andrew Barr	292	10.2	-5.2
Majority			231
Turnout			2,893
	Barnsley Ind. hold		Swing

Hoyland Milton Ward

Hoyland Milton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mick Stowe	1,524	56.2	+6.9
	Barnsley Ind.	Damion Krska	635	23.4	-9.1
	English Democrat	Justin Saxton	243	9.0	+0.2
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hill	183	6.8	-2.7
	TUSC	Brian Caton	125	4.6	N/A
Majority			889	32.8
Turnout			2,710
	Labour gain from Barnsley Ind.		Swing

Kingstone Ward

Kingstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donna Green	1,099
	Barnsley Ind.	Geoff Bowden	458
	English Democrat	Nathan Walker	120
	BNP	Danny Cooke	116
	Conservative	Clive Watkinson	94
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Barnsley Ind.		Swing

Monk Bretton Ward

Monk Bretton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Green	1,398
	Independent	Grace Brown	719
	BNP	Jane Hubbard	286
	Conservative	Chris Pilkington	116
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

North East Ward

North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeff Ennis	1,625
	Barnsley Ind.	Stella Milner	1,250
	Conservative	Peter Murray	137
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Barnsley Ind.		Swing

Old Town Ward

Old Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Davies	1,391
	Barnsley Ind.	Clive Pickering	665
	Independent	Donald Wood	214
	English Democrat	David Peace	206
	Conservative	Howard Oldfield	182
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Barnsley Ind.		Swing

Penistone East Ward

Penistone East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wilson	1,405
	Labour	Jill Hayler	1,298
	UKIP	Glynis Heathcote	629
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penistone West Ward

Penistone West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Starling	1,389
	Conservative	Steve Webber	1,337
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Teal	190
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Rockingham Ward

Rockingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emma Dures	1,611
	Barnsley Ind.	Steve Sylvester	774
	English Democrat	Kevin Riddiough	253
	Conservative	Mike Toon	168
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Barnsley Ind.		Swing

Royston Ward

Royston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Kyte	1,573
	UKIP	Jim Johnson	322
	Independent	Edward Gouthwaite	248
	Conservative	Gill Milner	117
	English Democrat	Paul Robinson	73
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

St Helen's Ward

St. Helen's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Tattersall	1,387
	English Democrat	Dean Walker	222
	Conservative	Lesley Watkinson	85
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Stairfoot Ward

Stairfoot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wayne Johnson	1,140	46.1	+17.8
	Barnsley Ind.	Fred Clowery	981	39.7	-9.1
	BNP	Sandra Baker	193	7.8	-6.2
	Conservative	Delia Weldon	102	4.1	-4.9
	Socialist Labour	Frank Watson	58	2.3	N/A
Majority			159
Turnout			2,474
	Labour gain from Barnsley Ind.		Swing

Wombwell Ward

Wombwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Morgan	1,769
	Barnsley Ind.	Trevor Smith	329
	English Democrat	Gary Carnell	192
	Conservative	Alex Wilkinson	124
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsbrough Ward

Worsbrough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Barnsley Ind.	Gill Carr	1,108
	Labour	Kevin Williams	969
	Socialist Labour	Terry Robinson	126
	Conservative	Helen Smith	124
Majority
Turnout
	Barnsley Ind. hold		Swing

By-elections between 2012 and 2014

Royston by-election 10 October 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Makinson	1,143	67.4	+0.0
	UKIP	James Johnson	393	23.2	+9.4
	Conservative	Paul Buckley	100	5.9	+0.9
	English Democrat	Justin Saxton	32	1.9	-1.2
	BNP	Mark Baker	28	1.7	+1.7
Majority			750	44.2	-9.4
Turnout			1,696	20.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.7