2010 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Appearance
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The 2010 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Labour 37
- Barnsley Independent Group 18
- Conservative 6
- Liberal Democrat 1
- Independent 1[2]
Background
[edit]The previous election in 2008 saw Labour's majority reduced to just one seat.[3] The Barnsley Independent Group formed the main opposition with 22 seats compared to 32 for Labour, with Conservatives, a couple of other independents and 1 Liberal Democrat making up the council.[3]
Election result
[edit]The results saw Labour increase their majority from 1 to 11 seats after making 5 gains from the Barnsley Independent Group.[4][5]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 17 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 81.0 | 44.2 | 45,131 | +13.8% | |
Barnsley Ind. | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 9.5 | 19.5 | 19,891 | -4.9% | |
Conservative | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 17.1 | 17,428 | +2.0% | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 12,423 | -4.9% | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 6,175 | -0.3% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 855 | -4.9% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 140 | -0.6% |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Bruff | 2,024 | 47.6 | +7.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Politano | 693 | 16.3 | −7.0 | |
BNP | Colin Porter | 585 | 13.7 | −1.6 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Robert Warburton | 486 | 11.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Howard Oldfield | 468 | 11.0 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 1,331 | 31.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,256 | 53.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joe Hayward | 2,441 | 53.8 | −3.6 | |
BNP | Terry Hubbard | 619 | 13.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Pam Kershaw | 577 | 12.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Paul Buckley | 378 | 8.3 | +2.2 | |
Independent | Noel Shaw | 249 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Barnsley Ind. | Jim Johnson | 196 | 4.3 | −32.3 | |
Independent | Tony Devoy | 73 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,822 | 40.2 | +16.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,533 | 55.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pauline Markham | 1,945 | 43.0 | +14.6 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Trevor Smith | 1,383 | 30.6 | −13.8 | |
Conservative | Pamela Jenner | 688 | 15.2 | +8.5 | |
BNP | Steven O'Connor | 507 | 11.2 | −2.1 | |
Majority | 562 | 12.4 | |||
Turnout | 4,523 | 56.6 | |||
Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barnsley Ind. | Harry Spence | 2,263 | 43.7 | −2.1 | |
Labour | Pauline Haigh | 1,683 | 32.5 | −+2.9 | |
Conservative | Peter Murray | 741 | 14.3 | −0.2 | |
BNP | Sharon Sutton | 487 | 9.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 580 | 11.2 | |||
Turnout | 5,174 | 60.9 | |||
Barnsley Ind. hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sharon Howard | 2,351 | 43.8 | −11.5 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Tony Conway | 1,115 | 20.8 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Gordon Wilkinson | 1,061 | 19.8 | +12.7 | |
BNP | Ian Sutton | 838 | 15.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,236 | 23.0 | +15.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,365 | 64.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Janice Hancock | 2,278 | 58.9 | +3.6 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Kurt Garner | 647 | 16.7 | +3.9 | |
BNP | Raymond Hinchcliffe | 595 | 15.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Michael Toon | 348 | 9.0 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 1,631 | 42.2 | +20.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,868 | 48.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | May Noble | 2,448 | 49.8 | +8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Brook | 1,381 | 28.1 | −10.1 | |
BNP | John Bettney | 690 | 14.0 | −3.6 | |
Conservative | Stuart Wilkinson | 328 | 6.7 | +1.4 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Susan Garner | 70 | 1.4 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 1,067 | 21.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,917 | 54.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barnsley Ind. | Jack Carr | 1,782 | 34.2 | −13.9 | |
Labour | Dave Leech | 1,705 | 32.8 | −2.8 | |
Conservative | Andrew Barr | 1,199 | 23.0 | +6.7 | |
BNP | Alan Brown | 517 | 9.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 77 | 1.5 | −25.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,203 | 66.3 | |||
Barnsley Ind. hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robin Franklin | 2,269 | 43.3 | +1.3 | |
Barnsley Ind. | John Carr | 1,114 | 21.3 | −26.1 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Thomas | 709 | 13.5 | +2.9 | |
BNP | Claire Holland | 539 | 10.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Mandy Saadallah | 470 | 9.0 | N/A | |
Green | Paul White | 140 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,155 | 22.0 | |||
Turnout | 5,241 | 46.7 | |||
Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kath Mitchell | 1,768 | 43.0 | +9.6 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Noel Cowdell | 1,378 | 33.5 | −20.0 | |
BNP | Kevin Fisher | 532 | 12.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Howard Pearson | 436 | 10.6 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 390 | 9.5 | |||
Turnout | 4,114 | 51.8 | |||
Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kenneth Richardson | 2,060 | 45.8 | +5.5 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Clive Pickering | 1,151 | 25.6 | +0.8 | |
BNP | Jane Hubbard | 853 | 19.0 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | George Hill | 436 | 9.7 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 909 | 20.2 | |||
Turnout | 4,500 | 54.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dorothy Higginbottom | 2,570 | 45.9 | −24.0 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Stella Milner | 1,539 | 27.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Stephen Fowler | 614 | 11.0 | −19.1 | |
BNP | Winn Dashwood | 580 | 10.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Eddie Devoy | 294 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,031 | 18.4 | |||
Turnout | 5,597 | 56.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Penny Lofts | 2,067 | 40.5 | +16.3 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Peter Middleton | 1,767 | 34.6 | −22.0 | |
Conservative | Clive Watkinson | 704 | 13.8 | +4.0 | |
BNP | Dean Walker | 562 | 11.0 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 300 | 5.9 | |||
Turnout | 5,100 | 60.1 | |||
Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Barnard | 2,976 | 44.1 | − | |
Labour | Jill Hayler | 1,845 | 27.3 | − | |
Liberal Democrats | Trish Arundel | 1,410 | 20.9 | − | |
BNP | Daz Burrows | 350 | 5.2 | − | |
Barnsley Ind. | Samantha Beardshall | 167 | 2.5 | − | |
Majority | 1,131 | 16.8 | −14.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,748 | 72.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Milner | 2,871 | 48.7 | +17.7 | |
Labour | Peter Starling | 2,047 | 34.8 | +11.4 | |
BNP | Paul James | 512 | 8.7 | −3.5 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Richard Beardshall | 460 | 7.8 | −17.0 | |
Majority | 824 | 14.0 | −9.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,890 | 66.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Andrews | 2,430 | 45.8 | −0.4 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Martyn Burdin | 1,381 | 26.0 | −5.1 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Hill | 710 | 13.4 | +2.5 | |
BNP | Robert Ellis | 544 | 10.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Nigel Bailey | 239 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,049 | 19.8 | |||
Turnout | 5,304 | 60.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tim Cheetham | 2,175 | 46.1 | +7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Danny Oates | 1,078 | 22.8 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Lesley Watkinson | 628 | 13.3 | +5.3 | |
BNP | Paul Harris | 564 | 12.0 | −4.0 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Daniel Pickering | 274 | 5.8 | −13.1 | |
Majority | 1,097 | 23.2 | −3.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,719 | 56.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Butterwood | 2,593 | 70.5 | +20.5 | |
BNP | Lisa Brooksbank | 634 | 17.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Gillian Millner | 453 | 12.3 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 1,959 | 53.2 | +37.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,680 | 47.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Mathers | 2,011 | 45.5 | +9.6 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Jim Smith | 1,361 | 30.8 | −11.0 | |
BNP | Susan Harris | 559 | 12.6 | −3.3 | |
Conservative | Robert Kena | 491 | 11.1 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 650 | 14.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,422 | 52.6 | |||
Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Denise Wilde | 2,617 | 57.7 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Keith Jenner | 764 | 16.8 | +9.7 | |
BNP | Jackie Bettney | 738 | 16.3 | +0.7 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Raymond Murdoch | 419 | 9.2 | −14.9 | |
Majority | 1,853 | 40.8 | +13.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,538 | 52.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Clarke | 1,804 | 41.5 | +1.9 | |
Barnsley Ind. | John Sanderson | 938 | 21.6 | −1.6 | |
BNP | Daniel Cooke | 618 | 14.2 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pat Durie | 566 | 13.0 | −2.2 | |
Conservative | Garry Needham | 425 | 9.8 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 866 | 19.9 | |||
Turnout | 4,351 | 57.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
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