1995 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

1995 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
One third of seats (22 of 66) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council; 34 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 1995 Barnsley council elections.
Majority party before election; Labour;	Majority party after election ; Labour;

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 5 May 1995, with one third of the council up for election. The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council.^[1]^[2]

Election result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 1995^[1]^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	22	2	0	+2	100.0	70.9	15,865	+5.2
Independent	0	0	1	-1	0.0	13.0	2,908	-6.9
Conservative	0	0	1	-1	0.0	6.8	1,528	+0.5
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.0	1,128	+1.1
Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.4	536	+1.2
Militant Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.9	422	+1.9

This resulted in the following composition of the council:^[1]^[2]

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	62	64
	Conservatives	2	1
	Independent	2	1
Total		66	66
Working majority		58	62

Ward results

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

Ardsley (7422)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clowery F.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Athersley (6202)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Woodhead M.	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Brierley (7282)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vodden A.	1,496	65.2	−10.2
	Independent Labour	Roberts C.	536	23.4	+23.4
	Conservative	Schofield D. Ms.	262	11.4	+2.0
Majority			960	41.8	−18.4
Turnout			2,294	31.5	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-16.8

Central (8658)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fisher R.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Cudworth (7878)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kaye G.	1,847	88.8	N/A
	Independent	Cowton S.	234	11.2	N/A
Majority			1,613	77.5	N/A
Turnout			2,081	26.5	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Darfield (7906)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Goddard B.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Darton (10400)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norbury W.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dearne South (8970)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Greenhalgh P. Ms.	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dearne Thurnscoe (8169)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gardiner A.*	2,192	89.9	N/A
	Independent	Firth A.	246	10.1	N/A
Majority			1,946	79.8	N/A
Turnout			2,438	29.8	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dodworth (10021)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cawthrow C.*	2,380	78.0	+5.3
	Green	Jones D.	670	22.0	−5.3
Majority			1,710	56.1	+10.6
Turnout			3,050	30.4	−3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.3

Hoyland East (8070)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Levitt L.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Hoyland West (6706)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Schofield A.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Monk Bretton (8555)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harper M.	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

North West (7264)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hadfield P.*	1,277	77.2	+6.9
	Independent	Holderness B.	378	22.8	+22.8
Majority			899	54.3	−0.2
Turnout			1,655	22.8	−5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.9

Park (5757)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Murphy G.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Penistone East (7497)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shepherd T.	1,746	58.0	−8.6
	Conservative	Wade J.*	1,266	42.0	+8.6
Majority			480	15.9	−17.2
Turnout			3,012	40.2	+1.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	-8.6

Penistone West (8386)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Unsworth J.	1,315	43.6	+6.5
	Independent	Cuss N. Ms.	934	31.0	−31.9
	Green	Wood A. Ms.	458	15.2	+15.2
	Independent	Pestell A.	307	10.2	+10.2
Majority			381	12.6	−13.2
Turnout			3,014	35.9	−4.1
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	+19.2

Royston (8613)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lavender H.*	1,458	64.3	+10.7
	Independent	Pearson R.	809	35.7	−10.7
Majority			649	28.6	+21.4
Turnout			2,267	26.3	−4.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.7

South West (7597)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hall M.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Wombwell North (5173)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wraith R.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Wombwell South (8074)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wake J.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Worsbrough (7851)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wright F.*	2,154	83.6	N/A
	Militant Labour	Souter C. Ms.	422	16.4	N/A
Majority			1,732	67.2	N/A
Turnout			2,576	32.8	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

By-elections between 1995 and 1996

Dearne South (8970) 14 September 1995 By-election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gilliver, J. B.	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

References

^ ^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.
^ ^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 "Election results 1979 to 2003" (PDF). barnsley.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[results-1] ^ ^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.

[results2-2] ^ ^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 "Election results 1979 to 2003" (PDF). barnsley.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

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