Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council elections
One third of the Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes on 3 June 2004, councillors are elected from 21 wards.[1]
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Political control
Since 1973, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
Party in control | Years |
---|---|
Labour | 1973–present |
Leaders
Since 1973, all of the Leaders of BMBC have come from the serving Labour group: · Brian Varley (1973-1975) · Ron Rigby (1975-1976) · Fred Lunn (1976-1985) · Ron Rigby (1985-1988) · Hedley Salt CBE(1988-1995) · Jeff Ennis (1995-1996) · Sir Stephen Houghton CBE (1996- )
Deputy Leaders: · Ronald Rigby (1973-1975) · Fred Lunn (1975-1976) · Frank Kaye (1976-1982) · Ronald Rigby (1982-1985) · Hedley Salt (1985-1988) · Jeff Ennis (1988-1995) · Stephen Houghton (1995-1996) · Bernard Goddard (1996-1999) · Terry Dixon (1999-2004) · John 'Inky' Thomson (2004-2006) · Jimmy Rae (2006) · Jim Andrews (2006- )
Council elections
Summary of the council composition after council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 1979 election (increasing the number of seats by 6) and more recently the 2004 election (which decreased the number of seats by 3) prompting the whole council to be elected in those years.
Year | Labour | Conservative | Liberal / Lib Dem |
Independent | Ratepayers / Residents |
Independent Labour | Barnsley Independent |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1973 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1 Dem Lab) | 0 |
1975 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 (1 Dem Lab) | 0 |
1976 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 3 (1 Dem Lab) | 0 |
1978 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
1979 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 |
1980 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
1982 | 53 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1983 | 58 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1984 | 59 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1986 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1987 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1988 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1990 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1991 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1992 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1994 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1998 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2000 | 52 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | 47 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
2007 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
2008 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
2010 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
2011 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
2012 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
2014 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
2015 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2016 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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Composition since 1973
Borough result maps
By-election results
References
- ^ "Council and Democracy Homepage". Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
- ^ "Barnsley". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2009.