Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2010
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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
Background
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
The results saw Labour increase their majority from 1 to 11 seats after making 5 gains from the Barnsley Independent Group.[4][5]
Barnsley Local Election Result 2010[2] | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Labour | 17 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 81.0 | 44.2 | 45,131 | +13.8% | ||
Barnsley Independent | 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 Democrat | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Bruff | 2,024 | 47.6 | +7.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Politano | 693 | 16.3 | -7.0 | |
BNP | Colin Porter | 585 | 13.7 | -1.6 | |
Barnsley Independent | 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 Democrat | Pam Kershaw | 577 | 12.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Paul Buckley | 378 | 8.3 | +2.2 | |
Independent | Noel Shaw | 249 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Barnsley Independent | 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 Independent | 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 Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barnsley Independent | 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 Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sharon Howard | 2,351 | 43.8 | -11.5 | |
Barnsley Independent | 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 Independent | 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 Democrat | 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 Independent | Susan Garner | 70 | 1.4 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 1,067 | 21.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,917 | 54.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barnsley Independent | 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 Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robin Franklin | 2,269 | 43.3 | +1.3 | |
Barnsley Independent | 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 Democrat | 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 Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kath Mitchell | 1,768 | 43.0 | +9.6 | |
Barnsley Independent | 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 Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kenneth Richardson | 2,060 | 45.8 | +5.5 | |
Barnsley Independent | 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 Independent | 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 Independent | 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 Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Barnard | 2,976 | 44.1 | - | |
Labour | Jill Hayler | 1,845 | 27.3 | - | |
Liberal Democrat | Trish Arundel | 1,410 | 20.9 | - | |
BNP | Daz Burrows | 350 | 5.2 | - | |
Barnsley Independent | 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 Independent | 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 Independent | 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 Democrat | 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 Independent | 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 Independent | 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 Independent | 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 Independent | 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 Independent | John Sanderson | 938 | 21.6 | -1.6 | |
BNP | Daniel Cooke | 618 | 14.2 | -2.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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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