1994 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

1994 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

5 May 1994
One third of seats (22 of 66) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Independent Conservative Seats won 21 1 0 Seat change 1 1 0
Map showing the results of the 1994 Barnsley council elections.
Majority party before election Labour Majority party after election Labour

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 5 May 1994, with one third of the council up for election. The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council.

Election result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 1994

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	21	0	1	-1	95.5	65.7	15,515	-2.1
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	4.5	19.9	4,704	+18.4
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0.0	6.3	1,499	-10.3
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.9	924	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.0	698	-6.3
	Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	289	+0.6

This resulted in the following composition of the council:

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	63	62
	Conservatives	2	2
	Independent	1	2
Total		66	66
Working majority		60	58

Ward results

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

Ardsley (7494)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Watson F.	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Athersley (6336)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Picken L.	1,550	83.8	N/A
	Independent	McNicholes P.	299	16.2	N/A
Majority			1,251	67.7	N/A
Turnout			1,849	29.0	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Brierley (7347)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ennis J.*	1,730	75.4	+9.3
	Independent	Hardey F.	348	15.2	-4.5
	Conservative	Schofield D. Ms.	216	9.4	-4.8
Majority			1,382	60.2	+13.7
Turnout			2,294	31.2	+6.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.9

Central (8657)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilby M. Ms.*	1,918	73.3	N/A
	Independent	Connolly A.	700	26.7	N/A
Majority			1,218	46.5	N/A
Turnout			2,618	30.2	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Cudworth (8009)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wriath C.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Darfield (7955)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dixon T.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Darton (10274)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shepherd J.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dearne South (8952)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Slasor G.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dearne Thurnscoe (8250)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Evans C. Ms.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dodworth (9882)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Staples S. Ms.	2,467	72.8	+8.5
	Green	Jones D.	924	27.2	-8.5
Majority			1,543	45.5	+17.0
Turnout			3,391	34.3	+10.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.5

Hoyland East (8103)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brankin M.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Hoyland West (6755)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrews J.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Monk Bretton (8579)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy R.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

North West (7360)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cooper G.*	1,458	70.3	+10.1
	Conservative	Carrington C. Ms.	327	15.8	-17.3
	Independent Labour	Holderness B.	289	13.9	+13.9
Majority			1,131	54.5	+27.3
Turnout			2,074	28.2	+7.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+13.7

Park (5835)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Warden R.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Penistone East (7397)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Headon M.	1,901	66.5	+18.1
	Conservative	Elders E. Ms.	956	33.5	-7.5
Majority			945	33.1	+25.5
Turnout			2,857	38.6	-2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.8

Penistone West (8452)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Punt G.	2,127	62.9	+62.9
	Labour	Lofts P.	1,255	37.1	+2.2
Majority			872	25.8	+1.7
Turnout			3,382	40.0	+3.5
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	30.3

Royston (8637)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fellows R.	1,421	53.6	-27.4
	Independent	Pearson R.	1,230	46.4	+46.4
Majority			191	7.2	-61.2
Turnout			2,651	30.7	+10.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-36.9

South West (7646)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Foster D.*	1,815	72.2	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Guest I.	698	27.8	+27.8
Majority			1,117	44.4	+9.5
Turnout			2,513	32.9	+7.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.9

Wombwell North (5242)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hall A.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Wombwell South (8185)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Naylor T.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Worsbrough (7986)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bristowe T.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A