2004 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2004 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
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All 63 seats to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
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Party Labour Independent Conservative
Seats won33225
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Map of the 2004 Barnsley council election results. Labour in red, Independents in grey, Conservatives in blue and Lib Dems in yellow.
Majority party before election

Labour

Majority party after election

Labour

The 2004 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of seats by 3. [1] The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. [2]

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Election result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 2004 [3] [2] [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 3300052.436.426,756-13.7
  Independent 2200034.929.121,429+6.9
  Conservative 50007.914.310,530-0.9
  Liberal Democrats 30004.813.29,719+2.4
  BNP 00000.06.95,092+5.9

This resulted in the following composition of the council: [2] [4]

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour4733
Independent1022
Conservatives55
Liberal Democrats43
Total6663
Working majority 28  3 

Ward results

Central (3) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Guest1,15441.3N/A
Labour Michael Stokes98435.2N/A
Liberal Democrats Don Hutton951
Labour Thomas Sheard939
Liberal Democrats Peter Politano865
Labour Margaret Bruff844
BNP Marie Gardner40114.3N/A
Conservative Geoffrey Turvey2569.2N/A
Majority1706.1N/A
Turnout 6,39434.3N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Cudworth (3) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Houghton CBE1,67551.3N/A
Labour Charlie Wraith1,634
Labour Joseph Hayward1,615
Independent Edgar Auckland71621.9N/A
Independent Alwyn Hodgson700
Independent Ian Sanders490
Liberal Democrats Pamela Kershaw37011.3N/A
BNP Paul Tibble3149.6N/A
Conservative Jean Rowley1875.7N/A
Majority95929.4N/A
Turnout 7,70137.0N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Darfield (3) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ronald Fisher1,73047.1N/A
Independent David Wainwright1,416
Independent Trevor Smith1,317
Labour Gillian Bates1,11330.3N/A
Labour Brian Mathers756
Labour Christopher Sykes681
Liberal Democrats Sally Brook3038.3N/A
BNP David Highway2727.4N/A
Conservative Andrew Barr2526.9N/A
Majority61716.8N/A
Turnout 7,84040.0N/A
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Darton East (3) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parkinson1,34135.9N/A
Labour Patrick Miller1,284
Labour Thomas Cullum1,190
Independent John Race85022.8N/A
Conservative Robert Barnard76820.6N/A
Independent Christopher Tummons496
Liberal Democrats Patrick Logan47112.6N/A
Conservative Gordon Wilkinson470
Conservative George Hill457
Independent Edward Gouthwaite335
BNP Jacqueline Hall3058.2N/A
Majority49113.1N/A
Turnout 7,96747.4N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Darton West (3) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Jenkinson1,10230.7N/A
Labour Linda Burgess1,073
Independent Susan Simmons98927.5N/A
Labour Steve Redford963
Independent Michael Walsh816
Independent Mehdi Ghaffarian695
Conservative Jack Orr59616.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Smith54615.2N/A
Conservative Clive Watkinson545
Conservative Tony Short539
BNP Cheryl Saxton35810.0N/A
Majority1133.1N/A
Turnout 8,22240.2N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Dearne North (3) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Hancock1,31948.7N/A
Labour Alan Gardiner1,302
Labour Janice Hancock1,271
Liberal Democrats Sarah Gardiner1,06539.4N/A
Conservative Stuart Wilkinson32211.9N/A
Majority2549.4N/A
Turnout 5,27932.2N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Dearne South (3) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sharron Brook1,68746.5N/A
Labour Kenneth Sanderson1,67046.0N/A
Labour John Thomson1,489
Labour May Noble1,427
Conservative Brent Wood2727.5N/A
Majority170.5N/A
Turnout 6,54536.2N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Dodworth (3) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Phillip Birkinshaw2,01359.8N/A
Independent Brian Perrin1,920
Independent Charles Parker1,761
Labour Phillip Lofts90426.8N/A
Labour John Ryan848
Labour Yvonne Saunder829
Conservative Andrew Milner45213.4N/A
Majority1,10932.9N/A
Turnout 8,72743.4N/A
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Hoyland Milton (3) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Michael Brankin1,85255.5N/A
Independent John Lipscombe1,599
Independent Trevor Naylor1,520
Labour Robin Franklin1,13233.9N/A
Labour Patricia Wordsworth956
Labour Timothy Shepherd920
Conservative Marjorie Cale-Morgan35410.6N/A
Majority72021.6N/A
Turnout 8,33339.0N/A
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Kingstone (3) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Malcolm Price1,25952.2N/A
Independent Malcolm Hall1,240
Independent Donna Hollins1,152
Labour Alice Cave93738.8N/A
Labour Peter Doyle863
Labour Brian Swaine797
Conservative Garry Needham2179.0N/A
Majority32213.3N/A
Turnout 6,46533.1N/A
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Monk Bretton (3) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Grace Brown1,29941.7N/A
Labour Margaret Sheard1,15837.2N/A
Labour Kenneth Richardson1,026
Labour Beryl Oldroyd962
Independent Steven Jones906
Independent Michael Moore718
Conservative Roger Hinchliff33310.7N/A
BNP Susan Harris32610.5N/A
Majority1414.5N/A
Turnout 6,72835.2N/A
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
North East (3) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Whittaker1,75950.3N/A
Labour Alex Vodden1,716
Labour Leah Dorothy Higginbotton1,601
Independent Frank Hardy1,02029.1N/A
Independent Antony Devoy709
Independent Edward Devoy667
BNP David Saxton41111.7N/A
Conservative Peter Murray3108.9N/A
Majority73921.1N/A
Turnout 8,19337.8N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Old Town (3) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Bill Gaunt1,55143.1N/A
Independent Sandra Birkinshaw1,531
Independent Peter Middleton1,318
Labour Philip Davies90925.3N/A
Labour Margaret Cawthorne862
Labour William Denton759
Liberal Democrats Tony Conway63917.8N/A
BNP John Lee2737.6N/A
Conservative Richard Morrell2286.3N/A
Majority64217.8N/A
Turnout 8,07040.2N/A
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Penistone East (3) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Deborah Toon2,02840.9N/A
Conservative Alec Rowley1,940
Conservative John Smith1,664
Labour Jill Hayler1,34127.0N/A
Liberal Democrats Teresa Arundel1,14723.1N/A
Labour William Jones1,125
Labour Robert Hannagan982
BNP Geoffrey Broadley4479.0N/A
Majority68713.8N/A
Turnout 10,67448.5N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Penistone West (3) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brenda Hinchliff1,81534.6N/A
Independent George Punt1,77933.9N/A
Conservative Benedict Marsden1,391
Labour Joseph Unsworth1,19422.8N/A
Conservative John Wilson797
Labour Peter Keys597
Labour John Clarke582
BNP Kelly Thorpe4568.7N/A
Majority360.7N/A
Turnout 8,61143.8N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Rockingham (3) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mary Brankin1,49441.3N/A
Labour Alan Schofield1,39738.6N/A
Labour James Andrews1,342
Independent Alison Robinson1,330
Labour Sharon Howard1,291
Independent Geoffrey Howell1,242
BNP Lorraine Lee38310.6N/A
Conservative Elizabeth Hill3459.5N/A
Majority972.7N/A
Turnout 8,82440.8N/A
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Royston (3) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Kyte1,51043.7N/A
Labour Bill Newman1,345
Labour Howard Lavender1,266
Independent Leslie Brooke95227.6N/A
Conservative Kathleen Leeds51114.8N/A
BNP Paul Harris48013.9N/A
Majority55816.2N/A
Turnout 6,06434.9N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
St. Helen's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leonard Picken1,10938.2N/A
Independent Roy Butterwood1,05536.3N/A
Labour David Bostwick958
Labour Pat Newman917
Independent Jack Brown771
Liberal Democrats Rhiannon Rees34011.7N/A
BNP June Gough2458.4N/A
Conservative Anne Campbell1565.4N/A
Majority541.9N/A
Turnout 5,55130.5N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Stairfoot (3) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Fred Clowery1,16341.0N/A
Labour Karen Dyson1,16241.0N/A
Independent Jim Smith1,064
Labour Geoffrey Hill974
Labour Mick Dunlavey941
Independent Peter Pleasants927
Independent Brian Cookson583
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Walker34512.2N/A
Independent Frank Watson271
Conservative Michael Toon1655.8N/A
Majority10.0N/A
Turnout 7,59536.9N/A
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Wombwell (3) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Morgan1,43136.5N/A
Labour Richard Wraith1,324
Labour Denise Wilde1,233
Independent Arthur O'Loughlin89022.7N/A
Liberal Democrats Christopher Harding78620.0N/A
BNP Victoria Seeviour42110.7N/A
Conservative Angus Toon39310.0N/A
Majority54113.8N/A
Turnout 6,47836.4N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Worsborough (3) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Bristowe1,60941.7N/A
Labour James Rae1,526
Labour Eunice Taylor1,284
Liberal Democrats Patricia Durie86622.4N/A
Independent Stephen Hart81721.2N/A
Conservative Elizabeth Elders57014.8N/A
Majority74319.2N/A
Turnout 6,67238.19N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

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