1992 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

1992 local election in England, UK

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7 May 1992

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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	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Seats won	21	1	0
Seat change

Map showing the results of the 1992 Barnsley council elections.

Majority party before election

Labour

Majority party after election

Labour

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 7 May 1992, 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 1992
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	21	1	0	+1	95.5	67.8	23,654	+3.9
Conservative	1	0	0	0	4.5	16.6	5,801	-1.0
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.0	9.3	3,240	+9.3
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.9	994	-0.2
Barnsley Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.5	510	-3.4
Independent	0	0	1	-1	0.0	1.5	507	-9.0
Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	198	+0.6

This resulted in the following composition of the council:

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

Ward results

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

Ardsley (7616)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilson H.*	992	76.5	N/A
	Barnsley Party	Ellis R.	166	12.8	N/A
	Independent	Barrett C. Ms.	139	10.7	N/A
Majority			826	63.7	N/A
Turnout			1,297	17.0	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Athersley (6604)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bostwick D.	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Brierley (7479)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Whittaker A.*	1,238	66.1	+7.5
	Independent	Vodden N.	368	19.7	−7.2
	Conservative	Schofield D. Ms.	266	14.2	−0.3
Majority			870	46.5	+14.8
Turnout			1,872	25.0	−12.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.3

Central (8819)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Watts J. Ms.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Cudworth (8057)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Houghton S.*	1,648	82.3	N/A
	Conservative	Jobling H. Ms.	189	9.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Cowton E. Ms.	165	8.2	N/A
Majority			1,459	72.9	N/A
Turnout			2,002	24.8	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Darfield (8004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barlow E.*	1,359	77.2	−4.5
	Conservative	Burton J.	258	14.7	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Arundel T. Ms.	143	8.1	+8.1
Majority			1,101	62.6	−0.9
Turnout			1,760	22.0	−11.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.4

Darton (9722)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miller P.*	1,475	60.3	−15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Shorthouse A.	501	20.5	+20.5
	Conservative	Elders E. Ms.	469	19.2	−5.1
Majority			974	39.8	−11.6
Turnout			2,445	25.1	−7.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-17.9

Dearne South (9040)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomson J.*	1,981	88.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mosley A.	255	11.4	N/A
Majority			1,726	77.2	N/A
Turnout			2,236	24.7	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dearne Thurnscoe (8373)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Young K.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dodworth (9441)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ryan J.*	1,448	64.3	−0.9
	Green	Jones D.	805	35.7	+19.4
Majority			643	28.5	−18.3
Turnout			2,253	23.9	−13.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.1

Hoyland East (8060)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beardshall P.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Hoyland West (6874)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wroe C.*	1,117	65.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Armer B.	384	22.6	N/A
	Independent Labour	Newnbold A.	198	11.7	N/A
Majority			733	43.1	N/A
Turnout			1,699	24.7	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Monk Bretton (8949)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheard T.*	1,164	78.7	+7.2
	Conservative	Fisher G.	190	12.8	+12.8
	Barnsley Party	Swapisz P.	125	8.5	−20.0
Majority			974	65.9	+22.8
Turnout			1,479	16.5	−12.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.8

North West (7413)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denton W.*	938	60.2	−9.4
	Conservative	Carrington C. Ms.	515	33.1	+2.8
	Barnsley Party	Holderness B.	104	6.7	+6.7
Majority			423	27.2	−12.2
Turnout			1,557	21.0	−6.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.1

Park (5252)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doyle P.	1,239	79.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Cowton S.	326	20.8	N/A
Majority			913	58.3	N/A
Turnout			1,565	29.8	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Penistone East (7424)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Smith L. Ms.*	1,470	48.5	+7.3
	Conservative	Rawson R. Ms.	1,241	40.9	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Marshall J. Ms.	321	10.6	+10.6
Majority			229	7.6	−0.4
Turnout			3,032	40.8	−11.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.8

Penistone West (8460)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hinchliff B. Ms.*	1,823	59.0	+59.0
	Labour	Boaler M.	1,078	34.9	+0.6
	Green	Wood A. Ms.	189	6.1	+6.1
Majority			745	24.1	−7.3
Turnout			3,090	36.5	−5.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+29.2

Royston (8821)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Newman W.*	1,451	81.0	+5.3
	Conservative	Oldfield H.	226	12.6	+12.6
	Barnsley Party	Sheriff J.	115	6.4	−17.9
Majority			1,225	68.4	+17.0
Turnout			1,792	20.3	−12.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.6

South West (7691)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	McCormick R.*	1,293	67.4	N/A
	Conservative	Carrington J.	624	32.6	N/A
Majority			669	34.9	N/A
Turnout			1,917	24.9	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Wombwell North (5296)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Storey A.*	777	80.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Dearle E. Ms.	193	19.9	N/A
Majority			584	60.2	N/A
Turnout			970	18.3	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Wombwell South (8300)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cross A. Ms.	1,474	76.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Newton E. Ms.	464	23.9	N/A
Majority			1,010	52.1	N/A
Turnout			1,938	23.3	N/A
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Worsbrough (8228)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hadfield G.*	1,512	75.6	−8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Newton M.	488	24.4	+24.4
Majority			1,024	51.2	−16.5
Turnout			2,000	24.3	−8.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-16.3

By-elections between 1992 and 1994

Athersley (6604) 24 September 1992 By-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Woodhead, M.	936	88.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Lewis, B.	125	11.8	N/A
Majority			811	75.7	N/A
Turnout			1,061	16.1	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Brierley (7410) 20 May 1993 By-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tarn, P. T.	890	49.4	−16.7
	Independent	Schofield D. Ms.	599	33.2	+33.2
	Honest Independent	Vodden N.	239	13.3	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Cowton, S. R.	74	4.1	+4.1
Majority			291	16.2	−30.3
Turnout			1,802	24.3	−0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-24.9

Darton (10259) 8 July 1993 By-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shepherd, J. M.	1,583	82.1	+21.8
	Liberal Democrats	Shorthouse, A. M.	346	17.9	−2.6
Majority			1,237	64.2	+24.4
Turnout			1,929	18.8	−6.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.2

Royston (8803) 8 July 1993 By-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Horsley, D.	833	65.2	−15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dearle, E.	444	34.8	+34.8
Majority			389	30.4	−38.0
Turnout			1,277	14.5	−5.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-25.3

References

^ "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.
^ "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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