2004 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

2004 UK local government election

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10 June 2004

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All 63 seats to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Independent	Conservative
Seats won	33	22	5
Seat change

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. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

Election result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 2004
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	33	52.4	36.4	26,756	-13.7
Independent	22	34.9	29.1	21,429	+6.9
Conservative	5	7.9	14.3	10,530	-0.9
Liberal Democrats	3	4.8	13.2	9,719	+2.4
BNP	0	0.0	6.9	5,092	+5.9

This resulted in the following composition of the council:

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	47	33
	Independent	10	22
	Conservatives	5	5
	Liberal Democrats	4	3
Total		66	63
Working majority		28	3

Ward results

Central (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Guest	1,154	41.3	N/A
	Labour	Michael Stokes	984	35.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Don Hutton	951
	Labour	Thomas Sheard	939
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Politano	865
	Labour	Margaret Bruff	844
	BNP	Marie Gardner	401	14.3	N/A
	Conservative	Geoffrey Turvey	256	9.2	N/A
Majority			170	6.1	N/A
Turnout			6,394	34.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Cudworth (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Houghton CBE	1,675	51.3	N/A
	Labour	Charlie Wraith	1,634
	Labour	Joseph Hayward	1,615
	Independent	Edgar Auckland	716	21.9	N/A
	Independent	Alwyn Hodgson	700
	Independent	Ian Sanders	490
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Kershaw	370	11.3	N/A
	BNP	Paul Tibble	314	9.6	N/A
	Conservative	Jean Rowley	187	5.7	N/A
Majority			959	29.4	N/A
Turnout			7,701	37.0	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Darfield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ronald Fisher	1,730	47.1	N/A
	Independent	David Wainwright	1,416
	Independent	Trevor Smith	1,317
	Labour	Gillian Bates	1,113	30.3	N/A
	Labour	Brian Mathers	756
	Labour	Christopher Sykes	681
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Brook	303	8.3	N/A
	BNP	David Highway	272	7.4	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Barr	252	6.9	N/A
Majority			617	16.8	N/A
Turnout			7,840	40.0	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Darton East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Parkinson	1,341	35.9	N/A
	Labour	Patrick Miller	1,284
	Labour	Thomas Cullum	1,190
	Independent	John Race	850	22.8	N/A
	Conservative	Robert Barnard	768	20.6	N/A
	Independent	Christopher Tummons	496
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Logan	471	12.6	N/A
	Conservative	Gordon Wilkinson	470
	Conservative	George Hill	457
	Independent	Edward Gouthwaite	335
	BNP	Jacqueline Hall	305	8.2	N/A
Majority			491	13.1	N/A
Turnout			7,967	47.4	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Darton West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Jenkinson	1,102	30.7	N/A
	Labour	Linda Burgess	1,073
	Independent	Susan Simmons	989	27.5	N/A
	Labour	Steve Redford	963
	Independent	Michael Walsh	816
	Independent	Mehdi Ghaffarian	695
	Conservative	Jack Orr	596	16.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Smith	546	15.2	N/A
	Conservative	Clive Watkinson	545
	Conservative	Tony Short	539
	BNP	Cheryl Saxton	358	10.0	N/A
Majority			113	3.1	N/A
Turnout			8,222	40.2	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Dearne North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Hancock	1,319	48.7	N/A
	Labour	Alan Gardiner	1,302
	Labour	Janice Hancock	1,271
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Gardiner	1,065	39.4	N/A
	Conservative	Stuart Wilkinson	322	11.9	N/A
Majority			254	9.4	N/A
Turnout			5,279	32.2	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Dearne South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sharron Brook	1,687	46.5	N/A
	Labour	Kenneth Sanderson	1,670	46.0	N/A
	Labour	John Thomson	1,489
	Labour	May Noble	1,427
	Conservative	Brent Wood	272	7.5	N/A
Majority			17	0.5	N/A
Turnout			6,545	36.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Dodworth (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Phillip Birkinshaw	2,013	59.8	N/A
	Independent	Brian Perrin	1,920
	Independent	Charles Parker	1,761
	Labour	Phillip Lofts	904	26.8	N/A
	Labour	John Ryan	848
	Labour	Yvonne Saunder	829
	Conservative	Andrew Milner	452	13.4	N/A
Majority			1,109	32.9	N/A
Turnout			8,727	43.4	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Hoyland Milton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Brankin	1,852	55.5	N/A
	Independent	John Lipscombe	1,599
	Independent	Trevor Naylor	1,520
	Labour	Robin Franklin	1,132	33.9	N/A
	Labour	Patricia Wordsworth	956
	Labour	Timothy Shepherd	920
	Conservative	Marjorie Cale-Morgan	354	10.6	N/A
Majority			720	21.6	N/A
Turnout			8,333	39.0	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Kingstone (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Malcolm Price	1,259	52.2	N/A
	Independent	Malcolm Hall	1,240
	Independent	Donna Hollins	1,152
	Labour	Alice Cave	937	38.8	N/A
	Labour	Peter Doyle	863
	Labour	Brian Swaine	797
	Conservative	Garry Needham	217	9.0	N/A
Majority			322	13.3	N/A
Turnout			6,465	33.1	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Monk Bretton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Grace Brown	1,299	41.7	N/A
	Labour	Margaret Sheard	1,158	37.2	N/A
	Labour	Kenneth Richardson	1,026
	Labour	Beryl Oldroyd	962
	Independent	Steven Jones	906
	Independent	Michael Moore	718
	Conservative	Roger Hinchliff	333	10.7	N/A
	BNP	Susan Harris	326	10.5	N/A
Majority			141	4.5	N/A
Turnout			6,728	35.2	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

North East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Whittaker	1,759	50.3	N/A
	Labour	Alex Vodden	1,716
	Labour	Leah Dorothy Higginbotton	1,601
	Independent	Frank Hardy	1,020	29.1	N/A
	Independent	Antony Devoy	709
	Independent	Edward Devoy	667
	BNP	David Saxton	411	11.7	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Murray	310	8.9	N/A
Majority			739	21.1	N/A
Turnout			8,193	37.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Old Town (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bill Gaunt	1,551	43.1	N/A
	Independent	Sandra Birkinshaw	1,531
	Independent	Peter Middleton	1,318
	Labour	Philip Davies	909	25.3	N/A
	Labour	Margaret Cawthorne	862
	Labour	William Denton	759
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Conway	639	17.8	N/A
	BNP	John Lee	273	7.6	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Morrell	228	6.3	N/A
Majority			642	17.8	N/A
Turnout			8,070	40.2	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Penistone East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deborah Toon	2,028	40.9	N/A
	Conservative	Alec Rowley	1,940
	Conservative	John Smith	1,664
	Labour	Jill Hayler	1,341	27.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Teresa Arundel	1,147	23.1	N/A
	Labour	William Jones	1,125
	Labour	Robert Hannagan	982
	BNP	Geoffrey Broadley	447	9.0	N/A
Majority			687	13.8	N/A
Turnout			10,674	48.5	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Penistone West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Hinchliff	1,815	34.6	N/A
	Independent	George Punt	1,779	33.9	N/A
	Conservative	Benedict Marsden	1,391
	Labour	Joseph Unsworth	1,194	22.8	N/A
	Conservative	John Wilson	797
	Labour	Peter Keys	597
	Labour	John Clarke	582
	BNP	Kelly Thorpe	456	8.7	N/A
Majority			36	0.7	N/A
Turnout			8,611	43.8	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Rockingham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mary Brankin	1,494	41.3	N/A
	Labour	Alan Schofield	1,397	38.6	N/A
	Labour	James Andrews	1,342
	Independent	Alison Robinson	1,330
	Labour	Sharon Howard	1,291
	Independent	Geoffrey Howell	1,242
	BNP	Lorraine Lee	383	10.6	N/A
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hill	345	9.5	N/A
Majority			97	2.7	N/A
Turnout			8,824	40.8	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Royston (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Kyte	1,510	43.7	N/A
	Labour	Bill Newman	1,345
	Labour	Howard Lavender	1,266
	Independent	Leslie Brooke	952	27.6	N/A
	Conservative	Kathleen Leeds	511	14.8	N/A
	BNP	Paul Harris	480	13.9	N/A
Majority			558	16.2	N/A
Turnout			6,064	34.9	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St. Helen's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard Picken	1,109	38.2	N/A
	Independent	Roy Butterwood	1,055	36.3	N/A
	Labour	David Bostwick	958
	Labour	Pat Newman	917
	Independent	Jack Brown	771
	Liberal Democrats	Rhiannon Rees	340	11.7	N/A
	BNP	June Gough	245	8.4	N/A
	Conservative	Anne Campbell	156	5.4	N/A
Majority			54	1.9	N/A
Turnout			5,551	30.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Stairfoot (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Fred Clowery	1,163	41.0	N/A
	Labour	Karen Dyson	1,162	41.0	N/A
	Independent	Jim Smith	1,064
	Labour	Geoffrey Hill	974
	Labour	Mick Dunlavey	941
	Independent	Peter Pleasants	927
	Independent	Brian Cookson	583
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Walker	345	12.2	N/A
	Independent	Frank Watson	271
	Conservative	Michael Toon	165	5.8	N/A
Majority			1	0.0	N/A
Turnout			7,595	36.9	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Wombwell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Morgan	1,431	36.5	N/A
	Labour	Richard Wraith	1,324
	Labour	Denise Wilde	1,233
	Independent	Arthur O'Loughlin	890	22.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Harding	786	20.0	N/A
	BNP	Victoria Seeviour	421	10.7	N/A
	Conservative	Angus Toon	393	10.0	N/A
Majority			541	13.8	N/A
Turnout			6,478	36.4	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Worsborough (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Bristowe	1,609	41.7	N/A
	Labour	James Rae	1,526
	Labour	Eunice Taylor	1,284
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Durie	866	22.4	N/A
	Independent	Stephen Hart	817	21.2	N/A
	Conservative	Elizabeth Elders	570	14.8	N/A
Majority			743	19.2	N/A
Turnout			6,672	38.19	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

References

"Barnsley council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
^ "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.
^ "2004 Local Elections". Barnsley Council. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
^ "Local Election Results 2004: Barnsley". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 9 August 2017.

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