1996 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

1996 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
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	Map showing the results of the 1996 Barnsley council elections.
Majority party before election; Labour;	Majority party after election ; Labour;

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 1996, with one third of the council up for election. The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council.^[1]^[2]

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	20	0	1	-1	90.9	68.6	11,460	-2.3
Conservative	1	0	0	0	4.5	12.2	2,040	+5.4
Independent	1	1	0	+1	4.5	9.6	1,604	-3.4
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.3	883	+0.3
Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.9	481	+0.5
Militant Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.4	235	-0.5

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	64	63
	Independent	1	2
	Conservatives	1	1
Total		66	66
Working majority		62	60

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Mathers	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Bostwick*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Whittaker*	1,382	84.6	+19.4
	Conservative	Schofield D. Ms.	252	15.4	+4.0
Majority			1,130	69.2	+27.4
Turnout			1,634	22.8	−8.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.7

1996 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Watts*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Houghton*	1,589	88.3	−0.5
	Independent	Cowton S.	211	11.7	+0.5
Majority			1,378	76.6	−0.9
Turnout			1,800	23.2	−3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Barlow*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John 'Inky' Thomson*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Bird*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Ryan*	1,822	74.3	−3.7
	Green	Jones D.	630	25.7	+3.7
Majority			1,192	48.6	−7.5
Turnout			2,452	24.2	−6.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Beardshall*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clarrie Wroe*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Sheard*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

North West (7212)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Denton*	1,005	73.6	−3.5
	Conservative	Carrington C. Ms.	230	16.8	+16.8
	Independent Labour	Holderness B.	130	9.5	+9.5
Majority			775	56.8	+2.5
Turnout			1,365	19.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.1

Penistone East (7622)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Wade	1,393	50.2	+50.2
	Labour	Linda Smith*	1,382	49.8	−8.2
Majority			11	0.4	−15.5
Turnout			2,775	36.6	−3.8
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	+29.2

Penistone West (8461)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Hinchliff.*	1,220	42.4	+42.4
	Labour	Trevor Cave	1,051	36.6	−7.1
	Independent Labour	Scott S. Ms.	351	12.2	+12.2
	Green	Wood A. Ms.	253	8.8	−6.4
Majority			169	5.9	+3.4
Turnout			2,875	34.0	−2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+24.7

Worsbrough (7815)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Hadfield*	1,797	88.4	+4.8
	Militant Labour	Souter C. Ms.	235	11.6	-4.8
Majority			1,562	76.9	+9.7
Turnout			2,032	26.0	−6.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Doyle*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Newman*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Hall*	1,432	80.9	N/A
	Conservative	John Carrington	338	19.1	N/A
Majority			1,094	61.8	N/A
Turnout			1,770	23.5	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arnold Storey*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Morgan*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Sykes	1,064	70.7	−13.9
	Conservative	Beaumont-Schofield, D. M.	230	15.3	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Brook	211	14.0	+14.0
Majority			834	55.4	−13.8
Turnout			1,505	20.9	−1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jimmy Rae	1,398	71.4	−17.0
	Socialist Labour	Anne Scargill	331	16.9	+16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Guest	151	7.7	+7.7
	Conservative	Elizabeth Elders	79	4.0	+4.0
Majority			1,067	54.5	−22.4
Turnout			1,959	25.5	−0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-16.9