Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2000

The 2000 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Barnsley Local Election Result 2000^[3]^[4]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	14	0	4	-4	63.6	45.6	18,077	-8.8%
	Independent	4	3	1	+2	18.2	18.2	7,193	+13.0%
	Liberal Democrat	2	1	0	+1	9.1	18.1	7,178	-4.6%
	Conservative	2	1	0	+1	9.1	14.1	5,586	+3.4%
	Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	779	-1.2%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	633	+0.8%
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	92	-2.5%
	Socialist Alternative	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	68	-0.2%

Ward results

Ardsley^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	B Mathers	700	64.7	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat	C Harding	260	24.0	+0.6
	Conservative	M Cale-Morgan	122	11.3	+5.0
Majority			440	40.7	+4.2
Turnout			1,082	15.6	-3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Athersley^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	D Bostwick	614	58.7	-17.0
	Independent	D Cooke	287	27.4	+27.4
	Liberal Democrat	H Harding	101	9.7	-7.9
	Conservative	R Hinchliff	44	4.2	+0.4
Majority			327	31.3	-26.9
Turnout			1,046	17.2	-1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Brierley^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	A Whittaker	760	51.3	-16.5
	Independent Labour	K Collins	418	28.2	+28.2
	Conservative	M West	159	10.7	-1.1
	Liberal Democrat	A Mawson	144	9.7	+3.8
Majority			342	23.1	-30.2
Turnout			1,481	21.9	-2.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Central^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	D Hutton	923	54.5	+4.1
	Labour	P Newman	658	38.8	-4.7
	Conservative	R Morrell	113	6.7	+3.8
Majority			265	15.6	+8.7
Turnout			1,694	20.8	-4.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Cudworth^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	S Houghton	1,030	50.7	-21.7
	Independent	T Jamil	795	39.1	+39.1
	Liberal Democrat	C Stimson	108	5.3	-11.6
	Conservative	A Campbell	98	4.8	-2.8
Majority			235	11.6	-43.9
Turnout			2,031	27.1	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Darfield^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	R Fisher	1,251	50.4	+50.4
	Labour	L Higginbottom	981	39.6	-27.0
	Conservative	E Hill	132	5.3	-3.0
	Liberal Democrat	M Brown	116	4.7	-20.3
Majority			270	10.9
Turnout			2,480	31.5	+7.2
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Darton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	P Miller	1,245	51.3	-9.6
	Independent	S Birkinshaw	599	24.7	+24.7
	Conservative	J Smith	320	13.2	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat	P Jaques	265	10.9	-16.8
Majority			646	26.6	-6.6
Turnout			2,429	22.8	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Dearne South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J Thomson	1,111	53.0	-17.3
	Liberal Democrat	Sharron Brook	897	42.8	+17.2
	Conservative	M Lockwood	90	4.3	+0.1
Majority			214	10.2	-34.5
Turnout			2,098	24.5	+4.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Dearne Thurnscoe^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	P Bird	946	72.8	-4.1
	Liberal Democrat	M Newton	239	18.4	-0.4
	Conservative	G Wilkinson	115	8.8	+4.5
Majority			707	54.4	-3.7
Turnout			1,300	16.8	-2.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Dodworth^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J Ryan	930	41.6	+1.3
	Green	D Jones	374	16.7	+4.7
	Independent	M Walsh	363	16.3	-4.2
	Conservative	G Hill	311	13.9	+4.2
	Liberal Democrat	S Heyworth	255	11.4	-4.2
Majority			556	24.9	+5.1
Turnout			2,233	21.7	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Hoyland East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	M Brankin	1,210	57.6	+37.3
	Labour	P Beardshall	635	30.2	-27.2
	Liberal Democrat	D Hulse	139	6.6	-5.6
	Conservative	H Jobling	118	5.6	-2.1
Majority			575	27.4
Turnout			2,102	26.4	+2.5
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Hoyland West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	S Howard	862	59.6	+8.1
	Liberal Democrat	B Martin	360	24.9	+9.7
	Conservative	H Oldfield	225	15.5	+9.2
Majority			502	34.7	+8.1
Turnout			1,447	22.6	-5.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Monk Bretton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	G Brown	919	45.8	+4.7
	Labour	T Sheard	807	40.2	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Sally Brook	167	8.3	-4.0
	Conservative	S Wilkinson	113	5.6	+0.4
Majority			112	5.6
Turnout			2,006	24.2	+0.8
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

North West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	W Denton	633	50.1	-3.2
	Liberal Democrat	P Henstock	329	26.0	+0.4
	Conservative	M Allerton	301	23.8	+4.9
Majority			304	24.1	-3.6
Turnout			1,263	18.1	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Park^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	P Doyle	621	63.3	-3.0
	Liberal Democrat	R Rees	241	24.6	+3.8
	Conservative	D Plotts	119	12.1	+3.6
Majority			380	38.7	-5.8
Turnout			981	17.9	-1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Penistone East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A Rowley	1,188	49.0	+9.3
	Labour	P Starling	801	33.0	-6.6
	Liberal Democrat	T Arundel	437	18.0	-2.7
Majority			387	16.0	+15.9
Turnout			2,426	31.6	-2.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Penistone West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	B Hinchliff	1,340	55.5	+32.8
	Labour	C Shaw	613	25.4	-17.3
	Green	F Charlesworth	259	10.7	+10.7
	Liberal Democrat	J Heyworth	202	8.4	-26.3
Majority			727	30.1
Turnout			2,414	27.5	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Royston^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	W Newman	997	51.0	-7.9
	Liberal Democrat	E Gouthwaite	475	24.3	-8.0
	Independent Labour	C Sanger	361	18.5	+18.5
	Conservative	K Leeds	123	6.3	+0.3
Majority			522	26.7	+0.0
Turnout			1,956	22.2	+0.7
	Labour hold		Swing

South West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	S Birkinshaw	1,207	64.4	+23.6
	Labour	C Henshaw	376	20.1	-4.2
	Conservative	J Wilson	165	8.8	-11.2
	Liberal Democrat	D McVey	127	6.8	-7.0
Majority			831	44.3	+27.7
Turnout			1,875	25.9	-1.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Wombwell North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Brook	891	58.9	+11.5
	Labour	J Clarke	580	38.3	-10.8
	Conservative	N Cuss	43	2.8	+1.0
Majority			311	20.5
Turnout			1,514	30.2	-1.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Wombwell South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	M Morgan	1,079	54.9	-9.6
	Independent	T Smith	394	20.1	+20.1
	Liberal Democrat	W Millard	258	13.1	-8.7
	Conservative	W Barkworth	166	8.4	+1.0
	Socialist Alternative	A Waller	68	3.5	-2.8
Majority			685	34.9	-7.7
Turnout			1,965	24.5	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsbrough^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J Rae	1,098	61.6	+10.0
	Liberal Democrat	P Durie	244	13.7	+0.1
	Conservative	E Elders	181	10.2	+4.1
	Independent	D Wood	168	9.4	-8.4
	Socialist Labour	T Robinson	92	5.2	-5.7
Majority			854	47.9	+14.1
Turnout			1,783	23.7	-3.0
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ "Barnsley". BBC News Online. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
↑ "Local council results". Financial Times. 2000-05-06. p. 6. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Election results From: May 1979 To: May 2003". Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
↑ "Election results: local councils". The Times. 2000-05-05. p. 4. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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