Local Election Results 2015
Barnsley
One-third of council up for election.
BIG = Barnsley Independent Group
Yorks1st = Yorkshire First
YPP = Young People's Party
Other results for Barnsley:
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By-elections for Barnsley (may be incomplete): 13th July 2006 (Penistone W.)
— 16th November 2006 (Worsbrough)
— 15th October 2009 (St Helens)
— 13th October 2011 (St Helens)
— 26th September 2013 (Wombwell)
— 10th October 2013 (Royston)
— 10th July 2014 (Penistone W.)
— 27th August 2015 (Dearne N.)
— 29th September 2017 (Kingstone)
— 14th December 2017 (Rockingham)
— 12th July 2018 (Old Town)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
53833 |
52.8% |
19 |
| Conservative |
18344 |
18.0% |
2 |
| UK Independence Party |
14221 |
14.0% |
0 |
| Barnsley Independent Group |
5956 |
5.8% |
0 |
| English Democrats Party |
2601 |
2.6% |
0 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
2434 |
2.4% |
0 |
| Independent |
1956 |
1.9% |
0 |
| Green Party |
1251 |
1.2% |
0 |
| Yorkshire First |
838 |
0.8% |
0 |
| Liberal Democrat |
332 |
0.3% |
0 |
| Young People's Party |
124 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Martin Dyson |
Lab |
2557 |
59.7% |
| Paul Buckley |
C |
701 |
16.4% |
| Colin Porter |
EDP |
480 |
11.2% |
| Dave Gibson |
TUSC |
423 |
9.9% |
| Tom Dean |
YPP |
124 |
2.9% |
| Charlie Wraith |
Lab |
2718 |
61.5% |
| Michael Beckett |
UKIP |
1042 |
23.6% |
| George Hill |
C |
367 |
8.3% |
| Tony Devoy |
Yorks1st |
204 |
4.6% |
| Ralph Dyson |
TUSC |
87 |
2.0% |
| Dorothy Parkin-Coates |
Lab |
2317 |
51.9% |
| Trevor Smith |
UKIP |
1372 |
30.7% |
| Delia Weldon |
C |
596 |
13.3% |
| David Burnett |
EDP |
183 |
4.1% |
| Patrick Miller |
Lab |
2556 |
50.4% |
| Lee Ogden |
C |
1020 |
20.1% |
| Sharon Love |
BIG |
800 |
15.8% |
| Sharon Sutton |
EDP |
367 |
7.2% |
| Robert Teal |
LD |
332 |
6.5% |
| Linda Burgess |
Lab |
3078 |
58.7% |
| Clive Watkinson |
C |
1313 |
25.0% |
| Ian Sutton |
EDP |
855 |
16.3% |
| Alan Gardiner |
Lab |
2668 |
65.6% |
| Robert Swiffen |
UKIP |
1112 |
27.4% |
| Mike Toon |
C |
284 |
7.0% |
| Ralph Sixsmith |
Lab |
3903 |
83.9% |
| Cicely Cowgill |
C |
751 |
16.1% |
| Richard Riggs |
Lab |
2028 |
38.5% |
| Robert Green |
BIG |
1772 |
33.7% |
| Oliver Denton |
C |
1054 |
20.0% |
| Michael Keane |
Ind |
408 |
7.8% |
| Tim Shepherd |
Lab |
2554 |
47.9% |
| Louise Holliday |
UKIP |
1282 |
24.0% |
| Lesley Watkinson |
C |
620 |
11.6% |
| Michael Davies |
BIG |
403 |
7.6% |
| Angela Waller |
TUSC |
374 |
7.0% |
| Justin Saxton |
EDP |
101 |
1.9% |
| Kevin Williams |
Lab |
2005 |
50.1% |
| Christopher Houston |
UKIP |
1105 |
27.6% |
| Steven Burkinshaw |
C |
425 |
10.6% |
| Chris Scarfe |
Grn |
302 |
7.5% |
| Tracey-Ann Holland |
TUSC |
166 |
4.1% |
| Margaret Sheard |
Lab |
2893 |
66.2% |
| Michael Ogle |
C |
771 |
17.6% |
| Julie Ingram |
TUSC |
709 |
16.2% |
| Allan Hampson |
Lab |
2912 |
52.0% |
| Jim Johnson |
UKIP |
1226 |
21.9% |
| Anne Haynes |
C |
566 |
10.1% |
| Peter Makinson |
Ind |
447 |
8.0% |
| Eddie Devoy |
Yorks1st |
306 |
5.5% |
| Jimmy McQueen |
Ind |
140 |
2.5% |
| Anita Cherryholme |
Lab |
2499 |
50.2% |
| Louise Sowerby |
BIG |
1507 |
30.3% |
| Gillian Millner |
C |
712 |
14.3% |
| Estelle Mageean |
TUSC |
259 |
5.2% |
| Paul Hand-Davis |
C |
3647 |
55.7% |
| Dave Webster |
Lab |
1952 |
29.8% |
| Kate Raynor |
Grn |
949 |
14.5% |
| Andrew Millner |
C |
2385 |
36.9% |
| Jill Hayler |
Lab |
2023 |
31.3% |
| David Wood |
UKIP |
1126 |
17.4% |
| Steve Webber |
Ind |
600 |
9.3% |
| Wayne Chadburn |
Yorks1st |
328 |
5.1% |
| Chris Lamb |
Lab |
2845 |
56.0% |
| Lynn Winks |
UKIP |
1289 |
25.4% |
| Debbie Toon |
C |
619 |
12.2% |
| Kevin Riddiough |
EDP |
192 |
3.8% |
| Karen Fletcher |
TUSC |
135 |
2.7% |
| Malcolm Clements |
Lab |
2422 |
52.5% |
| Aiden Benoit |
UKIP |
1216 |
26.4% |
| Nichola Richardson |
C |
615 |
13.3% |
| Eddie Gouthwaite |
Ind |
361 |
7.8% |
| Jenny Platts |
Lab |
2701 |
71.5% |
| Dean Walker |
EDP |
423 |
11.2% |
| Elizabeth Hill |
C |
375 |
9.9% |
| Jan Campbell |
TUSC |
281 |
7.4% |
| Karen Dyson |
Lab |
2673 |
58.0% |
| Paul Hogg |
UKIP |
1376 |
29.8% |
| Gary Needham |
C |
562 |
12.2% |
| Dick Wraith |
Lab |
2760 |
56.6% |
| Wayne Kerr |
UKIP |
1165 |
23.9% |
| Alex Wilkinson |
C |
575 |
11.8% |
| Sarah Hunt |
BIG |
378 |
7.7% |
| Roya Pourali |
Lab |
1769 |
42.5% |
| Ryamond Levit |
BIG |
1096 |
26.3% |
| Stephanie Scothorn |
UKIP |
910 |
21.9% |
| Peter Murray |
C |
386 |
9.3% |
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