1979 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

1979 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
All 66 seats to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council; 34 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 1979 Barnsley council elections.
Majority party before election; Labour;	Majority party after election ; Labour;

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held simultaneously with the general election on 3 May 1979. Following boundary changes that increased the number of wards by two to 22, with an additional 6 seats to 66 respectively), the entirety of the council was up for election. Labour retained control of the council.^[1]^[2]

Election result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 1979^[1]^[2]
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	41	62.1	44.3	61,328	-7.4
Residents	18	27.3	30.8	43,321	-0.2
Conservative	3	4.5	9.2	12,890	+0.1
Independent Labour	3	4.5	7.3	10,234	+7.3
Liberal	1	1.5	6.5	9,160	+2.2
Independent	0	0.0	1.5	2,121	-3.1
Tenants and Owner Occupiers' Association	0	0.0	0.9	1,225	+0.9
Fight Big Brother	0	0.0	0.2	209	+0.2
Communist	0	0.0	0.1	166	+0.1

This resulted in the following composition of the council:^[1]^[2]

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	37	41
	Residents	14	18
	Conservatives	1	3
	Independent Labour	2	3
	Liberals	5	1
	Independent	1	0
Total		60	66
Working majority		14	16

Ward results

Ardsley (7592)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Galvin E.	3,018	46.6	N/A
	Labour	Burns J.*	2,690
	Residents	Parkin A. Ms.	2,239	34.6	N/A
	Labour	Wilkie A.	2,038
	Conservative	Kitching A.	1,218	18.8	N/A
Majority			779	12.0	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

Athersley (7223)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bright G. Ms.	3,084	71.5	N/A
	Labour	Langford L.	2,854
	Labour	Dancer H.	2,655
	Residents	Sykes F. Ms.	1,231	28.5	N/A
Majority			1,853	42.9	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Brierley (7142)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Baines D.	2,957	54.1	N/A
	Labour	Stacey N.	2,835
	Labour	Woolley E.	2,686
	Residents	Anderson P. Ms.	1,310	24.0	N/A
	Conservative	Schofield D. Ms.	1,202	22.0	N/A
	Residents	Whitaker K.	1,158
Majority			1,647	30.1	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Central (8170)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fisher R.	2,586	44.6	N/A
	Labour	Kaye F.	2,522
	Labour	Watts J. Ms.	2,203
	Residents	Jackson M.	2,117	36.6	N/A
	Residents	French W.	2,088
	Residents	Sykes E.	2,025
	Liberal	Fox S. Ms.	1,089	18.8	N/A
	Liberal	Major C.	932
Majority			469	8.1	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Cudworth (7481)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Salt H.	2,659	51.5	N/A
	Residents	Wraith C.	2,502	48.5	N/A
	Residents	Green K.	2,477
	Labour	Rigby R.	2,325
	Labour	Bellis E.	2,197
	Residents	McDonald T.	2,027
Majority			157	3.0	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

Darfield (7803)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Goddard B.	2,999	42.4	N/A
	Labour	Dixon T.	2,972
	Labour	Ellis A. Ms.	2,463
	Residents	Murdock R.	2,013	28.4	N/A
	Residents	Moore J.	1,970
	Conservative	Batty C. Ms.	1,377	19.5	N/A
	Independent Labour	Butterworth H.	687	9.7	N/A
	Independent Labour	Sutton F.	366
Majority			986	13.9	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Darton (8728)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Hutchinson M.	3,186	41.7	N/A
	Residents	Evans J.	2,979
	Residents	Lappage A.	2,560
	Labour	Booth D.	2,235	29.2	N/A
	Labour	Bretton W.	2,161
	Labour	Eastwood G.	2,007
	Tenants and Owner Occupiers' Association	Hesford K.	1,225	16.0	N/A
	Liberal	Linstead M. Ms.	793	10.4	N/A
	Fight Big Brother	Wilson A.	209	2.7	N/A
	Fight Big Brother	Ives G.	155
	Fight Big Brother	Wilson M.	83
Majority			951	12.4	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

Dearne South (8776)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley J.	4,622	58.6	N/A
	Independent Labour	Gregory J.	3,269	41.4	N/A
	Labour	Whitehouse S.	3,158
	Labour	Bedford J.	3,014
Majority			1,353	17.1	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Dearne Thurnscoe (8489)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Oldham J.	3,919	67.9	N/A
	Labour	Lloyd D.	3,747
	Labour	Young K.	3,671
	Residents	Law M.	1,850	32.1	N/A
Majority			2,069	35.9	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Dodworth (7935)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Crosby J.	2,822	51.2	N/A
	Residents	Whitmey C.	2,777
	Labour	Mason G.	2,690	48.8	N/A
	Labour	Hepworth S.	2,618
	Labour	Brown D.	2,455
Majority			132	2.4	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Hoyland East (7770)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	Eaden D.	3,218	32.4	N/A
	Liberal	Steer G.	2,933	29.5	N/A
	Labour	Beardshall P.	2,306	23.2	N/A
	Labour	Levitt L.	2,113
	Labour	Scott P.	1,862
	Independent	Chantrey O. Ms.	1,478	14.9	N/A
Majority			285	2.9	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Independent Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Hoyland West (6890)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Schofield A.	2,657	55.0	N/A
	Labour	Hague D.	2,583
	Labour	Wroe C.	2,570
	Residents	Dickinson R.	2,173	45.0	N/A
	Residents	Hancock S.	1,812
	Residents	Thickett J.	1,764
Majority			484	10.0	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Monk Bretton (8762)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barron R.	3,229	59.1	N/A
	Labour	Robinson R.	3,085
	Labour	Sheard T.	2,949
	Residents	Evans B.	2,233	40.9	N/A
	Residents	Beevers A.	2,217
	Residents	Frost N. Ms.	1,969
Majority			996	18.2	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

North West (7335)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Harris J.	2,554	38.0	N/A
	Labour	Williams A.	2,333	34.7	N/A
	Residents	Beecroft E. Ms.	2,213
	Labour	Cooper G.	2,187
	Labour	Wilde J.	2,147
	Conservative	Guest M.	1,665	24.8	N/A
	Communist	Sykes S.	166	2.5	N/A
	Communist	Hydes M.	140
Majority			221	3.3	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Residents win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

Park (5948)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lunn F.	2,818	49.2	N/A
	Labour	Warden R.	2,246
	Labour	Borrett K.	2,211
	Liberal	Wilby M. Ms.	1,076	18.8	N/A
	Residents	Milthorpe O. Ms.	927	16.2	N/A
	Conservative	Oldfield H.	912	15.9	N/A
Majority			1,742	30.4	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Penistone East (6685)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fish H.	2,667	46.1	N/A
	Conservative	Wade J.	2,144	37.1	N/A
	Conservative	Tue G. Ms.	1,911
	Labour	Hirst E.	1,754
	Conservative	Evans J.	1,738
	Labour	Council R.	1,529
	Liberal	Nicholson M.	971	16.8	N/A
	Liberal	Smith S.	871
Majority			523	9.0	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Penistone West (7515)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Harrison M. Ms.	4,155	41.9	N/A
	Conservative	Neville F. Ms.	2,908	29.3	N/A
	Labour	Ashton F.	2,214	22.3
	Conservative	Hague F.	1,857
	Labour	Mountain G.	882
	Labour	Whewell G.	861
	Independent	Ryalls D.	643	6.5	N/A
Majority			1,247	12.6	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Residents win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Royston (7733)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	Parkes E. Ms.	3,060	42.1	N/A
	Labour	Rispin C.	2,949	40.5	N/A
	Labour	Ball J.	2,673
	Labour	Pickles M. Ms.	2,370
	Residents	Goodliffe P.	1,265	17.4	N/A
	Residents	Greasley J.	1,187
Majority			111	1.5	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Independent Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

South West (7333)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Addison M. Ms.	2,997	52.5	N/A
	Residents	Pemberton K.	2,618
	Residents	Kershaw J. Ms.	2,502
	Labour	Sinfield W.	1,840	32.2	N/A
	Labour	Almond B.	1,660
	Labour	Stokes M.	1,639
	Conservative	Moorhouse J.	869	15.2	N/A
Majority			1,157	20.3	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

Wombwell North (5461)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Wraith R.	2,129	53.9	N/A
	Labour	Fellows B.	1,822	46.1	N/A
	Labour	Storey A.	1,775
	Labour	Remington J.	1,663
Majority			307	7.8	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Residents win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Wombwell South (7895)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wake J.	3,246	42.2	N/A
	Labour	Naylor T.	2,842
	Labour	Goddard J.	2,831
	Liberal	Hargreaves P.	2,298	29.8	N/A
	Residents	Nield M. Ms.	2,157	28.0	N/A
Majority			948	12.3	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Worsbrough (8249)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Batty S. Ms.	3,461	53.0	N/A
	Residents	Dickinson F.	3,171
	Residents	Ashton A.	2,696
	Labour	Bland J.	2,478	37.9	N/A
	Labour	Smith W.	2,267
	Labour	Holdroyd F.	2,035
	Conservative	England G.	595	9.1	N/A
Majority			983	15.0	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

By-elections between 1979 and 1980

South West (7333) By-Election 29 November 1979^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Froggat, B	976	54.3	+11.0
	Labour	Almond, B. J	820	45.7	-1.3
Majority			156	8.7	+5.0
Turnout			1,796	24.5	-18.7
	Residents hold		Swing	+6.1

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1979 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Election result

Ward results

By-elections between 1979 and 1980

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