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1978 local election in England, UK From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 1978. One third of the council was up for election. The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council. The sole Democratic Labour councillor elected in 1973 successfully defended his seat as an Independent and the only Independent elected in 1973 unsuccessfully defended his seat as a Conservative.[1]
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One third of seats (20 of 60) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 16 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 80.0 | 51.0 | 28,584 | +3.0 | |
Residents | 3 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 15.0 | 31.0 | 17,383 | +0.9 | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 2,567 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 5,116 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 2,379 | -7.2 |
This resulted in the following composition of the council:[1]
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
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Labour | 39 | 37 | |||
Residents | 11 | 14 | |||
Liberals | 5 | 5 | |||
Independent Labour | 2 | 2 | |||
Independent | 1 | 1 | |||
Conservatives | 2 | 1 | |||
Total | 60 | 60 | |||
Working majority | 18 | 14 |
+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Eaden D. | 2,525 | 57.5 | +57.5 | |
Labour | Wadsworth A. | 1,868 | 42.5 | −15.8 | |
Majority | 657 | 15.0 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,393 | 38.3 | −2.7 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | +36.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Residents | Harrison M. Ms. | 1,150 | 35.1 | +33.2 | |
Conservative | Gledhill W.* | 1,105 | 33.8 | +22.9 | |
Labour | Murphy W. | 778 | 23.8 | −0.5 | |
Liberal | Stein W. | 241 | 7.4 | −28.9 | |
Majority | 45 | 1.4 | −8.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,274 | 50.6 | −7.0 | ||
Residents gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Fish H.* | 1,642 | 43.1 | +12.9 | |
Conservative | Tue G. Ms. | 1,621 | 42.5 | +8.4 | |
Liberal | Nicholson M. | 508 | 13.3 | −22.3 | |
Independent | Wilson M. | 42 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 21 | 0.6 | −4.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,813 | 50.6 | −3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.2 |
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