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2010 UK local government election From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2010 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 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
The previous election in 2008 saw Labour's majority reduced to just one seat.[3] The Barnsley Independent Group formed the main opposition with 22 seats compared to 32 for Labour, with Conservatives, a couple of other independents and 1 Liberal Democrat making up the council.[3]
The results saw Labour increase their majority from 1 to 11 seats after making 5 gains from the Barnsley Independent Group.[4][5]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 17 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 81.0 | 44.2 | 45,131 | +13.8% | |
Barnsley Ind. | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 9.5 | 19.5 | 19,891 | -4.9% | |
Conservative | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 17.1 | 17,428 | +2.0% | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 12,423 | -4.9% | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 6,175 | -0.3% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 855 | -4.9% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 140 | -0.6% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Bruff | 2,024 | 47.6 | +7.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Politano | 693 | 16.3 | −7.0 | |
BNP | Colin Porter | 585 | 13.7 | −1.6 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Robert Warburton | 486 | 11.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Howard Oldfield | 468 | 11.0 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 1,331 | 31.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,256 | 53.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joe Hayward | 2,441 | 53.8 | −3.6 | |
BNP | Terry Hubbard | 619 | 13.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Pam Kershaw | 577 | 12.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Paul Buckley | 378 | 8.3 | +2.2 | |
Independent | Noel Shaw | 249 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Barnsley Ind. | Jim Johnson | 196 | 4.3 | −32.3 | |
Independent | Tony Devoy | 73 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,822 | 40.2 | +16.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,533 | 55.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | May Noble | 2,448 | 49.8 | +8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Brook | 1,381 | 28.1 | −10.1 | |
BNP | John Bettney | 690 | 14.0 | −3.6 | |
Conservative | Stuart Wilkinson | 328 | 6.7 | +1.4 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Susan Garner | 70 | 1.4 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 1,067 | 21.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,917 | 54.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robin Franklin | 2,269 | 43.3 | +1.3 | |
Barnsley Ind. | John Carr | 1,114 | 21.3 | −26.1 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Thomas | 709 | 13.5 | +2.9 | |
BNP | Claire Holland | 539 | 10.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Mandy Saadallah | 470 | 9.0 | N/A | |
Green | Paul White | 140 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,155 | 22.0 | |||
Turnout | 5,241 | 46.7 | |||
Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dorothy Higginbottom | 2,570 | 45.9 | −24.0 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Stella Milner | 1,539 | 27.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Stephen Fowler | 614 | 11.0 | −19.1 | |
BNP | Winn Dashwood | 580 | 10.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Eddie Devoy | 294 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,031 | 18.4 | |||
Turnout | 5,597 | 56.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Barnard | 2,976 | 44.1 | − | |
Labour | Jill Hayler | 1,845 | 27.3 | − | |
Liberal Democrats | Trish Arundel | 1,410 | 20.9 | − | |
BNP | Daz Burrows | 350 | 5.2 | − | |
Barnsley Ind. | Samantha Beardshall | 167 | 2.5 | − | |
Majority | 1,131 | 16.8 | −14.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,748 | 72.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Milner | 2,871 | 48.7 | +17.7 | |
Labour | Peter Starling | 2,047 | 34.8 | +11.4 | |
BNP | Paul James | 512 | 8.7 | −3.5 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Richard Beardshall | 460 | 7.8 | −17.0 | |
Majority | 824 | 14.0 | −9.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,890 | 66.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Andrews | 2,430 | 45.8 | −0.4 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Martyn Burdin | 1,381 | 26.0 | −5.1 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Hill | 710 | 13.4 | +2.5 | |
BNP | Robert Ellis | 544 | 10.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Nigel Bailey | 239 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,049 | 19.8 | |||
Turnout | 5,304 | 60.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tim Cheetham | 2,175 | 46.1 | +7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Danny Oates | 1,078 | 22.8 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Lesley Watkinson | 628 | 13.3 | +5.3 | |
BNP | Paul Harris | 564 | 12.0 | −4.0 | |
Barnsley Ind. | Daniel Pickering | 274 | 5.8 | −13.1 | |
Majority | 1,097 | 23.2 | −3.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,719 | 56.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Clarke | 1,804 | 41.5 | +1.9 | |
Barnsley Ind. | John Sanderson | 938 | 21.6 | −1.6 | |
BNP | Daniel Cooke | 618 | 14.2 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pat Durie | 566 | 13.0 | −2.2 | |
Conservative | Garry Needham | 425 | 9.8 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 866 | 19.9 | |||
Turnout | 4,351 | 57.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
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