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Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 1980, with one third of the council up for election. Labour retained control of the council.[1][2]

Election result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 1980[1][2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 20 6 1 +5 90.9 59.0 35,123 +14.7
  Residents 1 1 6 -5 4.5 31.6 18,769 +0.8
  Conservative 1 0 0 0 4.5 6.1 3,652 -3.1
  Liberal 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.6 1,545 -3.9
  Tenants and Owner Occupiers' Association 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 284 -0.4
  Communist 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 123 +0.1

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

Party Previous council New council
Labour 41 46
Residents 18 13
Conservatives 3 3
Independent Labour 3 3
Liberals 1 1
Total 66 66
Working majority  16   26 

Ward results

+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.

Ardsley (7570)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wilson H. 1,286 55.4 +8.8
Residents Parkin A. Ms. 820 35.3 +0.8
Conservative Kitching A. 214 9.2 −9.6
Majority 466 20.1 +8.1
Turnout 2,320 30.6
Labour gain from Residents Swing +4.0
Athersley (7198)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dancer H. 1,488 84.4 +13.0
Residents Sykes E. 274 15.6 −13.0
Majority 1,214 68.8 +26.0
Turnout 1,762 24.5
Labour hold Swing +13.0
Brierley (7234)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Whittaker N. 1,748 83.6 +29.6
Conservative Schofield D. Ms. 342 16.4 −5.6
Majority 1,406 67.3 +37.2
Turnout 2,090 28.9
Labour hold Swing +17.6
Central (8206)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Watts J. Ms. 1,603 56.2 +11.6
Residents Jackson M. 1,044 36.6 +0.1
Conservative Oldfield H. 204 7.2 +7.2
Majority 559 19.6 +11.5
Turnout 2,851 34.7
Labour hold Swing +5.7
Cudworth (7496)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rigby R. 1,705 58.9 +7.4
Residents Harriman E. 1,020 35.2 −13.2
Conservative Hudson C. 169 5.8 +5.8
Majority 685 23.7 +20.7
Turnout 2,894 38.6
Labour gain from Residents Swing +10.3
Darfield (7840)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barlow E. 1,742 64.6 +22.2
Residents Bannister J. 956 35.4 +7.0
Majority 786 29.1 +15.2
Turnout 2,698 34.4
Labour hold Swing +7.6
Darton (8764)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stocks R. 1,706 45.6 +16.4
Residents Butterfield N. 1,392 37.2 −4.5
Tenants and Owner Occupiers' Association Hesford K. 284 7.6 −8.4
Conservative England G. 275 7.3 +7.3
Liberal Linstead M. Ms. 86 2.3 −8.1
Majority 314 8.4 −4.0
Turnout 3,743 42.7
Labour gain from Residents Swing +10.4
Dearne South (8835)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Whitehouse S. 2,379 90.3 +31.7
Residents Moore J. 256 9.7 +9.7
Majority 2,123 80.6 +63.5
Turnout 2,635 29.8
Labour hold Swing +11.0
Dearne Thurnscoe (8423)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Young K. Unopposed N/A N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Dodworth (7944)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mason G. 1,907 53.7 +4.9
Residents Wray D. 1,191 33.5 −17.7
Liberal Butcher D. 332 9.3 +9.3
Communist Sykes S. 123 3.5 +3.5
Majority 716 20.2 +17.8
Turnout 3,553 44.7
Labour hold Swing +11.3
Hoyland East (7827)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Beardshall P. 1,618 60.2 +37.0
Liberal Dyson M. Ms. 643 23.9 −5.6
Residents Thickett J. 427 15.9 +15.9
Majority 975 36.3 +33.4
Turnout 2,688 34.3
Labour hold Swing +21.3
Hoyland West (6891)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wroe C. 1,959 67.3 +12.3
Residents Dickinson R. 950 32.7 −12.3
Majority 1,009 34.6 +24.6
Turnout 2,909 42.2
Labour hold Swing +12.3
Monk Bretton (8726)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sheard T. 2,058 70.6 +11.5
Residents Smith J. 675 23.2 −17.7
Conservative Bodoano G. 181 6.2 +6.2
Majority 1,383 47.5 +29.3
Turnout 2,914 33.4
Labour hold Swing +14.6
North West (7450)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wilde J. 1,814 57.3 +22.6
Residents Beecroft E. Ms. 1,352 42.7 +4.7
Majority 462 14.6 +11.3
Turnout 7,450 42.5
Labour gain from Residents Swing +8.9
Park (5943)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Borrett K. 1,302 73.8 +24.7
Residents Kent J. 218 12.4 −3.8
Liberal Wilby M. Ms. 133 7.5 −11.2
Conservative Kitching P. Ms. 111 6.3 −9.6
Majority 1,084 61.5 +31.1
Turnout 1,764 29.7
Labour hold Swing +14.2
Penistone East (6708)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tue G. Ms. 1,677 54.7 +17.7
Labour Barker T. 1,387 45.3 −0.9
Majority 290 9.5 +0.5
Turnout 3,064 45.7
Conservative hold Swing +9.3
Penistone West (7718)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents Clegg B. 2,818 68.2 +26.3
Labour Ashton F. 961 23.3 +1.0
Liberal Bailey A. 351 8.5 +8.5
Majority 1,857 45.0 +32.4
Turnout 4,130 53.5
Residents gain from Labour Swing +12.6
Royston (7813)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ball J. 1,718 57.6 +17.1
Residents Whitehead E. Ms. 1,265 42.4 +25.0
Majority 453 15.2 +13.7
Turnout 2,983 38.2
Labour hold Swing -3.9
South West (7323)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hyman D. 1,486 47.0 +14.8
Residents Kershaw J. Ms. 1,369 43.3 −9.2
Conservative Cousins B. 305 9.7 −5.6
Majority 117 3.7 −16.6
Turnout 3,160 43.2
Labour gain from Residents Swing +12.0
Wombwell North (5404)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Storey A. 1,038 61.8 +15.7
Residents Nield M. Ms. 642 38.2 −15.7
Majority 396 23.6 +15.8
Turnout 1,680 31.1
Labour hold Swing +15.7
Wombwell South (7835)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Goddard J. 1,768 76.3 +34.2
Residents Rushforth J. Ms. 549 23.7 −4.3
Majority 1,219 52.6 +32.4
Turnout 2,317 29.6
Labour hold Swing +19.2
Worsbrough (8201)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hadfield G. 2,450 58.7 +20.8
Residents Ashton A. 1,551 37.1 −15.8
Conservative Jones R. 174 4.2 −4.9
Majority 899 21.5 +6.5
Turnout 4,175 50.9
Labour gain from Residents Swing +18.3

By-elections between 1980 and 1982

Brierley (7234) 25 September 1980 By-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ennis J. 1,265 85.4 +1.8
Conservative Schofield D. Ms. 217 14.6 −1.8
Majority 1,048 70.8 +3.5
Turnout 1,482 20.5 −8.4
Labour hold Swing +1.8
Ardsley (7588) 7 May 1981 By-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shirt R. 1,291 48.7 −6.7
Residents Parkin A. Ms. 1,088 41.0 +5.7
Conservative England G. 273 10.3 +1.1
Majority 203 7.7 −12.4
Turnout 2,652 35.0 +4.4
Labour hold Swing -6.2
Dodworth (7981) 10 December 1981 By-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brown D. 1,335 44.6 −9.1
Alliance (SDP) Williamson, J. D. 1,304 43.6 +34.3
Residents Wray D. 269 9.0 −24.5
Conservative Nicholls, C. J. 85 2.8 −0.7
Majority 31 1.0 −19.2
Turnout 2,993 37.5 −7.2
Labour gain from Residents Swing -21.7
Penistone East (6681) 18 February 1982 By-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Hanstock, O. A. 1,078 42.0 +42.0
Conservative Dews, R. 607 23.7 −31.0
Labour Barker T. 879 34.3 −11.0
Majority 471 18.3 +8.8
Turnout 2,564 38.4 −7.3
Alliance gain from Labour Swing +36.5

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Elections Centre: Barnsley 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "Election results 1979 to 2003" (PDF). barnsley.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
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