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Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.[1][2][3]

Election result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 1998[2][3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 21 0 0 0 95.5 70.8 24,350 +2.2
  Independent 1 0 0 0 4.5 4.2 1,462 -5.4
  Conservative 0 0 0 0 0 10.8 3,700 -1.4
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 0 0 7.7 2,657 +7.7
  Socialist Labour 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 1,613 +4.7
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 441 -4.0
  Socialist Alternative 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 190 -0.8

This resulted in the following composition of the council:[2][3]

Party Previous council New council
Labour 63 63
Independent 2 2
Conservatives 1 1
Total 66 66
Working majority  60   60 

Ward results

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

Ardsley[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K Dyson 777 69.3 N/A
Socialist Labour S Logan 129 11.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats J Earnshaw 119 10.6 N/A
Conservative T Allerton 96 8.6 N/A
Majority 648 57.8 N/A
Turnout 1,121 15.7 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Athersley[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L Picken 978 85.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats R Arundel 115 10.0 N/A
Socialist Labour M Heppenstall 54 4.7 N/A
Majority 863 75.3 N/A
Turnout 1,147 19.1 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Brierley[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C Sykes 953 69.3 -15.3
Conservative D Beaumont-Schofield 247 18.0 +2.5
Socialist Labour J Yoxall 176 12.8 +12.8
Majority 706 51.3 -17.9
Turnout 1,376 19.7 -3.4
Labour hold Swing -8.9
Central[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M Wilby 869 53.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats I Guest 578 35.5 N/A
Socialist Labour S Yoxall 108 6.6 N/A
Conservative E Croft 71 4.4 N/A
Majority 291 17.9 N/A
Turnout 1,626 19.3 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Cudworth[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C Wraith 1,321 83.1 -5.2
Liberal Democrats A Leonard 114 7.2 +7.2
Conservative B Adams 105 6.6 +6.6
Socialist Labour M Stannard 50 3.1 +3.1
Majority 1,207 75.9 -0.7
Turnout 1,590 21.4 -1.8
Labour hold Swing -6.2
Darfield[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T Dixon 1,254 73.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats T Arundel 202 11.8 N/A
Conservative P Stubbins 202 11.8 N/A
Socialist Labour E Mountain 53 3.1 N/A
Majority 1,052 61.5 N/A
Turnout 1,711 22.0 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Darton[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J Shepherd 1,383 72.4 N/A
Conservative J Smith 401 21.0 N/A
Socialist Labour S Robinson 125 6.5 N/A
Majority 982 51.4 N/A
Turnout 1,909 18.2 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Dearne South[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P Stuart 1,388 75.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats S Brook 441 24.1 N/A
Majority 947 51.8 N/A
Turnout 1,829 21.4 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Dearne Thurnscoe[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C Evans 1,092 77.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats L Mellor 243 17.2 N/A
Conservative G Wilkinson 80 5.7 N/A
Majority 849 60.0 N/A
Turnout 1,415 18.2 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Dodworth[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S Staples 1,313 63.5 -10.8
Green D Jones 441 21.3 -4.4
Conservative B Martin 246 11.9 +11.9
Socialist Labour L Heppenstall 69 3.3 +3.3
Majority 872 42.2 -6.5
Turnout 2,069 20.3 -3.9
Labour hold Swing -3.2
Hoyland East[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M Brankin 1,450 88.8 N/A
Socialist Labour M Smith 183 11.2 N/A
Majority 1,267 77.6 N/A
Turnout 1,633 20.9 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Hoyland West[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J Andrews 1,258 80.0 N/A
Conservative H Jobling 211 13.4 N/A
Socialist Labour Arthur Scargill 103 6.6 N/A
Majority 1,047 66.6 N/A
Turnout 1,572 24.0 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Monk Bretton[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R Robinson 1,111 77.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats M Burgess 172 11.9 N/A
Conservative G Fisher 97 6.7 N/A
Socialist Labour J Morton 62 4.3 N/A
Majority 939 65.1 N/A
Turnout 1,442 17.3 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
North West[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J Bostwick 883 66.9 -6.7
Conservative C Carrington 220 16.7 -0.2
Liberal Democrats J Ingram 175 13.3 +13.3
Socialist Labour K Elbourne 42 3.2 +3.2
Majority 663 50.2 -6.6
Turnout 1,320 18.5 -0.4
Labour hold Swing -3.2
Park[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A Wade 878 84.4 N/A
Conservative N Norcross 105 10.1 N/A
Socialist Labour N Wragg 57 5.5 N/A
Majority 773 74.3 N/A
Turnout 1,040 14.5 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Penistone East[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M Headon 1,214 60.9 +11.1
Conservative G Hill 779 39.1 +39.1
Majority 435 21.8 +21.4
Turnout 1,993 26.1 -10.3
Labour hold Swing -14.0
Penistone West[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent G Punt 1,462 67.1 +67.1
Labour C Shaw 716 32.9 -3.7
Majority 746 34.2 +28.4
Turnout 2,178 25.4 -8.8
Independent hold Swing +35.4
Royston[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G Kyte 1,354 76.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats A Hughes 206 11.7 N/A
Conservative J Wilson 135 7.7 N/A
Socialist Labour O Robinson 65 3.7 N/A
Majority 1,148 65.2 N/A
Turnout 1,760 20.4 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
South West[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D Foster 995 70.3 -10.6
Conservative J Carrington 327 23.1 +4.0
Socialist Labour G Holt 93 6.6 +6.6
Majority 668 47.2 -14.6
Turnout 1,415 19.3 -4.1
Labour hold Swing -7.3
Wombwell North[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A Hall 696 74.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats C Stimson 109 11.7 N/A
Socialist Alternative M Forster 66 7.1 N/A
Conservative S Wilkinson 61 6.5 N/A
Majority 587 63.0 N/A
Turnout 932 18.4 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Wombwell South[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T Naylor 1,245 72.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats M Brown 183 10.7 N/A
Conservative N Grace 156 9.1 N/A
Socialist Alternative A Waller 124 7.3 N/A
Majority 1,062 62.2 N/A
Turnout 1,708 21.5 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Worsborough[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T Bristowe 1,222 75.1 -13.3
Socialist Labour T Robinson 244 15.0 +15.0
Conservative E Elders 161 9.9 +9.9
Majority 978 60.1 -16.8
Turnout 1,627 21.3 -4.7
Labour hold Swing -14.1

By-elections between 1998 and 1999

North West 18 February 1999 By-election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M Cawthorne 446 60.1 -6.8
Liberal Democrats J Ingram 125 16.8 +3.5
Conservative C Carrington 124 16.7 +0.0
Independent Labour D Wood 47 6.3 +6.3
Majority 321 43.3 6.9
Turnout 742 10.3 -8.2
Labour hold Swing -5.1
South West 18 February 1999 By-election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R Hannaghan 380 43.5 -26.8
Conservative J Wilson 283 32.4 +9.3
Liberal Democrats D Hutton 210 24.1 +24.1
Majority 97 11.1 -36.1
Turnout 873 12.0 -7.3
Labour hold Swing -18.0
Wombwell North 18 February 1999 By-election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats S Brook 678 54.4 +42.7
Labour J Stowe 516 41.4 -33.3
Socialist Alternative M Forster 28 2.2 -4.9
Conservative N Grace 25 2.0 -4.5
Majority 162 13.0 -50.0
Turnout 1,247 24.0 +5.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +38.0

References

  1. ^ "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46.
  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 "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.
  3. ^ 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 "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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