1987 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

1987 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

7 May 1987
One third of seats (22 of 66) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Residents Seats won 22 1 1 Seat change 1
Map showing the results of the 1987 Barnsley council elections.
Majority party before election Labour Majority party after election Labour

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 7 May 1987, with one third of the council up for election. Prior to the election, the defending councillor in Ardsley had won the seat for Labour in an uncontested by-election and subsequently defected to Independent Labour The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council.

Election result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 1987

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	20	1	0	+1	90.9	63.6	33,462	-4.9
	Conservative	1	0	0	0	4.5	12.1	6,373	+4.5
	Residents	1	0	0	0	4.5	5.4	2,857	+5.4
	Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	9.6	5,032	-5.8
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.9	3,095	+0.8
	Independent Labour	0	0	1	-1	0.0	3.4	1,805	+3.4

This resulted in the following composition of the council:

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	61	62
	Conservatives	2	2
	Residents	1	1
	Independent	1	1
	Independent Labour	1	0
Total		66	66
Working majority		56	58

Ward results

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

Ardsley (7628)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clowery F.	1,453	60.5	−13.6
	Independent Labour	Parkin A. Ms.	948	39.5	+39.5
Majority			505	21.0	−27.3
Turnout			2,401	31.5	+5.2
	Labour gain from Independent Labour		Swing	-26.5

Athersley (7000)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Langford L.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Brierley (7338)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Baines D.*	2,182	73.1	−9.5
	Independent Labour	Vodden H.	367	12.3	+12.3
	Conservative	Schofield D. Ms.	291	9.8	+3.3
	Alliance	Brennan M.	144	4.8	−6.0
Majority			1,815	60.8	−11.0
Turnout			2,984	40.7	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.9

Central (8729)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fisher R.*	2,207	70.2	−5.5
	Alliance	Major C.	648	20.6	−3.7
	Conservative	Dobbin J.	290	9.2	+9.2
Majority			1,559	49.6	−1.8
Turnout			3,145	36.0	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.9

Cudworth (7996)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Salt H.*	2,526	81.5	N/A
	Alliance	Hirst C. Ms.	574	18.5	N/A
Majority			1,952	63.0	N/A
Turnout			3,100	38.8	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Darfield (7956)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Goddard B.*	2,275	73.0	N/A
	Alliance	Murison J.	471	15.1	N/A
	Conservative	Hill G.	370	11.9	N/A
Majority			1,804	57.9	N/A
Turnout			3,116	39.2	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Darton (9265)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norbury R.*	2,467	66.3	−2.4
	Alliance	Smith A.	703	18.9	−12.4
	Conservative	Thorpe P.	549	14.8	+14.8
Majority			1,764	47.4	+9.9
Turnout			3,719	40.1	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.0

Dearne South (8820)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Greenhalgh P. Ms.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dearne Thurnscoe (8466)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lowe J.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dodworth (8653)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cawthrow C.*	2,568	65.5	N/A
	Alliance	Chamberlain D.	840	21.4	N/A
	Conservative	Fielding A.	512	13.1	N/A
Majority			1,728	44.1	N/A
Turnout			3,920	45.3	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Hoyland East (7998)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lavitt L.*	2,312	83.3	+9.4
	Conservative	Hinchliff R.	464	16.7	+16.7
Majority			1,848	66.6	+18.9
Turnout			2,776	34.7	−2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.6

Hoyland West (6787)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Schofield A.*	1,921	68.1	−9.7
	Independent	Burd K.	901	31.9	+31.9
Majority			1020	36.1	−19.5
Turnout			2,822	41.6	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-20.8

Monk Bretton (9137)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barron R.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

North West (7659)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hadfield P.*	1,679	66.1	−1.1
	Conservative	Carrington C. Ms.	860	33.9	+33.9
Majority			819	32.3	−2.1
Turnout			2,539	33.2	−1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-17.5

Park (5863)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Murphy G.*	1,455	58.1	−22.9
	Independent Labour	McGrath W.	490	19.6	+19.6
	Alliance	Appleyard J. Ms.	350	14.0	−5.0
	Conservative	Dews R.	209	8.3	+8.3
Majority			965	38.5	−23.5
Turnout			2,504	42.7	+6.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-21.2

Penistone East (7026)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wade J.*	1,743	46.9	+12.1
	Labour	O'Connell P.	1,464	39.4	−7.9
	Alliance	Marshall J. Ms.	513	13.8	−4.2
Majority			279	7.5	−5.0
Turnout			3,720	52.9	+4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.0

Penistone West (8151)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Harrison M. Ms.*	2,857	76.2	+76.2
	Labour	Bostwick D.	894	23.8	−26.5
Majority			1,963	52.3	+51.5
Turnout			3,751	46.0	+6.4
	Residents hold		Swing	+51.3

Royston (8650)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lavender H.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

South West (7771)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hall M.*	2,004	60.4	−3.2
	Alliance	Hallam D.	789	23.8	−12.6
	Conservative	Carrington J.	527	15.9	+15.9
Majority			1,215	36.6	+9.4
Turnout			3,320	42.7	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.7

Wombwell North (5384)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wraith D.*	1,463	76.1	+10.8
	Independent	Shaw D. Ms.	459	23.9	−10.8
Majority			1,004	52.2	+21.5
Turnout			1,922	35.7	+6.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.8

Wombwell South (8195)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wake J.*	2,143	55.3	−6.3
	Independent	Rudkin E.	1,735	44.7	+6.3
Majority			408	10.5	−12.5
Turnout			3,878	47.3	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.3

Worsbrough (8129)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wright F.	2,449	81.4	N/A
	Conservative	Elders E. Ms.	558	18.6	N/A
Majority				62.9	N/A
Turnout				37.0	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A