# 2002 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2002 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 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.

## Election result

The results saw Labour keep a large majority despite losing seats to independents. Overall turnout in the election was 26%.
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 2002 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 17 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 77.3 | 50.7 | 22,043 | +5.1% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 18.2 | 22.1 | 9,596 | +3.9% |
| Conservative | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4.5 | 8.2 | 3,547 | -5.9% |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.6 | 7,655 | -0.5% |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 477 | +0.9% |
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 163 | +0.4% |
This resulted in the following composition of the council:
| Party | Party | Previous council | New council |
| | Labour | 52 | 49 |
| | Independent | 8 | 10 |
| | Conservatives | 3 | 4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 3 | 3 |
| Total | Total | 66 | 66 | 66 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 38 | 32 |

## Ward results

+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.
Ardsley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Karen Dyson | 708 | 46.3 | −18.4 |
| | Independent | Trevor Hutchinson | 606 | 39.6 | +39.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hazel Harding | 118 | 7.7 | −16.3 |
| | Conservative | Marjorie Cale-Morgan | 72 | 4.7 | −6.6 |
| | Socialist Labour | Margaret Holderness | 26 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 102 | 6.7 | −34.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,530 | 23.2 | +7.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -29.0 | |
Athersley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Leonard Picken | 759 | 60.8 | +2.1 |
| | Independent | Jack Brown | 313 | 25.1 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Roberts | 118 | 9.5 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative | William Barkworth | 32 | 2.6 | −1.6 |
| | Socialist Alliance | James White | 26 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 446 | 35.7 | +4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,248 | 20.0 | +2.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.2 | |
Brierley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Peter Middleton | 838 | 41.8 | +41.8 |
| | Labour | Christopher Sykes | 832 | 41.5 | −9.8 |
| | Independent | Kenneth Collins | 180 | 9.0 | −19.2 |
| | Conservative | Peter Murray | 72 | 3.6 | −7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James McCready | 68 | 3.4 | −6.3 |
| | Socialist Labour | Olga Robinson | 16 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6 | 0.3 | −22.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,006 | 30.5 | +8.6 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | +25.8 | |
Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Stokes | 921 | 48.6 | +9.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dawn Jaques | 765 | 40.4 | −14.1 |
| | Conservative | Gordon Wilkinson | 103 | 5.4 | −1.3 |
| | Socialist Alliance | David Gibson | 68 | 3.6 | +3.6 |
| | Socialist Labour | Steven Yoxall | 38 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 156 | 8.2 | −7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,895 | 23.0 | +2.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +11.9 | |
Cudworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charles Wraith | 1,343 | 69.5 | +18.8 |
| | Independent | Pamela Staley | 341 | 17.7 | −21.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Riannon Rees | 151 | 7.8 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative | Anne Campbell | 96 | 5.0 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,002 | 51.9 | +40.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,931 | 25.0 | −2.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +20.1 | |
Darfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Terence Dixon | 1,109 | 49.1 | +9.5 |
| | Independent | Trevor Smith | 874 | 38.7 | −11.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Teresa Arundel | 131 | 5.8 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative | Richard Morrell | 122 | 5.4 | +0.1 |
| | Socialist Labour | Eric Mountain | 22 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 235 | 10.4 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,258 | 28.7 | −2.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +10.6 | |
Darton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Parkinson | 1,416 | 54.2 | +2.9 |
| | Independent | John Moore | 618 | 23.6 | −1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Jaques | 366 | 14.0 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative | Michael Toon | 214 | 8.2 | −5.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 798 | 30.5 | +3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,614 | 24.1 | +1.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.0 | |
Dearne South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kenneth Sanderson | 1,544 | 54.5 | +1.5 |
| | Independent | Peter Stuart | 625 | 22.1 | +22.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sharron Brook | 621 | 21.9 | −20.9 |
| | Conservative | Mavis Lockwood | 41 | 1.4 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 919 | 32.5 | +22.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,831 | 32.5 | +8.0 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | -10.3 | |
Dearne Thurnscoe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Hancock | 1,289 | 79.0 | +6.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Newton | 343 | 21.0 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 946 | 58.0 | +3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,632 | 21.0 | +4.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.8 | |
Dodworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Christopher Jenkinson | 1,306 | 55.2 | +31.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Roberts | 552 | 23.4 | +12.0 |
| | Conservative | George Hill | 410 | 17.3 | +3.4 |
| | Socialist Labour | Paul Hardman | 96 | 4.1 | +4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 754 | 31.9 | +7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,364 | 22.3 | +0.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +9.8 | |
Hoyland East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Dennis Hawkins | 934 | 41.0 | −16.6 |
| | Labour | Timothy Shepherd | 876 | 38.4 | +8.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Lopscombe | 339 | 14.9 | +8.3 |
| | Conservative | Marion Allerton | 103 | 4.5 | −1.1 |
| | Socialist Labour | Mary Smith | 28 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 58 | 2.5 | −24.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,280 | 28.4 | +2.0 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | -12.4 | |
Hoyland West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Andrews | 1,075 | 62.6 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Knight | 298 | 17.3 | −7.6 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Hill | 162 | 9.4 | −6.1 |
| | Independent | Kenneth Pickering | 135 | 7.9 | +7.9 |
| | Socialist Labour | Geoffrey Pickering | 48 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 777 | 45.2 | +10.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,718 | 26.4 | +3.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.3 | |
Monk Bretton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roy Robinson | 1,020 | 59.2 | +19.0 |
| | Independent | Miles Staley | 374 | 21.7 | −24.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sally Brook | 181 | 10.5 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative | Stuart Wilkinson | 110 | 6.4 | +0.8 |
| | Socialist Labour | Maureen Stannard | 39 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 646 | 37.5 | +31.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,724 | 21.1 | −3.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +21.5 | |
North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Philip Davies | 703 | 40.8 | −9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Conway | 468 | 27.2 | +1.2 |
| | Independent | William Gaunt | 382 | 22.2 | +22.2 |
| | Conservative | Clive Watkinson | 103 | 6.0 | −17.8 |
| | Socialist Labour | Philip Thompson | 66 | 3.8 | +3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 235 | 13.6 | −10.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,722 | 25.0 | +6.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.2 | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alice Wade | 568 | 45.3 | −18.0 |
| | Independent | Malcolm Price | 339 | 27.0 | +27.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pietro Politano | 204 | 16.3 | −8.3 |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Turvey | 74 | 5.9 | −6.2 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Susan Wild | 69 | 5.5 | +5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 229 | 18.3 | −20.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,254 | 23.5 | +5.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -22.5 | |
Penistone East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Smith | 1,107 | 39.9 | −9.1 |
| | Labour | Peter Starling | 879 | 31.7 | −1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Hensby | 785 | 28.3 | +10.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 228 | 8.2 | −7.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,771 | 34.7 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -3.9 | |
Penistone West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | George Punt | 1,788 | 68.9 | +68.9 |
| | Labour | Linda Hutchinson | 499 | 19.2 | −6.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Knight | 309 | 11.9 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,289 | 49.7 | +19.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,596 | 29.0 | +1.5 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | +37.5 | |
Royston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Graham Kyte | 1,415 | 67.8 | +16.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Gouthwaite | 498 | 23.9 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative | Kathleen Leeds | 174 | 8.3 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 917 | 43.9 | +17.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,087 | 22.9 | +0.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.6 | |
South West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Philip Birkinshaw | 1,046 | 54.6 | −9.8 |
| | Labour | Robert Hannaghan | 566 | 29.5 | +9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Marrison | 165 | 8.6 | +1.8 |
| | Conservative | John Wilson | 139 | 7.3 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 480 | 25.1 | −19.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,916 | 26.7 | +0.8 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | -9.6 | |
Wombwell North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Arthur Hall | 676 | 47.0 | +8.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Harding | 519 | 36.1 | −22.8 |
| | Independent | Angela Thorp | 203 | 14.1 | +14.1 |
| | Conservative | Nancy Cuss | 40 | 2.8 | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 157 | 10.9 | −9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,438 | 29.0 | −1.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +15.7 | |
Wombwell South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Trevor Naylor | 1,329 | 71.1 | +16.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Millard | 352 | 18.8 | +5.7 |
| | Conservative | Howard Oldfield | 187 | 10.0 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 977 | 52.3 | +17.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,868 | 23.3 | −1.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.2 | |
Worsbrough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Terence Bristowe | 1,210 | 67.3 | +5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Durie | 304 | 16.9 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Elders | 186 | 10.3 | +0.1 |
| | Socialist Labour | Terence Robinson | 98 | 5.5 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 906 | 50.4 | +2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,798 | 24.2 | +0.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 | |