# 2021 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2021 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place in 2021 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in England. It took place on the same day as other local elections. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Results summary

2021 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Labour | 17 | 1 | 81.0 | 32 | 49 | 76.6 | 19,309 | 40.4 | +5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 3 | 3 | 14.3 | 4 | 7 | 10.9 | 5,623 | 11.8 | -5.1 |
| | Conservative | 1 | | 4.8 | 2 | 3 | 4.7 | 11,975 | 25.1 | +12.3 |
| | Independent | 0 | | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.1 | 1,122 | 2.3 | -6.8 |
| | Democrats and Veterans | 0 | | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
| | Barnsley Ind. | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.6 | 5,041 | 10.6 | +6.0 |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,152 | 6.6 | +1.4 |
| | SDP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 461 | 1.0 | New |
| | English Democrat | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 339 | 0.7 | -2.5 |
| | Yorkshire | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 233 | 0.5 | -3.0 |
| | TUSC | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 182 | 0.4 | New |
| | Reform UK | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 166 | 0.3 | New |
| | For Britain | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 98 | 0.2 | New |
| | Keep Equality Safe | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 75 | 0.2 | New |

## Ward Results
### Central ward

Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Summer Risebury | 964 | 48.88 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Thompson | 529 | 26.83 | +9.7 |
| | Green | Ian Guest | 366 | 18.56 | −9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Catherine Rogerson | 113 | 5.73 | −5.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 435 | 22.05 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,989 | 23.87 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,373 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Cudworth ward

Cudworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Steve Houghton | 1,368 | 66.9 | +5.2 |
| | Conservative | Mark Brook | 316 | 15.5 | −0.4 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Mark Arnold | 285 | 13.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Waters | 75 | 3.7 | −18.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,052 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,973 | 23.84 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,307 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Darfield ward

Darfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kevin Osborne | 1,166 | 50.0 | +16.2 |
| | Conservative | Benjamin Harrison | 600 | 25.7 | +17.3 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Victoria Semley | 372 | 15.9 | N/A |
| | For Britain | Graham Stringer | 98 | 4.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Bennett | 77 | 3.3 | −6.8 |
| | Independent | Kris Tonkinson | 21 | 0.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,346 | 29.15 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Darton East ward

Darton East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mat Crisp | 1,119 | 38.8 | −31.7 |
| | Labour | Dave Webster | 722 | 25.0 | +3.1 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Sharon Love | 587 | 20.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | John Miller | 323 | 11.2 | +3.6 |
| | Green | Kirsty Mcara-Marsh | 135 | 4.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,893 | 32.70 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Darton West ward

Darton West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alice Cave | 1,051 | 37.5 | −2.2 |
| | Conservative | Marie Bates | 914 | 32.6 | +10.4 |
| | Green | Tom Heyes | 755 | 26.9 | +2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Waters | 85 | 3.0 | −10.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,825 | 32.25 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Dearne North ward

Dearne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Wendy Cain | 1,052 | 61.1 | +4.8 |
| | Conservative | George Hill | 412 | 23.9 | +14.5 |
| | English Democrat | Maxine Spencer | 162 | 9.4 | −24.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Hulme | 49 | 2.8 | N/A |
| | SDP | Savannah Jarvis | 47 | 2.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,741 | 21.35 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Dearne South ward

Dearne South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dorothy Coates | 1,364 | 60.2 | +24.9 |
| | Conservative | Jacob Griffin | 398 | 17.6 | +12.4 |
| | SDP | David Jarvis | 359 | 15.8 | N/A |
| | English Democrat | Janus Polenceusz | 74 | 3.3 | −4.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Fielding | 70 | 3.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,291 | 23.99 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Dodworth ward

Dodworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Wray | 804 | 26.2 | −19.4 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Phillip Birkinshaw | 757 | 24.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | Emma Johnson-Henshaw | 677 | 22.1 | −0.5 |
| | Conservative | Lee Ogden | 651 | 21.2 | +13.8 |
| | Green | Rebecca Trotman | 178 | 5.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,990 | 35.23 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Barnsley Ind. | Liberal Democrats gain from Barnsley Ind. | Swing | | |

### Hoyland Milton ward

Hoyland Milton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Stowe | 1,153 | 39.6 | −4.4 |
| | Conservative | David White | 1,040 | 35.7 | +24.9 |
| | Independent | Daniel Simpson | 331 | 11.4 | −20.0 |
| | Green | John Evans | 232 | 8.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Glenn Lawrence | 99 | 3.4 | −5.4 |
| | TUSC | Angela Waller | 60 | 2.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,937 | 31.34 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Kingstone ward

Kingstone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Pooja Ramchandani | 699 | 38.1 | +0.9 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Peter Doyle | 396 | 21.6 | −8.3 |
| | Conservative | Ian Levitt-Smillie | 310 | 16.9 | +10.4 |
| | Green | Peter Giles | 181 | 9.9 | −5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Wright | 123 | 6.7 | −0.9 |
| | Independent | Carlo Turner | 85 | 4.6 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Tracey-Ann Holland | 41 | 2.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,846 | 23.84 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Monk Bretton ward

Monk Bretton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Steve Green | 1,260 | 54.6 | +25.5 |
| | Conservative | Michael Toon | 486 | 21.0 | +16.4 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Gary McNair | 415 | 18.0 | N/A |
| | Green | Chris Scarfe | 102 | 4.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Nicholson | 46 | 2.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,314 | 25.94 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### North East ward

North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jeff Ennis | 1,268 | 49.2 | +13.0 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Raymond Archer | 746 | 28.9 | −3.9 |
| | Conservative | Samuel Wilkinson | 498 | 19.3 | +9.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sam Christmas | 65 | 2.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,587 | 25.40 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Old Town ward

Old Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Phil Lofts | 1,084 | 43.1 | +8.0 |
| | Conservative | Clive Watkinson | 578 | 23.0 | +14.0 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Liam Hardcastle | 390 | 15.5 | N/A |
| | Green | Gillian Nixon | 203 | 8.1 | −4.5 |
| | Independent | Donald Wood | 124 | 4.9 | −29.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Will Fielding | 112 | 4.4 | −4.9 |
| | TUSC | Estelle Mageean | 26 | 1.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,528 | 29.48 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Penistone East ward

Penistone East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Wilson | 1,954 | 45.6 | +6.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Waters | 1,034 | 24.1 | −2.8 |
| | Labour | Alex Burnett | 988 | 23.1 | +5.7 |
| | Green | Kate Raynor | 309 | 7.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,311 | 44.69 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Penistone West ward

Penistone West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mandy Lowe-Flello | 1,444 | 37.4 | −6.3 |
| | Conservative | Martin Bancroft | 1,172 | 30.3 | +9.5 |
| | Labour | Sarah Grainger | 745 | 19.3 | +6.5 |
| | Green | Richard Trotman | 338 | 8.7 | +1.7 |
| | Reform UK | Edward Dillingham | 166 | 4.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,874 | 38.48 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Rockingham ward

Rockingham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nicola Sumner | 1,085 | 39.1 | +2.6 |
| | Conservative | Roy Garratt | 1,084 | 39.1 | +28.0 |
| | Green | James Grinham | 289 | 10.4 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Nugent | 124 | 4.5 | +0.5 |
| | TUSC | Karen Fletcher | 115 | 4.2 | N/A |
| | Keep Equality Safe Party | Andy Belk | 75 | 2.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,781 | 31.98 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Nicola Sumner won on the toss of a coin. In the result this is shown as her winning an extra vote.

### Royston ward

Royston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Caroline Makinson | 1,034 | 43.5 | −5.9 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Kirk Harper | 700 | 29.5 | −9.5 |
| | Conservative | Michael Davies | 422 | 17.8 | +6.1 |
| | Independent | Neil Fisher | 95 | 4.0 | N/A |
| | Green | Simon Layton | 78 | 3.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Smith | 46 | 1.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,379 | 27.39 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St Helen's ward

St Helen's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sarah Tattersall | 983 | 56.9 | −4.4 |
| | Conservative | Donna Cutts | 330 | 19.1 | +7.6 |
| | Yorkshire | Mick Chambers | 233 | 13.5 | N/A |
| | Green | Alan Jones | 91 | 5.3 | −22.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Booth | 52 | 3.0 | N/A |
| | SDP | Steve Vajda | 38 | 2.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,736 | 21.89 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Stairfoot ward

Stairfoot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Karen Dyson | 895 | 38.0 | +2.2 |
| | Independent | Wayne Johnson | 689 | 29.3 | N/A |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Kay Thewlis | 364 | 15.5 | −38.4 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Hill | 363 | 15.4 | +9.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Kitching | 42 | 1.8 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,360 | 26.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Wombwell ward

Wombwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Higginbottom | 1,346 | 55.4 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative | Alex Wilkinson | 648 | 26.7 | +25.2 |
| | Green | Simon Kusners | 127 | 5.2 | N/A |
| | Independent | Amy Stewart | 108 | 4.4 | N/A |
| | English Democrat | Jon Seymour | 103 | 4.2 | −7.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Rose | 79 | 3.3 | −4.9 |
| | SDP | Rachel Thompson | 17 | 0.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,443 | 25.43 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Worsbrough ward

Worsbrough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roy Bowser | 827 | 37.3 | +4.4 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Gillian Carr | 775 | 35.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Michael Barraclough | 485 | 21.9 | +12.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Calvert | 129 | 5.8 | −1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,232 | 29.56 | |
| | Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. | Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. | Swing | | |