# 2010 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2010 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 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.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Labour 37
* Barnsley Independent Group 18
* Conservative 6
* Liberal Democrat 1
* Independent 1

## Background

The previous election in 2008 saw Labour's majority reduced to just one seat. The Barnsley Independent Group formed the main opposition with 22 seats compared to 32 for Labour, with Conservatives, a couple of other independents and 1 Liberal Democrat making up the council.

## Election result

The results saw Labour increase their majority from 1 to 11 seats after making 5 gains from the Barnsley Independent Group.
Barnsley Local Election Result 2010 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 17 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 81.0 | 44.2 | 45,131 | +13.8% |
| Barnsley Ind. | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 9.5 | 19.5 | 19,891 | -4.9% |
| Conservative | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 17.1 | 17,428 | +2.0% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 12,423 | -4.9% |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 6,175 | -0.3% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 855 | -4.9% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 140 | -0.6% |

## Ward results

Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Margaret Bruff | 2,024 | 47.6 | +7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Politano | 693 | 16.3 | −7.0 |
| | BNP | Colin Porter | 585 | 13.7 | −1.6 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Robert Warburton | 486 | 11.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Howard Oldfield | 468 | 11.0 | +4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,331 | 31.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,256 | 53.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Cudworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joe Hayward | 2,441 | 53.8 | −3.6 |
| | BNP | Terry Hubbard | 619 | 13.7 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pam Kershaw | 577 | 12.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Paul Buckley | 378 | 8.3 | +2.2 |
| | Independent | Noel Shaw | 249 | 5.5 | N/A |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Jim Johnson | 196 | 4.3 | −32.3 |
| | Independent | Tony Devoy | 73 | 1.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,822 | 40.2 | +16.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,533 | 55.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Darfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Pauline Markham | 1,945 | 43.0 | +14.6 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Trevor Smith | 1,383 | 30.6 | −13.8 |
| | Conservative | Pamela Jenner | 688 | 15.2 | +8.5 |
| | BNP | Steven O'Connor | 507 | 11.2 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 562 | 12.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,523 | 56.6 | |
| | Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. | Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. | Swing | | |
Darton East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Harry Spence | 2,263 | 43.7 | −2.1 |
| | Labour | Pauline Haigh | 1,683 | 32.5 | −+2.9 |
| | Conservative | Peter Murray | 741 | 14.3 | −0.2 |
| | BNP | Sharon Sutton | 487 | 9.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 580 | 11.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,174 | 60.9 | |
| | Barnsley Ind. hold | Barnsley Ind. hold | Swing | | |
Darton West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sharon Howard | 2,351 | 43.8 | −11.5 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Tony Conway | 1,115 | 20.8 | +8.0 |
| | Conservative | Gordon Wilkinson | 1,061 | 19.8 | +12.7 |
| | BNP | Ian Sutton | 838 | 15.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,236 | 23.0 | +15.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,365 | 64.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Dearne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Janice Hancock | 2,278 | 58.9 | +3.6 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Kurt Garner | 647 | 16.7 | +3.9 |
| | BNP | Raymond Hinchcliffe | 595 | 15.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Michael Toon | 348 | 9.0 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,631 | 42.2 | +20.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,868 | 48.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Dearne South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | May Noble | 2,448 | 49.8 | +8.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Brook | 1,381 | 28.1 | −10.1 |
| | BNP | John Bettney | 690 | 14.0 | −3.6 |
| | Conservative | Stuart Wilkinson | 328 | 6.7 | +1.4 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Susan Garner | 70 | 1.4 | +4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,067 | 21.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,917 | 54.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Dodworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Jack Carr | 1,782 | 34.2 | −13.9 |
| | Labour | Dave Leech | 1,705 | 32.8 | −2.8 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Barr | 1,199 | 23.0 | +6.7 |
| | BNP | Alan Brown | 517 | 9.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 77 | 1.5 | −25.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,203 | 66.3 | |
| | Barnsley Ind. hold | Barnsley Ind. hold | Swing | | |
Hoyland Milton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robin Franklin | 2,269 | 43.3 | +1.3 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | John Carr | 1,114 | 21.3 | −26.1 |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Thomas | 709 | 13.5 | +2.9 |
| | BNP | Claire Holland | 539 | 10.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mandy Saadallah | 470 | 9.0 | N/A |
| | Green | Paul White | 140 | 2.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,155 | 22.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,241 | 46.7 | |
| | Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. | Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. | Swing | | |
Kingstone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kath Mitchell | 1,768 | 43.0 | +9.6 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Noel Cowdell | 1,378 | 33.5 | −20.0 |
| | BNP | Kevin Fisher | 532 | 12.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Howard Pearson | 436 | 10.6 | +4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 390 | 9.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,114 | 51.8 | |
| | Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. | Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. | Swing | | |
Monk Bretton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kenneth Richardson | 2,060 | 45.8 | +5.5 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Clive Pickering | 1,151 | 25.6 | +0.8 |
| | BNP | Jane Hubbard | 853 | 19.0 | +4.6 |
| | Conservative | George Hill | 436 | 9.7 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 909 | 20.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,500 | 54.6 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dorothy Higginbottom | 2,570 | 45.9 | −24.0 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Stella Milner | 1,539 | 27.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Stephen Fowler | 614 | 11.0 | −19.1 |
| | BNP | Winn Dashwood | 580 | 10.4 | N/A |
| | Independent | Eddie Devoy | 294 | 5.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,031 | 18.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,597 | 56.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Old Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Penny Lofts | 2,067 | 40.5 | +16.3 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Peter Middleton | 1,767 | 34.6 | −22.0 |
| | Conservative | Clive Watkinson | 704 | 13.8 | +4.0 |
| | BNP | Dean Walker | 562 | 11.0 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 300 | 5.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,100 | 60.1 | |
| | Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. | Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. | Swing | | |
Penistone East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Barnard | 2,976 | 44.1 | − |
| | Labour | Jill Hayler | 1,845 | 27.3 | − |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trish Arundel | 1,410 | 20.9 | − |
| | BNP | Daz Burrows | 350 | 5.2 | − |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Samantha Beardshall | 167 | 2.5 | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,131 | 16.8 | −14.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,748 | 72.5 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Penistone West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Milner | 2,871 | 48.7 | +17.7 |
| | Labour | Peter Starling | 2,047 | 34.8 | +11.4 |
| | BNP | Paul James | 512 | 8.7 | −3.5 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Richard Beardshall | 460 | 7.8 | −17.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 824 | 14.0 | −9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,890 | 66.2 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Rockingham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Andrews | 2,430 | 45.8 | −0.4 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Martyn Burdin | 1,381 | 26.0 | −5.1 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Hill | 710 | 13.4 | +2.5 |
| | BNP | Robert Ellis | 544 | 10.3 | N/A |
| | Independent | Nigel Bailey | 239 | 4.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,049 | 19.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,304 | 60.8 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Royston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tim Cheetham | 2,175 | 46.1 | +7.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Danny Oates | 1,078 | 22.8 | +5.0 |
| | Conservative | Lesley Watkinson | 628 | 13.3 | +5.3 |
| | BNP | Paul Harris | 564 | 12.0 | −4.0 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Daniel Pickering | 274 | 5.8 | −13.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,097 | 23.2 | −3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,719 | 56.4 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
St. Helen's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roy Butterwood | 2,593 | 70.5 | +20.5 |
| | BNP | Lisa Brooksbank | 634 | 17.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Gillian Millner | 453 | 12.3 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,959 | 53.2 | +37.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,680 | 47.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Stairfoot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Brian Mathers | 2,011 | 45.5 | +9.6 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Jim Smith | 1,361 | 30.8 | −11.0 |
| | BNP | Susan Harris | 559 | 12.6 | −3.3 |
| | Conservative | Robert Kena | 491 | 11.1 | +4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 650 | 14.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,422 | 52.6 | |
| | Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. | Labour gain from Barnsley Ind. | Swing | | |
Wombwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Denise Wilde | 2,617 | 57.7 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative | Keith Jenner | 764 | 16.8 | +9.7 |
| | BNP | Jackie Bettney | 738 | 16.3 | +0.7 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | Raymond Murdoch | 419 | 9.2 | −14.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,853 | 40.8 | +13.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,538 | 52.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Worsbrough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Clarke | 1,804 | 41.5 | +1.9 |
| | Barnsley Ind. | John Sanderson | 938 | 21.6 | −1.6 |
| | BNP | Daniel Cooke | 618 | 14.2 | −2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pat Durie | 566 | 13.0 | −2.2 |
| | Conservative | Garry Needham | 425 | 9.8 | +4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 866 | 19.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,351 | 57.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |