1987 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

1987 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
One third of seats (22 of 66) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council; 34 seats needed for a majority
	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.^[1]^[2]

Election result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 1987^[1]^[2]
	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:^[1]^[2]

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

Ardsley (7628)^[1]^[2]
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)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Langford L.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Brierley (7338)^[1]^[2]
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)^[1]^[2]
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)^[1]^[2]
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)^[1]^[2]
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)^[1]^[2]
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)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Greenhalgh P. Ms.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dearne Thurnscoe (8466)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lowe J.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dodworth (8653)^[1]^[2]
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)^[1]^[2]
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)^[1]^[2]
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)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barron R.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

North West (7659)^[1]^[2]
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)^[1]^[2]
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)^[1]^[2]
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)^[1]^[2]
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)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lavender H.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

South West (7771)^[1]^[2]
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)^[1]^[2]
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)^[1]^[2]
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)^[1]^[2]
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

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