1998 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Barnsley Council were held on 7 May, 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 63
• Independent 2
• Conservative 1

Election result

Barnsley Local Election Result 1998

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	21	0	0	0	95.5	70.8	24,350
	Independent	1	0	0	0	4.5	4.2	1,462
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0	10.8	3,700
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	7.7	2,657
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	4.7	1,613
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	441
	Socialist Alternative	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	190

Ward results

Ardsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K Dyson	777	69.3
	Socialist Labour	S Logan	129	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	J Earnshaw	119	10.6
	Conservative	T Allerton	96	8.6
Majority			648	57.8
Turnout			1,121	15.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Athersley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L Picken	978	85.3
	Liberal Democrats	R Arundel	115	10.0
	Socialist Labour	M Heppenstall	54	4.7
Majority			863	75.3
Turnout			1,147	19.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Brierley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C Sykes	953	69.3
	Conservative	D Beaumont-Schofield	247	18.0
	Socialist Labour	J Yoxall	176	12.8
Majority			706	51.3
Turnout			1,376	19.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Wilby	869	53.4
	Liberal Democrats	I Guest	578	35.5
	Socialist Labour	S Yoxall	108	6.6
	Conservative	E Croft	71	4.4
Majority			291	17.9
Turnout			1,626	19.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Cudworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C Wraith	1,321	83.1
	Liberal Democrats	A Leonard	114	7.2
	Conservative	B Adams	105	6.6
	Socialist Labour	M Stannard	50	3.1
Majority			1,207	75.9
Turnout			1,590	21.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Darfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T Dixon	1,254	73.3
	Liberal Democrats	T Arundel	202	11.8
	Conservative	P Stubbins	202	11.8
	Socialist Labour	E Mountain	53	3.1
Majority			1,052	61.5
Turnout			1,711	22.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Darton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Shepherd	1,383	72.4
	Conservative	J Smith	401	21.0
	Socialist Labour	S Robinson	125	6.5
Majority			982	51.4
Turnout			1,909	18.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Dearne South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P Stuart	1,388	75.9
	Liberal Democrats	S Brook	441	24.1
Majority			947	51.8
Turnout			1,829	21.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Dearne Thurnscoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C Evans	1,092	77.2
	Liberal Democrats	L Mellor	243	17.2
	Conservative	G Wilkinson	80	5.7
Majority			849	60.0
Turnout			1,415	18.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Dodworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Staples	1,313	63.5
	Green	D Jones	441	21.3
	Conservative	B Martin	246	11.9
	Socialist Labour	L Heppenstall	69	3.3
Majority			872	42.2
Turnout			2,069	20.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Hoyland East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Brankin	1,450	88.8
	Socialist Labour	M Smith	183	11.2
Majority			1,267	77.6
Turnout			1,633	20.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Hoyland West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Andrews	1,258	80.0
	Conservative	H Jobling	211	13.4
	Socialist Labour	Arthur Scargill	103	6.6
Majority			1,047	66.6
Turnout			1,572	24.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Monk Bretton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R Robinson	1,111	77.0
	Liberal Democrats	M Burgess	172	11.9
	Conservative	G Fisher	97	6.7
	Socialist Labour	J Morton	62	4.3
Majority			939	65.1
Turnout			1,442	17.3
	Labour hold		Swing

North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Bostwick	883	66.9
	Conservative	C Carrington	220	16.7
	Liberal Democrats	J Ingram	175	13.3
	Socialist Labour	K Elbourne	42	3.2
Majority			663	50.2
Turnout			1,320	18.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Wade	878	84.4
	Conservative	N Norcross	105	10.1
	Socialist Labour	N Wragg	57	5.5
Majority			773	74.3
Turnout			1,040	14.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Penistone East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Headon	1,214	60.9
	Conservative	G Hill	779	39.1
Majority			435	21.8
Turnout			1,993	26.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Penistone West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	G Punt	1,462	67.1
	Labour	C Shaw	716	32.9
Majority			746	34.2
Turnout			2,178	25.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Royston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G Kyte	1,354	76.9
	Liberal Democrats	A Hughes	206	11.7
	Conservative	J Wilson	135	7.7
	Socialist Labour	O Robinson	65	3.7
Majority			1,148	65.2
Turnout			1,760	20.4
	Labour hold		Swing

South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D Foster	995	70.3
	Conservative	J Carrington	327	23.1
	Socialist Labour	G Holt	93	6.6
Majority			668	47.2
Turnout			1,415	19.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Wombwell North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Hall	696	74.7
	Liberal Democrats	C Stimson	109	11.7
	Socialist Alternative	M Forster	66	7.1
	Conservative	S Wilkinson	61	6.5
Majority			587	63.0
Turnout			932	18.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Wombwell South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T Naylor	1,245	72.9
	Liberal Democrats	M Brown	183	10.7
	Conservative	N Grace	156	9.1
	Socialist Alternative	A Waller	124	7.3
Majority			1,062	62.2
Turnout			1,708	21.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T Bristowe	1,222	75.1
	Socialist Labour	T Robinson	244	15.0
	Conservative	E Elders	161	9.9
Majority			978	60.1
Turnout			1,627	21.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Preceded by Barnsley Council election 1996

Barnsley local elections

Succeeded by Barnsley Council election 1999