2004 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Barnsley Council were held on 10th June, 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. The Labour party kept overall control of the council.

Election result

Barnsley Local Election Result 2004

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	33			-13	52.4	48.1	73,050
	Conservative	5			0	7.9	12.0	18,333
	Liberal Democrats	3			-1	4.8	7.6	11,535
	Independent	22			+11	34.9	32.2	48,923

Ward results

Central (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Guest	1,154	18.05
	Labour	Michael Stokes	984	15.39
	Liberal Democrats	Don Hutton	951	14.87
	Labour	Thomas Sheard	939	14.69
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Politano	865	13.53
	Labour	Margaret Bruff	844	13.20
	BNP	Marie Gardner	401	6.27
	Conservative	Geoffrey Turvey	256	4.00
Turnout			6,394	34.3

Cudworth (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Houghton CBE	1,675	21.75
	Labour	Charlie Wraith	1,634	21.22
	Labour	Joseph Hayward	1,615	20.97
	Independent	Edgar Auckland	716	9.30
	Independent	Alwyn Hodgson	700	9.09
	Independent	Ian Sanders	490	6.36
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Kershaw	370	4.80
	BNP	Paul Tibble	314	4.08
	Conservative	Jean Rowley	187	2.43
Turnout			7,701	37.0

Darfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ronald Fisher	1,730	22.07
	Independent	David Wainwright	1,416	18.06
	Independent	Trevor Smith	1,317	16.80
	Labour	Gillian Bates	1,113	14.20
	Labour	Brian Mathers	756	9.64
	Labour	Christopher Sykes	681	8.69
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Brook	303	3.86
	BNP	David Highway	272	3.47
	Conservative	Andrew Barr	252	3.21
Turnout			7,840	40.0

Darton East (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Parkinson	1,341	16.83
	Labour	Patrick Miller	1,284	16.12
	Labour	Thomas Cullum	1,190	14.94
	Independent	John Race	850	10.67
	Conservative	Robert Barnard	768	9.64
	Independent	Christopher Tummons	496	6.23
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Logan	471	5.91
	Conservative	Gordon Wilkinson	470	5.90
	Conservative	George Hill	457	5.74
	Independent	Edward Gouthwaite	335	4.20
	BNP	Jacqueline Hall	305	3.83
Turnout			7,967	47.4

Darton West (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Jenkinson	1,102	13.40
	Labour	Linda Burgess	1,073	13.05
	Independent	Susan Simmons	989	12.03
	Labour	Steve Redford	963	11.71
	Independent	Michael Walsh	816	9.92
	Independent	Mehdi Ghaffarian	695	8.45
	Conservative	Jack Orr	596	7.25
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Smith	546	6.64
	Conservative	Clive Watkinson	545	6.63
	Conservative	Tony Short	539	6.56
	BNP	Cheryl Saxton	358	4.35
Turnout			8,222	40.2

Dearne North (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Hancock	1,319	24.99
	Labour	Alan Gardiner	1,302	24.66
	Labour	Janice Hancock	1,271	24.08
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Gardiner	1,065	20.17
	Conservative	Stuart Wilkinson	322	6.10
Turnout			5,279	32.2

Dearne South (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sharron Brook	1,687	25.78
	Labour	Kenneth Sanderson	1,670	25.52
	Labour	John Thomson	1,489	22.75
	Labour	May Noble	1,427	21.80
	Conservative	Brent Wood	272	4.16
Turnout			6,545	36.15

Dodworth (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Phillip Birkinshaw	2,013	23.07
	Independent	Brian Perrin	1,920	22.00
	Independent	Charles Parker	1,761	20.18
	Labour	Phillip Lofts	904	10.36
	Labour	John Ryan	848	9.72
	Labour	Yvonne Saunder	829	9.50
	Conservative	Andrew Milner	452	5.18
Turnout			8,727	43.4

Hoyland Milton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Brankin	1,852	22.22
	Independent	John Lipscombe	1,599	19.19
	Independent	Trevor Naylor	1,520	18.24
	Labour	Robin Franklin	1,132	13.58
	Labour	Patricia Wordsworth	956	11.47
	Labour	Timothy Shepherd	920	11.04
	Conservative	Marjorie Cale-Morgan	354	4.25
Turnout			8,333	39.0

Kingstone (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Malcolm Price	1,259	19.47
	Independent	Malcolm Hall	1,240	19.18
	Independent	Donna Hollins	1,152	17.82
	Labour	Alice Cave	937	14.49
	Labour	Peter Doyle	863	13.35
	Labour	Brian Swaine	797	12.33
	Conservative	Garry Needham	217	3.36
Turnout			6,465	33.1

Monk Bretton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Grace Brown	1,299	19.31
	Labour	Margaret Sheard	1,026	17.21
	Labour	Kenneth Richardson	1,026	15.25
	Labour	Beryl Olroyd	962	14.30
	Independent	Steven Jones	906	13.47
	Independent	Michael Moore	718	10.67
	Conservative	Roger Hinchliff	333	4.95
	BNP	Susan Harris	326	4.85
Turnout			6,728	35.2

North East (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Whittaker	1,759	21.47
	Labour	Alex Vodden	1,716	20.94
	Labour	Leah Higginbotton	1,601	19.54
	Independent	Frank Hardy	1,020	12.45
	Independent	Antony Devoy	709	8.65
	Independent	Edward Devoy	667	8.14
	BNP	David Saxton	411	5.02
	Conservative	Peter Murray	310	3.78
Turnout			8,193	37.8

Old Town (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bill Gaunt	1,551	19.22
	Independent	Sandra Birkinshaw	1,531	18.97
	Independent	Peter Middleton	1,318	16.33
	Labour	Philip Davies	909	11.26
	Labour	Margaret Cawthorne	862	10.68
	Labour	William Denton	759	9.41
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Conway	639	7.92
	BNP	John Lee	273	3.38
	Conservative	Richard Morrell	228	2.83
Turnout			8,070	40.2

Penistone East (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deborah Toon	2,028	19.00
	Conservative	Alec Rowley	1,940	18.18
	Conservative	John Smith	1,664	15.59
	Labour	Jill Hayler	1,341	12.56
	Liberal Democrats	Teresa Arundel	1,147	10.75
	Labour	William Jones	1,125	10.54
	Labour	Robert Hannagan	982	9.20
	BNP	Geoffrey Broadley	447	4.19
Turnout			10,674	48.5

Penistone West (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Hinchliff	1,815	21.08
	Independent	George Punt	1,779	20.66
	Conservative	Benedict Marsden	1,391	16.15
	Labour	Joseph Unsworth	1,194	13.87
	Conservative	John Wilson	797	9.26
	Labour	Peter Keys	597	6.93
	Labour	John Clarke	582	6.76
	BNP	Kelly Thorpe	456	5.30
Turnout			8,611	43.8

Rockingham (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mary Brankin	1,494	16.93
	Labour	Alan Schofield	1,397	15.83
	Labour	James Andrews	1,342	15.21
	Independent	Alison Robinson	1,330	15.07
	Labour	Sharon Howard	1,291	14.63
	Independent	Geoffrey Howell	1,242	14.08
	BNP	Lorraine Lee	383	4.34
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hill	345	3.91
Turnout			8,824	40.8

Royston (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Kyte	1,510	24.90
	Labour	Bill Newman	1,345	22.18
	Labour	Howard Lavender	1,266	20.88
	Independent	Leslie Brooke	952	15.70
	Conservative	Kathleen Leeds	511	8.43
	BNP	Paul Harris	480	7.92
Turnout			6,064	34.9

St. Helen's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard Picken	1,109	19.98
	Independent	Roy Butterwood	1,055	19.01
	Labour	David Bostwick	958	17.26
	Labour	Pat Newman	917	16.52
	Independent	Jack Brown	771	13.89
	Liberal Democrats	Rhiannon Rees	340	6.13
	BNP	June Gough	245	4.41
	Conservative	Anne Campbell	156	2.81
Turnout			5,551	30.5

Stairfoot (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Fred Clowery	1,163	15.31
	Labour	Karen Dyson	1,162	15.30
	Independent	Jim Smith	1,064	14.01
	Labour	Geoffrey Hill	974	12.82
	Labour	Mick Dunlavey	941	12.39
	Independent	Peter Pleasants	927	12.21
	Independent	Brian Cookson	583	7.68
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Walker	345	4.54
	Independent	Frank Watson	271	3.57
	Conservative	Michael Toon	165	2.17
Turnout			7,595	36.9

Wombwell (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Morgan	1,431	22.09
	Labour	Richard Wraith	1,324	20.44
	Labour	Denise Wilde	1,233	19.03
	Independent	Arthur O'Loughlin	890	13.74
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Harding	786	12.13
	BNP	Victoria Seeviour	421	6.50
	Conservative	Angus Toon	393	6.07
Turnout			6,478	36.4

Worsborough (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Bristowe	1,609	24.12
	Labour	James Rae	1,526	22.87
	Labour	Eunice Taylor	1,284	19.24
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Durie	866	12.98
	Independent	Stephen Hart	817	12.25
	Conservative	Elizabeth Elders	570	8.54
Turnout			6,672	38.19

Graphical results are available from the BBC: [1]

Full results are available on the Barnsley Council website: [2]

Preceded by Barnsley Council election, 2003

Barnsley local elections

Succeeded by Barnsley Council election, 2006