Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council elections

One third of Barnsley Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

Political control

Labour 1973 - present

Brierley By-Election 20 March 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C Sykes	1,064	70.7
	Conservative	D Beaumont-Scofield	230	15.3
	Liberal Democrats	S Brooks	211	14.0
Majority			834	55.4
Turnout			1,505	21.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsbrough By-Election 5 March 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Rae	1,398	71.4	−17.0
	Socialist Labour	Arthur Scargill	331	16.9	+16.9
	Liberal Democrats	I Guest	151	7.7	+7.7
	Conservative	E Elders	79	4.0	+4.0
Majority			1,067	54.5
Turnout			1,959	25.5
	Labour hold		Swing

North West By-Election 18 February 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Cawthorne	446	60.1	−6.8
	Liberal Democrats	J Ingram	125	16.8	+3.5
	Conservative	C Carrington	124	16.7	+0.0
	Independent Labour	D Wood	47	6.3	+6.3
Majority			321	43.3
Turnout			742	10.3
	Labour hold		Swing

South West By-Election 18 February 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R Hannaghan	380	43.5	−26.8
	Conservative	J Wilson	283	32.4	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	D Hutton	210	24.1	+24.1
Majority			97	11.1
Turnout			873	12.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Wombwell North By-Election 18 February 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S Brook	678	54.4	+42.7
	Labour	J Stowe	516	41.4	−33.3
	Socialist Alternative	M Forster	28	2.2	−4.9
	Conservative	N Grace	25	2.0	−4.5
Majority			162	13.0
Turnout			1,247	24.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Hoyland East By-Election 29 July 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T Shepherd	626	72.0	+60.5
	Liberal Democrats	B Martin	150	17.2	−8.2
	Conservative	R Morrell	93	10.7	−5.3
Majority			476	54.8
Turnout			869	10.8
	Labour hold		Swing

South West By-Election 29 July 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S Birkinshaw	686	43.2	+43.2
	Labour	S Henshaw	407	25.6	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	D Hutton	286	18.0	+4.2
	Conservative	J Wilson	210	13.2	−6.8
Majority			279	17.6
Turnout			1,589	21.3
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Dodworth By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Jenkinson	2,452	43.1	1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Conway	1,273	22.4	+10.9
	Conservative	George Hill	766	13.5	−0.5
	Independent	Michael Walsh	761	13.4	−2.9
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Donald Jones	438	7.7	−9.1
Majority			1,179	20.7
Turnout			5,690	53.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Athersley By-Election 7 March 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Newman	527	62.1	+3.4
	Independent	Jack Brown	187	22.0	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Roberts	106	12.5	+2.8
	Socialist Alliance	James White	29	3.4	+3.4
Majority			340	40.1
Turnout			849	14.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Penistone West By-Election 13 July 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Marsh	897	50.3	+15.7
	Labour	Joseph Unsworth	558	31.3	+8.5
	Green	Lynda Pickersgill	328	18.4	+18.4
Majority			339	19.0
Turnout			1,783	21.4
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Labour won November 16th 2006 Worsbrough By-Election. Details not yet known.