Local government and parish elections - 4 May 2023

Results of the local government and parish elections held on 4 May 2023.

Results of the local government elections

  • Total eligible electorate for Barnsley: 184,374
  • Total votes cast: 45,569
  • Turnout: 24.72%
  • Total postal votes: 26,319
  • The number of polling station electors who applied for, but weren't issued with a ballot paper: 78
  • The number of polling station electors who weren't issued with a ballot paper and who later returned with accepted ID and were issued with a ballot paper: 41

The political make up of the council is now:

  • Labour Party: 48
  • Liberal Democrats: 10
  • The Conservative Party: 2
  • Independent: 2
  • Reform UK: 1

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Central ward 

  • Number of registered electors: 8713
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1812
  • Turnout: 20.80%
  • Spoilt ballots: 5
Name Party Votes
Steve Bullcock Yorkshire Party  456
Martin Joseph O'Donoghue Labour Party  846 - Elected
Ruby Paul Independent  92
Catherine Teresa Rogerson Liberal Democrats  84
Chris Scarfe Green Party  153
Charlotte Helen Wilkinson The Conservative Party Candidate  176

Cudworth ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8437
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1657
  • Turnout: 16.64%
  • Spoilt ballots: 12
Name Party Votes
Mark Brook The Conservative Party
Candidate		  248
Anita Cherryholme Labour Party  1137 - Elected
Ken Smith Green Party  148
Elizabeth Kate Waters Liberal Democrats  113

Darfield ward

  • Number of registered electors: 7915
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1799
  • Turnout: 22.73%
  • Spoilt ballots: 11
Name Party Votes
Benjamin Harrison The Conservative Party
Candidate		  334
Simon Richard Hulme Liberal Democrats  168
Scott Andrew McKenzie Reform UK  374
Trevor Smith Labour Party  912 - Elected

Darton East ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8828
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2641
  • Turnout: 29.92%
  • Spoilt ballots: 15
Name Party Votes
Steve Hunt Liberal Democrats  1699 - Elected
John Miller The Conservative Party
Candidate		  156
Teresa Wilcockson Labour Party  770

Darton West ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8777
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2371
  • Turnout: 27.01%
  • Spoilt ballots: 8
Name Party Votes
Kevin Bennett Liberal Democrats  118
Simon Biltcliffe Yorkshire Party  274
Trevor Raymond Cave Labour Party  978 - Elected
Bee Lokkit The Conservative Party
Candidate		  302
Lee Adrian Long Green Party  690

Dearne North ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8548
  • Total number of ballot papers received:1449
  • Turnout: 16.95%
  • Spoilt ballots: 9
Name Party Votes
Brian John Evans Liberal Democrats  106
Gillian Millner The Conservative Party
Candidate		  152
Martin Morrell Labour Party  1048 - Elected
Maxine Spencer English Constitution Party,
England, One Nation		  118
Steve Vajda Social Democratic Party  16

Dearne South ward

  • Number of registered electors: 9217
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1801
  • Turnout: 19.54%
  • Spoilt ballots: 8
Name Party Votes
Linda Fielding Liberal Democrats  81
Rosemary Jackson The Conservative Party
Candidate		  162
Dave Jarvis Social Democratic Party  446
Abi Moore Labour Party  1066 - Elected
Janus Polenceusz English Constitution Party,
England, One Nation		  37

Dodworth ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8374
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2561
  • Turnout: 30.58%
  • Spoilt ballots: 13
Name Party Votes
Sam Christmas Liberal Democrats  1407 - Elected
Lee Ogden The Conservative Party
Candidate		  334
Nicholas Mark Riggs Labour Party  806

Hoyland Milton ward

  • Number of registered electors: 9183
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2470
  • Turnout: 26.9%
  • Spoilt ballots: 5
Name Party Votes
Michael James Davies Reform UK  436
Tom Heyes Green Party  148
Glenn Charles Lawrence Liberal Democrats  179
Cassie Northwood Independent  284
Tim Shepherd Labour Party  1052 - Elected
Michael John Toon The Conservative Party
Candidate		  292
Angela Ruth Waller Trade Unionist and Socialist
Coalition		  73

Kingstone ward

  • Number of registered electors: 7724
  • Total number of ballot papers received:1645
  • Turnout: 21.30%
  • Spoilt ballots: 4
Name Party Votes
Judy Barnsley Independent  99
Peter Gordon Giles Green Party  109
Roger Haw The Conservative Party
Candidate		  71
Tracey-Ann Holland Trade Unionist and Socialist
Coalition		  33
Kevin George Williams Labour Party  640
Philip David Wright Liberal Democrats  688 - Elected

Monk Bretton ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8894
  • Total number of ballot papers received:2100
  • Turnout: 23.61%
  • Spoilt ballots: 4
Name Party Votes
Macaulay Larkin The Conservative Party
Candidate		  182
Sue Rose Liberal Democrats  98
Margaret Sheard Labour Party  1056 - Elected
Rachel Jane Stewart Independent  760

North East ward

  • Number of registered electors: 10,180
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2013
  • Turnout: 19.77%
  • Spoilt ballots: 10
Name Party Votes
Raymond Archer Independent  462
Ruth Booker Labour Party  1069 - Elected
Tony Devoy Yorkshire Party  188
Kieran Oldfield Liberal Democrats  79
Samuel Wilkinson The Conservative Party
Candidate		  205

Old Town ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8587
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2063
  • Turnout: 24.02%
  • Spoilt ballots: 6
Name Party Votes
Steve Dangerfield Trade Unionist and Socialist
Coalition		  56
Jo Newing Labour Party  1069 - Elected
Gillian Margaret Nixon Green Party  231
Patrick Dimelow Smith Liberal Democrats  125
Charlotte Anne Sykes Independent  263
Clive Watkinson The Conservative Party
Candidate		  313

Penistone East ward

  • Number of registered electors: 9647
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 3801
  • Turnout: 39.4%
  • Spoilt ballots: 19
Name Party Votes
Steven Burkinshaw The Conservative Party
Candidate		  1349
Alex Burnett Labour Party  1603 - Elected
Amanda Griffin Independent  153
Rebecca Jean Trotman Green Party  191
Andrew Stephen Waters Liberal Democrats  486

Penistone West ward

  • Number of registered electors: 10,055
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 3539
  • Turnout: 35.2%
  • Spoilt ballots: 21
Name Party Votes
Paula Button-Roberts Independent  202
Roy Garratt The Conservative Party
Candidate		  623
David Sean Greenhough Liberal Democrats  1613 - Elected
Frances Helen Avery Nixon Labour and Co-operative Party
(Joint Description with Cooperative Party)		  810
Richard Thomas James Trotman Green Party  268

Rockingham ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8533
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2653
  • Turnout: 31.09%
  • Spoilt ballots: 6
Name Party Votes
Karen Fletcher Trade Unionist and Socialist
Coalition		  21
Brian Gregory Reform UK  277
Mark Highmouch The Conservative Party
Candidate		  351
Trevor Anthony Mayne Green Party  99
Jane Townsend Labour Party  771
Sue Waters Liberal Democrats  99
Andrew Simon Wray Independent  1028 - Elected

Royston ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8748
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1931
  • Turnout: 22.07%
  • Spoilt ballots: 6
Name Party Votes
Jennifer Barker Trade Unionist and Socialist
Coalition		  58
Michael Barraclough The Conservative Party
Candidate		  272
Neil Fisher Independent  366
Jonathan Paul Hood Liberal Democrats  97
Pauline Mary McCarthy Labour Party  1132 - Elected

St Helen's ward

  • Number of registered electors: 7925
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1394
  • Turnout: 17.59%
  • Spoilt ballots: 6
Name Party Votes
Andrew Millner The Conservative Party
Candidate		  181
Matthew Rigden Nicholson Liberal Democrats  172
Neil Gareth Wright Labour Party  1035 - Elected

Stairfoot ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8923
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1765
  • Turnout: 19.78%
  • Spoilt ballots: 19
Name Party Votes
James Robert Kitching Liberal Democrats  281
Paul Murray Labour Party  1073 - Elected
Alex Wilkinson The Conservative Party
Candidate		  392

Wombwell ward

  • Number of registered electors: 9815
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2060
  • Turnout: 20.99%
  • Spoilt ballots: 6
Name Party Votes
Donna Marie Cutts Reform UK  235
Brenda Eastwood Labour Party  1426 - Elected
Robert Welton Green Liberal Democrats  159
Debbie Toon The Conservative Party
Candidate		  233

Worsbrough ward

  • Number of registered electors: 7351
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2044
  • Turnout: 27.81%
  • Spoilt ballots: 5
Name Party Votes
Sarah Calvert Liberal Democrats  84
Sherry Holling Labour Party  633
Jake Lodge Independent  1135 - Elected
Katelyn Long Green Party  57
Adrian Thompson The Conservative Party
Candidate		  128

Results of the parish elections

Penistone Town Council - Cubley and Springvale ward

  • Number of registered electors: 2973
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 921
  • Turnout: 30.9%
  • Spoilt ballots: 18
Name Party Votes
Lynne Crisp Liberal Democrats  455 - Elected
Catherine Dodson Liberal Democrats  524 - Elected
David Sean Greenhough Liberal Democrats  610 - Elected
Gill Millner -  234
Nicholas Graham Perkins Independent  254 - Elected

Penistone Town Council - Hoylandswaine ward

  • Number of registered electors: 1030
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 400
  • Turnout: 38.83%
  • Spoilt ballots: 5
Name Party Votes
Hannah Ruth Kitching Liberal Democrats  148 - Elected
Neville Martin Shiggins -  136
David John Walker Independent  296 - Elected
Andrew Stephen Waters Liberal Democrats  98

Penistone Town Council - Penistone ward

  • Number of registered electors: 3722
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1399
  • Turnout: 37.6%
  • Spoilt ballots: 10
Name Party Votes
Rob Blackshaw Liberal Democrats  567 - Elected
Wayne Chadburn Liberal Democrats  523 - Elected
Lisa Marie Cork Liberal Democrats  598 - Elected
Jon Cutts Liberal Democrats  691 - Elected
Mandy Lowe Flello Liberal Democrats  603 - Elected
Andrew Millner -  362
Frances Helen Avery Nixon Labour Party  450 - Elected
Ruth Pearson -  386
Ann Rusby Independent  439
Richard Thomas James Trotman Green Party  369

Penistone Town Council - Thurlstone and Millhouse ward

  • Number of registered electors: 2057
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 752
  • Turnout: 36.56%
  • Spoilt ballots: 7
Name Party Votes
Michael Alan Barraclough -  202
Judith Anita Kimberley -  257 - Elected
James Robert Kitching Liberal Democrats  500 - Elected
Jon Palmer Liberal Democrats  392 - Elected
Bryan Anthony Worth Labour Party  245

Council seats prior to this election

The political composition of the council prior to the 2023 election was:

  • Labour: 45
  • Liberal Democrat: 9
  • Conservative: 3
  • Independent: 3
  • Barnsley Independent Group: 1
  • Reform UK: 1

Parties that held the seats up for election in 2023 were:

  • Labour: 12
  • Liberal Democrat: 3
  • Independent: 3
  • Conservative: 1
  • Barnsley Independent Group: 1
  • Vacant: 1