1975 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 1975 with one third of the seats up for election. Labour retained control of the council.[1]

1975 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

1 May 1975
20 of 60 seats to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Party Labour Ratepayers Liberal Seats won 10 6 2 Seat change 9 6 2
Majority party before election Labour Majority party after election Labour

Election result

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 1975[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	10	0	9	-9	50.0	52.5	20,997	-10.2
	Ratepayers	6	6	0	+6	30.0	26.8	13,309	+24.6
	Liberal	2	2	0	+2	10.0	17.1	8,473	+7.9
	Conservative	1	1	0	+1	5.0	8.6	4,244	-1.1
	Independent Labour	1	0	0	0	5.0	3.5	1,715	-1.5
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.3	641	-6.4
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	266	-0.9

This resulted in the following composition of the council:[1]

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	57	48
	Ratepayers	0	6
	Liberals	0	2
	Conservatives	0	1
	Democratic Labour	1	1
	Independent	1	1
	Independent Labour	1	1
Total		60	60
Working majority		54	36

Ward results

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

Ardsley (7325)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Burns J.*	929	50.9	-27.5
	Ratepayers	Wilkinson G.	611	33.5	+33.5
	Conservative	Walker	284	15.6	+15.6
Majority			318	17.4	-39.5
Turnout			1,824	24.9	+1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-30.5

No. 1 (Barnsley: Carlton) (10375)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dancer H.*	1,055	56.4	-19.4
	Ratepayers	Sykes	621	33.2	+33.2
	Conservative	Carrington J.	130	7.0	-5.0
	Communist	Greenfield N.	63	3.4	-8.8
Majority			434	23.2	-40.4
Turnout			1,869	18.0	-3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-26.3

No. 2 (Barnsley: East & North) (8573)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	Harris M.	1,400	42.5	+42.5
	Labour	Fisher R.*	1,224	37.1	-21.9
	Conservative	Guest M.	312	9.5	-3.2
	Independent	Reynolds	184	5.6	+5.6
	Liberal	Hallsworth	177	5.4	+5.4
Majority			176	5.3	-25.4
Turnout			3,297	38.5	+3.1
	Ratepayers gain from Labour		Swing	+32.2

No. 3 (Barnsley: Central-South-South East)(9660)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Borrett K.*	1,139	52.5	-7.7
	Ratepayers	Crawshaw	737	33.9	+33.9
	Conservative	England	295	13.6	+6.1
Majority			402	18.5	-9.2
Turnout			2,171	22.5	-17.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-20.8

No. 4 (Barnsley: South West and West) (7765)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	Birkenshaw	1,619	51.4	+51.4
	Labour	Hardy	1,022	32.4	-19.3
	Independent	Blackburne E.	378	12.0	+12.0
	Conservative	Oldfield H.	133	4.2	-5.5
Majority			597	18.9	+5.8
Turnout			3,152	40.6	+1.3
	Ratepayers gain from Labour		Swing	+35.3

No. 5 (Barnsley: Monk Bretton) (9984)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	Jackson	1,341	52.6	+52.6
	Labour	Wilkie B.*	906	35.5	-36.6
	Conservative	Glover	223	8.7	-7.6
	Independent	Cooke L.	79	3.1	+3.1
Majority			435	17.1	-38.8
Turnout			2,549	25.5	+3.4
	Ratepayers gain from Labour		Swing	+44.6

No. 7 (Cudworth) (6278)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	Wraith	1,159	57.0	N/A
	Labour	Bailey	873	43.0	N/A
Majority			286	14.1	N/A
Turnout			2,032	32.4	N/A
	Ratepayers gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

No. 8 (Darfield) (5879)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	Moore	938	41.4	N/A
	Labour	Goddard B.*	788	34.8	N/A
	Liberal	Lynch	537	23.7	N/A
Majority			150	6.6	N/A
Turnout			2,263	38.5	N/A
	Ratepayers gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

No. 9 (Dodworth-Barugh-Higham-Gawber)(6570)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Woffenden J.*	1,533	53.5	-7.6
	Liberal	Crosby J.	971	33.9	-5.0
	Ratepayers	Barwell	363	12.7	+12.7
Majority			562	19.6	-2.6
Turnout			2,867	43.6	-1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.3

No. 10 (Darton) (8893)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	Evans	1,622	56.5	+56.5
	Labour	Turner C.*	981	34.1	-4.0
	Conservative	Parkes	270	9.4	-6.1
Majority			641	22.3	+3.0
Turnout			2,873	32.3	-12.5
	Ratepayers gain from Labour		Swing	+30.2

No. 11 (Dearne: Central & South) (9844)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley J.	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

No. 12 (Dearne: East & West) (7564)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Young K.*	1,145	72.9	+15.0
	Liberal	Jones	223	14.2	+14.2
	Communist	Riley P.	203	12.9	-7.3
Majority			922	58.7	+21.0
Turnout			1,571	20.8	-16.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.4

No. 13 (Hoyland Nether) (11317)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steer	1,932	54.3	+54.3
	Labour	Wadsworth A.	1,629	45.7	+10.3
Majority			303	8.5	+2.9
Turnout			3,561	31.5	-30.9
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+22.0

No. 14 (Penistone) (6272)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wales	2,211	63.5	+63.5
	Labour	Ashton F.*	707	20.3	-13.2
	Conservative	Elders	566	16.2	-9.9
Majority			1,504	43.2	+36.3
Turnout			3,484	55.5	-3.5
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+38.3

No. 15 (Royston) (6386)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	Parkes E.*	1,715	62.4	+35.5
	Labour	Chetter	1,035	37.6	+5.8
Majority			680	24.7	+19.7
Turnout			2,750	43.1	-32.5
	Independent Labour hold		Swing	+14.8

No. 16 (Wombwell: Central-North-South East)(5402)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Storey A.*	562	41.4	-24.6
	Ratepayers	Wraith	452	33.3	+33.3
	Liberal	Peach	343	25.3	+25.3
Majority			110	8.1	-24.0
Turnout			1,357	25.1	+4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-28.9

No. 17 (Wombwell: Hemingfield and SouthWest) (7626)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Naylor T.*	1,222	45.0	-24.9
	Liberal	Hargreaves	1,028	37.8	+37.8
	Ratepayers	Sykes	468	17.2	+17.2
Majority			194	7.1	-32.6
Turnout			2,718	35.6	+4.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-31.3

No. 18 (Worsbrough) (11367)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Smith W.*	1,888	54.1	-9.6
	Ratepayers	Batty	1,282	36.7	+36.7
	Conservative	Urquhart	322	9.2	-5.4
Majority			606	17.4	-24.7
Turnout			3,492	30.7	-13.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-23.1

No. 19 (Hemsworth Rural) (9058)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Baines D.*	1,362	56.3	+3.7
	Ratepayers	Robinson	696	28.8	+28.8
Majority			666	27.5	-5.9
Turnout			2,418	26.7	-22.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.5

No. 20 (Penistone Rural & Wortley) (7264)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neville	1,349	39.7	+8.3
	Liberal	Lees J.	1,051	30.9	+2.7
	Labour	Hirst E.*	997	29.3	-11.0
Majority			298	8.8	-0.1
Turnout			3,397	46.8	-8.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+2.8

References

1. "Elections Centre: Barnsley 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.