Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the
Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley
The Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley is a metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England; the main settlement is Barnsley and other notable towns include Penistone, Wombwell and Hoyland.
The borough is bisected by the M1 motorway; it is ru ...
in
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and metropolitan county, metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. The county has four council areas which are the cities of City of Doncaster, Doncaster and City of Sh ...
,
England
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. One third of the council is elected each year, except for every fourth year when there is no election. Since the last boundary changes on 3 June 2004,
councillor
A councillor is an elected representative for a local government council in some countries.
Canada
Due to the control that the provinces have over their municipal governments, terms that councillors serve vary from province to province. Unl ...
s are elected from 21
wards.
Political control
From 1913 to 1974 Barnsley was a
county borough
County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control, similar to the unitary authorities created since the 1990s. An equivalent te ...
, independent of any county council. Under the
Local Government Act 1972 it had its territory enlarged and became a
metropolitan borough, with
South Yorkshire County Council
The South Yorkshire County Council (SYCC) — also known as South Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council — was the top-tier local government authority for the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire from 1 April 1974 to 31 March 1986. A strategic ...
providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted borough council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. South Yorkshire County Council was abolished in 1986 and Barnsley became a unitary authority. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:
Leadership
The
leaders of the council since 1973 have been:
Council elections
Summary of the council composition after council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 1979 election (increasing the number of seats by 6) and more recently the 2004 election (which decreased the number of seats by 3) prompting the whole council to be elected in those years.
Composition since 1973
Borough result maps
File:Barnsley UK local election 1979 map.png, 1979 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 1980 map.png, 1980 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 1982 map.png, 1982 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 1983 map.png, 1983 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 1984 map.png, 1984 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 1986 map.png, 1986 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 1987 map.png, 1987 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 1988 map.png, 1988 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 1990 map.png, 1990 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 1991 map.png, 1991 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 1992 map.png, 1992 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 1994 map.png, 1994 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 1995 map.png, 1995 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 1996 map.png, 1996 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 1998 map.png, 1998 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 1999 map.png, 1999 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 2000 map.png, 2000 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 2002 map.png, 2002 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 2003 map.png, 2003 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 2004 map.svg, 2004 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 2006 map.svg, 2006 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 2007 map.svg, 2007 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 2008 map.svg, 2008 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 2010 map.svg, 2010 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 2011 map.svg, 2011 results map
File:Barnsley_wards_2012.png, 2012 results map
File:Barnsley_wards_2014.png, 2014 results map
File:Barnsley_wards_2015.png, 2015 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 2018 map.svg, 2018 results map
File:Barnsley UK local election 2021 map.svg, 2021 results map
By-election results
References
External links
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
{{Metropolitan districts of England
Politics of Barnsley
Politics of Penistone
Council elections in South Yorkshire
Elections in Barnsley
Barnsley