2015 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2015 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in England as part of the 2015 United Kingdom local elections.[1] Councillors retiring at this election were Cllrs. Betty Barlow (Worsborough); Tracey Cheetham (Royston); Brian Key (Darfield); and Tom Sheard (Kingstone) (all L); Dave North (North East) and Brian Perrin (Dodworth) from the Barnsley Independent Group; and Anne Rusby (Penistone West) (C).

2015 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

7 May 2015

21 of 63 seats to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Barnsley Independent
Seats won 55 4 4
Seat change 2 2
Popular vote 53,833 18,344 5,956
Percentage 52.8 18.0 5.8
Swing 2.2 3.5 2.3

Council control before election

Labour Party (UK)

Council control after election

Labour Party (UK)

2015 local election results in Barnsley

Results

Labour maintained control winning 19 of the 21 seats up for election. The Conservatives won the other 2 seats.

After the election the political make up of the council was:[1]

YearLabourBarnsley Independent GroupConservativeIndependent
201555440

References

  1. "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2015.


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