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1983 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 5 May 1983. One third of the council was up for election. Prior to the election the defending councillor in Darton had defected to Independent Labour from Residents. The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council.

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
20	5	0	+5	90.9	62.3	42,652	+7.1
1	1	0	0	4.5	9.7	6,621	+0.8
1	0	3	-3	4.5	5.7	3,907	-0.8
0	0	2	-2	0.0	18.7	12,835	-8.8
0	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	1,563	+2.3
0	0	1	-1	0.0	1.3	919	-0.8

This resulted in the following composition of the council:

Party	Previous council	New council
Labour	53	58
Conservatives	2	3
Residents	6	3
SDP–Liberal Alliance	4	2
Independent Labour	1	0

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

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Labour	1,603	76.3	+11.4
	Conservative	499	23.7	+9.3
1,104	52.5	+8.4
2,102	27.7	+0.7
	Labour hold	+1.0

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,820	84.4	+4.9
	Alliance	336	15.6	+2.9
1,484	68.8	+2.0
2,156	30.0	+5.2
	Labour hold	+1.0

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,119	83.5	+10.9
	Conservative	420	16.5	+6.5
1,699	66.9	+11.8
2,539	34.2	+3.8
	Labour hold	+2.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,109	59.5	+4.4
	Alliance	1,160	32.7	−0.5
	Conservative	273	7.7	−3.9
	26.8	+4.9
3,542	42.5	+3.5
	Labour hold	+2.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,027	67.0	+22.2
	Residents	999	33.0	−15.0
1,028	34.0	+30.8
3,026	38.9	+2.9
	Labour hold	+18.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,290	77.4	−2.5
	Alliance	667	22.6	+2.5
1,623	54.9	−5.0
2,957	37.0	+4.7
	Labour hold	-2.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,815	44.8	−1.3
	Alliance	1,497	36.9	−2.4
	Conservative	469	11.6	−3.0
	Independent Labour	273	6.7	+.7
318	7.8	+1.1
4,054	44.5	+7.6
	Labour gain from Independent Labour	+0.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,381	78.7	+29.8
	Independent Labour	646	21.3	−20.5
1,735	57.3	+50.3
3,027	33.5	+6.1
	Labour hold	+25.1

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,247	86.1	+13.5
	Alliance	363	13.9	−13.5
1,884	72.2	+27.0
2,610	30.5	−0.2
	Labour hold	+13.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,424	62.2	+12.6
	Alliance	997	25.6	−5.2
	Conservative	477	12.2	+12.2
1,427	36.6	+17.8
3,898	46.7	+3.8
	Labour hold	+8.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,628	53.6	+12.9
	Alliance	1,408	46.4	−12.9
220	7.2	−11.3
3,036	38.1	+2.2
	Labour gain from Alliance	+12.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,201	71.9	+6.7
	Alliance	862	28.1	−6.7
1,339	43.7	+13.5
3,063	44.5	+5.9
	Labour hold	+6.7

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,384	77.6	+7.5
	Conservative	425	13.8	+1.0
	Alliance	265	8.6	−8.5
1,959	63.7	+10.8
3,074	34.2	+3.3
	Labour hold	+3.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,783	55.9	+7.5
	Residents	587	18.4	+6.8
	Conservative	497	15.6	+1.1
	Alliance	325	10.2	−15.5
1,196	37.5	+14.8
3,192	41.1	+0.8
	Labour gain from Residents	+0.3

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,963	73.4	+6.2
	Conservative	444	16.6	+4.1
	Alliance	268	10.0	−10.4
1,519	56.8	+10.0
2,675	44.4	+6.9
	Labour hold	+1.0

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,506	44.6	+13.5
	Labour	1,215	36.0	+6.4
	Alliance	656	19.4	−12.8
291	8.6	+7.5
3,377	50.1	+6.0
	Conservative gain from Alliance	+3.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	2,001	50.3	+22.6
	Labour	838	21.1	+1.5
	Conservative	779	19.6	−15.2
	Alliance	360	9.0	−8.9
1,163	29.2	+22.1
3,978	49.9	+8.4
	Residents hold	+10.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,118	77.4	+6.6
	Alliance	618	22.6	−0.3
1,500	54.8	+6.9
2,736	32.9	−6.2
	Labour hold	+3.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,707	43.1	+4.9
	Alliance	1,554	39.3	+3.5
	Conservative	377	9.5	−2.2
	Residents	320	8.1	−6.2
153	3.9	+1.5
3,958	52.2	+10.9
	Labour gain from Residents	+0.7

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,474	68.2	+15.6
	Alliance	687	31.8	−15.6
787	36.4	+31.2
2,161	39.5	+8.4
	Labour hold	+15.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,820	50.3	−13.0
	Independent	1,563	43.2	+43.2
	Alliance	236	6.5	−30.2
257	7.1	−19.4
3,619	45.3	+12.5
	Labour hold	-28.1

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,686	72.3	+9.7
	Alliance	576	15.5	−12.5
	Conservative	455	12.2	+2.8
2,110	56.8	+22.3
3,717	44.5	−1.4
	Labour gain from Residents	+11.1

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