From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1992 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 7 May 1992, with one third of the council up for election. The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council.

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
21	1	0	+1	95.5	67.8	23,654	+3.9
1	0	0	0	4.5	16.6	5,801	-1.0
0	0	0	0	0.0	9.3	3,240	+9.3
0	0	0	0	0.0	2.9	994	-0.2
0	0	0	0	0.0	1.5	510	-3.4
0	0	1	-1	0.0	1.5	507	-9.0
0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	198	+0.6

This resulted in the following composition of the council:

Party	Previous council	New council
Labour	62	63
Conservatives	2	2
Independent	2	1

+/- 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	992	76.5	N/A
	Barnsley Party	166	12.8	N/A
	Independent	139	10.7	N/A
826	63.7	N/A
1,297	17.0	N/A
	Labour hold	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,238	66.1	+7.5
	Independent	368	19.7	−7.2
	Conservative	266	14.2	−0.3
870	46.5	+14.8
1,872	25.0	−12.8
	Labour hold	+7.3

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,648	82.3	N/A
	Conservative	189	9.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	165	8.2	N/A
1,459	72.9	N/A
2,002	24.8	N/A
	Labour hold	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,359	77.2	−4.5
	Conservative	258	14.7	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	143	8.1	+8.1
1,101	62.6	−0.9
1,760	22.0	−11.1
	Labour hold	-0.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,475	60.3	−15.4
	Liberal Democrats	501	20.5	+20.5
	Conservative	469	19.2	−5.1
974	39.8	−11.6
2,445	25.1	−7.2
	Labour hold	-17.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,981	88.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	255	11.4	N/A
1,726	77.2	N/A
2,236	24.7	N/A
	Labour hold	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,448	64.3	−0.9
	Green	805	35.7	+19.4
643	28.5	−18.3
2,253	23.9	−13.3
	Labour hold	-10.1

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,117	65.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	384	22.6	N/A
	Independent Labour	198	11.7	N/A
733	43.1	N/A
1,699	24.7	N/A
	Labour hold	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,164	78.7	+7.2
	Conservative	190	12.8	+12.8
	Barnsley Party	125	8.5	−20.0
974	65.9	+22.8
1,479	16.5	−12.8
	Labour hold	-2.8

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	938	60.2	−9.4
	Conservative	515	33.1	+2.8
	Barnsley Party	104	6.7	+6.7
423	27.2	−12.2
1,557	21.0	−6.6
	Labour hold	-6.1

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,239	79.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	326	20.8	N/A
913	58.3	N/A
1,565	29.8	N/A
	Labour hold	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,470	48.5	+7.3
	Conservative	1,241	40.9	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	321	10.6	+10.6
229	7.6	−0.4
3,032	40.8	−11.5
	Labour hold	+7.8

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,823	59.0	+59.0
	Labour	1,078	34.9	+0.6
	Green	189	6.1	+6.1
745	24.1	−7.3
3,090	36.5	−5.7
	Conservative hold	+29.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,451	81.0	+5.3
	Conservative	226	12.6	+12.6
	Barnsley Party	115	6.4	−17.9
1,225	68.4	+17.0
1,792	20.3	−12.0
	Labour hold	-3.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,293	67.4	N/A
	Conservative	624	32.6	N/A
669	34.9	N/A
1,917	24.9	N/A
	Labour hold	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	777	80.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	193	19.9	N/A
584	60.2	N/A
970	18.3	N/A
	Labour hold	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,474	76.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	464	23.9	N/A
1,010	52.1	N/A
1,938	23.3	N/A
	Labour gain from Independent	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,512	75.6	−8.2
	Liberal Democrats	488	24.4	+24.4
1,024	51.2	−16.5
2,000	24.3	−8.8
	Labour hold	-16.3

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	936	88.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	125	11.8	N/A
811	75.7	N/A
1,061	16.1	N/A
	Labour hold	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	890	49.4	−16.7
	Independent	599	33.2	+33.2
	Honest Independent	239	13.3	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	74	4.1	+4.1
291	16.2	−30.3
1,802	24.3	−0.7
	Labour hold	-24.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,583	82.1	+21.8
	Liberal Democrats	346	17.9	−2.6
1,237	64.2	+24.4
1,929	18.8	−6.3
	Labour hold	+12.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	833	65.2	−15.8
	Liberal Democrats	444	34.8	+34.8
389	30.4	−38.0
1,277	14.5	−5.8
	Labour hold	-25.3

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1992 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report