| Election Name: | 1982 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1980 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1980 |
| Next Election: | 1983 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
| Seats For Election: | One third of seats (23 of 66) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 34 |
| Election Date: | 6 May 1982 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 19 |
| Seat Change1: | 6 |
| Party2: | SDP-Liberal Alliance |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Party3: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Majority party | |
| Posttitle: | Majority party after election |
| Before Election: | Labour |
| After Election: | Labour |
Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 6 May 1982, with one third of the council up for election with an additional vacancy in Royston. Prior to the election, Labour had gained a seat from Residents in a Dodsworth by-election, with another Residents councillor in Wombwell North defecting to the Labour grouping, offsetting a by-election loss in Penistone East to the recently formed SDP-Liberal Alliance. Alliance had also seen defections to them from the Independent Labour councillor in Hoyland East and the defending (formerly Residents) councillor in Darton.[1] [2]
This resulted in the following composition of the council:
| valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 47 | 53 | |||
| Residents | 10 | 7 | |||
| SDP–Liberal Alliance | 4 | 4 | |||
| Conservatives | 3 | 2 | |||
| Independent Labour | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 66 | 66 | |||
| Working majority | |||||
+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.