1990 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election explained

Election Name:1990 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Country:England
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:1988 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Previous Year:1988
Next Election:1991 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Next Year:1991
Seats For Election:One third of seats (22 of 66) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Majority Seats:34
Election Date:4 May 1990
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats1:22
Party2:Conservative Party (UK)
Seats2:0
Party3:Green Party of England and Wales
Seats3:0
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 4 May 1990, with one third of the council up for election. The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council.[1] [2]

Election result

This resulted in the following composition of the council:

valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px"Partyvalign=top style="width: 30px"Previous councilvalign=top style="width: 30px"New council
Labour6262
Conservatives22
Residents 11
Independent11
Total6666
Working majority

Ward results

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elections Centre: Barnsley 1973-2012 . electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk . 2017-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170725171829/http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Barnsley-1973-2012.pdf . 2017-07-25.
  2. Web site: Election results 1979 to 2003 . barnsley.gov.uk . 2017-07-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170728185506/https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/media/4121/electionresults1979to2003.pdf . 2017-07-28.