| Election Name: | 1995 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1994 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1994 |
| Next Election: | 1996 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
| Seats For Election: | One third of seats (22 of 66) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 34 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 1995 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 22 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Party2: | Independent (politician) |
| Seats2: | 0 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Party3: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| 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 5 May 1995, with one third of the council up for election. The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council.[1] [2]
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || Militant Labour| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0.0| align="right" | 1.9| align="right" | 422| align="right" | +1.9|-
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 | 62 | 64 | |||
| Conservatives | 2 | 1 | |||
| Independent | 2 | 1 | |||
| Total | 66 | 66 | |||
| Working majority | |||||
+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || Militant Labour| Souter C. Ms.| align="right" | 422| align="right" | 16.4| align="right" | N/A|-