1996 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election explained

Election Name:1996 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Country:England
Type:Parliamentar
Ongoing:n
Party Colour:ye
Previous Election:Barnsly Metropolitan Borough Councielection, 1995
Previous Year:1995
Next Election:1998 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Next Year:1998
Seats For Election:One third of seats (22 of 66) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Majority Seats:34
Election Date:3 May 1996
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats1:20
Seat Change1:1
Party2:Conservative Party (UK)
Seats2:1
Party3:Independent (politician)
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 3 May 1996, with one third of the council up for election. The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council.[1] [2]

Election result

|- 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" | 1.4| align="right" | 235| align="right" | -0.5|-

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
Labour6463
Independent12
Conservatives11
Total6666
Working majority

Ward results

+/- 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" | 235| align="right" | 11.6| align="right" | -4.8|-

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.