| 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]
|- 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" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 64 | 63 | |||
| Independent | 1 | 2 | |||
| Conservatives | 1 | 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" | 235| align="right" | 11.6| align="right" | -4.8|-