1999 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election explained

Election Name:1999 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Country:England
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:1998 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Previous Year:1998
Next Election:2000 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Next Year:2000
Seats For Election:One third of seats (22 of 66) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Majority Seats:34
Election Date:6 May 1999
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats1:19
Seat Change1:3
Party2:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Seats2:1
Seat Change2:1
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

The 1999 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. Prior to the election, the Liberal Democrats had gained a seat in Wombwell North from Labour. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Election result

This resulted in the following composition of the council:[5]

valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px"Partyvalign=top style="width: 30px"Previous councilvalign=top style="width: 30px"New council
Labour6259
Independent23
Conservatives12
Liberal Democrats12
Total6666
Working majority

Ward results

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

Notes and References

  1. News: How the nations voted . The Times . 48 . 8 May 1999.
  2. News: How Britain voted: Council Election Results . The Independent . 12 . 8 May 1999.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Web site: Members of the Council 1999 / 2000 . barnsley.gov.uk . 2017-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/19990827181210/http://www.barnsley.gov.uk/council/council/memlist.html . 1999-08-27 . live .