Local government elections - 5 May 2022

Results of the local government elections held on 5 May 2022.

  • Total eligible electorate for Barnsley: 184,857
  • Total votes cast: 47,839
  • Turnout: 25.88%
  • Total postal: 25,609
  • 53.5% of votes were postal votes

The political make-up of the 63-seat council is now:

  • Independent: 4
  • Labour Party: 46
  • Liberal Democrats: 9
  • The Conservative Party: 4

You can view your local councillors here.

Central ward 

  • Number of registered electors: 8,531
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1,866
  • Turnout: 21.87%
  • Spoilt ballots: 17
Name Party Votes Elected?
Chad Bronson
The Conservative Party candidate
282
 
Steve Bullcock
Barnsley Independent Group
476
 
Janine Debra Moyes
Labour Party
946
ELECTED
Catherine Theresa Rogerson
Liberal Democrats
145
 

Cudworth ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8,389
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1,845
  • Turnout: 21.99%
  • Spoilt ballots: 20
Name Party Votes Elected?
Mark Brook
The Conservative Party candidate
228
  
Tony Devoy
Yorkshire Party
328
 
Joe Hayward
Labour Party
1,192 
ELECTED
Elizabeth Kate Waters
Liberal Democrats
89
 

Darfield ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8,059
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1,981
  • Turnout: 24.58%
  • Spoilt ballots: 11
Name Party Votes Elected?
Ben Harrison
The Conservative Party candidate
406 
 
Simon Richard Hulme
Liberal Democrats
121
 
Pauline Markham
Labour Party
1,234 
ELECTED
Scott Andrew Mckenzie
Social Democrat Party
208 
 

Darton East ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8,838
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2,736
  • Turnout: 30.95%
  • Spoilt ballots: 30
Name Party Votes Elected?
Dickie Denton
Liberal Democrats
1,530 
ELECTED
Lee Ogden
The Conservative Party
Candidate
288
 
Teresa Wilcockson
Labour Party
888
 

Darton West ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8,750
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2,505
  • Turnout: 28.62%
  • Spoilt ballots: 12
Name Party Votes Elected?
Kevin Bennett
Liberal Democrats
211
 
Tom Heyes
Green Party
749
 
Sharon Howard
Labour Party
975
ELECTED
John Miller
The Conservative Party
Candidate
493
 
Jonathan Richard Tilt
Freedom Alliance. Truth,
Equality and Health
65
 

Dearne North ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8,444
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1,560
  • Turnout: 18.47%
  • Spoilt ballots: 10
Name Party Votes Elected?
Sue Bellamy
Labour Party
1,117 
ELECTED 
Brian John Evans
Liberal Democrats
71
 
Rosemary Sharon Jackson
The Conservative Party
Candidate
195
 
Savannah Paige Jarvis
Social Democratic Party
39
 
Maxine Spencer
English Democrats - "Putting
England First!"
128
 

Dearne South ward

  • Number of registered electors: 9,179
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1,848
  • Turnout: 20.13%
  • Spoilt ballots: 8
Name Party Votes Elected?
Janine Marie Bowler
Labour Party
1,307 
ELECTED 
Donna Marie Cutts
The Conservative Party
Candidate
243
 
Linda Fielding
Liberal Democrats
62
 
David Alan Jarvis
Social Democratic Party
115
 
Janus Polenceusz
English Democrats - "Putting
England First!"
101
 

Dodworth ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8,506
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2,893
  • Turnout: 34.01%
  • Spoilt ballots: 15
Name Party Votes Elected?
Will Fielding
Liberal Democrats
1,315 
ELECTED 
Amanda Griffin
Freedom Alliance. Real People.
Real Alternative
101
 
Kirk Harper
The Conservative Party
Candidate
518
 
Neil Gareth Wright
Labour Party
944 
 

Hoyland Milton ward

  • Number of registered electors: 9,304
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2,522
  • Turnout: 27.1%
  • Spoilt ballots: 14
Name Party Votes Elected?
Robin Franklin
Labour Party
1,212 
ELECTED
Glenn Charles Lawrence
Liberal Democrats
162
 
Cassie Northwood
The Conservative Party
Candidate
617
 
Daniel Simpson
Independent
398
 
Angela Waller
Trade Unionist and Socialist
Coalition
119
 

Kingstone ward

  • Number of registered electors:7,757
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1,684
  • Turnout: 21.69%
  • Spoilt ballots: 12
Name Party Votes Elected?
Judy Barnsley
Freedom Alliance. Supporting
Medical Freedom
38
 
Michael Davies
The Conservative Party
Candidate
153
 
Peter Gordon Giles
Green Party
121
 
Liam Hardcastle
Barnsley Independent Group
535
 
Kath Mitchell
Labour Party
648
ELECTED
Liam Stephen Starsong
Northern Independence Party –
Nationalise Energy Companies
65
 
Steve Vajda
Social Democratic Party
32
 
Philip David Wright
Liberal Democrats
80
 

Monk Bretton ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8,907
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2,116
  • Turnout: 23.76%
  • Spoilt ballots: 6
Name Party Votes Elected?
Kenneth Richardson
Labour Party
1,070 
ELECTED 
Sue Rose
Liberal Democrats
123
 
Rachel Jane Stewart
Independent
660
 
Alexander Wilkinson
The Conservative Party
Candidate
257
 

North East ward

  • Number of registered electors: 10,268
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2,320
  • Turnout: 22.6%
  • Spoilt ballots: 16
Name Party Votes Elected?
Raymond Archer
Barnsley Independent Group
639 
 
Sam Christmas
Liberal Democrats
93
 
Ashley James Peace
Labour Party
1,249
ELECTED 
Samuel Wilkinson
The Conservative Party
Candidate
323 
 

Old Town ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8,596
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2,253
  • Turnout: 26.2%
  • Spoilt ballots: 17
Name Party Votes Elected?
John Carr
The Conservative Party
Candidate
450
 
Gillian Margaret Nixon
Green Party
347
 
Clive Melvin Pickering
Labour Party
1,147
ELECTED
Patrick Dimelow Smith
Liberal Democrats
144
 
Charlotte Sykes
Freedom Alliance. Truth,
Equality and Health
145
 

Penistone East ward

  • Number of registered electors: 9,666
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 3,854
  • Turnout: 39.9%
  • Spoilt ballots: 28
Name Party Votes Elected?
Robert John Barnard
The Conservative Party
Candidate
1,643 
ELECTED
Jill Hayler
Labour Party
1,271
 
Rebecca Jean Trotman
Green Party
401
 
Andy Waters
Liberal Democrats
507
 

Penistone West ward

  • Number of registered electors: 10,142
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 3,931
  • Turnout: 38.81%
  • Spoilt ballots: 16
Name Party Votes Elected?
James Aron Bangert
Labour Party
518 
 
Roy Garratt
The Conservative Party
Candidate
668
 
Hannah Ruth Kitching
Liberal Democrats
2,207 
ELECTED
Richard Thomas James Trotman
Green Party
207
 
David Wood
Independent
296
 

Rockingham ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8,606
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2,647
  • Turnout: 30.81%
  • Spoilt ballots: 19
Name Party Votes Elected?
James Gregory Andrews
Labour Party
1,067 
 
Karen Fletcher
Trade Unionist and Socialist
Coalition
228
 
Susan Jane Waters
Liberal Democrats
222
 
David White
The Conservative Party
Candidate
1,109
ELECTED

Royston ward*

  • Number of registered electors: 8,724
  • Total number of ballot papers received:2,062
  • Turnout: 23.64%
  • Spoilt ballots: 24
Name Party Votes Elected?
Neil Fisher
Independent
246 
 
Jonathan Paul Hood
Liberal Democrats
53
 
Macaulay Larkin
The Conservative Party
Candidate
167
 
Dave Webster
Labour Party
534
ELECTED

*Sarah Norman, Barnsley Council Chief Executive and Returning Officer for the Barnsley Council local government elections 2022, said:

"At the Barnsley Council local government elections count on 5 May 2022, we failed to count a box of postal votes for the Royston Ward.

The postal votes have now been counted, and the figures have been recalculated. The result has not changed. Dave Webster from the Labour Party is elected for the Royston Ward. This discrepancy in the number of votes and the declaration of incorrect figures is not acceptable. We’re very sorry that this has happened. We invited the candidates and their agents to the Metrodome this afternoon to explain the situation and express our sincere apologies for any distress that this has caused.

The final figures for the Royston Ward should have been:

  • Neil Fisher, Independent: 458 (difference 212)
  • Jonathan Paul Hood, Liberal Democrats: 132 (difference 79)
  • Macaulay Larkin, The Conservative Party Candidate: 363 (difference 196)
  • Dave Webster, Labour Party: 1,085 (difference 551)

We’re making all paperwork and data available to the Electoral Commission and to candidates and agents to inspect. There are clear lessons to be learnt from this, and we’ll make sure we implement these in future election counts."

St Helen's ward

  • Number of registered electors: 7,976
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1,449
  • Turnout: 18.2%
  • Spoilt ballots: 14
Name Party Votes Elected?
George Hill
The Conservative Party
Candidate
229
 
Dave Leech
Labour Party
1,064
ELECTED 
Matthew Rigden Nicholson
Liberal Democrats
148
 

Stairfoot ward

  • Number of registered electors: 9,018
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2,062
  • Turnout: 22.9%
  • Spoilt ballots: 8
Name Party Votes Elected?
Gavin Frost
Barnsley Independent Group
756
 
Elizabeth Hill
The Conservative Party
Candidate
285
 
James Robert Kitching
Liberal Democrats
106 
 
Ian Shirt
Labour Party
906
ELECTED 

Wombwell ward

  • Number of registered electors: 9,754
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2,087
  • Turnout: 21.4%
  • Spoilt ballots: 11
Name Party Votes Elected?
Robert Frost
Labour Party
1,362 
ELECTED
Bee Lokkit-Wan
The Conservative Party
Candidate
289
 
Paul Nugent
Liberal Democrats
228
 
Jon Seymour
Social Democratic Party
94
 
Amy Stewart
Freedom Alliance. People
Power. Politics
102
 

Worsbrough ward

  • Number of registered electors: 7443
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2017
  • Turnout: 27.1%
  • Spoilt ballots: 11
Name Party Votes Elected?
Sarah Calvert
Liberal Democrats
133
 
Gill Carr
Barnsley Independent Group
731
 
John Clarke
Labour Party
913
ELECTED 
Andrew Millner
The Conservative Party
Candidate
229