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    1978 handbook

    Barnsley: 1978 local elections

    20 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1977) (60 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 39 · Other 15 · The Liberal Party 5 · Conservative 1

    After (end of 1978) (60 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 37 · Other 17 · The Liberal Party 4 · Conservative 2

    Ward results

    Ardsley1 seat · turnout 31.3%
    R. HepworthLabour1,295
    A. ParkinRES758
    A. KitchingConservative273
    No. 1 (Barnsley: Carlton)1 seat · turnout 25.7%
    H. BrainLabour1,892
    J. RoughleyRES735
    No. 10 (Darton)1 seat · turnout 38.7%
    D. BoothLabour1,611
    G. SkeltonRES1,567
    G. EnglandConservative491
    No. 11 (Dearne: Central & South)1 seat
    J. BedfordLabour0 ✓
    No. 12 (Dearne: East & West)1 seat
    J OldhamLabour0 ✓
    No. 13 (Hoyland Nether)1 seat · turnout 38.3%
    D. EadenIndependent2,525
    A. WadsworthLabour1,868
    No. 14 (Penistone)1 seat · turnout 50.6%
    M. HarrisonRES1,150 ✓
    W. GledhillConservative1,105
    W. MurphyLabour778
    W. SteinLIB241
    No. 15 (Royston)1 seat · turnout 35.9%
    T. BallLabour1,367
    E. WhiteheadLIB973
    No. 16 (Wombwell: Central-North-South East)1 seat · turnout 28.9%
    B. FellowsLabour898
    E. HargreavesLIB657
    No. 17 (Wombwell: Hemingfield and South West)1 seat · turnout 40.2%
    J. WakeLabour1,821 ✓
    M. NieldResidents1,217
    No. 18 (Worsbrough)1 seat · turnout 40.0%
    F. DickinsonRES2,261
    J. BlandLabour2,245
    No. 19 (Hemsworth Rural)1 seat · turnout 33.0%
    E. WooleyLabour1,805
    J. HardmanRES895
    D. SchofieldConservative338
    No. 2 (Barnsley: East & North)1 seat · turnout 41.8%
    A. WilliamsLabour1,471
    M. HarrisRES1,444
    M. GuestConservative529
    No. 20 (Penistone Rural & Wortley)1 seat · turnout 50.6%
    H. FishLabour1,642 ✓
    G. TueConservative1,621
    M. NicholsonLIB508
    M. WilsonIndependent42
    No. 3 (Barnsley: Central-South-South East)1 seat · turnout 36.4%
    F. LunnLabour2,435
    E. WelbourneRES536
    H. OldfieldConservative458
    No. 4 (Barnsley: South West and West)1 seat · turnout 36.3%
    M. AddisonRES1,517
    B. AlmondLabour960
    J. MoorhouseConservative301
    No. 5 (Barnsley: Monk Bretton)1 seat · turnout 33.0%
    M StokesLabour2,024
    W. FrenchRES1,610
    No. 7 (Cudworth)1 seat · turnout 44.6%
    H. SaltLabour1,574
    J. SaxbyRES1,317
    No. 8 (Darfield)1 seat · turnout 42.0%
    T. DixonLabour1,445
    E. SykesRES1,165
    No. 9 (Dodworth-Barugh-Higham-Gawber)1 seat · turnout 38.3%
    G. MasonLabour1,453
    S. TaylorRES1,211