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    1980 handbook

    Barnsley: 1980 local elections

    22 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1979) (66 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 41 · Other 21 · Conservative 3 · The Liberal Party 1

    After (end of 1980) (66 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 46 · Other 16 · Conservative 3 · The Liberal Party 1

    Ward results

    Ardsley1 seat · turnout 30.6%
    H. WilsonLabour1,286
    A. ParkinRES820
    A. KitchingConservative214
    Athersley1 seat · turnout 24.5%
    H. DancerLabour1,488
    E. SykesRES274
    Brierley1 seat · turnout 28.9%
    N. WhittakerLabour1,748
    D. SchofieldConservative342
    Central1 seat · turnout 34.7%
    J. WattsLabour1,603
    M. JacksonRES1,044
    H. OldfieldConservative204
    Cudworth1 seat · turnout 38.6%
    R. RigbyLabour1,705
    E. HarrimanRES1,020
    C. HudsonConservative169
    Darfield1 seat · turnout 34.4%
    E. BarlowLabour1,742
    J. BannisterRES956
    Darton1 seat · turnout 42.7%
    R. StocksLabour1,706 ✓
    N. ButterfieldRES1,392
    K. HesfordT&OOA284
    G. EnglandConservative275
    M. LinsteadLIB86
    Dearne South1 seat · turnout 29.8%
    S. WhitehouseLabour2,379
    J. MooreRES256
    Dearne Thurnscoe1 seat
    K. YoungLabour0 ✓
    Dodworth1 seat · turnout 44.7%
    G. MasonLabour1,907 ✓
    D. WrayRES1,191
    D. ButcherLIB332
    S. SykesCOMM123
    Hoyland East1 seat · turnout 34.3%
    P. BeardshallLabour1,618
    M. DysonLIB643
    J. ThickettRES427
    Hoyland West1 seat · turnout 42.2%
    C. WroeLabour1,959
    R. DickinsonRES950
    Monk Bretton1 seat · turnout 33.4%
    T. SheardLabour2,058
    J. SmithRES675
    G. BodoanoConservative181
    North West1 seat · turnout 42.5%
    J. WildeLabour1,814
    E. BeecroftRES1,352
    Park1 seat · turnout 29.7%
    K. BorrettLabour1,302 ✓
    J. KentRES218
    M. WilbyLIB133
    P. KitchingConservative111
    Penistone East1 seat · turnout 45.7%
    G. TueConservative1,677
    T. BarkerLabour1,387
    Penistone West1 seat · turnout 53.5%
    B. CleggRES2,818
    F. AshtonLabour961
    A. BaileyLIB351
    Royston1 seat · turnout 38.2%
    J. BallLabour1,718
    E. WhiteheadRES1,265
    South West1 seat · turnout 43.1%
    D. HymanLabour1,486
    J. KershawRES1,369
    B. CousinsConservative305
    Wombwell North1 seat · turnout 31.1%
    A. StoreyLabour1,038
    M. NieldRES642
    Wombwell South1 seat · turnout 29.6%
    J. GoddardLabour1,768
    J. RushforthRES549
    Worsbrough1 seat · turnout 50.9%
    G. HadfieldLabour2,450
    A. AshtonRES1,551
    R. JonesConservative174