1975 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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20 of 60 seats to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
Party	Labour	Ratepayers	Liberal
Seats won	10	6	2
Seat change	Decrease9	Increase6	Increase2

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Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 1975 with one third of the seats up for election. Labour retained control of the council.^[1]

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 1975^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	10	0	9	-9	50.0	52.5	20,997	-10.2
	Ratepayers	6	6	0	+6	30.0	26.8	13,309	+24.6
	Liberal	2	2	0	+2	10.0	17.1	8,473	+7.9
	Conservative	1	1	0	+1	5.0	8.6	4,244	-1.1
	Independent Labour	1	0	0	0	5.0	3.5	1,715	-1.5
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.3	641	-6.4
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	266	-0.9

This resulted in the following composition of the council:^[1]

Party		Previous council	New council
Labour	57	48
Ratepayers	0	6
Liberals	0	2
Conservatives	0	1
Democratic Labour	1	1
Independent	1	1
Independent Labour	1	1
Total		60	60
Working majority		54	36

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

Ardsley (7325)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Burns J.*	929	50.9	−27.5
Ratepayers	Wilkinson G.	611	33.5	+33.5
Conservative	Walker	284	15.6	+15.6
Majority			318	17.4	−39.5
Turnout			1,824	24.9	+1.8
Labour hold		Swing	-30.5

No. 1 (Barnsley: Carlton) (10375)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Dancer H.*	1,055	56.4	−19.4
Ratepayers	Sykes	621	33.2	+33.2
Conservative	Carrington J.	130	7.0	−5.0
Communist	Greenfield N.	63	3.4	−8.8
Majority			434	23.2	−40.4
Turnout			1,869	18.0	−3.7
Labour hold		Swing	-26.3

No. 2 (Barnsley: East & North) (8573)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Ratepayers	Harris M.	1,400	42.5	+42.5
Labour	Fisher R.*	1,224	37.1	−21.9
Conservative	Guest M.	312	9.5	−3.2
Independent	Reynolds	184	5.6	+5.6
Liberal	Hallsworth	177	5.4	+5.4
Majority			176	5.3	−25.4
Turnout			3,297	38.5	+3.1
Ratepayers gain from Labour		Swing	+32.2

No. 3 (Barnsley: Central-South-South East)(9660)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Borrett K.*	1,139	52.5	−7.7
Ratepayers	Crawshaw	737	33.9	+33.9
Conservative	England	295	13.6	+6.1
Majority			402	18.5	−9.2
Turnout			2,171	22.5	−17.2
Labour hold		Swing	-20.8

No. 4 (Barnsley: South West and West) (7765)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Ratepayers	Birkenshaw	1,619	51.4	+51.4
Labour	Hardy	1,022	32.4	−19.3
Independent	Blackburne E.	378	12.0	+12.0
Conservative	Oldfield H.	133	4.2	−5.5
Majority			597	18.9	+5.8
Turnout			3,152	40.6	+1.3
Ratepayers gain from Labour		Swing	+35.3

No. 5 (Barnsley: Monk Bretton) (9984)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Ratepayers	Jackson	1,341	52.6	+52.6
Labour	Wilkie B.*	906	35.5	−36.6
Conservative	Glover	223	8.7	−7.6
Independent	Cooke L.	79	3.1	+3.1
Majority			435	17.1	−38.8
Turnout			2,549	25.5	+3.4
Ratepayers gain from Labour		Swing	+44.6

No. 7 (Cudworth) (6278)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Ratepayers	Wraith	1,159	57.0	N/A
Labour	Bailey	873	43.0	N/A
Majority			286	14.0	N/A
Turnout			2,032	32.4	N/A
Ratepayers gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

No. 8 (Darfield) (5879)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Ratepayers	Moore	938	41.4	N/A
Labour	Goddard B.*	788	34.8	N/A
Liberal	Lynch	537	23.7	N/A
Majority			150	6.6	N/A
Turnout			2,263	38.5	N/A
Ratepayers gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

No. 9 (Dodworth-Barugh-Higham-Gawber)(6570)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Woffenden J.*	1,533	53.5	−7.6
Liberal	Crosby J.	971	33.9	−5.0
Ratepayers	Barwell	363	12.7	+12.7
Majority			562	19.6	−2.6
Turnout			2,867	43.6	−1.4
Labour hold		Swing	-1.3

No. 10 (Darton) (8893)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Ratepayers	Evans	1,622	56.5	+56.5
Labour	Turner C.*	981	34.1	−4.0
Conservative	Parkes	270	9.4	−6.1
Majority			641	22.3	+3.0
Turnout			2,873	32.3	−12.5
Ratepayers gain from Labour		Swing	+30.2

No. 11 (Dearne: Central & South) (9844)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Stanley J.	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour hold		Swing	N/A

No. 12 (Dearne: East & West) (7564)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Young K.*	1,145	72.9	+15.0
Liberal	Jones	223	14.2	+14.2
Communist	Riley P.	203	12.9	−7.3
Majority			922	58.7	+21.0
Turnout			1,571	20.8	−16.5
Labour hold		Swing	+0.4

No. 13 (Hoyland Nether) (11317)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Steer	1,932	54.3	+54.3
Labour	Wadsworth A.	1,629	45.7	+10.3
Majority			303	8.5	+2.9
Turnout			3,561	31.5	−30.9
Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+22.0

No. 14 (Penistone) (6272)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Wales	2,211	63.5	+63.5
Labour	Ashton F.*	707	20.3	−13.2
Conservative	Elders	566	16.2	−9.9
Majority			1,504	43.2	+36.3
Turnout			3,484	55.5	−3.5
Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+38.3

No. 15 (Royston) (6386)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Independent Labour	Parkes E.*	1,715	62.4	+35.5
Labour	Chetter	1,035	37.6	+5.8
Majority			680	24.7	+19.7
Turnout			2,750	43.1	−32.5
Independent Labour hold		Swing	+14.8

No. 16 (Wombwell: Central-North-South East)(5402)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Storey A.*	562	41.4	−24.6
Ratepayers	Wraith	452	33.3	+33.3
Liberal	Peach	343	25.3	+25.3
Majority			110	8.1	−24.0
Turnout			1,357	25.1	+4.1
Labour hold		Swing	-28.9

No. 17 (Wombwell: Hemingfield and SouthWest) (7626)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Naylor T.*	1,222	45.0	−24.9
Liberal	Hargreaves	1,028	37.8	+37.8
Ratepayers	Sykes	468	17.2	+17.2
Majority			194	7.1	−32.6
Turnout			2,718	35.6	+4.4
Labour hold		Swing	-31.3

No. 18 (Worsbrough) (11367)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Smith W.*	1,888	54.1	−9.6
Ratepayers	Batty	1,282	36.7	+36.7
Conservative	Urquhart	322	9.2	−5.4
Majority			606	17.4	−24.7
Turnout			3,492	30.7	−13.8
Labour hold		Swing	-23.1

No. 19 (Hemsworth Rural) (9058)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Baines D.*	1,362	56.3	+3.7
Ratepayers	Robinson	696	28.8	+28.8
Majority			666	27.5	−5.9
Turnout			2,418	26.7	−22.4
Labour hold		Swing	-12.5

No. 20 (Penistone Rural & Wortley) (7264)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Neville	1,349	39.7	+8.3
Liberal	Lees J.	1,051	30.9	+2.7
Labour	Hirst E.*	997	29.3	−11.0
Majority			298	8.8	−0.1
Turnout			3,397	46.8	−8.5
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+2.8