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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006
England
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One third of seats (21 of 63) to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Barnsley Independent Conservative
Seats won 12 7 3
Seat change Increase1 Steady Steady

Barnsley UK local election 2006 map.svg
Map of the 2006 Barnsley council election results. Labour in red, Barnsley Independents in teal and Conservatives in blue.

Majority party before election

Labour

Majority party after election

Labour


Labour

Labour

The 2006 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election, with an extra vacancy in Penistone East caused by a resignation, and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

The Barnsley Independent Group, which had been formed by independents on the council, were contesting an election for the first time. They put up candidates in 17 of the 21 wards which had seats up for election and 7 of their councillors were defending seats.

The results saw Labour stay in control of the council, making a net gain of 1 to hold 34 seats.

This resulted in the following composition of the council:

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


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