Barnsley: 2026 Local election results ward-by-ward

Council leader Steve Houghton kept his seat in Cudworth but his party Labour lost control of the council for the first time.

Reform UK took control of the council, although it is still uncertain who will be chosen as the council leader.

Labour will now serve as the main opposition to Reform in Barnsley.

The Liberal Democrats were reduced to six councillors by the end of Friday.

This spells the beginning of a new era for Barnsley Council, with the changing of party hands from Labour, since the council’s formation in 1974.

Here are the elected candidates for each ward of the 21 wards in Barnsley.

Central:

Labour Party – Janine Moyes – 1,137 –

Labour Party – Martin Joseph O’Donoghue – 1,089 –

Labour Party – Nicola Sumner – 1,208 –

Cudworth:

Reform UK – Stanley John Bryan – 1,283

Labour – Joe Hayward – 1,303

Labour – Steve Houghton – 1,306

Athersley and New Lodge:

Reform UK – Ian Paul Earp – 1,181

Reform UK – Jayne Hulme – 1,164

Reform UK – Rocky Laybourn – 1,122

Darfield and Great Houghton:

Reform UK – David Goddard – 1,674

Reform UK – Gary Hall – 1,621

Reform UK – Scott McKenzie – 1,573

Darton East:

Liberal Democrats – Dickie Denton – 1,724

Liberal Democrats – Leyla Nayeri – 1,529

Liberal Democrats – Carol Snowden – 1,472

Dearne North:

Reform UK – Brian Kilner – 1,146

Reform UK – Luke Wheat – 1,157

Reform UK – Neil Young – 1,141

Dearne South:

Reform UK – Christopher Alan Charlton – 1,330

Reform UK – Kay Kilner – 1,301

Reform UK – Mark Anthony Langridge – 1,489

Dodworth, Stainborough and Tankersley:

Reform UK – Betty Barnes – 1,354

Reform UK – Melvyn Bird – 1,301

Reform UK – Michael Naughton – 1,284

Hoyland Milton:

Reform UK – Michael James Davies – 1,725

Reform UK – Brian Gregory – 1,746

Reform UK – Rachael Grace Kay – 1,629

Kingstone:

Liberal Democrats – Steve Bullcock – 1,317

Liberal Democrats – Ian Guest – 1,094

Liberal Democrats – Philip Wright – 1,128

Monk Bretton:

Reform UK – Paul Kelly – 1,543

Reform UK – Kate Milner – 1,495

Reform UK – Alan Parker – 1,474

North East:

Reform UK – Martin Richard Bancroft – 1,243

Reform UK – William John Brown – 1,212

Reform UK – John Sidebottom – 1,158

Old Town:

Labour – Brandon James Green – 1,352

Labour – Phil Lofts – 1,391

Labour – Jo Newing – 1,382

Penistone East:

Labour – Alex Burnett – 2,040

Reform UK – Kay Hughes – 1,669

Labour – Frances Nixon – 1,645

Rockingham:

Reform UK – Christopher Denton – 1,291

Reform UK – Pat Gregory – 1,462

Independent – Andy Wray – 1,377

Royston:

Reform UK – Terry Durkin – 1,246

Reform UK – Nick Everest – 1,226

Reform UK – Stefan McCrum – 1,151

Stairfoot:

Reform UK – Edward Dillingham – 1,322

Reform UK – Andrew Gillis – 1,318

Reform UK – Liam Hardcastle – 1,314

Wombwell:

Reform UK – Andy Arnold – 1,535

Reform UK – Theresa Arnold – 1,448

Labour – James Lewis Higginbottom – 1,514

Worsbrough:

Reform UK – Gill Carr – 1,392

Independent – Jake Michael Lodge – 1,595

Reform UK – Mike Lycett – 1,377

Darton West:

Reform UK – Sam Burdett – 1,607

Reform UK – Andy Cudworth – 1,544

Reform UK – Luca Turner – 1,510