BARNSLEY CENTRAL

Barnsley Central has also been tinkered with by the boundary commission, keeping 7 of its own wards, and gaining 5 from Barnsley West and Penistone.

On this new ward structure the notional result would have been in 2005 a slight drop for Labour of 3% But a 20% Dilution of the BNP vote as shown below.

Now based on the 2008 by election results the BNP have lost Cudworth and Stairfoot to Barnsley East where they got 1,000 votes and Dodworth to Penistone and Stocksbridge where the BNP got 414 votes.

BNP do get the whole of the St Helens ward but as you will see HERE Labour tricks seem to get an unusually high vote out for them, but it also shows the BNP as the only real opposition.

in 2008 by elections the BNP got

Central 621
Darton East 669
Darton West 919
Kingstone 407
Monk Bretton 668
Old Town 564
Royston 392
St Helens 635

Around 5,000 votes, if you add on the 1,400 lost from Cudworth, Stairfoot and Dodworth's movement to other seats. You would see a sizable BNP vote share.


General Election 2005: Barnsley Central

Labour Eric Illsley 17,478 61.1 -8.5
Liberal Democrat Miles Crompton 4,746 16.6 +1.9
Conservative Peter Morel 3,813 13.3 +0.2
BNP Geoff Broadley 1,403 4.9 N/A
Independent Donald Wood 1,175 4.1 N/A
Majority 12,732 44.5 -10.4
Turnout 28,615 47.2 +1.4


You see how the BNP vote has gone up four fold and are the true opposition to Labour.

candidates for this seat so far,

BNP Ian Sutton
Labour Eric Illsley
Conservative Piers Tempest