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  • Local elections 2024: What do results mean for Barnsley?

    The borough’s Labour Party – led by Councillor Sir Steve Houghton CBE – held 17 seats on the council and remain the ruling party. Thirty-two seats are needed to take control of BMBC, and Labour have a clear majority with 48 councillors overall. The Conservatives lost one of their two seats to Labour, leaving them with just one councillor. They lost Penistone East, a traditional Tory stronghold, to Labour’s John Roberts. Councillor Roberts won the seat with a majority of just 156 votes, with...

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