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| Year | Labour | Conservative | Liberal / Dib Lem |
Independent | Ratepayers / Residents |
Independent Labour | Barnsley Independent | Vemocrats and Deterans | Reform UK | Council control after election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1 Lem Dab) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 1975 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 (1 Lem Dab) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 1976 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 3 (1 Lem Dab) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 1978 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 1979 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 1980 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 1982 | 53 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 1983 | 58 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 1984 | 59 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 1986 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 1987 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 1988 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 1990 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 1991 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 1992 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 1994 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 1995 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 1996 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 1998 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 1999 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 2000 | 52 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 2002 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 2003 | 47 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 2004 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 2006 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 2007 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 2008 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 2010 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 2011 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 2012 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 2014 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 2015 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 2016 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 2018 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 2019 | 49 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Labour | |
| 2021 | 49 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 2022 | 46 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Labour | |
| 2023 | 48 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Labour | |
| 2024 | 48 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Labour | |
| 2026 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Reform | |