Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley

For the town within the metropolitan borough, see Barnsley.
Borough of Barnsley
Metropolitan Borough

Arms of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough shown within South Yorkshire
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial county South Yorkshire
Admin. HQ Barnsley
Government
 • Type Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
 • Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
 • Executive: Labour
 • MPs: Michael Dugher(Lab),
John Healey(Lab),
Dan Jarvis (Lab),
Angela Smith (Lab)
Area
 • Total 127.1 sq mi (329.1 km2)
Area rank 134th
Population (mid-2014 est.)
 • Total 237,843
 • Rank Ranked 67th
 • Density 1,900/sq mi (720/km2)
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) British Summer Time (UTC+1)
ONS code 00CC (ONS)
E08000016 (GSS)
Ethnicity 97.9% White[1]
Website barnsley.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley is a metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England; its main town is Barnsley.

The borough is bisected by the M1 motorway; it is rural to the west, and largely urban/industrial to the east. 68% of Barnsley's 32,863 hectares is green belt and 9% is National Park land, the majority of which is West of the M1. In 2007 it was estimated that Barnsley had 224,600 residents, measured at the 2011 census as 231,221.[2] nine tenths of whom live east of the M1.

The borough was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the county borough of Barnsley with Cudworth, Darfield, Darton, Dearne, Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Penistone, Royston, Wombwell and Worsborough urban districts, along with Penistone Rural District, part of Hemsworth Rural District and part of Wortley Rural District, all in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

The borough now forms part of both the Sheffield City Region and the Leeds City Region.

Politics

Elections to the council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the 63 councillors being elected at each election. The council had been controlled by the Labour party since the first election in 1973. As of the 2011 election the council is composed of the following councillors:-[3]

Year Labour Barnsley Independent Group Conservative Independent
2012 52 5 5 1
2015 55 4 4 0 [4]

Following the election in 2012 the council has 53 Labour, 5 Barnsley Independent Group and 5 Conservative councillors.[3] The borough council elects the mayor every year. On the day of the election, a parade takes place in front of the town hall in honour of the new mayor.

Barnsley borough has four MPs: Dan Jarvis for Barnsley Central, Angela Smith for Penistone & Stocksbridge, Michael Dugher for Barnsley East and John Healey for Wentworth and Dearne CC. They are all members of the Labour party.

Towns, wards and villages

Ardsley, Athersley
Barnsley, Barugh, Barugh-Green, Billingley, Birdwell, Bolton upon Dearne, Brierley
Cortonwood, Carlecotes, Carlton, Cawthorne, Cubley, Cudworth
Darfield, Darton, Dodworth, Dunford Bridge
Elsecar
Gawber, Gilroyd, Goldthorpe, Great Houghton, Grimethorpe
Haigh (half in Wakefield district), Hemingfield, High Hoyland, Higham, Honeywell, Hood Green, Hoyland, Hoylandswaine
Ingbirchworth
Jump
Kendray, Kexbrough, Kingstone
Little Houghton, Lundwood
Mapplewell, Millhouses, Millhouse Green, Monk Bretton
New Lodge
Old Town, Oxspring
Platts Common, Penistone, Pilley, Pogmoor
Royston
Shafton, Silkstone, Silkstone Common, Smithies, Staincross, Stairfoot
Tankersley, Thurgoland, Thurlstone, Thurnscoe
Ward Green, Wilthorpe, Woolley Colliery, Wombwell, Wortley, Worsbrough

Education

There are over 100 schools and colleges in the borough]. State education is managed by Barnsley Local Education Authority. There are 14 state run secondary schools and around 80 primary schools. There is an independent school, Hope House School. Post 16 education is provided at Barnsley College and the Sixth Form of Penistone Grammar School. An adult education college, Northern College, is located at Wentworth Castle in Stainborough. The University of Huddersfield has a campus in Barnsley town centre.

Places of interest

Cannon Hall
Elsecar Heritage Centre
Monk Bretton Priory
Barnsley Town Hall
Lowe Stand

Places of concern

Boulder Bridge

References

  1. ↑ https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/services/council-and-democracy/statistics-and-census-information/the-2011-census
  2. ↑ "Metropolitan District population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Labour's majority up to 23 - full election results here". Barnsley Chronicle. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2015.

External links

Coordinates: 53°33′N 1°28′W / 53.550°N 1.467°W / 53.550; -1.467

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