Candidates in Barnsley South — Local Elections 2026
These are the people standing in the upcoming local elections on 7 May 2026. Click a candidate to learn more about them.
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Darfield
11 candidates
Alison Palmer
David Goddard
Ehren Holt
Gregory Harrison Needham
John Norton
Kevin John Howard Osborne
Paul Hand-Davis
Pauline Markham
Richard Thomas Ullyott
Scott McKenzie
Simon Richard Hulme
Dearne North
15 candidates
Maxine Spencer
Active on State
Brian John Evans
Brian Kilner
Francis McCane
Gary Knight
Hayden George Prescott
Helen Smith
Ian Martin James Berry
Janus Polenceusz
Luke Wheat
Martin Morrell
Neil Young
Rhiannon Rees
Sue Bellamy
Wendy Cain
Dearne South
14 candidates
Christopher Alan Charlton
David Allan Jarvis
Deborah Jane Pearson
Janine Marie Bowler
John Michael Cooper
Jonathan Cutts
Kay Kilner
Keith Geal
Linda Fielding
Mandy Lowe-Flello
Mark Anthony Langridge
Matthew Lewis Jackson
Rosemary Sharon Jackson
Warwick Bettney
Hoyland Milton
13 candidates
Angela Ruth Waller
Barnaby Churchill
Brian Gregory
Charlie Evans
Claire Redmond
Gareth Parkin
Gina Rayner
Michael James Davies
Mick Stowe
Peter Murray
Rachael Grace Kay
Robin Franklin
Tim Shepherd
Kingstone
15 candidates
Amy Holling
Andrew Millner
Clare Louise Simone Winder
David Miller
Deniss Kurnovs
Garry Needham
Granville Corker
Ian Guest
Laur Tupling
Nieve Elliott
Peter Gordon Giles
Philip Wright
Sharon Gillis
Steve Bullcock
Tracey-Ann Holland
Rockingham
14 candidates
Adam Harrington
Amelia Rushworth
Andy Wray
Anita Kimberley
Christopher Denton
Clive Watkinson
Edana Rose Guest
Gill Millner
Ian Hague-Brown
Lucy Louise Benoit
Michelle Klepper
Pat Gregory
Sam Calvert
Sherry Holling
Stairfoot
13 candidates
Andrew Gillis
Charlotte Wilkinson
Edward Dillingham
Ian Patrick Shirt
James Robert Kitching
Karen Dyson
Lee Ross
Liam Hardcastle
Louise Cassidy
Marie Bates
Nell Dru Stockton
Paul Murray
Pete Wall
Wombwell
12 candidates
Andy Arnold
Brenda Eastwood
Deborah Hirst
James Lewis Higginbottom
Jessica Claire Roebuck
Josh Foers
Mark Brook
Robert Frost
Robert W Green
Suzanne Gill
Theresa Arnold
Tracy Skinner
Worsbrough
14 candidates
Adrian Thompson
Alex Wright
Amy Louise Walker
David Lee Webster
Gill Carr
Jake Michael Lodge
John William Clarke
Jonathan Bennett
Joshua Green
Mike Lycett
Rachel Louise Lloyd
Roy Bowser
Sarah Calvert
Simon Glen Moore