Photo: Chemical Engineer · CC BY-SA 4.0Reform UK holds a majority on Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Oxspring is run by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, with Oxspring parish council for local matters. Reform UK has a majority on Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Its MP is Dr Marie Tidball (Labour), member for Penistone and Stocksbridge.
£2,374
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Oxspring’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Reform UK holds a majority on Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: 42 of its 63 seats as elected. Labour holds 11, the Liberal Democrats 8 and independents 2. Who’s in charge ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Oxspring is £2,374 for 2026–27; Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council keeps 82% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 53% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 32 of Barnsley’s 63 seats to run the council alone.
- Reform UK42
- Labour11
- Liberal Democrat8
- Independent2
Latest election: May 2026.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
The councils that run Oxspring
One council runs every main service here.
Local matters: allotments, play areas, halls, footpaths and benches; it is consulted on planning and adds a precept to the council tax bill. A town council is a parish council by another name.
100% of Oxspring’s residents · Band D precept £57
Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
Website ↗Transport, skills and regeneration across several council areas.
Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: here one council runs every main service.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the parish to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Oxspring, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parishParish tierOxspring parish council
- 2Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council1 ward · 3 councillorsJohn RobertsAlex BurnettKay HughesFrances Nixon
- 3Police and crime commissionerSouth Yorkshire Police · elected May 2021Alan Billings
- 4House of CommonsPenistone and Stocksbridge
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
3 councillors for 1 ward
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- John RobertsLabour · August 2026 · by-election
- Alex BurnettLabour · May 2026
- Kay HughesReform UK · May 2026
- Frances NixonLabour · May 2026
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penistone East12% in Oxspring · 1,196 residents3 seats · August 2026, May 2026 | 3 | John Robertsby-electionAlex BurnettKay HughesFrances Nixon | August 2026, May 2026 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Barnsley council election, May 2026
Results in the wards that make up Oxspring, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Oxspring’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗14,079 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Oxspring is in Penistone and Stocksbridge constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Oxspring).
43,965 votes for candidates · majority 8,739
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 43,965 votes from 70,435 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 8,739 of 43,965 votes (19.9%): wider than in 67% of England’s 543 constituencies.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Oxspring’s Band D council tax is £2,374 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council keeps £1,942.29 of a Band D bill (82%); the rest goes to the Oxspring parish council, the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority and the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority.
Band D since 1993
Barnsley’s Band D bill has risen 53% in ten years, from £1,522.37 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £600.75 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in Oxspring, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
South Yorkshire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,000.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with South Yorkshire
| Barnsley | Oxspring’s councils | South Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £422 | £528 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £407 | £333 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £12 | £67 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £40 | £45 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £141 | £120 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £53 | £51 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £45 | £37 | £26 |
| Public health | £103 | £94 | £78 |
| Running the council | £30 | £47 | £59 |
| Other | £0 | £2 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,252 | £1,323 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. South Yorkshire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Oxspring is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
barnsley.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
barnsley.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Oxspring is run
Which council runs Oxspring?
Oxspring is run by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council.
Does Oxspring have a town council?
Yes: Oxspring has its own parish-tier council (Oxspring parish council; town councils are parish councils by another name), which adds £57 to a Band D bill in 2026–27.
Who is the MP for Oxspring?
Dr Marie Tidball (Labour) is the MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, which covers Oxspring.
How many councillors does Oxspring have?
3 ward councillors represent Oxspring’s 1 ward.
When are the next elections in Oxspring?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Oxspring’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Oxspring?
Band D council tax in Oxspring is £2,374 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council?
Reform UK has a majority: 42 of 63 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2026 council election in Oxspring?
In Oxspring’s wards on 7 May 2026, Labour 2 · Reform UK 1 of the 3 seats up. Labour had the largest share of votes, 37.8%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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