Labour has gained two seats in the local elections after Allan Hampson was elected in the North East ward and Richard Riggs in the Dodworth ward.
Dave North and Brian Perrin, who both represented Barnsley Independent Group, stood down before the election.
Labour held on to 17 seats with Couns Charlie Wraith, Martin Dyson, Roy Miller, Linda Burgess, Alan Gardiner, Ralph Sixsmith, Tim Shepherd, Margaret Sheard, Anita Cherryholme, Chris Lamb, Jenny Platts, Karen Dyson, and Dick Wraith all re-elected.
Malcolm Clements, Roya Pourali, Dorothy Parkin-Coates and Kevin Williams all held seats for Labour after previous councillors stood down before the election.
Labour has strengthened its majority in Barnsley Council, which has now increased to 47.
The Conservatives held two seats with Paul Hand-Davis and Andrew Milner elected in the Penistone East and West wards respectively.
UKIP was unsuccessful in gaining a seat but candidates finished second in nine wards.
The electorate was 178,964 and the turn out was 56.2 per cent.
Before the election, Barnsley Council was made up of 53 Labour councillors, four Conservatives and six independents.
This now stands at 55 Labour, four independents and four Conservatives.
In the parish elections, Pat Doyle, Susan Hardwick, Ashley Peace and Davina McLeod were elected to Brierley Town Council in the Brierley Ward.
Oliver Denton, Judith Kimberley and Stephen Webber were elected on to Penistone Town Council in the Thurlstone and Millhouse ward.
The full results are:
Central:Paul Buckley, Conservative, 701Tom Dean, Young People's Party, 124Martin Dyson*, Labour, 2,557Dave Gibson, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 423Colin Porter, English Democrats, 480
LABOUR HOLD
Cudworth:Michael John Ashley Beckett, UK Independence Party (UKIP), 1,042Tony Devoy, A Voice for the Region (Yorkshire First), 204Ralph Dyson, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 87George Hill, Conservatives, 367Charlie Wraith*, Labour, 2,718
LABOUR HOLD
Darfield:David Burnett, English Democrats, 183Dorothy Parkin-Coates, Labour, 2,317Trevor Smith, UK Independence Party (UKIP), 1,372Delia Mary Weldon, Conservatives, 596
LABOUR HOLD
Darton East:Sharon Love, Barnsley Independent Group, 800Roy Miller*, Labour, 2,556Lee Ogden, Conservative, 1,020Sharon Sutton, English Democrats, 367Robert Teal, Liberal Democrats, 332
LABOUR HOLD
Darton West:Linda Burgess*, Labour, 3,078Ian Sutton, English Democrats, 855Clive Watkinson, Conservative, 1,313
LABOUR HOLD
Dearne North:Alan Gardiner*, Labour, 2,668Robert Graham Swiffen, UK Independence Party (UKIP), 1,112Mike Toon, Conservatives, 284
LABOUR HOLD
Dearne South:Cicely Anne Cowgill, Conservative, 751Ralp Sixsmith*, Labour, 3,903
LABOUR HOLD
Dodworth:Oliver Denton, Conservative, 1,054Robert Green, Barnsley Independent Group, 1,772Michael Keane, Independent, 408Richard Riggs, Labour, 2,028
LABOUR GAIN
Hoyland Milton:Michael Davies, Barnsley Independent Group, 403Louise Holliday, UK Independence Party (UKIP), 1,282Justin Saxton, English Democrats, 101Tim Shepherd*, Labour, 2,554Angela Waller, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 374Lesley Watkinson, Conservative, 620
LABOUR HOLD
Kingstone:Steven Burkinshaw, Conservative, 425Tracy-Ann Holland, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 166Christopher Houston, UK Independence Party (UKIP), 1,105Chris Scarfe, Green Party, 302Kevin Williams, Labour, 2,005
LABOUR HOLD
Monk Bretton:Julie Ingram, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 709Michael Ogle, Conservative, 771Margaret Sheard*, Labour, 2,893
LABOUR HOLD
North East:Eddie Devoy, A Voice for the Region (Yorkshire First), 306Allan Hampson, Labour, 2,912Anne Frances Haynes, Conservatives, 566Jim Johnson, UK Independence Party (UKIP), 1,226Peter Leslie Makinson, Independent, 447Jimmy McQueen, Independent, 140
LABOUR GAIN
Old Town:Anita Cherryholme*, Labour, 2,499Estelle Mageean, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 259Gillian Millner, Conservative, 712Louise Sowerby, Barnsley Independent Group, 1,507
LABOUR HOLD
Penistone East:Paul Francis Hand-Davis*, Conservatives, 3,647Kate Helen Raynor, Green Party, 949Dave Webster, Labour, 1,952
CONSERVATIVE HOLD
Penistone West:Wayne Robert Chadburn, A Voice For The Region (Yorkshire First), 328Jill Hayler, Labour, 2,023Andrew Robert Millner, Conservatives, 2,385Steve Webber, Independent, 600David Arthur Wood, UK Independence Party (UKIP), 1,126
CONSERVATIVE HOLD
Rockingham:Karen Fletcher, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 135Chris Lamb*, Labour, 2,845Kevin Riddiough, English Democrats, 192Debbie Toon, Conservative, 619Lynn Winks, UK Independence Party (UKIP), 1,289
LABOUR HOLD
Royston:Aiden Ian Benoit, UK Independence Party (UKIP), 1,216Malcolm John Clements, Labour, 2,422Eddie Gouthwaite, Independent, 361Nichola Jayne Richardson, Conservatives, 615
LABOUR HOLD
St Helen's:Jan Campbell, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 281Elizabeth Hill, Conservative, 375Jenny Platts*, Labour, 2,701Dean Walker, English Democrats, 423
LABOUR HOLD
Stairfoot:Karen Dyson*, Labour, 2,673Paul Hogg, UK Independence Party (UKIP), 1,376Garry Needham, Conservative, 562
LABOUR HOLD
Wombwell:Sarah Junt, Barnsley Independent Group, 378Wayne Kerr, UK Independence Party (UKIP), 1,165Alex Wilkinson, Conservative, 575Dick Wraith*, Labour, 2,760
LABOUR HOLD
Worsbrough:Raymond Levitt, Barnsley Independent Group, 1,096Peter Murray, Conservative, 386Roya Pourali, Labour, 1,769Stephanie Scothorn, UK Independence Party (UKIP), 910
LABOUR HOLD
* denotes sitting candidate
