× BARNSLEY’S growing Liberal Democrat contingent ‘demonstrates quite clearly that people are fed up’, according to the party’s local leader.
Penistone West Coun Hannah Kitching told the Chronicle she understood the seven councillors now seated on the local authority is the largest representation the party has ever had in the Labour-dominated borough.
It now also has three councillors in one ward, for what’s thought to be the first time in history.
Barnsley s local elections were postponed last year, owing to the pandemic, but parties fielded bumper numbers of candidates this year - including the Lib Dems who, for the first time, contested every available seat.